Source: https://ecode360.com/27596131
Timestamp: 2018-05-27 03:14:11
Document Index: 106930046

Matched Legal Cases: ['§ 342', '§ 342', '§ 342', '§342', '§340', '§2', '§1', '§342', '§340', '§3', '§342', '§340', '§4', '§2', '§342', '§340', '§6', '§3', '§342', '§5', '§1']

City of O'Fallon, MO Alcohol or Drug-Related Traffic Offenses
§ 342.040 Arrest With or Without Warrant.
§ 342.060 Drinking While Driving.
§ 342.065 Operating A Motor Vehicle With An Open Container of An Alcoholic Beverage.
Chapter 342: Alcohol or Drug-Related Traffic Offenses
Chapter 342 : Alcohol or Drug-Related Traffic Offenses
Section 342.040 Arrest With or Without Warrant.
Section 342.060 Drinking While Driving.
Section 342.065 Operating A Motor Vehicle With An Open Container of An Alcoholic Beverage.
[R.O. 2007 §342.010; CC 1978 §340.180; Ord. No. 937 §2, 8-7-1982; Ord. No. 4253 §1, 9-19-2001]
Means physically driving or operating a motor vehicle.
A person is in an intoxicated condition when he/she is under the influence of alcohol, a controlled substance, or drug, or any combination thereof.
PERCENT BY WEIGHT OF ALCOHOL IN THE BLOOD
"Percent by weight of alcohol in the blood" shall be based upon grams of alcohol per one hundred (100) milliliters of blood or two hundred ten (210) liters of breath and may be shown by chemical analysis of the person's blood, breath, saliva or urine. For the purposes of determining the alcoholic content of a person's blood under this Section, the test shall be conducted in accordance with the provisions of Sections 577.020 to 577.041, RSMo.
[R.O. 2007 §342.020; CC 1978 §340.180; Ord. No. 937 §3, 8-7-1982]
A person commits the violation of driving while intoxicated if he/she operates a motor vehicle while in an intoxicated or drugged condition.
[R.O. 2007 §342.030; CC 1978 §340.180; Ord. No. 937 §4, 8-7-1982; Ord. No. 4253 §2, 9-19-2001]
[R.O. 2007 §342.040; CC 1978 §340.180; Ord. No. 937 §6, 8-7-1982; Ord. No. 4253 §3, 9-19-2001]
An arrest without a warrant by a Police Officer for a violation of Sections 342.020 or 342.030 is lawful whenever the arresting officer has reasonable grounds to believe that the person to be arrested has violated the Section, whether or not the violation occurred in the presence of the arresting officer and when such arrest without warrant is made within one and one-half (1½) hours after such claimed violation occurred, unless the person to be arrested has left the scene of an accident or has been removed from the scene to receive medical treatment, in which case such arrest without warrant may be made more than one and one-half (1½) hours after such violation occurred.
[R.O. 2007 §342.060; Ord. No. 4253 §5, 9-19-2001]
A person commits the violation of "drinking while driving" if he/she consumes any alcoholic beverage while operating a moving motor vehicle upon the public roadways.
[Ord. No. 5137 §1, 2-8-2007]
Subject to the exceptions in Subsections (B), (C) and (D) of this Section, a person commits the violation of "operating a motor vehicle with an open container of an alcoholic beverage" if such person is operating a motor vehicle in which an open container of beer or intoxicating liquor is located while such vehicle is on any street, highway, or other public or private property open to the public for purposes of vehicular travel or parking.
Notwithstanding Subsection (A), this Section does not apply to a person who is conveying passengers in and operating a limousine or taxicab licensed for commercial use if no other person is occupying a seat in the front compartment of the vehicle where the operator of the vehicle is located and no open container is in such compartment.
Notwithstanding Subsection (A), this Section does not apply to the possession of an opened container that is securely resealed and stored in the trunk of a motor vehicle or, if the motor vehicle does not have a trunk, behind the last upright seat or in an area not normally occupied by the driver or passengers and not easily accessible by the driver or passengers.
Pursuant to the provisions of Section 311.101, RSMo., Supp. 2005, no person who transports in a vehicle one (1) or more bottles of unfinished wine which
Came from a licensed restaurant bar or winery,
After having ordered a meal (if from a restaurant bar), and
If the wine was partially consumed from such bottle(s) at the restaurant bar or winery,
shall be considered to have violated this Section so long as:
Such person has in his or her possession a receipt dated that date from the restaurant bar or winery, and
The bottle or bottles of wine remain in the restaurant bar- or winery-furnished, one-time-use, tamperproof, transparent bag(s) with the seal(s) intact.
In any prosecution under this Section the burden of injecting the issue of this exception and the burden or persuasion with respect thereto shall rest with the defendant.
Any person violating the provisions of this Section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor punishable in accordance with Municipal Code Section 100.010.