TRAFFIC INFRACTIONS AND OTHER ORDINANCE VIOLATIONS. MUNICIPAL COURT FINE SCHEDULE Effective May 1, 2013

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1 TRAFFIC INFRACTIONS AND OTHER ORDINANCE VIOLATIONS MUNICIPAL COURT FINE SCHEDULE Effective The Judges of the Municipal Court of Kansas City, Kansas have set the following fines for the following traffic infractions and ordinance violations. The Clerk of the Municipal Court and designated assistants are authorized to accept from the alleged violator by mail or in person his or her voluntary appearance, a plea of guilty or no contest, and the amount of fine shown for the infraction or violation. (K.S.A ) Ordinance violations and traffic infractions not listed on this Fine Schedule require a court appearance. Fines listed on this Fine Schedule shall be doubled if the violation occurred within any road construction zone. (Section 35-51(b), Code of Ordinances) Fines listed on this Fine Schedule relating to exceeding the maximum speed limit shall be doubled if the violation occurred in a posted school zone. (Section 35-51(c), Code of Ordinances) * = Moving Violation The following fines are effective for incidents occurring May , or later. The fine amounts do NOT include court costs. The State of Kansas mandates that court costs of $20.50 be assessed on all tickets issued, except for no seat belt and parking tickets. Unified Government ordinance provides that court costs shall be assessed if a case is placed on the court trial docket. Except for parking violations, if an accused person enters a plea of guilty or no contest to an offense listed on this Fine Schedule and pays the fine without a court appearance, no court costs, other than those mandated by the State, shall be assessed. If a case is continued past the original docket date listed on the ticket, a one-time fee of $30 will be assessed. If a defendant misses a scheduled court date, or payment deadline, City Ordinance dictates a late fee of $50 for each ticket for each date the defendant misses.(city Ordinance23-13(a)(4)) For any ticket on which there is no activity for 90 days or more, the ticket may be referred to a collection agency, which is authorized to add 33% to the amount to be collected. (See K.S.A ) Where a person is charged with a violation of a parking ordinance, if the violation remains unpaid 10 days after the violation, a $5.00 court cost is assessed, and an additional $5.00 court cost (a total of $10) is assessed for each violation which remains unpaid 30 days after the date of the violation. (Section 23-10, Code of Ordinances)

2 Page VIOLATING TRAFFIC CONTROL DEVICE...$ 80.00* VIOLATING TRAFFIC CONTROL SIGNAL...$ 80.00* VIOLATING PEDESTRIAN CONTROL SIGNAL...$ 60.00* VIOLATING FLASHING TRAFFIC SIGNAL...$ 80.00* VIOLATING LANE DIRECTION-CONTROL SIGNAL...$ 80.00* DISPLAYING UNAUTHORIZED SIGN, SIGNAL, MARKING, DEVICE...$ REFUSAL TO SUBMIT TO A PRELIMINARY BREATH TEST... $ COURT DRIVING AT UNSAFE SPEED FOR PREVAILING CONDITIONS...$ 80.00* EXCEEDING MAXIMUM SPEED LIMIT MPH Over Limit Convictions for traveling 6 miles per hour (mph) or less over the speed limit in a posted zone of 30 mph or more, but less than 55 mph, are non-moving violations pursuant to K.S.A Supp c. Convictions for traveling 10 mph or less over the speed limit in a 55 mph or greater zone also are non-moving violations pursuant to K.S.A Supp c mph over limit...$ mph over limit...$ mph over limit...$ mph over limit...$ mph over limit...$ mph over limit...$ mph over limit...$ mph over limit...$ mph over limit...$ mph over limit...$ mph over limit...$ mph over limit...$ mph over limit...$

3 Page 3 23 mph over limit...$ mph over limit...$ mph over limit...$ mph over limit...$ mph over limit...$ mph over limit...$ mph over limit...$ mph over limit...$ For speeds exceeding the speed limit by more than 30 mph, $ plus $25.00 for each mph over the limit Fines double for school and construction zones IMPEDING NORMAL TRAFFIC BY SLOW SPEED...$ 80.00* SPEEDING ON MOTOR DRIVEN CYCLE...$ 80.00* UNLAWFUL OPERATION OF LOW-SPEED VEHICLE...$ 80.00* DRIVING ON LEFT SIDE OF ROADWAY...$ 80.00* FAILURE TO KEEP RIGHT WHEN PASSING ONCOMING VEHICLES...$ 80.00* IMPROPER PASSING ON LEFT; INCREASING SPEED WHEN PASSED...$ 80.00* IMPROPER PASSING ON RIGHT...$ 80.00* PASSING ON LEFT WITH INSUFFICIENT CLEARANCE...$ 80.00* DRIVING LEFT OF CENTER ON CURVE OR GRADE OR WITHIN 100 FEET OF INTERSECTION, RAILROAD CROSSING, BRIDGE, VIADUCT, OR TUNNEL...$ 80.00* DRIVING ON LEFT IN NO PASSING ZONE...$ 80.00* DRIVING WRONG DIRECTION ON ONE-WAY ROADWAY OR AROUND ROTARY TRAFFIC ISLAND...$ 80.00* IMPROPER DRIVING ON LANED ROADWAY...$ 80.00* FOLLOWING TOO CLOSELY...$ 80.00*

4 Page IMPROPER CROSSOVER ON DIVIDED HIGHWAY...$ 80.00* IMPROPER TURN OR APPROACH...$ 80.00* DISOBEYING SIGN PROHIBITING RIGHT, LEFT OR U-TURNS...$ IMPROPER U-TURN...$ UNSAFE STARTING OF STOPPED VEHICLE...$ UNSAFE TURNING OR STOPPING; FAILURE TO GIVE PROPER SIGNAL; USING TURN SIGNAL UNLAWFULLY...$ 80.00* IMPROPER METHOD OF GIVING NOTICE OF INTENTION TO TURN...$ 80.00* IMPROPER HAND SIGNAL...$ 80.00* FAILURE TO YIELD RIGHT-OF-WAY AT UNCONTROLLED INTERSECTION...$ 80.00* FAILURE TO YIELD TO APPROACHING VEHICLE WHEN TURNING LEFT...$ 80.00* FAILURE TO YIELD AT STOP OR YIELD SIGN...$ 80.00* FAILURE TO YIELD FROM PRIVATE ROAD OR DRIVEWAY...$ 80.00* FAILURE TO YIELD TO EMERGENCY VEHICLE...$200.00* FAILURE TO YIELD TO PEDESTRIAN OR VEHICLE WORKING ON ROADWAY...$ 80.00* DISOBEYING PEDESTRIAN TRAFFIC CONTROL DEVICE...$ FAILURE TO YIELD TO PEDESTRIAN IN CROSSWALK; PEDESTRIAN SUDDENLY ENTERING ROADWAY; PASSING VEHICLE STOPPED FOR PEDESTRIAN AT CROSSWALK...$ 80.00* IMPROPER PEDESTRIAN CROSSING...$ FAILURE TO EXERCISE DUE CARE IN REGARD TO PEDESTRIAN...$ 80.00*

5 Page IMPROPER PEDESTRIAN MOVEMENT IN CROSSWALK...$ IMPROPER USE OF ROADWAY BY PEDESTRIAN...$ SOLICITING RIDE OR BUSINESS ON ROADWAY...$ DRIVING THROUGH SAFETY ZONE...$ 80.00* FAILURE TO YIELD TO PEDESTRIAN ON SIDEWALK $ 60.00* FAILURE OF PEDESTRIAN TO YIELD TO AUTHORIZED EMERGENCY VEHICLE...$ FAILURE TO YIELD TO BLIND PEDESTRIAN...$ PEDESTRIAN UNDER INFLUENCE OF ALCOHOL OR DRUGS...$ PEDESTRIAN DISOBEYING BRIDGE OR RAILROAD SIGNAL...$ FAILURE TO STOP OR OBEY RAILROAD CROSSING SIGNAL...$ * FAILURE TO STOP AT RAILROAD CROSSING STOP SIGN...$ * FAILURE OF CERTAIN HAZARDOUS VEHICLES TO STOP AT RAILROAD CROSSING... $ * IMPROPER MOVING OF HEAVY EQUIPMENT AT RAIL- ROAD CROSSING...$ 80.00* FAILURE TO STOP VEHICLE WHEN EMERGING FROM ALLEY, BUILDING, PRIVATE ROAD OR DRIVEWAY...$ 80.00* IMPROPER PASSING OF SCHOOL BUS; IMPROPER USE OF SCHOOL BUS SIGNALS...$ IMPROPER PASSING OF CHURCH OR DAY-CARE BUS; IMPROPER USE OF SIGNALS...$ ERASING MARK PLACED BY OFFICER...$ IMPROPER PARKING...$ (a) PARKING IN HANDICAPPED PARKING SPACE...$120.00

6 Page IMPROPER STOPPING OR PARKING ON ROADWAY...$ STOPPING, STANDING, OR PARKING IN PROHIBITED AREA...$ IMPROPER PARKING...$ IMPROPER STALL PARKING...$ BLOCKING TRAFFIC ON NARROW STREETS...$ PARKING ON NARROW STREETS WHERE PROHIBITED...$ PARKING IN ALLEY...$ PARKING DISABLED AND OTHER VEHICLES...$ PARKING ADJACENT TO SCHOOLS WHERE PROHIBITED...$ STOPPING OR PARKING IN HAZARDOUS OR CONGESTED PLACES...$ PARKING IN VIOLATION OF A NO-PARKING SIGN...$ PARKING IN VIOLATION OF POSTED TIME LIMIT...$ PARKING IN VIOLATION OF POSTED LOADING ZONE, TAXICAB ZONE, OR BUS ZONE...$ PARKING OVERSIZED VEHICLES IN PUBLIC LOTS...$ PARKING OUTSIDE OF DESIGNATED MARKINGS IN PUBLIC PARKING LOTS...$ PARKING IN THE ROADWAY IN PUBLIC PARKING LOTS...$ OVERTIME PARKING IN PUBLIC PARKING LOTS...$ PARKING IN PUBLIC PARKING LOTS BETWEEN 2:00 A.M. AND 6:00 A.M....$ PARKING IN PUBLIC PARKING LOT WITHOUT PAYMENT OF FEE...$ PARKING IN PUBLIC PARKING LOT WITHOUT PERMIT...$ 35.00

7 Page BACKING INTO STALL IN PUBLIC LOT...$ PARKING IN MORE THAN ONE METERED SPACE...$ PARKING AT A PARKING METER WITHOUT PAYMENT OF THE REQUIRED AMOUNT...$ OVERTIME PARKING AT A PARKING METER...$ UNATTENDED MOTOR VEHICLE...$ DRIVING WITH VIEW OR DRIVING MECHANISM OBSTRUCTED...$ 60.00* COASTING...$ 60.00* FOLLOWING FIRE APPARATUS TOO CLOSELY...$ 75.00* DRIVING OVER FIRE HOSE...$ PUTTING GLASS, ETC., ON HIGHWAY...$ DRIVING INTO INTERSECTION, CROSSWALK, OR RAILROAD CROSSING WITHOUT SUFFICIENT SPACE ON OTHER SIDE...$ 60.00* IMPROPER OPERATION OF SNOWMOBILE ON HIGHWAY...$ UNLAWFUL RIDING...$ DRIVING ON PRIVATE PROPERTY, SIDEWALK, CURB, OR PROPERTY UNIMPROVED FOR DRIVING PURPOSES...$ 80.00* IMPROPER BACKING...$ 80.00* DRIVING THROUGH OR ON PRIVATE PROPERTY TO AVOID STOP SIGN...$ UNSAFE OPENING OF VEHICLE DOOR...$ RIDING IN HOUSE TRAILER...$ LITTER FROM VEHICLES...$ 75.00

8 Page CHILD PASSENGER SAFETY...$ (a) FAILURE TO WEAR SEAT BELT (age 18 or older)...$ (b) FAILURE TO WEAR SEAT BELT (age 14-18)...$ IMPROPER OPERATION OF BICYCLE OR PLAY VEHICLE; PARENTAL RESPONSIBILITY FOR IMPROPER OPERATION...$ NOT RIDING ON BICYCLE SEAT; TOO MANY RIDERS...$ CLINGING TO VEHICLE...$ IMPROPER OPERATION OF BICYCLE ON ROADWAY...$ CARRYING ARTICLES ON BICYCLE WITHOUT ONE HAND ON HANDLEBARS...$ IMPROPER LAMPS, REFLECTORS OR BRAKES ON BICYCLE...$ IMPROPER OPERATION OF OR RIDING ON MOTORCYCLE (SEATING, BUNDLES, RIDERS)...$ IMPROPER OPERATION OF MOTORCYCLE ON LANED ROADWAY...$ CLINGING TO OTHER VEHICLES FROM MOTORCYCLE...$ IMPROPER MOTORCYCLE PASSENGER EQUIPMENT; IMPROPER HANDLEBARS...$ FAILURE OF MOTORCYCLE OPERATOR OR RIDER TO WEAR HELMET OR EYE-PROTECTIVE DEVICE...$ DRIVING OR PERMITTING TO BE DRIVEN VEHICLE WITHOUT PROPER EQUIPMENT...$ DRIVING WITHOUT LIGHTS WHEN NEEDED OR REQUIRED...$ 80.00* DEFECTIVE HEAD LAMP...$ DEFECTIVE TAIL LAMP...$ 30.00

9 Page DEFECTIVE REFLECTOR...$ IMPROPER STOP LAMP OR TURN SIGNAL...$ IMPROPER LIGHTING EQUIPMENT ON CERTAIN VEHICLES...$ IMPROPER LAMP COLOR ON CERTAIN VEHICLES...$ IMPROPER MOUNTING OF REFLECTORS AND LAMPS ON CERTAIN VEHICLES...$ IMPROPER VISIBILITY OF REFLECTORS AND LAMPS ON CERTAIN VEHICLES...$ IMPROPER LAMP OR FLAG ON PROJECTING LOAD...$ IMPROPER LAMPS ON PARKED VEHICLE...$ IMPROPER LAMPS AND EQUIPMENT ON FARM TRACTORS OR SLOW-MOVING VEHICLES...$ UNLAWFUL USE OF SPOT, FOG, OR AUXILIARY LAMPS...$ IMPROPER LAMPS OR LIGHTS ON EMERGENCY VEHICLE...$ IMPROPER STOP LAMPS OR TURN SIGNALS...$ IMPROPER VEHICULAR HAZARD WARNING LAMPS...$ UNAUTHORIZED ADDITIONAL LIGHTING EQUIPMENT...$ IMPROPER MULTIPLE-BEAM LIGHTS...$ FAILURE TO DIM HEADLIGHTS...$ 80.00* IMPROPER NUMBER OF DRIVING LAMPS...$ UNAUTHORIZED LIGHTS AND SIGNALS...$ IMPROPER LIGHTING EQUIPMENT OR WARNING DEVICES ON SCHOOL, CHURCH, OR DAY-CARE BUS...$ 55.00

10 Page IMPROPER LIGHTS ON HIGHWAY CONSTRUCTION OR MAINTENANCE VEHICLES...$ DEFECTIVE BRAKES...$ DEFECTIVE OR IMPROPER USE OF HORN OR WARNING DEVICE...$ DEFECTIVE MUFFLER...$ DEFECTIVE MIRROR...$ DEFECTIVE WIPERS; OBSTRUCTED WINDSHIELD OR WINDOWS...$ l8 IMPROPER TIRES...$ TV SCREEN VISIBLE TO DRIVER...$ UNLAWFUL USE OF ONE-WAY GLASS...$ IMPROPER COMPRESSION RELEASE ENGINE BRAKING SYSTEM...$ DEFECTIVE MOTORCYCLE HEAD LAMP...$ DEFECTIVE MOTORCYCLE TAIL LAMP...$ DEFECTIVE MOTORCYCLE REFLECTOR...$ DEFECTIVE MOTORCYCLE STOP LAMP AND TURN SIGNALS...$ DEFECTIVE MULTIPLE-BEAM LIGHTING...$ IMPROPER ROAD LIGHTING EQUIPMENT ON MOTOR- DRIVEN CYCLES...$ DEFECTIVE MOTORCYCLE OR MOTOR-DRIVEN CYCLE BRAKES...$ IMPROPER PERFORMANCE ABILITY OF BRAKES...$ DEFECTIVE HORN, MUFFLER, MIRRORS, OR TIRES...$ 55.00

11 Page EXCEEDING SINGLE WHEEL LOAD LIMITS OR AXLE LOAD LIMITS Pounds Overweight Up to 1,000...$ ,001 to 2, cents per pound 2001 to 5, cents per pound 5,001 to 7, cents per pound 7,501 and over cents per pound EXCEEDING GROSS WEIGHT FOR VEHICLE OR LOAD Pounds Overweight Up to 1,000...$ ,001 to 2, cents per pound 2001 to 5, cents per pound 5,001 to 7, cents per pound 7,501 and over cents per pound EXPIRED, SWITCHED OR ALTERED TAGS 1 MONTH OVERDUE $ MONTHS OVERDUE $50 6+ MONTHS OVERDUE $100 Not Codified DISOBEYING SCHOOL CROSSING GUARD...$ Not Codified UNLAWFUL OPERATION OF MICRO-UTILITY TRUCK...$ UNSAFE USE OF ALL-TERRAIN VEHICLE...$ UNLAWFUL OPERATION OF ALL-TERRAIN VEHICLE...$ Fingerprint fee $10- All convictions for misdemeanors require that the defendant be fingerprinted See K.S.A (b)