Height and weight regulations (cities of 75,000 or more)--commercialzone defined.
304.190. 1. No motor vehicle, unladen or with load, operatingexclusively within the corporate limits of cities containing seventy-fivethousand inhabitants or more or within two miles of the corporate limits ofthe city or within the commercial zone of the city shall exceed fifteenfeet in height.
2. No motor vehicle operating exclusively within any said area shallhave a greater weight than twenty-two thousand four hundred pounds on oneaxle.
3. The "commercial zone" of the city is defined to mean that areawithin the city together with the territory extending one mile beyond thecorporate limits of the city and one mile additional for each fiftythousand population or portion thereof provided, however, the commercialzone surrounding a city not within a county shall extend twenty-five milesbeyond the corporate limits of any such city not located within a countyand shall also extend throughout any county with a charter form ofgovernment which adjoins that city and throughout any county with a charterform of government and with more than two hundred fifty thousand but fewerthan three hundred fifty thousand inhabitants that is adjacent to suchcounty adjoining such city; further, provided, however, the commercial zoneof a city with a population of at least four hundred thousand inhabitantsbut not more than four hundred fifty thousand inhabitants shall extendtwelve miles beyond the corporate limits of any such city; except that thiszone shall extend from the southern border of such city's limits, beginningwith the western-most freeway, following said freeway south to the firstintersection with a multilane undivided highway, where the zone shallextend south along said freeway to include a city of the fourthclassification with more than eight thousand nine hundred but less thannine thousand inhabitants, and shall extend north from the intersection ofsaid freeway and multilane undivided highway along the multilane undividedhighway to the city limits of a city with a population of at least fourhundred thousand inhabitants but not more than four hundred fifty thousandinhabitants, and shall extend east from the city limits of a specialcharter city with more than two hundred seventy-five but fewer than threehundred seventy-five inhabitants along state route 210 and northwest fromthe intersection of state route 210 and state route 10 to include theboundaries of any city of the third classification with more than tenthousand eight hundred but fewer than ten thousand nine hundred inhabitantsand located in more than one county; further provided, however, thecommercial zone of a city of the third classification with more than ninethousand six hundred fifty but fewer than nine thousand eight hundredinhabitants shall extend south from the city limits along U.S. Highway 61to the intersection of state route OO in a county of the thirdclassification without a township form of government and with more thanseventeen thousand eight hundred but fewer than seventeen thousand ninehundred inhabitants. In no case shall the commercial zone of a city bereduced due to a loss of population. The provisions of this section shallnot apply to motor vehicles operating on the interstate highways in thearea beyond two miles of a corporate limit of the city unless the UnitedStates Department of Transportation increases the allowable weight limitson the interstate highway system within commercial zones. In such case,the mileage limits established in this section shall be automaticallyincreased only in the commercial zones to conform with those authorized bythe United States Department of Transportation.
4. Nothing in this section shall prevent a city, county, ormunicipality, by ordinance, from designating the routes over which suchvehicles may be operated.
5. No motor vehicle engaged in interstate commerce, whether unladenor with load, whose operations in the state of Missouri are limitedexclusively to the commercial zone of a first class home rule municipalitylocated in a county with a population between eighty thousand andninety-five thousand inhabitants which has a portion of its corporatelimits contiguous with a portion of the boundary between the states ofMissouri and Kansas, shall have a greater weight than twenty-two thousandfour hundred pounds on one axle, nor shall exceed fifteen feet in height.
(RSMo 1939 § 8384, 8409, A. 1949 S.B. 1113, A.L. 1951 p. 695, A.L. 1957 p. 624, A.L. 1965 p. 492, A.L. 1967 p. 415, A.L. 1971 S.B. 317, A.L. 1983 H.B. 539, A.L. 1988 S.B. 663, A.L. 2004 S.B. 1233, et al., A.L. 2007 S.B. 322)
Prior revision: 1929 §§ 7776, 7791
(1958) This section and § 304.180 are in pari materia and must be construed together. General gross weight limitations of § 304.180 applicable in cities of 75,000 inhabitants or more. State v. Chadeayne (A.), 313 S.W.2d 757. Reversed: (Mo.), 323 S.W.2d 680 where it was held that the 1951 reenactment of §304.190 applicable to the cities and area covered by this section.
Height and weight regulations (cities of 75,000 or more)--commercialzone defined.
304.190. 1. No motor vehicle, unladen or with load, operatingexclusively within the corporate limits of cities containing seventy-fivethousand inhabitants or more or within two miles of the corporate limits ofthe city or within the commercial zone of the city shall exceed fifteenfeet in height.
2. No motor vehicle operating exclusively within any said area shallhave a greater weight than twenty-two thousand four hundred pounds on oneaxle.
3. The "commercial zone" of the city is defined to mean that areawithin the city together with the territory extending one mile beyond thecorporate limits of the city and one mile additional for each fiftythousand population or portion thereof provided, however, the commercialzone surrounding a city not within a county shall extend twenty-five milesbeyond the corporate limits of any such city not located within a countyand shall also extend throughout any county with a charter form ofgovernment which adjoins that city and throughout any county with a charterform of government and with more than two hundred fifty thousand but fewerthan three hundred fifty thousand inhabitants that is adjacent to suchcounty adjoining such city; further, provided, however, the commercial zoneof a city with a population of at least four hundred thousand inhabitantsbut not more than four hundred fifty thousand inhabitants shall extendtwelve miles beyond the corporate limits of any such city; except that thiszone shall extend from the southern border of such city's limits, beginningwith the western-most freeway, following said freeway south to the firstintersection with a multilane undivided highway, where the zone shallextend south along said freeway to include a city of the fourthclassification with more than eight thousand nine hundred but less thannine thousand inhabitants, and shall extend north from the intersection ofsaid freeway and multilane undivided highway along the multilane undividedhighway to the city limits of a city with a population of at least fourhundred thousand inhabitants but not more than four hundred fifty thousandinhabitants, and shall extend east from the city limits of a specialcharter city with more than two hundred seventy-five but fewer than threehundred seventy-five inhabitants along state route 210 and northwest fromthe intersection of state route 210 and state route 10 to include theboundaries of any city of the third classification with more than tenthousand eight hundred but fewer than ten thousand nine hundred inhabitantsand located in more than one county; further provided, however, thecommercial zone of a city of the third classification with more than ninethousand six hundred fifty but fewer than nine thousand eight hundredinhabitants shall extend south from the city limits along U.S. Highway 61to the intersection of state route OO in a county of the thirdclassification without a township form of government and with more thanseventeen thousand eight hundred but fewer than seventeen thousand ninehundred inhabitants. In no case shall the commercial zone of a city bereduced due to a loss of population. The provisions of this section shallnot apply to motor vehicles operating on the interstate highways in thearea beyond two miles of a corporate limit of the city unless the UnitedStates Department of Transportation increases the allowable weight limitson the interstate highway system within commercial zones. In such case,the mileage limits established in this section shall be automaticallyincreased only in the commercial zones to conform with those authorized bythe United States Department of Transportation.
4. Nothing in this section shall prevent a city, county, ormunicipality, by ordinance, from designating the routes over which suchvehicles may be operated.
5. No motor vehicle engaged in interstate commerce, whether unladenor with load, whose operations in the state of Missouri are limitedexclusively to the commercial zone of a first class home rule municipalitylocated in a county with a population between eighty thousand andninety-five thousand inhabitants which has a portion of its corporatelimits contiguous with a portion of the boundary between the states ofMissouri and Kansas, shall have a greater weight than twenty-two thousandfour hundred pounds on one axle, nor shall exceed fifteen feet in height.
(RSMo 1939 § 8384, 8409, A. 1949 S.B. 1113, A.L. 1951 p. 695, A.L. 1957 p. 624, A.L. 1965 p. 492, A.L. 1967 p. 415, A.L. 1971 S.B. 317, A.L. 1983 H.B. 539, A.L. 1988 S.B. 663, A.L. 2004 S.B. 1233, et al., A.L. 2007 S.B. 322)
Prior revision: 1929 §§ 7776, 7791
(1958) This section and § 304.180 are in pari materia and must be construed together. General gross weight limitations of § 304.180 applicable in cities of 75,000 inhabitants or more. State v. Chadeayne (A.), 313 S.W.2d 757. Reversed: (Mo.), 323 S.W.2d 680 where it was held that the 1951 reenactment of §304.190 applicable to the cities and area covered by this section.
Height and weight regulations (cities of 75,000 or more)--commercialzone defined.
304.190. 1. No motor vehicle, unladen or with load, operatingexclusively within the corporate limits of cities containing seventy-fivethousand inhabitants or more or within two miles of the corporate limits ofthe city or within the commercial zone of the city shall exceed fifteenfeet in height.
2. No motor vehicle operating exclusively within any said area shallhave a greater weight than twenty-two thousand four hundred pounds on oneaxle.
3. The "commercial zone" of the city is defined to mean that areawithin the city together with the territory extending one mile beyond thecorporate limits of the city and one mile additional for each fiftythousand population or portion thereof provided, however, the commercialzone surrounding a city not within a county shall extend twenty-five milesbeyond the corporate limits of any such city not located within a countyand shall also extend throughout any county with a charter form ofgovernment which adjoins that city and throughout any county with a charterform of government and with more than two hundred fifty thousand but fewerthan three hundred fifty thousand inhabitants that is adjacent to suchcounty adjoining such city; further, provided, however, the commercial zoneof a city with a population of at least four hundred thousand inhabitantsbut not more than four hundred fifty thousand inhabitants shall extendtwelve miles beyond the corporate limits of any such city; except that thiszone shall extend from the southern border of such city's limits, beginningwith the western-most freeway, following said freeway south to the firstintersection with a multilane undivided highway, where the zone shallextend south along said freeway to include a city of the fourthclassification with more than eight thousand nine hundred but less thannine thousand inhabitants, and shall extend north from the intersection ofsaid freeway and multilane undivided highway along the multilane undividedhighway to the city limits of a city with a population of at least fourhundred thousand inhabitants but not more than four hundred fifty thousandinhabitants, and shall extend east from the city limits of a specialcharter city with more than two hundred seventy-five but fewer than threehundred seventy-five inhabitants along state route 210 and northwest fromthe intersection of state route 210 and state route 10 to include theboundaries of any city of the third classification with more than tenthousand eight hundred but fewer than ten thousand nine hundred inhabitantsand located in more than one county; further provided, however, thecommercial zone of a city of the third classification with more than ninethousand six hundred fifty but fewer than nine thousand eight hundredinhabitants shall extend south from the city limits along U.S. Highway 61to the intersection of state route OO in a county of the thirdclassification without a township form of government and with more thanseventeen thousand eight hundred but fewer than seventeen thousand ninehundred inhabitants. In no case shall the commercial zone of a city bereduced due to a loss of population. The provisions of this section shallnot apply to motor vehicles operating on the interstate highways in thearea beyond two miles of a corporate limit of the city unless the UnitedStates Department of Transportation increases the allowable weight limitson the interstate highway system within commercial zones. In such case,the mileage limits established in this section shall be automaticallyincreased only in the commercial zones to conform with those authorized bythe United States Department of Transportation.
4. Nothing in this section shall prevent a city, county, ormunicipality, by ordinance, from designating the routes over which suchvehicles may be operated.
5. No motor vehicle engaged in interstate commerce, whether unladenor with load, whose operations in the state of Missouri are limitedexclusively to the commercial zone of a first class home rule municipalitylocated in a county with a population between eighty thousand andninety-five thousand inhabitants which has a portion of its corporatelimits contiguous with a portion of the boundary between the states ofMissouri and Kansas, shall have a greater weight than twenty-two thousandfour hundred pounds on one axle, nor shall exceed fifteen feet in height.
(RSMo 1939 § 8384, 8409, A. 1949 S.B. 1113, A.L. 1951 p. 695, A.L. 1957 p. 624, A.L. 1965 p. 492, A.L. 1967 p. 415, A.L. 1971 S.B. 317, A.L. 1983 H.B. 539, A.L. 1988 S.B. 663, A.L. 2004 S.B. 1233, et al., A.L. 2007 S.B. 322)
Prior revision: 1929 §§ 7776, 7791
(1958) This section and § 304.180 are in pari materia and must be construed together. General gross weight limitations of § 304.180 applicable in cities of 75,000 inhabitants or more. State v. Chadeayne (A.), 313 S.W.2d 757. Reversed: (Mo.), 323 S.W.2d 680 where it was held that the 1951 reenactment of §304.190 applicable to the cities and area covered by this section.
