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Cross Reference: As to penalty, § 100.150.
[R.O. 2011 § 215.1460]
A. 
A person commits the offense of abandonment of an airtight or semi-airtight container if he or she knowingly abandons, discards, or permits to remain on premises under his or 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 (1 1/2) 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.
B. 
Subsection (A) of this Section does not apply to an icebox, refrigerator or other airtight or semi-airtight container located in that part of a building occupied by a dealer, warehouse operator or repair person.
C. 
The defendant shall have the burden of injecting the issue under Subsection (B) of this Section.
D. 
The offense of abandonment of an airtight or semi-airtight container is an ordinance violation. (RSMo. § 577.100, 2014 effective 1-1-2017)
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Cross Reference: As to penalty, § 100.150.
[R.O. 2011 § 215.1470; R.O. 2009 § 96.07; CC 1981 § 20-51]
It shall be the duty of every owner or occupant of an unenclosed lot of ground in this City having a cistern or well, or both, or any other deep or dangerous excavation thereon to cover or fence the same with a close, secure and substantial cover or fence and to keep and maintain the same so as to prevent persons or animals from falling therein.
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Cross Reference: As to penalty, § 100.150.
[R.O. 2011 § 215.1480; Ord. No. 13-220 § 1, 11-19-2013]
It shall be unlawful for any person to misuse the emergency telephone service. For the purposes of this Section, "emergency" means any incident involving danger to life or property that calls for an emergency response dispatch of police, fire, EMS or other public safety organization, "misuse the emergency telephone service" includes, but is not limited to, repeatedly calling 911 for non-emergency situations causing operators or equipment to be in use when emergency situations may need such operators or equipment and "repeatedly" means three or more times within a one-month period.
[R.O. 2011 § 215.1490; Ord. No. 18-021, 2-6-2018]
A. 
It shall be unlawful for the owner, possessor or person in charge of management of an area, room, or space to exceed the occupant load of the area, room, or space as set forth in the International Fire Code which is adopted by reference pursuant to Code of Ordinances Section 205.060, or the occupant load stated on the occupant load sign posted in an area, room, or space. The notice requirement of Section 109.3, or such successor section, of the International Fire Code shall not be applicable to this offense.
B. 
It shall be unlawful to not conspicuously place near the main exit or exit access doorway from an area, room or space, the occupant load sign. The occupant load sign shall be of the height and width dimensions and shall have the print font size as determined by the City Building Code Official responsible for determining occupant loads.
C. 
For purposes of this Section:
1. 
The possessor of an area, room, or space shall mean the person who has the legal right to occupy or possess the area, room, or space;
2. 
The person in charge of management of an area, room, or space is the person managing the area, room, or space at the time the occupancy load is exceeded; and
3. 
The owner of an area, room, or space is the person who has the fee interest in the area, room, or space.
D. 
It shall be prima facie evidence of exceeding the occupant load of an area, room, or space if the number of persons present in an area, room, or space is greater than the occupant load stated on the occupant load sign posted in an area, room, or space.
E. 
Repeat And Habitual Offenders. If it is shown on the trial of an offense under this Section that the defendant has previously been finally convicted of an offense under this Section, on conviction the person shall be punished by a fine of not less than three hundred dollars ($300.00).
F. 
In addition to the penalty prescribed above, the City may pursue other remedies such as abatement of nuisances, injunctive relief, administrative adjudication and revocation of licenses or permits.
[Ord. No. 23-113, 9-5-2023]
A. 
A person commits the offense of miscellaneous health and safety violation if he/she does or causes any action that endangers or potentially endangers the health and safety of another person. A person who violates this provision is subject to the penalties pursuant to Section 100.150 of this Code.
B. 
For the purposes of this Section, the following words shall have the following meanings:
HEALTH
A person's mental or physical condition and the state of complete physical, mental, and social well-being.
SAFETY
The condition of being protected from or unlikely to cause danger, risk, or injury.
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Editor's Note: Former Section 215.1510, Tattooing Restricted, was repealed 2-16-2021 by Ord. No. 21-030.
[R.O. 2011 § 215.1520; R.O. 2009 § 96.10; Ord. No. 97-278, 8-25-1997]
It shall be unlawful for any person to sell or offer to sell in the City of St. Charles to any person under eighteen (18) years of age any device or instrument designed for the piercing of the human body or its skin, which device or instrument has as a purpose the attachment of objects of adornment to the human body.