[R.O. 2011 § 250.010; R.O. 2009
§ 93.01; CC 1981 § 6-1]
It shall be unlawful for any person
to use any cemetery, graveyard or burial ground for any other purpose
than as a burial ground or to be guilty of any unseemly, offensive
or lascivious conduct within or about any cemetery, graveyard or burial
ground. The provisions of Section shall apply to all cemeteries, graveyards
or burial grounds within this City and to all such burial grounds
within three (3) miles thereof belonging to this City.
[R.O. 2011 § 250.020; R.O. 2009
§ 93.02; CC 1981 § 6-3; Ord. No.
83-72, 9-21-1983; Ord. No. 07-162, 6-11-2007]
It shall be unlawful for any person
not acting pursuant to a burial permit to knowingly disturb any grave
or burial site, including prehistoric human bones, unless the same
be specifically authorized by the Mayor. Any person who may be digging,
including persons using tools, machines and equipment, who shall observe
bones, caskets or other indications of human burial shall cease and
stop work and notify the Mayor. The Mayor shall cause the site to
be investigated and shall determine whether such constitute a human
burial and whether reburial is required. The Mayor shall be authorized
to stop any work in which the disturbing of a grave or burial site
is likely and may permit work to proceed upon conditions reasonably
likely to preserve the human remains.
[R.O. 2011 § 250.030; R.O. 2009
§ 93.03; Ord. No. 00-157, 6-9-2000]
A.
It shall be unlawful for any person knowingly
to vandalize, destroy, mutilate, disfigure, deface, injure or remove
any tomb, monument or gravestone or other structure placed in any
cemetery or any fence, railing or other work for the protection or
ornamentation of any such cemetery or place of burial of any human
being or tomb, monument or gravestone, memento or memorial or other
structure aforesaid or of any lot within such cemetery.
B.
Pursuant to Section 214.010, RSMo., any person violating Subsection (A) at or within a cemetery owned by the City of St. Charles shall be subject to a mandatory penalty of one thousand dollars ($1,000.00) for each violation. Any person violating Subsection (A) at or within a private cemetery shall be subject to a mandatory penalty of five hundred dollars ($500.00) for each violation. In addition to any other penalty, the offender shall be ordered to pay restitution for the damage or loss to the property.
C.
Signs advising of the aforesaid one thousand
dollar ($1,000.00) penalty shall be posted at any cemetery owned by
the City of St. Charles. Owners or operators of a private cemetery
are encouraged, within their complete discretion, to post signs advising
of the aforesaid five hundred dollar ($500.00) penalty.
