§ 340.135. Prohibition of Pocket Bikes and Unauthorized Motorized Scooters.

A. 

Pocket bikes and unauthorized bikes and motorized scooters are defined as:

1. 

Self-propelled vehicles equipped with either an electric motor or an internal combustion engine with piston displacement of less than fifty (50) cubic centimeters;

2. 

Having two (2) or more wheels;

3. 

Having a seat or operating platform with a height of less than twenty-nine (29) inches measured from the lowest point of the seat or operating platform; and

4. 

Which is ineligible for a State certificate of title.

B. 

No person shall operate such a vehicle as defined herein upon the streets, highways, alleys or sidewalks of this City or any property owned by the City.

C. 

Nothing in this Section shall be interpreted to apply to motorized mobility devices for the physically disabled.

D. 

Nothing in this Section shall be interpreted to apply to electric personal assistive mobility device as defined in Section 307.205.1, RSMo.

E. 

Violations of this Section shall be punishable by a fine of not more than five hundred dollars ($500.00).

R.O. 2010 §340.127; Ord. No. 870 §1, 2-21-2006