[Ord. No. 624 §1, 12-21-1998; Ord. No. 752 §§1 — 2, 11-18-2002]
A. 
A person commits the offense of stealing if he/she appropriates property or services of another with the purpose to deprive him/her thereof, either without his/her consent or by means of deceit or coercion, and the value of the property or services appropriated is less than five hundred dollars ($500.00).
B. 
Evidence of the following is admissible in any criminal prosecution under this Section on the issue of the requisite knowledge or belief of the alleged stealer:
1. 
He failed or refused to pay for property or services of a hotel, restaurant, inn or boardinghouse;
2. 
He gave in payment for property or services of a hotel, restaurant, inn or boardinghouse a check or negotiable paper on which payment was refused;
3. 
He left the hotel, restaurant, inn or boardinghouse with the intent to not pay for property or services;
4. 
He surreptitiously removed or attempted to remove his baggage from a hotel, inn or boardinghouse.
C. 
Any person who violates this Section shall be subject to the penalty provisions in Section 100.010 of this Code.
[Ord. No. 541 §1, 2-20-1996; Ord. No. 625 §1, 12-21-1998]
A. 
No person shall buy, or in any way receive or possess, any personal property which has been unlawfully taken from another.
B. 
Upon proof that any personal property has been unlawfully taken from the possession or control of another, and that within six (6) months after said unlawful taking said property has been in the possession or under the control of any person, said person shall be guilty of violating Subsection (A) hereof unless said person shall affirmatively prove that:
1. 
Before buying or receiving or coming into possession of said property, a good-faith inquiry was made as to the source of said property sufficient to provide a reasonable belief that said property had not been taken unlawfully from another; or
2. 
The property was acquired at a price and under circumstances sufficient to provide a reasonable belief that said property had not been taken unlawfully from another; or
3. 
The person complied with Section 447.010 of the Revised Statutes of Missouri relating to the duty of persons finding lost property.
4. 
The value of property shall be less than seven hundred fifty dollars ($750.00).
C. 
Nothing contained in this Section shall apply to legally qualified Police Officers or other persons whose bona fide duty requires them to come into possession or receive personal property unlawfully taken from another in the discharge of their official duties.
D. 
Any person, firm or corporation who violates this Section shall be subject to the penalty provisions in Section 100.010 of this Code.
[CC §12.06 — 12.10; Ord. No. 32, 12-16-1974]
A. 
Authorization To Dispose Of. The City Manager of the City of St. John is hereby authorized and empowered to dispose of any and all personal property confiscated by the City of St. John or the instrumentalities thereof, whether governmental or private, under or by virtue of the ordinances of the City of St. John.
B. 
Disposition — How Made. At the discretion of the City Manager, he shall cause to be published in a newspaper of general circulation within the City a list and description of the articles of personal property in the possession of the City of St. John or private concerns which have been confiscated under the ordinances of the City and which are unclaimed by the lawful owner within a period of ninety (90) days from confiscation thereof.
C. 
Sale To Highest Bidder. The personal property so listed and described shall be offered for sale to the highest bidder by inviting sealed bids to be received in the office of the City Clerk within such time as the City Manager deems advisable.
D. 
Sales Final. All sales made pursuant hereto shall be final and each purchaser shall take the property on an "as is, where is" basis.
E. 
Proceeds. All proceeds derived from the sale less costs incurred, shall be delivered forthwith to the City Manager or his agent and be made a part of General Revenue.
[Ord. No. 973 §1, 10-17-2011]
It shall be unlawful for any person to remove any items that have been deposited in a recycle cart at the curb for pickup by the company who is granted the exclusive franchise for such pickup by the City.
[Ord. No. 775 §1, 8-4-2003]
A. 
A person commits the offense of passing a bad check when:
1. 
With purpose to defraud, he makes, issues or passes a check or other similar sight order for the payment of money, knowing that it will not be paid by the drawee, or that there is no such drawee; or
2. 
He makes, issues, or passes a check or other similar sight order for the payment of money, knowing that there are insufficient funds in his account or that there is no such account or no drawee and fails to pay the check or sight order within ten (10) days after receiving actual notice in writing that it has not been paid because of insufficient funds or credit with the drawee or because there is no such drawee.
B. 
As used in Subparagraph (2) of Subsection (A) of this Section, actual notice in writing means notice of the nonpayment which is actually received by the defendant. Such notice may include the service of summons or warrant upon the defendant for the initiation of the prosecution of the check or checks which are the subject matter of the prosecution if the summons or warrant contains information of the ten (10) day period during which the instrument may be paid and that payment of the instrument within such ten (10) day period will result in dismissal of the charges. The requirement of notice shall also be satisfied for written communications which are tendered to the defendant and which the defendant refuses to accept.
C. 
The face amounts of any bad checks passed pursuant to one course of conduct within any ten (10) day period may be aggregated in determining the grade of the offense.
D. 
Passing bad checks under five hundred dollars ($500.00) is a misdemeanor.
A. 
A person commits the offense of property damage if:
1. 
He knowingly damages property of another; or
2. 
He damages property for the purpose of defrauding an insurer.
B. 
Property damage is a misdemeanor.
[CC §12.15; Ord. No. 281, 11-3-1986]
A. 
The City of St. John is hereby authorized to obtain, take and receive all money and property authorized by any State or Federal Law to be forfeited to or for the benefit of the City of St. John.
B. 
The City Manager and City Attorney are hereby empowered to authorize the initiation of or participation in any legal proceedings by the City necessary or appropriate to effectuate the City's rights with respect to any forfeiture of any property.
C. 
The City Manager is hereby authorized and empowered to receive any funds or property forfeited to or for the benefit of the City and to take, manage and dispose of such money or property as provided by law.
D. 
The City Manager is hereby authorized and empowered to sell on behalf of the City any forfeited property which may be received by the City pursuant to the applicable ordinances of the City of St. John. The City Manager shall obtain from each person purchasing any item at such auction a receipt for each item purchased, containing a description of the item or items, the amount paid for each item and the name and address of the purchaser.
E. 
The City Manager shall place all funds received by the City as forfeited property or from the sale of forfeited property in appropriate accounts of the City.
F. 
All forfeited funds or funds from forfeited property received by the City shall be paid into the General Revenues of the City unless the applicable law relating to such forfeited funds or property requires the use thereof for a specified purpose. Any forfeited funds, property or proceeds thereof required by law to be used for a specified purpose are herein called Special Purpose Property of Funds. The City shall use Special Purpose Property of Funds only for the purposes specified in the law authorizing the City to receive such forfeited funds or property.
G. 
Authorization of the use or expenditure of Special Purpose Property of Funds shall be made by the City Council.
H. 
The City Manager and all other appropriate Officers of the City are authorized and empowered to sign any applications, documents or other papers and to do any and all things necessary or appropriate to obtain any forfeited funds or property on behalf of the City.
A. 
A person commits the offense of trespass in the first degree if he knowingly enters unlawfully or knowingly remains unlawfully in a building or inhabitable structure or upon real property.
B. 
A person does not commit the offense of trespass in the first degree by entering or remaining upon real property unless the real property is fenced or otherwise enclosed in a manner designed to exclude intruders or as to which notice against trespass is given by:
1. 
Actual communication to the actor; or
2. 
Posting in a manner reasonably likely to come to the attention of intruders.
C. 
Trespass in the first degree is a misdemeanor.
A. 
A person commits the offense of trespass in the second degree if he enters unlawfully upon real property of another. This is an offense of absolute liability.
B. 
Trespass in the second degree is an infraction.
[Ord. No. 522 §1, 8-21-1995]
A. 
A person commits the offense of tampering in the second degree if he:
1. 
Tampers with property of another for the purpose of causing substantial inconvenience to that person or to another; or
2. 
Unlawfully rides in or upon another's automobile, airplane, motorcycle, motorboat or other motor-propelled vehicle; or
3. 
Tampers or makes connection with property of a utility; or
4. 
Tampers with, or causes to be tampered with, any meter or other property of an electric, gas, steam or water utility, the effect of which tampering is either:
a. 
To prevent the proper measuring of electric, gas, steam or water service; or
b. 
To permit the diversion of any electric, gas, steam, or water service.
B. 
In any prosecution under Subparagraph (4) of Subsection (A), proof that a meter or any other property of a utility has been tampered with, and the person or persons accused received the use or direct benefit of the electric, gas, steam or water service, with one (1) or more of the effects described in Subparagraph (4) of Subsection (A), shall be sufficient to support an inference which the trial court may submit to the trier of fact, from which the trier of fact may conclude that there has been a violation of such subparagraph by the person or persons who use or receive the direct benefit of the electric, gas, steam or water service.
[CC §11.27; Ord. No. 32, 12-16-1974]
If shall be unlawful to tamper with, or remove any sign, notice, marker, fire alarm box, fire plug, parking meter or any other property erected or placed by the City.
[CC §11.28; Ord. No. 32, 12-16-1974]
It shall be unlawful to fasten in any way any show card, poster or other advertising device upon public or private property in the City unless legally authorized to do so.
[CC §11.29, Ord. No. 32, 12-16-1974]
It shall be unlawful to throw or permit to be deposited or scattered upon any sidewalk, alley, street, bridge, public passageway, or private property or any open stormwater creek any waste or other material of any kind.
[CC §11.30; Ord. No. 32, 12-16-1974]
It shall be unlawful to move, disturb, or take any earth, stone or other material from any public street, alley, park or other public ground without the consent of the City or its duly authorized agent or representative.
[CC §11.32; Ord. No. 32, 12-16-1974]
There shall be a reward in an amount not to exceed one hundred dollars ($100.00) by the City of St. John for information leading to the arrest and conviction of any person or persons charged with the destruction of City property.
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Editor’s Note: Former Section 210.300, Delivery Personnel Prohibited From Traversing Lawns, which derived from CC § 11.105; Ord. No. 108, 7-5-1977; Ord. No. 235, 1-7-1985, was repealed 3-21-2016 by § 1 of Ord. No. 1082.
[CC §11.295; Ord. No. 452 §§1-2, 12-21-1992]
A. 
It shall be unlawful for any person, firm or corporation to intentionally deposit, rake or dump any leaves, grass clippings or yard waste on any public street, curb, right-of-way or property owned by the City of St. John.
B. 
Any person, firm or corporation who is found in violation of the provisions of this Section shall, upon conviction, be subject to the penalty prescribed in Section 100.010.
[Ord. No. 710 §§1-3, 8-9-2001]
A. 
It shall be unlawful for any person, firm or corporation to intentionally place, deposit or allow any portable basketball or hockey goal on any public street, curb, sidewalk or right-of-way owned by the City of St. John.
B. 
The placement of said goals shall be on private property and shall be at least five (5) feet from any street or curb.
C. 
Any person, firm or corporation who is found in violation of the provisions of this Section shall upon conviction be subject to the penalty provisions as prescribed in Section 100.010 of the Municipal Code of the City of St. John.
[Ord. No. 828 §§1 — 3, 4-18-2005]
A. 
No person, firm or corporation shall at any time place, park or leave a portable storage container or dumpster on any street or public right-of-way or on private property without first obtaining a permit from the City.
B. 
Unattended donation/collection boxes shall be allowed on commercial property only with the property owner's written consent, and may remain on the permitted site for a maximum of forty-eight (48) hours per year.
[Ord. No. 1155, 10-1-2018[1]]
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Editor's Note: Section 2 of this ordinance provided for the redesignation of former Subsection (B) as Subsection (C).
C. 
Any person, firm or corporation who violates the provisions of this Section shall be subject to the penalty provisions of Section 100.010 of the Municipal Code of the City of St. John.
[CC §§11.110, 11.111; Ord. No. 406 §§1-2, 5-6-1991]
A. 
Graffiti on private property which is visible to the general public shall constitute a nuisance. The Code Enforcement Officer is hereby authorized and empowered to notify, in writing, the owner of the property bearing such graffiti that said graffiti constitutes a public nuisance and must be removed within ten (10) days. At the discretion of the Code Enforcement Officer, removal of said graffiti may be extended up to an additional twenty (20) days in cases where the owner has demonstrated good faith in having the graffiti removed.
B. 
Any person, firm or corporation violating any provision of this Section shall be subject to the penalty provision as provided for in Section 100.010 of this Code.
[CC §12.19; Ord. No. 388 §§1-2, 6, 8-6-1990]
A. 
Definitions. As used in this Section, the following terms shall have the meanings given in this Subsection:
BIAS CRIME
A criminal act or ordinance violation committed as a result of any motive or intent relating to, or antipathy, animosity or hostility based upon, the race, color, gender, religion, national origin, age, ancestry, sexual orientation, disability, handicap or health-related condition of an individual or group of individuals.
DEFACE
To place on any public or private property any symbol, object, characterization, appellation, or graffiti, including, but not limited to, a burning cross or Nazi swastika.
OF ANOTHER
Property is that "of another" if any natural person, corporation, partnership, association, governmental subdivision or instrumentality, other than the actor, has a possessory or proprietary interest therein.
TAMPER
To interfere with something improperly, to meddle with it, displace it, make unwarranted alterations in its existing condition, or to deprive, temporarily, the owner or possessor of that thing.
B. 
Institutional Vandalism. No person shall knowingly vandalize, deface or otherwise damage:
1. 
Any church, synagogue or other building, structure or place used for religious worship or other religious purpose;
2. 
Any cemetery, mortuary, military monument or other facility used for the purpose of burial or memorializing the dead;
3. 
Any school, educational facility, community center, hospital or medical clinic owned or operated by a religious or sectarian group;
4. 
The grounds adjacent to, and owned or rented by, any institution, facility, building, structure or other place described in Paragraphs (1), (2), or (3) of this Subsection; or
5. 
Any personal property contained in any institution, facility, building, structure or place described in Paragraphs (1), (2), or (3) of this Subsection or on the grounds of such places.