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. 2005-1467 §3, 8-16-2005]
A.
LITTER
PROPERTY
Definitions. As used in this Article, the following terms
shall have these prescribed meanings:
Any organic or inorganic waste material, rubbish, refuse,
garbage, trash, hulls, peelings, debris, grass, weeds, ashes, sand,
gravel, slag, brickbats, metal, plastic and glass containers, broken
glass, dead animals or intentionally or unintentionally discarded
materials of every kind and description.
Public or private property.
B.
It shall be unlawful to litter. A person commits the crime of littering
if he dumps, deposits, throws, leaves, causes or permits the dumping,
depositing, placing, throwing or leaving of litter, or allows unsecured
materials to drop or shift off of vehicle loads, onto any property
in this City or any waters in this City unless:
[Ord. No. 2016-1809 § 1, 12-20-2016[1]]
1.
The property is designated by the State or by any of its agencies
or political subdivisions for the disposal of such litter and such
person is authorized by the proper public authority to use such property;
and
2.
The litter is placed into an appropriate receptacle or container
installed on such property and such person is authorized by the proper
authority to use such receptacle or container; or
3.
The person is the owner of such property, has obtained consent
of the owner or is acting under the personal direction of the owner,
all in a manner consistent with the public welfare.
[1]
Editor's Note: Section 2 of this ordinance provided an effective
date of 1-1-2017.
C.
Evidence Of Littering.
1.
Whenever litter is thrown, deposited, dropped or dumped from any
motor vehicle, boat, airplane or other conveyance in violation of
this Section, it shall be prima facie evidence that the operator of
the conveyance has violated this Section.
2.
Except as provided in Subsection (C)(1) above, whenever any litter which is dumped, deposited, thrown or left on property in violation of this Section is discovered to contain any article including, but not limited to, letters, bills, publications or other writing which display the name of the person thereon in such a manner to indicate that the article belongs or belonged to such person, it shall be a rebuttable presumption that such person has violated this Section.
D.
Penalties. In addition to the penalties set out in the General
Penalty Section of the City Code, the court may:
1.
Order the violator to reimburse the City for the reasonable cost
of removing the litter when the litter is or is ordered removed by
the City; and/or
2.
Order the violator to pick up and remove any and all litter from
any public property, private right-of-way for a distance not to exceed
one (1) mile or, with prior permission of the legal owner or tenant
in lawful possession of private property, any such private property
upon which it can be established by competent evidence that he has
deposited litter, including any litter he has deposited and any litter
deposited thereon by anyone else prior to the date of execution of
sentence.
[CC 1991 §14-2]
A.
Generally. The owner or occupant of any store or other
place of business situated within the City shall exercise reasonable
diligence at all times to keep his/her premises clean of wastepaper,
wrapping paper, paper napkins, cartons, package containers and other
used or waste materials thrown or left on such premises by its customers,
and to take reasonable measures to prevent the same from drifting
or blowing to adjoining premises.
[CC 1991 §14-3]
It shall be unlawful for any customer going upon the premises
of another to in any manner dispose of wastepaper, wrapping paper,
paper napkins, cartons, package containers and other used or waste
materials, except in receptacles provided for such purposes.
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.
[Ord. No. 2016-1809 § 1, 12-20-2016[1]]
A.
A person commits the offense of tampering with a water supply if
he or she purposely:
1.
Poisons, defiles or in any way corrupts the water of a well,
spring, brook, stream, creek, pond, lake, or reservoir used for domestic
or municipal purposes; or
2.
Diverts, dams up and holds back from its natural course and
flow any spring, brook, stream, creek 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; or
3.
Places or causes to be placed the carcass or offal of any dead
animal into any well, spring, brook, stream, creek, pond, or lake.
B.
Those who have been found guilty of tampering with a water supply
shall be adjudged guilty of a misdemeanor, 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.
[1]
Editor's Note: Section 2 of this ordinance provided an effective
date of 1-1-2017.
[Ord. No. 2016-1809 § 1, 12-20-2016[1]]
A.
A person commits the offense of abandoning a vehicle, vessel or trailer
if he or she knowingly abandons any vehicle, vessel or trailer 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 or her
consent.
B.
For purposes of this Section, the last owner of record of a vehicle,
vessel or trailer found abandoned and not shown to be transferred
pursuant to Sections 301.196 and 301.197, RSMo., shall be deemed by
prima facie evidence to have been the owner of such vehicle, vessel
or trailer at the time it was abandoned and to have been the person
who abandoned the vehicle, vessel or trailer or caused or procured
its abandonment.
[1]
Editor's Note: Section 2 of this ordinance provided an effective
date of 1-1-2017.
[Ord. No. 2016-1809 § 1, 12-20-2016[1]]
A.
No person shall operate, or cause to be operated, over the City any
aircraft which is flying in a manner commonly known as stunt flying,
or at an unreasonably low altitude, or in any other manner that may
be a hazard or dangerous to persons or property within the City.
B.
No person shall broadcast by loudspeakers or in any other manner,
loud, disturbing or unnecessary noises from any aircraft or cause,
aid or abet the operation of any aircraft over the City from which
is emanated by means aforesaid any such noises.
C.
No person shall operate, or cause or to be operated, any aircraft
for commercial sound advertising purposes in or over the City.
[1]
Editor's Note: Section 2 of this ordinance provided an effective
date of 1-1-2017.
