A.
A person
commits the offense 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.
A.
If
any person or persons shall put any dead animal, carcass or part thereof,
the offal or any other filth into any well, spring, brook, branch,
creek, pond or lake, every person so offending shall, on conviction
thereof, be fined not less than twenty-five dollars ($25.00) nor more
than five hundred dollars ($500.00).
B.
If
any person shall remove or cause to be removed and placed in or near
any public road or highway, or upon premises not his/her own, or in
any river, stream or watercourse any dead animal, carcass or part
thereof, or other nuisance to the annoyance of the citizens of this
City, or any of them, every person so offending shall, upon conviction
thereof, be fined for every offense not less than twenty-five dollars
($25.00) nor more than five hundred dollars ($500.00), and if such
nuisance be not removed within three (3) days thereafter, it shall
be deemed a second (2nd) offense against the provisions of this Section.
Whoever willfully or maliciously poisons, defiles or in any
way corrupts the water of a well, spring, brook or reservoir used
for domestic or municipal purposes, or whoever willfully or maliciously
diverts, dams up and holds back from its natural course and flow any
spring, brook or other water supply for domestic or municipal purposes,
after said water supply shall have once been taken for use by any
person or persons, corporation, Town or City for their use, shall
be adjudged guilty of an ordinance violation and punished by a fine
not less than fifty dollars ($50.00) nor more than five hundred dollars
($500.00) or by imprisonment in the City or County Jail not exceeding
ninety (90) days, or by both such fine and imprisonment, and shall
be liable to the party injured for three (3) times the actual damage
sustained, to be recovered by suit at law.
[R.O. 2009 §§13-163 — 13-164; Ord. No. 28 §§1 — 2, 4-7-1953]
A.
Sale Of Fireworks Prohibited. It is unlawful for any person
to sell or offer for sale any fireworks, firecrackers, torpedoes,
bombs, rockets, pin wheels, fire balloons, Roman candles, toy cannons
or any other fireworks composed of or loaded with any explosive matter
within the City.
B.
Use Of Fireworks Prohibited.
1.
It is unlawful for any person to willfully or promiscuously set off,
use, burn, explode, light or fire off any fire crackers, torpedoes,
bombs, rockets, pin wheels, fire balloons, Roman candles, toy cannons,
toy pistols or other fireworks composed of, filled with or exploded
by explosive material within the City.
2.
This Section shall not apply to the discharge of fireworks or other
pyrotechnic displays in parks or other public places when in charge
of competent persons who have obtained a permit for such discharge
or pyrotechnic display issued by the Board of Aldermen, nor to the
discharge of firearms by Police Officers when done lawfully by such
officer in the performance or discharge of his/her duty.
[1]
State Law References — Similar provisions, §320.131,
RSMo.; cities may regulate or prohibit fireworks, §320.180, RSMo.;
fireworks regulations, §§320.110 et seq., RSMo.
