City of Trenton, MO Article XV Miscellaneous Offenses

Section 215.2310 Barbed Wire Fences — Construction Along Public Streets or Thoroughfares. [1]

It shall be unlawful for any person within the City to construct any fence, wholly or in part, with barbed wire, where such fence or any part thereof runs along any public street or thoroughfare; provided, that every person shall have the right to use such wire in the construction of fences in areas zoned for agricultural purposes.

[1] Cross Reference — As to leaving excavations, wells, pits, etc., open or unprotected, §215.185 of this Code.

Section 215.2320 Barriers or Signals At Public Improvement Sites — Injuring, Disfiguring, Etc.

Every person who shall, within the corporate limits, wilfully and maliciously break, injure or in any way disfigure any barrier or signal erected at the site of any improvement to any sidewalk, pavement, curbing, parkway, sewer or other public improvement being carried on within the City limits shall be deemed guilty of an ordinance violation.

Section 215.2330 Grade Stakes, Survey Pins, Etc. — Changing, Injuring, Etc.

Any person who shall change or molest any grade stake, survey pin, stone or other thing set by the City Administrator or Surveyor, or any of his/her assistants or other person acting in his/her stead, for the marking and designating of any grade, corner, line or elevation or other project within the City, or shall commit any injury or damage thereto, shall be deemed guilty of an ordinance violation.

Section 215.2340 Assault on a Police Animal. [1]

A person commits the offense of assault on a police animal if he or she knowingly attempts to kill or disable or knowingly causes or attempts to cause serious physical injury to a police animal when that animal is involved in law enforcement investigation, apprehension, tracking, or search, or the animal is in the custody of or under the control of a Law Enforcement Officer, Department of Corrections Officer, Municipal Police Department or Fire Department or a rescue unit or agency.

[1] Note: Under certain circumstances, this offense can be a felony under state law.

Section 215.2350 Open Container Law.

[Ord. No. 2021-34, 9-13-2021]

A. Definitions. As used in this Section, the following terms shall have these prescribed meanings:

OPEN CONTAINER

Any drinking or pouring vessel, including any open or unsealed bottle, jar, can, cup or container without a lid or with a lid but with a straw protruding therefrom or with only a partial lid, with the contents being capable for immediate consumption.

PUBLIC PLACE

A place to which the general public has a right to resort; not necessarily a place devoted solely to the uses of the public, but a place which is in point of fact public rather than private, a place visited by many persons and usually accessible to the neighboring public (e.g., a park or public beach). Also, a place in which the public has an interest as affecting the safety, health, morals and welfare of the community. A place exposed to the public and where the public gather or pass to and fro.

SOCIAL DISTRICT

That part of the City of Trenton, Missouri enclosed in the following area which shall extend to the centerline of the streets described herein: Beginning at a point located at the intersection of West 10th Street and Jackson Street; thence East to a point located at the intersection of West 10th Street and Chestnut Street; thence North to a point located at the intersection of West 11th Street and Chestnut Street; thence East to a point that intersects with Haliburton Street; thence South to a point located at the intersection of Haliburton Street and Monroe Street; thence Southwest to a point located at the intersection of East 8th Street and Monroe Street; thence Northwest to a point located at the intersection of East 8th Street and Jackson Street; thence Northeast to the place of beginning.

B. Except as provided in this Section, it shall be unlawful for any person to drink or consume any alcoholic beverage or beer or have an open container of alcoholic beverage or beer in or on any of the following places:

1. Public street, alley, avenue, highway;

2. Public sidewalk;

3. Public park;

4. Public school ground; or

5. Any other public place.

C. Exceptions.

1. The fenced-in grandstand event area at the Trenton City fair grounds during the North Central Missouri Fair.

2. The Social District described herein, provided the following conditions are met:

a. Open consumption shall be permitted only during events hosted by the Trenton Downtown Improvement Association or Main Street Trenton for which an event permit from the City of Trenton has been obtained.

b. Open consumption shall be permitted only during the hours of each such event to begin at the start time of the event and to end at the conclusion of the event for a total time period not to exceed four (4) hours for each event.

c. The event host shall provide the vessel for consumption, which shall be unique to each event and shall not be made of glass, and consumption and possession of alcohol pursuant to this Subsection shall only be permitted in the vessel provided by the event host.

d. Businesses located within the area may prohibit anyone from bringing alcohol into their business. Such businesses may notify persons verbally or may post a sign stating, "No Outside Alcohol." Any person that enters such a business with alcohol that has posted a sign or after having been advised verbally of the prohibition, shall be subject to criminal prosecution for trespass pursuant to the Trenton City Code.

e. Alcohol to be consumed and possessed pursuant to this Subsection must have been sold by a business located within said area.

f. The Trenton Downtown Improvement Association or Main Street Trenton shall post signage at each exit point of the Social District, notifying attendees that leaving the area with open containers of alcohol will subject them to arrest.

g. Businesses and persons selling alcohol shall comply with all laws regarding the sale of alcohol and no provision of this Subsection shall relieve them of such duty.

D. It shall be unlawful for any person to consume or possess any alcoholic beverage, beer, or intoxicating liquor upon the private business premises of another without permission of the owner or person in control of such premises.

E. Any person found violating the provisions of this Section shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and be punishable by a fine of not more than five hundred dollars ($500.00) or imprisonment for a term not to exceed ninety (90) days, or by both such fine and imprisonment.

F. This Section may be temporarily suspended for a period of time not to exceed three (3) days by resolution of the Council specifying dates for when this Section is in suspension. Said suspension may be for all or any part of the corporate limits of the City.

Section 215.2360 Obstructions — Generally.

No person shall place, leave or deposit, or cause to be placed, left or deposited, in or upon any sidewalk, street, avenue or alley, any article or thing whatsoever, so as to obstruct or otherwise encumber the same, without a permit, in writing, therefor from the City Administrator or Street Supervisor, or other person acting in his/her stead; provided, that this Section shall not be construed to prevent merchants or manufacturers, while receiving or shipping their goods, wares or merchandise, from occupying for such purpose one-fourth (¼) of the sidewalk with such goods, wares or merchandise, but the same shall, in no event, remain longer than one (1) hour upon such sidewalk.

Section 215.2370 Obstructions — Signs, Awnings, Etc.

No person shall permit any sign, awning or other obstruction to hang or extend over any street or avenue within the City, without written permission to do so from the City Administrator or City Engineer, or other person acting in his/her stead, nor to hang or extend over any alley or sidewalk, unless the lowest part of the sign, awning or other obstruction shall be of sufficient height to permit the free passage of vehicles or pedestrians and, in no event, be less than seven (7) feet above the surface of such sidewalk or alley.

Section 215.2380 Playing Ball On Streets.

Any person who shall play at ball or throw, pitch or strike at a ball along, across or through any of the streets, avenues or alleys of the City shall be deemed guilty of an ordinance violation.

Section 215.2390 Burning Rubbish, Etc., On Street or Sidewalk.

It shall be unlawful for any person to burn any leaves, weeds, brush, wood or other combustible materials whatsoever in or upon any sidewalk, street, avenue or alley within the City.

Section 215.2400 Duty To Keep Gutters Clean.

It shall be the duty of the occupants of property in front of which curbing and guttering shall have been constructed, or if such property is unoccupied, it shall be the duty of the owner thereof, to keep the gutters clean and to remove therefrom any dirt or filth which may have accumulated therein.