Cross references — Planning and zoning commission, § 2-186 et seq; buildings and building regulations, Ch. 5; civil defense and disaster, Ch. 6; electricity, Ch. 8; flood damage prevention and control, Ch. 11; health and sanitation, Ch. 13; plumbing, Ch. 20; sewers and sewage disposal, Ch. 22; streets and sidewalks, Ch. 23; subdivision regulations, Ch. 24.
State law reference — Fire protection generally, RSMo.
§ 320.010 et seq.
[Code 1964, § 12-1]
(a)
It shall be unlawful for any person to sell, offer for sale, expose
for sale or to use, discharge or explode within the city any firecrackers,
Roman candles, blank cartridges, toy pistols, toy cannons or canes
in which explosives are used, balloons firing from underneath to propel
the same, torpedoes, sky rockets, aerial salutes, bombs or other fireworks
of any kind whatsoever, except as otherwise provided in this section.
(b)
Nothing contained in this section shall prohibit the sale or use
of fireworks for pyrotechnic displays given by organizations, amusement
parks, the officials in charge of any public park, any civic organization
or any group of individuals; provided that, they shall first obtain
a permit from the board of aldermen for any such display. No such
permit shall be issued except upon application therefor to the board
of aldermen and after an investigation from which the board is satisfied
that the public safety will not be endangered by such display.
(c)
Nothing in this section shall prohibit the sale or use of blank cartridges
for theatrical purposes, signalling purposes in athletic contests
or sporting events or for the use of police or military organizations,
or prohibit any resident wholesaler, dealer or jobber from selling
fireworks at wholesale for delivery or shipment directly outside the
city.
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State law references — Fireworks generally, RSMo. §§ 320.110
to 320.190.
[Ord. No. 2035 § 1, 5-4-2006]
That a certain document, three (3) copies of which have been
on file in the office of the city clerk of the city of Bellefontaine
Neighbors for at least ninety (90) days, being marked and designated
as the International Fuel Gas Code, 2003 edition, together with all
appendices and details and tables therein, as published by the International
Code Council, be and is hereby adopted as the Fuel Gas Code of the
city of Bellefontaine Neighbors for regulating and governing fuel
gas systems and gas-fired appliances as herein provided; providing
for the issuance of permits and collection of fees therefore; and
each and all of the regulations, provisions, conditions and terms
of said Fuel Gas Code are hereby referenced to, adopted and made a
part hereof, as if fully set out in this section, with the additions,
insertions, deletions and changes prescribed in this article.
[Ord. No. 2035 § 1, 5-4-2006]
The International Fuel Gas Code, 2003 Edition, adopted by this
article is hereby amended, revised and supplemented as follows:
(1)
Section 101.1 Title is hereby amended by inserting the name "City of Bellefontaine Neighbors, Missouri" therein.
(2)
Section 106.5.2 Fee Schedule is hereby deleted.
(3)
Section 106.5.3 Fee Refunds is hereby deleted.
(4)
Section 108.4 Violation Penalties is hereby deleted.
(5)
Section 108.5 Stop Work Orders is hereby deleted and a new Section
108.5 is hereby enacted in lieu thereof, to read as follows:
108.5 Stop work orders. Upon notice from the code official that
work is being done contrary to the provisions of this code or in a
dangerous or unsafe manner, such works shall immediately cease. Such
notice shall be in writing and shall be given to the owner of the
property, the owner's agent or the person doing the work. The
notice shall state the conditions under which work is authorized to
resume. Where an emergency exists, the code official shall not be
required to give a written notice prior to stopping the work. Any
person who shall continue anywhere on the system after having been
served with a stop work order, except such work as that person is
directed to perform to remove a violation or unsafe condition, shall
be guilty of a violation of the ordinances of the city and shall be
punished as provided for other violations of this code.
(6)
Section 109.2 Membership of Board and all subparts thereof are hereby
deleted and a new Section 109.2 is hereby enacted in lieu thereof,
to read as follows:
Section 109.2 Membership of Board. The Board of Appeals shall
consist of the members of the Bellefontaine Neighbors Board of Adjustment.
The alternate members of the Board of Adjustment shall serve as alternate
members of the Board of Appeals.
(7)
Section 109.3 Notice of Meeting is hereby deleted.
(8)
Section 103.4.1 Procedure is hereby deleted and a new Section 109.4.1
is hereby enacted in lieu thereof, to read as follows:
Section 109.4.1 Procedure. Procedures shall not require compliance
with strict rules of evidence, but only relevant information shall
be received.
(9)
Section 109.7 Court Review is hereby deleted and a new Section 109.7
is hereby enacted in lieu thereof, to read as follows:
Section 109.7 Court review. Any person aggrieved by a decision
of the Board of Appeals may apply to the Circuit Court of St. Louis
County for review of the Board's decision as a contested case
pursuant to Chapter 536, RSMo., by filing a petition for administrative
review within fifteen (15) days of the Board's decision.
(10)
CODE OFFICIAL
Chapter 2 Definitions is hereby amended by deleting the definition of the term "Code Official" and substituting in lieu thereof the following:
The City Engineer of the City of Bellefontaine Neighbors
shall be the code official under this Code.
[Ord. No. 2035 § 1, 5-4-2006]
Persons who shall violate any provision of the code adopted by this article, fail to comply with any of the requirements thereof or erect, install, alter or repair work in violation of the approved construction documents or direction of the code official or of a permit or certificate issued under the provisions of the code adopted by this article shall be guilty of an ordinance violation punishable as provided in section 1-10 of this Code of Ordinances. Each day that a violation continues after due notice has been served shall be deemed a separate offense.
