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State Law Reference: As to garbage disposal,
see §§ 71.680, 71.690, RSMo.
[R.O. 1992 § 215.090; R.O. 1942,
§§ 255, 256; CC 1970 § 21-2]
A.
No distiller, tanner, brewer, butcher,
pork or beef packer, soap boiler, livery stable keeper or other person
whomsoever, shall cause or permit any offal, blood, filth or manure,
rubbish, still slops or any refuse, animal or vegetable matter or
any unclean, foul or nauseous liquid to be discharged out of or from
any premises owned or occupied by him/her, or be thrown into, deposited
on or left in any stream of water within this City, Dubois Creek and
the Missouri River below the waterworks excepted, or into or upon
any sidewalk, street, alley or other public place, vacant lot, wharf,
or river bank in this City. Such conditions are hereby declared to
constitute nuisances.
B.
No person shall permit or suffer any substance of the nature mentioned in Subsection (A), which is liable to become putrid or offensive or injurious to the public health, to remain on any premises owned or occupied by him/her in this City for a longer period than twenty-four (24) hours at one time, but the same shall be removed or buried within the time aforesaid.
[R.O. 1992 § 215.100; R.O. 1942
§ 333; Ord. No. 3744 §§ 2, 3, 4, 7-20-1970; Ord. No. 7230, 6-15-1992; Ord.
No. 98-8414 § 1, 7-6-1998; Ord. No. 12-11014 §§ 1—2, 6-18-2012]
A.
No owner, lessee, occupant or any agent,
servant, representative or employee of such owner, lessee or occupant
having control of any lot or tract of ground or any part of any lot
or tract of ground situated within two hundred (200) feet of any dwelling
shall allow or maintain on any such lot any growth of grass, weeds
or brush to a height of over one (1) foot in height.
B.
Whenever weeds or trash, in violation of
this Section, are allowed to grow or accumulate, as the case may be,
on any part of any lot or ground within the City of Washington, the
owner of the ground, or in case of joint tenancy, tenancy by entireties
or tenancy in common, each owner thereof, shall be liable. The Chief
of Police or other City Official or employee, as designated by the
Mayor, shall give a hearing after four (4) days' notice thereof, either
personally or by United States Mail to the owner or owners, or the
owner's agents, or by posting such notice on the premises; thereupon,
the Chief of Police or other City Official or employee, as designated
by the Mayor, may declare the weeds or trash to be a nuisance and
order the same to be abated within five (5) days; and in case the
weeds or trash are not removed within the five (5) days, the Chief
of Police or other City Official or employee, as designated by the
Mayor, shall have the weeds or trash removed, and shall certify the
costs of same to the City Clerk, who shall cause a special tax bill
therefor against the property to be prepared and to be collected by
the County Collector, with other taxes assessed against the property;
and the tax bill from the date of its issuance shall be a first lien
on the property until paid and shall be prima facie evidence of the
recitals therein and of its validity, and no mere clerical error or
informality in the same, or in the proceedings leading up to the issuance,
shall be a defense thereto. Each special tax bill shall be issued
by the City Clerk and delivered to the County Collector on or before
the first day of June of each year. Such tax bills if not paid when
due shall bear interest at the rate of eight percent (8%) per annum.
C.
If weeds are allowed to grow, or if trash is allowed to accumulate, on the same property in violation of this Section more than once during the same growing season in the case of weeds, or more than once during a calendar year in the case of trash, the Chief of Police or City Official or employee, as designated by the Mayor, may, without further notification, have the weeds or trash removed and the cost of the same shall be billed in the manner described in Subsection (B) of this Section. The provisions of Subsection (B) and this Section do not apply to lands owned by a public utility and lands, rights-of-way, and easements appurtenant or incidental to lands controlled by any railroad.
D.
Penalties
for violations of this Section committed within a twelve-month period
beginning with the first violation are two hundred dollars ($200.00)
for the first violation, two hundred seventy-five dollars ($275.00)
for the second violation, three hundred fifty dollars ($350.00) for
the third violation, and four hundred fifty dollars ($450.00) for
the fourth and any subsequent violations.
E.
Conviction of a violation under this Section shall in no way be construed to be a prerequisite to the recovery by the City of costs expended under Subsection (B) and any fine imposed shall be in addition to payment by such person of the costs of such cutting and removal. Such cutting and removal by the City is not required and shall not be construed as a prerequisite to a conviction under this Section.
[R.O. 1992 § 215.110; Ord. No. 2554 § 2, 12-5-1960]
Whenever any permit to excavate in
or upon any street or alley is granted, the person to whom such permit
is granted shall, immediately upon completion of such excavation and
the backfill thereof, remove from the street or alley all surplus
dirt and materials and place the street in a clean and orderly manner
at the place of excavation.
[R.O. 1992 § 215.120; Ord. No. 2554 § 3, 12-5-1960]
It shall be unlawful for any person
to transport any vehicle in or upon any street or alley in such condition
that dirt, refuse, trash or rubbish falls into any such street or
alley.
[R.O. 1992 § 215.130; Ord. No. 5432 §§ 1,
2, 12-1-1980]
A.
It shall be unlawful for any person, firm,
company or corporation to deposit waste materials of any kind on property
owned by the City of Washington without first having obtained the
written permission of the City Engineer. Said written permission shall
include a description of the kind of waste matter to be deposited
and the approximate quantity thereof. This prohibition shall extend
to all property owned by the City, including City streets.
[R.O. 1992 § 215.140; Ord. No. 05-9711 § 1, 1-18-2005]
A.
Any condition on any lot or land that has
the presence of debris is hereby declared to be a public nuisance.
Any debris placed on any lot or land shall be completely covered with
dirt within ten (10) days of placing the same on any lot or land.
B.
"Debris" includes concrete, gravel piles,
mortar, rock, construction demolition waste, bricks, scrap metal,
wood, or other similar construction materials resulting from the erection
or destruction of buildings, sidewalks, driveways, streets or from
any other source.
