[Ord. No. 901 §§1
— 2, 3-17-2008]
A.
A person
commits the crime of tampering with a witness if:
1.
For the purpose of inducing a witness or a prospective witness in
the Municipal Court of the City of St. John:
2.
Threatens or causes harm to any person who is a witness in the St.
John Municipal Court or property of any said witness; or
3.
Uses force, threats or deception; or
4.
Offers, confers or agrees to confer any benefit, direct or indirect,
upon such witness; or
5.
Offer any bribe or threat for the purpose of influencing the conduct
or testimony of a witness.
[Ord. No. 1062 §1, 3-16-2015]
For the purposes of Sections 210.090, 210.100, and 210.115, the following words shall have the meanings prescribed herein:
Any place which at the time is not open to the public. It
includes property which is owned publicly or privately;
Any property in which the actor does not have a possessory
interest.
Any place which at the time is open to the public. It includes
property which is owned publicly or privately.
If a building or structure is divided into separately occupied
units, such units are separate premises.
[Ord. No. 1061 §1, 3-16-2015]
A.
A person commits the offense of disorderly conduct if he/she unreasonably
and knowingly engages in any of the following:
1.
Uses offensive, threatening, abusive, or insulting language,
conduct, or behavior toward another person, including any City employee;
2.
Acts in such a manner as to annoy, disturb, interfere with,
obstruct, or be offensive to others or to any lawful assemblage;
3.
Acts in a violent, threatening or tumultuous manner towards
another person;
4.
Obstructs, molests or interest with any person lawfully in a
public place;
5.
Obstructs any public street, public highway, public sidewalk
or any other public place or buildings by hindering or impeding the
free and uninterrupted passage of vehicles, traffic or pedestrians;
6.
Shouts or makes any loud/unreasonable noise either inside or
outside a building that would annoy or disturb others;
7.
Damages, defiles or disturbs public property or property of
another so as to create a hazardous, unhealthy or physically offensive
condition;
8.
Stations himself/herself on a public street, highway, sidewalk
or publicly accessed building, or follows pedestrians, for the purpose
of soliciting money or other donations;
9.
Frequents or loiters in or about any public place soliciting
another person for the purpose of unreciprocated sexual favors;
10.
Has offensive sexual contact with another person in a public
park or other area that is open to public view;
11.
Commits a trespass on private or public property where such
property has been posted with a "No Trespassing" sign or notice has
been given to persons entering or refusing to leave property, and
their continued presence is prohibited by the owner or his/its representative.
[CC §§11.22 — 11.23; Ord. No. 32, 12-16-1974; Ord. No. 109, 8-5-1977]
A.
It
shall be unlawful for any minor under the age of seventeen (17) years
to loiter, idle, wander, stroll, or play in or upon the public streets,
highways, roads, alleys, parks, playgrounds, or other public grounds,
public places and public buildings, places of amusement and entertainment,
vacant lots or other unsupervised places between the hours of 11:00
P.M. and 6:00 A.M. of the following day, official City time, except
on Fridays and Saturdays, when the hours shall be 12:00 Midnight to
6:00 A.M.; provided however, that the provisions of this Section shall
not apply to a minor accompanied by his or her parent, guardian, or
other adult person having the care and custody of the minor, or where
the minor is upon an emergency errand or legitimate business directed
by his or her parent, guardian or other adult person having the care
and custody of the minor. Each violation of the provisions of this
Section shall constitute a separate offense.
B.
Duties of Parents and Guardians. It shall be unlawful for
the parent, guardian, or other adult having the care and custody of
a minor under the age of seventeen (17) years to knowingly permit
such minor to loiter, idle, wander, stroll, or play in or upon the
public streets, highways, roads, alleys, parks, playgrounds, or other
public grounds, public places and buildings, places of amusement and
entertainment, vacant lots or other unsupervised places, between the
hours of 11:00 P.M. and 6:00 A.M. of the following day, official City
time, except on Fridays and Saturdays, when the hours shall be 12:00
Midnight to 6:00 A.M.; provided however, that the provisions of this
Section shall not apply to a minor accompanied by his or her parent,
guardian, or other adult person having the care and custody of the
minor, or where the minor is upon an emergency errand or legitimate
business directed by his or her parent, guardian or other adult person
having the care and custody of the minor. Each violation of the provisions
of this Section shall constitute a separate offense.
C.
From
and after the passage of this Section, it shall be unlawful for any
person who encourages, aids or causes a child under the age of seventeen
(17) years to commit any act or engage in any conduct which would
be injurious to the child's morals or health or who commits any act
or omits the performance of any duty which contributes or causes or
tends to cause a child under the age of seventeen (17) years to be
a delinquent child as defined by the Statutes of this State, particularly
Section 211.031, Revised Statutes of Missouri, 1969.
[CC §11.38 — 11.41; Ord. No. 32, 12-16-1974; Ord. No. 237, 2-18-1985]
A.
DRIVE-IN RESTAURANT
PUBLIC ESTABLISHMENT
Definitions. For the purpose of this Section, the words "Drive-In Restaurant" and "Public Establishment" are defined as follows:
A place of business wherein beverages, foods, or refreshments
are served to patrons for consumption on the premises at tables or
stands in open or unenclosed areas, or in any vehicle stopped, standing
or parked in or upon the premises of said Drive-In Restaurant.
Any church, theater, parking area or grounds immediately
adjacent to said Drive-In Restaurant or Public Establishment, or adjacent
to or adjoining any street or public right-of-way abutting said premises.
B.
Prohibited Acts. It is unlawful at any time to create, permit,
cause, or permit to be created or caused, any loud music, noise or
other sounds, by means of phonographic, radio, or other broadcasting
apparatus or device in, upon, or around any premises used or occupied
by drive-in restaurants or other public establishments of the City,
or by dangerously accelerating any vehicle in, upon or around said
premises, or by loitering, idling, wandering, strolling in, upon or
around any said premises, unless the owner, manager or agent of said
owner or manager applies for and is granted a permit for such activity.
C.
Duties Of Owners And Managers. Persons owning, operating,
managing or conducting a drive-in restaurant or public establishment
shall place, at suitable locations on the premises, appropriate traffic
control devices, signs and markings on the pavements, as to the directing
of traffic entering and leaving the establishment and shall designate
and mark parking places for the parking of vehicles of patrons on
the premises.
D.
Traffic Control. No driver shall operate, stop, stand or
park his vehicle on any public street or right-of-way upon entering
or leaving a drive-in restaurant or public establishment in a manner
contrary to any official traffic control device, a sign or marking
erected, installed or maintained, on a temporary or permanent basis
by the City, pursuant to law.
[CC §11.055; Ord.
No. 494 §1(11.055), 6-20-1994]
The using, operating, or permitting to be played, used or operated
any radio receiving set, stereo phonograph, musical instrument, phonograph,
or other machine or device for the producing or reproducing of sound
in such manner as to disturb the peace, quiet and comfort of the neighboring
inhabitants or at any time with louder volume than is necessary for
convenient hearing for the person or persons who are in the room,
vehicle or chamber in which such machine or device is operated and
who are voluntary listeners thereto. The operation of any such set,
instrument, phonograph, machine or device in such manner as to be
plainly audible at a distance of twenty-five (25) feet from the device
or from the building, structure, or vehicle in which it is located
shall be prima facie evidence of a violation of this Section.
