City of Vinita Park, MO Article XIV Miscellaneous Offenses

Section 210.2300 Nighttime Change of Occupancy.

A. Hours Restricted — Permit Required. It shall be unlawful for any person to move into or out of any house, apartment or other residential building or into or out of any place of business or other commercial establishment later than one-half (½) hour after sunset and earlier than one-half (½) hour before sunrise without first obtaining a permit from the Director of Minimum Housing or his/her duly designated representative.

B. Issuance Of Permit — Forms. The Director of Minimum Housing or his/her representative is hereby authorized to issue permits required by this Chapter during regular City business hours. A permit and application therefor shall be on such form as established by the Director of Minimum Housing.

Section 210.2310 Fortunetellers and Clairvoyants.

No person shall pursue or practice within the City the vocation, profession or art of fortuneteller, clairvoyant, spirit medium, necromancer, seer, astrologist, palmist, prophet or other such crafty, pretended or occult art or art of divination of telling past events of another's life or affairs or in any way revealing things of the past or the future of a secret or hidden nature, of giving advice or assistance in matters of business or affairs of any other kind or nature by means of such art or of purporting so to tell, foretell, reveal or give advice or assistance by means of such art. No person shall so pursue or practice within the City such vocations or professions or any of them, whether for price or gratuity or whether by offer or upon request. The maintenance, display, posting or advertisement or the causing to be maintained, displayed, posted or advertised of any sign, card, bill or announcement of any kind whatever indicating the pursuit or practice of any such vocation, profession or art aforesaid or indicating an offer to render service in such pursuit or practice shall, upon proof thereof, be a violation of this Section.

Section 210.2320 Storage Containers Regulated.

A. Definition. As used in this Section, the following term shall have this prescribed meaning:

STORAGE CONTAINER

Any covered dumpster, storage container, pod or any other movable storage unit that is located outside of a building or garage that is not an accessory building authorized by permit.

B. No storage containers shall be located within the City of Vinita Park without a permit issued by the Building Inspector.

C. No storage containers shall be located on property zoned "A" residential without a permit issued by the Building Inspectors, and such permit shall not authorize placement of storage containers in "A" residential locations for a period in excess of thirty (30) days. The fee for such permit shall be the same as already set out for a dumpster license in the City ordinances.

D. The penalty for failing to secure the necessary permit to authorize placement of a storage container shall not be more than one thousand dollars ($1,000.00) per day.

Section 210.2330 Fireworks.

A. Fireworks Prohibited Generally. It shall be unlawful for any person in the City to sell, offer for sale, expose for sale, use, discharge or explode any blank cartridge, toy pistol, toy cannon, cane in which explosives are used, balloons which require fire underneath to propel such, firecrackers, torpedoes, skyrockets, Roman candles, serial salutes, bombs, electric sparklers, colored fires or colored fire torches or other fireworks of any kind whatsoever.

B. Fireworks Displays.

1. Nothing contained in Subsection (A) of this Section shall prohibit the sale or use of fireworks for pyrotechnic displays given by any fair association, amusement park, the officials in charge of any public park or any civic organization or group of individuals having first obtained a permit from the Board of Aldermen for such displays or prohibit the sale or use of blank cartridges for theatrical purposes, signal purposes in athletic or sport events or for the use of militia, police, civil defense or military organizations.

2. The Board of Aldermen is hereby authorized to issue permits for pyrotechnic displays to fair associations, amusement parks or groups of individuals; provided that no such permit shall be issued except upon an application therefor and after an investigation from which the Board of Aldermen is satisfied that the public safety will not be endangered by such display.

C. Penalty. Any person violating any of the provisions of this Section shall, upon conviction, be subject to the penalty provided in Section 100.220 of this Code.

Section 210.2340 Toxic Substances — Flammable Liquids.

A. Definition. "Toxic substance" is any substance which has been identified as an air contaminant under the Occupational Safety and Health Standards, Code of Federal Regulations, Title 29, Chapter XVLL, Subpart Z, Section 1910 — 1000, or listed in the current list of Threshold Limit Values (TLVS) of the American Conference of Governmental Industrial Hygienists (ACGIH) and which an employer uses or produces but shall not include any substance which is a food or drug, as defined in the Federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act, 21 USC, Section 321 et seq., packaged for distribution to and used by the general public, including any product used by an employer in the same form, approximate amount, concentration and manner as it is sold to the consumer, present in a physical state, volume or concentration for which there is not valid and substantial evidence that a significant risk to human health may occur from exposure and used in a laboratory for experimentation, research, development or testing by or under the direct supervision of a technically qualified individual; provided that the toxic substance or mixture is not produced in the laboratory for commercial purposes.

B. Report Of Substances On Premises Required.

1. All persons shall be required to report to the City all toxic substances or flammable liquids which they have stored or for sale on the premises that exceed fifty (50) gallons in volume and/or fifty (50) pounds in weight.

2. All individuals not doing business in the City shall be required by February fifteenth (15th) of each year to report the type of substances or chemicals which are stored, provide the Minimum Housing Director with a layout of where the product is stored, provide information as to the type of container storing the substance or liquid and provide information as to antidotes if required by the Minimum Housing Director.

3. All businesses shall be required to supply to the Minimum Housing Director a report showing the layout of the business, with the placement of the containers holding the various substances or chemicals, the type of container holding it, antidotes and information as to the toxicity. This information is to be provided on the form forwarded with the business license and no business license shall be issued until such information is supplied, if applicable.

C. Penalty. Any person who violates the provisions of this Section shall be subject to the penalty provided in Section 100.220 of this Code.