A.
A person
commits the crime 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. 326-2008 §4, 4-1-2008]
A.
It
shall be unlawful for any person to misuse the emergency telephone
service. For the purposes of this Section:
1.
"Emergency" means any incident involving danger
to life or property that calls for an emergency response dispatch
of Police, Fire, EMS or other Public Safety organization;
2.
"Misuse the emergency telephone service" includes,
but is not limited to, repeatedly calling the "911" for non-emergency
situations causing operators or equipment to be in use when emergency
situations may need such operators or equipment; and
3.
"Repeatedly" means three (3) or more times within
a one (1) month period.
[Code 1962 §21-45; CC 1979 §19-112; Ord. No. 973 §1, 10-4-1977]
No person shall, without proper authority remove or extinguish
any lantern, flare or other danger signal which has been placed on
any street, alley, sidewalk, parking or other highway or portion of
a highway for the purposes of guarding against accidents.
[Ord. No. 96-22 §§1 — 10, 6-4-1996; Ord. No. 99-21, 6-15-1999; Ord. No. 325-2008 §2, 3-18-2008; Ord. No. 44-2014; §1, 11-4-2014; Ord. No. 31-2019, 16-4-2019]
A.
Firework sales are allowed in the City but shall be limited to the
period of 7:00 A.M. to 10:00 P.M. on June 20 through July 5.
B.
Discharge of ireworks shall be limited to the periods of 7:00 A.M.
to 11:00 P.M. on July 1 through July 10. July 4th fireworks may be
discharged from 7:00 A.M. to 12:00 Midnight.
C.
Fireworks can also be discharged from December 31 at 5:00 P.M. to
January 1 at 1:00 A.M.
D.
Fireworks shall not be stored in, nor dispensed from, a permanent
building unless stored in a personal residence for personal use during
the specified dates.
E.
Only sales and use of Type 1.4 fireworks are allowed, excluding bottle
rockets.
F.
Firework sales and storage are to be governed by the Missouri Division
of Fire Safety Rules.
G.
Firework displays for the general public must be approved by the
Fire Department.
H.
The manufacture of fireworks is prohibited.
I.
In order to sell fireworks, a City merchant's license must be purchased,
with all locations to be inspected by the Fire Chief or the Fire Chief's
designee prior to the issuance of the license. Sales locations will
be subject to the Building and Fire Safety Codes adopted by the City.
