[R.O. 1994 §§215.010 and 215.240; Ord. No. 43 §1, 7-5-1971; Ord. No. 140 §1, 4-19-1993]
As used in this Article, the following terms shall have the meanings indicated:
JUNK
Any metal, glass, paper, rags, wood, machinery parts, cloth, or other waste or discarded material of any nature or substance whatsoever, or scrap or salvage materials.
PUBLIC NUISANCE
The doing of an unlawful act, or the omitting to perform a duty, or the suffering or permitting of any condition or thing to be or exist, which act, omission, condition or thing either:
1. 
Injures or endangers the comfort, repose, health or safety of others; or
2. 
Is offensive to the senses; or
3. 
Unlawfully interferes with, obstructs or tends to obstruct or renders dangerous for passage any public or private street, highway, sidewalk, stream, ditch or drainage; or
4. 
In any way renders other persons insecure in life or the use of property; or
5. 
Essentially interferes with the comfortable enjoyment of life and property, or tends to depreciate the value of the property of others; or
6. 
Is declared by ordinance to be a nuisance.
[R.O. 1994 §215.020; Ord. No. 140 §2, 4-19-1993]
A. 
The maintaining, using, placing, depositing, leaving or permitting to be or remain on any public or private property of any of the following items, conditions or actions are hereby declared to be and constitute a public nuisance; provided this enumeration shall not be construed as a designation of all public nuisances:
1. 
Accumulation of trash, litter, debris, garbage, bottles, paper, cans, rags, dead or decayed fish, fowl, meat or other animal matter; fruit vegetables, offal, bricks, concrete, scrap lumber or other building debris or other refuse of any nature;
2. 
Any condition which provides harborage for rats, mice, snakes, and other vermin;
3. 
All unnecessary or unauthorized noises and annoying vibrations, including animal noises;
4. 
All disagreeable or obnoxious odors and stenches, as well as the conditions, substances or other causes which give rise to the emission or generation of such odors and stenches;
5. 
Carcasses of dead animals not buried or destroyed within twenty-four (24) hours after death;
6. 
The pollution of any public well or cistern, stream, lake, canal or body of water by sewage, dead animals, industrial wastes or other substances;
7. 
Any accumulation of stagnant water permitted or maintained on any lot or piece of ground;
8. 
Any unsafe or unsanitary privy or privy vault;
9. 
Any slaughterhouse;
10. 
The emission of dense dust, so as to cause annoyance or discomfort to the residents of City or any persons upon or about public ways and places. Dust shall be dense when it is visible to the naked eye from a distance of fifty (50) feet or more at a height of less than ten (10) feet from the ground for more than five (5) minutes in any one (1) hour, whether such period of time is consecutive or not.
11. 
Damaged or disabled vehicles.
[R.O. 1994 §215.030; Ord. No. 140 §3, 4-19-1993]
Any person who fails to abate or remove any public nuisances located on any premises under his/her control within the time limits stated in the notice served upon him/her pursuant to this Article shall be guilty of an ordinance violation.
[R.O. 1994 §215.040; Ord. No. 140 §4, 4-19-1993]
A. 
The Chief of Police shall serve a written notice to abate a public nuisance upon both the owner, or his/her agent and the occupant of the property upon which such nuisance exists. The notice shall be served by delivering a copy thereof to the person upon whom it is to be served or by leaving a copy with some member of such person's family who is over the age of fifteen (15) years. In the case of a corporation or joint stock company, the notice shall be served upon an agent of such corporation or company. The Chief shall execute a return of service and shall sign the return and file the same with the City Prosecutor.
B. 
The notice shall describe the public nuisance, the location thereof, the action to be taken to abate the nuisance, and state the time within which such nuisance must be abated. Such time must be reasonable under the circumstances.
[R.O. 1994 §215.050; Ord. No. 140 §5, 4-19-1993]
If a public nuisance is not abated within the time limits specified in the notice served pursuant to this Article, the City Clerk shall cause such nuisance to be abated by the City. He/she shall charge the owners and occupants of the property upon which the nuisance is located with the costs incurred by the City in abating the nuisance. If such costs are not paid by the owner or occupant after a demand for payment is made by the City Clerk, the City Clerk shall so inform the City Attorney. If the City Attorney believes that the expenses can be collected from the owner or occupant of the property, he/she shall institute a civil action to collect same.
[R.O. 1994 §215.060; Ord. No. 140 §6, 4-19-1993]
The City Clerk and persons designated by him/her may lawfully enter onto private property in order to ascertain whether a public nuisance exists and to otherwise enforce the provisions of this Article.
A. 
The following are declared to be nuisances affecting health:
1. 
All decayed or unwholesome food offered for sale to the public or offered to the public at no charge.
2. 
All diseased animals running at large.
3. 
All ponds or pools of stagnant water.
4. 
Carcasses of dead animals not buried or destroyed within twenty-four (24) hours after death.
5. 
Accumulations, wheresoever they may occur, of manure, rubbish, garbage, refuse and human and industrial, noxious or offensive waste, except the normal storage on a farm of manure for agricultural purposes.
6. 
Garbage cans which are not flytight, that is, garbage cans which do not prevent the entry of flies, insects and rodents.
7. 
The pollution of any well, cistern, spring, underground water, stream, lake, canal or body of water by sewage or industrial wastes, or other substances harmful to human beings.
8. 
Dense smoke, noxious fumes, gas and soot, or cinders in unreasonable quantities, or the presence of any gas, vapor, fume, smoke, dust or any other toxic substance on, in or emitted from the equipment of any premises in quantities sufficient to be toxic, harmful or injurious to the health of any employee or to any premises, occupant or to any other person.
9. 
Common drinking cups, roller towels, combs, brushes or eating utensils in public or semipublic places where not properly sanitized after use.
10. 
Any vehicle used for septic tank cleaning which does not meet the requirements of this Chapter of the Code of Ordinances of the City of Jonesburg.
11. 
Any vehicle used for garbage or rubbish disposal which is not equipped with a watertight metal body and provided with a tight metal cover or covers and so constructed as to prevent any of the contents from leaking, spilling, falling or blowing out of such vehicle at any time, except while being loaded, or not completely secured and covered so as to prevent offensive odors from escaping therefrom or exposing any part of the contents at any time.
12. 
Any and all infestations of flies, fleas, roaches, lice, ticks, rats, mice, fly maggots, mosquito larvae and hookworm larvae.
13. 
The keeping of animals and fowls in any area within the City not zoned for agricultural uses except pet cats and dogs, animals in public or licensed zoos, and farm animals in laboratories.
14. 
Unlicensed dumps and licensed dumps not operated or maintained in compliance with the ordinances of the City of Jonesburg and the Statutes of the State of Missouri.
15. 
No person shall discharge or cause to be discharged into a stormwater system any waste materials, liquids, vapor, fat, gasoline, benzene, naphtha, oil or petroleum product, mud, straw, lawn clippings, tree limbs or branches, metal or plastic objects, rags, garbage or any other substance which is capable of causing an obstruction to the flow of the storm system or interfering with the proper operation of the system or which will pollute the natural creeks or waterways.
16. 
Any damaged or disabled vehicle, part thereof, or junk, located on any property, street, or highway which presents a hazard to children, or harbors tall grass, weeds, or other vegetation, or creates a fire hazard, or affords a breeding place or nesting place for mosquitoes, flies, rodents, rats, or other vermin, is a public nuisance. The term "junk" is defined as any metal, glass, paper, rags, wood, machinery parts, cloth, or other waste or discarded material of any nature or substance whatsoever, or scrap or salvage materials.
[R.O. 1994 §§215.240 and 215.250; Ord. No. 43 §§1–2, 7-5-1971]
17. 
All other acts, practices, conduct, business, occupation callings, trades, uses of property and all other things detrimental or certain to be detrimental to the health of the inhabitants of the City of Jonesburg.
B. 
Unlawful To Cause, Maintain Within City Or One-Half Mile Thereof. It is unlawful for any owner, lessee or occupant or any agent, servant, representative or employee of any such owner, lessee or occupant having control of any occupied lot or land or any part thereof in the City of Jonesburg or within one-half (1/2) mile of the corporate limits of the City of Jonesburg, Missouri, to cause, permit or maintain a nuisance on any such lot or land. Additionally, it is unlawful for any person or his/her agent, servant, representative or employee to cause or maintain a nuisance on the land or property of another with or without permission. Each day that a nuisance shall be maintained as a separate offense.
C. 
Authority To Abate Emergency Cases. In cases where it reasonably appears that there is an immediate danger to the health, safety or welfare of the public due to the existence of a nuisance, the City shall have authority to immediately abate the nuisance in an appropriate manner.
D. 
Abatement — Procedure Generally. Whenever the Board of Aldermen receives notification that a nuisance may exist, it shall proceed as follows, except as may be otherwise provided herein:
1. 
It Shall Investigate The Same. The Board of Aldermen may order any person who has caused or is maintaining the nuisance to appear before the Board of Aldermen at such time and place as the Board of Aldermen may direct to show cause, if any, why that person should not abate the nuisance. Every person required to appear before the Board of Aldermen shall have at least ten (10) days' notice thereof.
2. 
Such notice shall be signed by the Health Officer or Chief of Police and shall be served upon that person by delivering a copy thereof to the person, or by leaving a copy at his/her residence with some member of the family or household over fifteen (15) years of age, or upon any corporation by delivering the copy thereof to the President or to any other officer at any business office of the corporation within the City. If the notice cannot be given for the reason that the person named in the notice or his/her agent cannot be found in the City, of which fact the return upon such notice of the officer serving the same shall be conclusive evidence, such notice shall be published in a daily newspaper for three (3) consecutive days, if a daily, or once, if a weekly paper, giving at least ten (10) days' notice from the final publication date of the time fixed for the parties to appear before the Board of Aldermen.
3. 
If after hearing all the evidence the Board of Aldermen may determine that a nuisance exists, it may direct the Health Officer or Chief of Police or other City Official to order the person to abate the nuisance within twenty (20) days or within such other time as the Board of Aldermen may deem reasonable. Such order shall be served in the manner provided in this Section for service of the order to show cause. The order may further provide that the appropriate City Official be directed to abate the nuisance if the order is not obeyed within the time period set by the Board of Aldermen, and that a special tax bill be issued for the costs of abating the nuisance.
4. 
If the order has not been obeyed within the time period set by the Board of Aldermen, the appropriate City Official shall proceed to abate the nuisance in the manner provided by the order of the Board of Aldermen, and the cost of same, if ordered by the Board of Aldermen, may be assessed as a special tax against the property so improved or upon which such work was done; and, if so ordered, the City Clerk shall cause a special tax bill therefor against the owner thereof when known, and if not known then against the unknown persons, and the certified bills of such assessment shall describe therein the property upon which the work was done.
5. 
The bills for the above work shall be recorded and shall be collected and paid as provided for the collection of other special tax bills for the repairing of sidewalks or grading or paving of streets and shall be a lien on the property.
6. 
The cost of abating nuisances on private property shall be levied and assessed on each lot in proportion to the amount of work done and material used in abating the nuisance located on each such lot.