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.
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 on any private real property owned by another without
his/her consent.
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.
[CC 1984 §16.245; Ord. No. 267, 7-17-1984]
No person, firm or corporation shall keep, maintain or have
upon his/her premises any open wells or cisterns.
A person commits the offense of abandoning a motor vehicle if
he/she abandons any motor vehicle 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.
[Ord. No. 606 §1, 10-15-2002]
No persons shall physically abandon or deposit a motor vehicle,
trailer, all-terrain vehicle, outboard motor or vessel, or any part
thereof or leave unattended any such parts or residue resulting from
the dismantling or dismemberment of any motor vehicle, trailer, all-terrain
vehicle, outboard motor or vessel or element thereof, upon any public
street, public alley, public right-of-way, or any public land for
more than twenty-four (24) hours.
[CC 1984 §16.225; Ord. No. 267, 7-17-1984; Ord. No.
1027, 3-27-2008]
A.
No
person shall place any trash, rubbish, garbage, junk or refuse into
any stream, creek, pond or lake.
B.
No
person shall willfully divert, dam up or hold back from its natural
course and flow any creek, spring, brook or other water supply.
C.
No
person shall discharge or otherwise release or cause or create a condition
resulting in the discharge or release of any pollutant, contaminant
or hazardous or toxic substance including, without limitation, any
pollutant, contaminant or hazardous or toxic substance as those terms
are defined in or developed pursuant to, any Federal, State, County,
City or other applicable law, regulation, rule, order or ordinance
into any stream, creek, pond or lake located in Weatherby Lake and/or
tributary thereof so as to cause said pollutant, contaminant or hazardous
or toxic substance to be present within the City limits of Weatherby
Lake.
[CC 1984 §16.230; Ord. No. 267, 7-17-1984]
No person shall create, permit or continue a nuisance of any kind, nature or description as described in Chapter 215 of this Code in or about any private property in the City which does or could endanger life or limb; damage or depreciate the value of property, real or personal; or annoy or disturb the owners of property in or about the area where such nuisance exists.
[CC 1984 §16.235; Ord. No. 267, 7-17-1984]
No person shall dispose of trash, refuse or leaves by open burning
or cause, allow or permit open burning of trash, refuse or leaves
unless the same is authorized by Federal or State permit.
[CC 1984 §16.220; Ord. No. 267, 7-17-1984; Ord. No.
331, 6-21-1988; Ord. No. 385, 5-15-1990; Ord. No. 1162, 6-4-2013]
A.
Definition. The term "fireworks" includes any combustible
or explosive composition or any substance or combination of substances
or articles prepared for the purpose of producing a visible or an
audible effect by combustion, explosion, pistols, toy cannons, toy
canes or toy guns in which explosives are used, the type of balloons
which require fire underneath to propel the same, firecrackers, torpedoes,
sky rockets, Roman candles, bottle rockets, Dago bombs, sparklers
or other fireworks of like instruction and any fireworks containing
any explosive or flammable compound or any tablets or other device
containing an explosive substance. The term "fireworks" shall not
include any toy pistols, toy canes, toy guns or other devices in which
are used paper caps manufactured in accordance with United States
Interstate Commerce Commission regulations for packing and shipping
of toy paper caps or any toy pistol paper caps manufactured as provided
therein, the sale and use of which shall be permitted at all times.
B.
The following types of fireworks are always prohibited within the City of Weatherby Lake, and it shall be unlawful for any person to carry on or about his/her person, use or display the following (unless authorized by the provisions of Subsection (F) of this Section):
1.
All aerial devices. Including, but not limited
to, sky rockets, missile-type rockets, bottle rockets, helicopter
aerial spinners, Roman candles and mine shells.
2.
Audible ground devices. Containing over twenty-five
(25) milligrams of pyrotechnic composition, including, but not limited
to, firecrackers, chasers, M-80's, cherry bombs, etc.
C.
The following types of fireworks are allowed within the City limits
of Weatherby Lake on July 2, 3 and 4 between the hours of 9:00 A.M.
and 10:00 P.M.:
1.
Ground and hand-held sparkling devices. Such
as sparklers, cane fountains, wheels and ground spinners.
2.
Audible ground devices. Containing twenty-five
(25) milligrams or less of pyrotechnic composition, such as small
firecrackers and lady fingers.
3.
Novelties and trick noisemakers. Not classified
as common fireworks by the United States Department of Transportation,
such as snakes, smoke devices and snappers.
D.
It shall be unlawful for any person to carry fireworks on or about
his/her person before July 1 or after July 6 of any year without a
permit issued by the City.
E.
Responsibility of owner, renter or person in control of property.
1.
It shall be unlawful for any person to use or display, or for
any owner, renter, or person in control of any property to allow the
use or display of fireworks authorized by this Section within the
City limits at any time whatsoever except on July 2, 3 and 4 between
the hours of 9:00 A.M. and 10:00 P.M.
F.
One (1) permit per calendar year for a public exhibition or display
of fireworks, including aerial fireworks, may be granted by the City.
Applicants for this permit shall perform or obtain the following:
1.
File an application with the City stating:
a.
The name of the applicant.
b.
The names of the persons to be in charge of the firing or discharging
of the display.
c.
The date and time of day at which the display is to be held.
d.
The exact location planned for the display.
e.
The manner and place of storage of such fireworks between the
date of purchase and the date of display.
f.
A diagram or sketch of the grounds on which the display is to
be held, showing the point at which the fireworks are to be discharged,
the location of all buildings, streets and other lines of communications,
the lines behind which the public will be restrained and the location
of all nearby trees, telephone lines or other overhead obstructions.
2.
Purchase liability insurance with a company acceptable to the
City and approved as to form by the City Attorney, stating that the
applicant has a liability insurance policy in an amount of no less
than one million dollars ($1,000,000.00) covering bodily injury and
property damage. The certificate of insurance shall list the Weatherby
Lake Improvement Company, the City of Weatherby Lake and such surrounding
property owners near the location of the display as required by the
Board of Alderpersons of the City of Weatherby Lake as additional
insured. A mandatory ten-day notice of material change or policy cancellation
will be given the City of Weatherby Lake, Missouri. The certificate
of insurance must evidence coverage is afforded for any and all displays
of fireworks by the applicant during the permit period. This certificate
of liability insurance must be filed with the City prior to the public
exhibition.
3.
Pay an application fee of one dollar ($1.00) which is non-refundable.
G.
In the event of a severe drought or unusual weather conditions, the
Mayor is hereby delegated the power to restrict the discharging of
fireworks during the normal period provided by this Section.
H.
In the event of rain or unusual weather conditions, the Mayor is
hereby delegated the power to reschedule the one (1) permitted public
display of fireworks as provided for by this Section.
