A.
A person
commits the offense of abandonment of airtight icebox if he/she abandons,
discards or knowingly permits to remain on premises under his/her
control, in a place accessible to children, any abandoned or discarded
icebox, refrigerator or other airtight or semi-airtight container
which has a capacity of one and one-half (1½) cubic feet or
more and an opening of fifty (50) square inches or more and which
has a door or lid equipped with hinge, latch or other fastening device
capable of securing such door or lid without rendering such equipment
harmless to human life by removing such hinges, latches or other hardware
which may cause a person to be confined therein.
[Ord. No. 5879 §3(17-42), 5-24-2005]
A.
LITTER
PROPERTY
Definitions. As used in this Article, the following terms
shall have these prescribed meanings:
Any organic or inorganic waste material, rubbish, refuse,
garbage, trash, hulls, peelings, debris, grass, weeds, ashes, sand,
gravel, slag, brickbats, metal, plastic and glass containers, broken
glass, dead animals or intentionally or unintentionally discarded
materials of every kind and description.
Public or private property.
B.
It Shall Be Unlawful To Litter. A person commits the crime
of littering if he/she dumps, deposits, throws, leaves, causes or
permits the dumping, depositing, placing, throwing or leaving of litter
or allows unsecured materials to drop or shift off of vehicle loads
onto any property in this City or any waters in this City unless:
1.
The property is designated by the State or by any of its agencies
or political subdivisions for the disposal of such litter and such
person is authorized by the proper public authority to use such property;
and
2.
The litter is placed into a receptacle or container installed on
such property; or
3.
The person is the owner of such property, has obtained consent of
the owner or is acting under the personal direction of the owner,
all in a manner consistent with the public welfare.
C.
Evidence Of Littering.
1.
Whenever litter is thrown, deposited, dropped or dumped from any
motor vehicle, boat, airplane or other conveyance in violation of
this Section, it shall be prima facie evidence that the operator of
the conveyance has violated this Section.
2.
Except as provided in Subdivision (1) of Subsection (C) above, whenever any litter which is dumped, deposited, thrown or left on property in violation of this Section is discovered to contain any article including, but not limited to, letters, bills, publications or other writing which display the name of the person thereon in such a manner to indicate that the article belongs or belonged to such person, it shall be a rebuttable presumption that such person has violated this Section.
D.
Penalties. In addition to the penalties set out in the General
Penalty Section of the City Code, the court may:
1.
Order the violator to reimburse the City for the reasonable cost
of removing the litter when the litter is or is ordered removed by
the City;
2.
Order the violator to pick up and remove any and all litter from
any public property, private right-of-way for a distance not to exceed
one (1) mile or, with prior permission of the legal owner or tenant
in lawful possession of private property, any such private property
upon which it can be established by competent evidence that he/she
has deposited litter, including any litter he/she has deposited and
any litter deposited thereon by anyone else prior to the date of execution
of sentence.
A.
If
any person or persons shall put any dead animal, carcass or part thereof,
the offal or any other filth into any well, spring, brook, branch,
creek, pond or lake, every person so offending shall, on conviction
thereof, be fined not less than twenty-five dollars ($25.00) nor more
than five hundred dollars ($500.00).
B.
If
any person shall remove or cause to be removed and placed in or near
any public road or highway, or upon premises not his/her own, or in
any river, stream or watercourse any dead animal, carcass or part
thereof, or other nuisance to the annoyance of the citizens of this
City, or any of them, every person so offending shall, upon conviction
thereof, be fined for every offense not less than twenty-five dollars
($25.00) nor more than five hundred dollars ($500.00), and if such
nuisance be not removed within three (3) days thereafter, it shall
be deemed a second (2nd) offense against the provisions of this Section.
[Ord. No. 6466 § 1, 1-10-2017[1]]
A.
A person commits the offense of tampering with a water supply if
he or she purposely:
1.
Poisons, defiles or in any way corrupts the water of a well,
spring, brook, stream, creek, pond, lake, or reservoir used for domestic
or municipal purposes; or
2.
Diverts, dams up and holds back from its natural course and
flow any spring, brook, stream, creek or other water supply for domestic
or municipal purposes, after said water supply shall have once been
taken for use by any person or persons, corporation, town or city
for their use; or
3.
Places or causes to be placed the carcass or offal of any dead
animal into any well, spring, brook, stream, creek, pond, or lake.
B.
Those found guilty of tampering with a water supply shall be adjudged
guilty of an ordinance violation and punished by a fine not less than
fifty dollars ($50.00) nor more than five hundred dollars ($500.00),
or by imprisonment in the City or County Jail not exceeding ninety
(90) days, or by both such fine and imprisonment, and shall be liable
to the party injured for three (3) times the actual damage sustained,
to be recovered by suit at law.
[1]
Editor's Note: Ord. No. 6466 also changed the title of this
Section from "Corrupting or Diverting Water Supply" to "Tampering
With Water Supply."
A.
A person
commits the offense of abandoning a motor vehicle or trailer if he/she
abandons any motor vehicle or trailer on the right-of-way of any public
road or State highway or on or in any of the waters in this State
or on the banks of any stream or on any land or water owned, operated
or leased by the State, any board, department, agency or commission
thereof or any political subdivision thereof or on any land or water
owned, operated or leased by the Federal Government or on any private
real property owned by another without his/her consent.
B.
For
purposes of this Section, the last owner of record of a motor vehicle
or trailer found abandoned and not shown to be transferred pursuant
to Sections 301.196 and 301.197, RSMo., shall be deemed prima facie
to have been the owner of such motor vehicle or trailer at the time
it was abandoned and to have been the person who abandoned the motor
vehicle or trailer or caused or procured its abandonment. The registered
owner of the abandoned motor vehicle or trailer shall not be subject
to the penalties provided by this Section if the motor vehicle or
trailer was in the care, custody or control of another person at the
time of the violation. In such instance, the owner shall submit such
evidence in an affidavit permitted by the court setting forth the
name, address, and other pertinent information of the person who leased,
rented, or otherwise had care, custody or control of the motor vehicle
or trailer at the time of the alleged violation. The affidavit submitted
pursuant to this Subsection shall be admissible in a court proceeding
adjudicating the alleged violation and shall raise a rebuttable presumption
that the person identified in the affidavit was in actual control
of the motor vehicle or trailer. In such case, the court has the authority
to terminate the prosecution of the summons issued to the owner and
issue a summons to the person identified in the affidavit as the operator.
If the motor vehicle or trailer is alleged to have been stolen, the
owner of the motor vehicle or trailer shall submit proof that a Police
report was filed in a timely manner indicating that the vehicle was
stolen at the time of the alleged violation.
C.
Any
person convicted pursuant to this Section shall be civilly liable
for all reasonable towing, storage, and administrative costs associated
with the abandonment of the motor vehicle or trailer. Any reasonable
towing, storage and administrative costs in excess of the value of
the abandoned motor vehicle or trailer that exist at the time the
motor vehicle is transferred pursuant to Section 304.156, RSMo., shall
remain the liability of the person convicted pursuant to this Section
so long as the towing company, as defined in Chapter 304, RSMo., provided
the title owner and lienholders, as ascertained by the Department
of Revenue records, a notice within the timeframe and in the form
as described in Subsection (1) of Section 304.156, RSMo.
[Ord. No. 6153 §1, 7-26-2011; Ord. No. 6466 § 1, 1-10-2017]
A.
No person shall sell, use, manufacture, display or possess fireworks,
as hereinafter defined, within the City at any time. This Section
shall not prohibit the sale by any wholesaler, dealer or jobber within
the City at wholesale if the fireworks are shipped and delivered directly
to consignees outside the limits of the City.
B.
The term "fireworks," as used in this Section, is any composition
or device for producing a visible, audible or both visible and audible
effect by combustion, deflagration or detonation and that meets the
definition of consumer, proximate or display fireworks as set forth
by 49 CFR Part 171 to end, United States Department of Transportation
hazardous materials regulations. The term "fireworks" shall not include
sparklers, colored flares, or blank cartridges for theatrical purposes
or signal purposes in spoke events or such articles for use of the
militia, Police or army.
C.
The discharge of toy pistols, toy canes, toy guns or other devices
in which paper caps containing twenty-five hundredths (0.25) grains
or less of explosive mixture and the sale and use of same shall not
constitute a violation of this Section.
D.
The prohibition of this Section shall not apply to any public demonstrations
or displays of fireworks. However, any such public demonstrations
or displays of fireworks may be conducted only after application has
been made in writing to the Fire Chief and a permit has been issued
for such demonstration or display by the Fire Chief.
[Ord. No. 6466 § 1, 1-10-2017]
A.
No person shall operate, or cause to be operated, over the City any
aircraft which is flying in a manner commonly known as stunt flying,
or at an unreasonably low altitude, or in any other manner that may
be a hazard or dangerous to persons or property within the City.
B.
No person shall broadcast by loud speakers or in any other manner,
loud, disturbing or unnecessary noises from any aircraft or cause,
aid or abet the operation of any aircraft over the City from which
is emanated by means aforesaid any such noises.
C.
No person shall operate, or cause or to be operated, any aircraft
for commercial sound advertising purposes in or over the City.
