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. 82-07 §§1 —
2, 6-3-1982]
A.
A person
commits the offense of littering if he/she throws or places or causes
to be thrown or placed any glass, glass bottles, wire, nails, tacks,
hedge, cans, garbage, trash, refuse or rubbish of any kind, nature
or description on the right-of-way of any public road or State highway
or on or in any of the waters in this City 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 on any land
or water owned, operated or leased by the Federal Government or the
City or on any private real property owned by another without his/her
consent.
B.
Placement Of Litter In Receptacles. Persons placing litter
in receptacles shall do so in such a manner as to prevent it from
being carried or deposited by the elements upon any street, sidewalk
or other public place or upon the private property of another person.
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.
Whoever willfully or maliciously poisons, defiles or in any
way corrupts the water of a well, spring, brook or reservoir used
for domestic or municipal purposes, or whoever willfully or maliciously
diverts, dams up and holds back from its natural course and flow any
spring, brook 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, 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.
[Ord. No. 2012-14 §§1
— 4, 5-22-2012]
A.
Fireworks.
1.
Definition. "Fireworks" shall be
defined as 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 and American
Pyrotechnics Association 87-1 standards.
2.
The Board of Aldermen of the City of Appleton City, Missouri shall
set the days during which fireworks may be fired, shot off, or discharged
within the City limits of the City of Appleton City, Missouri.
3.
Pursuant to Section 320.106(3), RSMo., fireworks may be sold within
the City limits of Appleton City from the twentieth (20th) day of
June and continuing to the tenth (10th) day of July of the same year.
B.
Quiet Zone. There is hereby created a quiet zone in the
area of the Ellett Memorial Hospital and A.C. Manor and Country Side
Estates, and it shall be unlawful for any person to fire, shoot off,
or discharge any fireworks within an area of three hundred (300) feet
of the aforementioned described hospital and nursing home, except
when approved by the Fire Chief or his/her designee.
C.
Items Not Subject. Pursuant to Section 320.156, RSMo., nothing
in this Section shall be construed as applying to the manufacture,
storage, sale or use of signals necessary for the safe operation of
railroads or other classes of public or private transportation or
of illuminating devices for photographic use, nor as applying to the
military or naval forces of the United States or of this State or
to Peace Officers, nor as prohibiting the sale or use of blank cartridges
for ceremonial, theatrical, or athletic events, nor as applying to
the transportation, sale or use of fireworks solely for agricultural
purposes, provided the items sold for agricultural purposes shall
be limited to those items that are legal for retail sale and use within
the State of Missouri.
D.
Violation. Any person violating any of the provisions of this Section shall be deemed guilty of an ordinance violation and upon conviction shall be punished as set forth in Section 100.220 of this Code, and the Fire Chief or the Police Chief, or their designee, shall seize, take, remove, or cause to be removed at the expense of the owner all stocks of fireworks offered or exposed for sale, stored, or held in violation of this Section.
[Ord. No. 0113 §§I —
II, 11-4-1971]
No person shall burn any shavings, straw, paper, wood, corrugated
boxes, or any other combustible materials in any alley, street or
upon any private property at any place within the presently designated
fire limits of the City of Appleton City, Missouri.
