A. 
A person commits the offense of abandonment of an airtight or semi-airtight container if he or she knowingly abandons, discards, or permits to remain on premises under his or 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 (1 1/2) 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.
B. 
Subsection (A) of this Section does not apply to an icebox, refrigerator or other airtight or semi-airtight container located in that part of a building occupied by a dealer, warehouse operator or repair person.
C. 
The defendant shall have the burden of injecting the issue under Subsection (B) of this Section.
D. 
The offense of abandonment of an airtight or semi-airtight container is an ordinance violation.
A person commits the offense of littering if he or she places, deposits, or causes to be placed or deposited, any glass, glass bottles, wire, nails, tacks, hedge, cans, garbage, trash, refuse, or rubbish of any kind, nature or description on the right-of-way of any public road or State highway or on or in any of the waters in this City or on the banks of any stream, or on any land or water owned, operated or leased by the State, any board, department, agency or commission thereof or on any land or water owned, operated or leased by the Federal Government or the City, or on any private real property owned by another without the owner's consent.
A. 
A person commits the offense of unlawful disposition of a dead animal if he or she knowingly places or causes to be placed the carcass or offal of any dead animal:
1. 
Into any well, spring, brook, branch, creek, pond, or lake; or
2. 
On any public road or highway, river, stream, or watercourse or upon premises not his or her own for the purpose of annoying another or others.
A. 
A person commits the offense of tampering with a water supply if he or she purposely:
1. 
Poisons, defiles or in any way corrupts the water of a well, spring, brook or reservoir used for domestic or municipal purposes; or
2. 
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 his/her, their or its use.
B. 
The offense of tampering with a water supply is an ordinance violation.
A. 
A person commits the offense of abandoning a vehicle, vessel, or trailer if he or she knowingly abandons any vehicle, vessel, or trailer on:
1. 
The right-of-way of any public road or State highway;
2. 
On or in any of the waters in this State;
3. 
On the banks of any stream;
4. 
On any land or water owned, operated or leased by the State, any board, department, agency or commission thereof, or any political subdivision thereof;
5. 
On any land or water owned, operated or leased by the Federal government; or
6. 
On any private real property owned by another without his or her consent.
B. 
For purposes of this Section, the last owner of record of a vehicle, vessel, or trailer found abandoned and not shown to be transferred pursuant to Sections 301.196 and 301.197, RSMo., shall be deemed prima facie evidence of ownership of such vehicle, vessel, or trailer at the time it was abandoned and the person who abandoned the vehicle, vessel, or trailer or caused or procured its abandonment. The registered owner of the abandoned vehicle, vessel, or trailer shall not be subject to the penalties provided by this Section if the vehicle, vessel, or trailer was in the care, custody, or control of another person at the time of the violation. In such instance, the owner shall submit such evidence in an affidavit permitted by the court setting forth the name, address, and other pertinent information of the person who leased, rented, or otherwise had care, custody, or control of the vehicle, vessel, or trailer at the time of the alleged violation. The affidavit submitted pursuant to this Subsection shall be admissible in a court proceeding adjudicating the alleged violation and shall raise a rebuttable presumption that the person identified in the affidavit was in actual control of the vehicle, vessel, or trailer. In such case, the court has the authority to terminate the prosecution of the summons issued to the owner and issue a summons to the person identified in the affidavit as the operator. If the vehicle, vessel, or trailer is alleged to have been stolen, the owner of the vehicle, vessel, or trailer shall submit proof that a police report was filed in a timely manner indicating that the vehicle or vessel was stolen at the time of the alleged violation.
C. 
The offense of abandoning a vehicle, vessel, or trailer is an ordinance violation.
D. 
Any person convicted pursuant to this Section shall be civilly liable for all reasonable towing, storage, and administrative costs associated with the abandonment of the vehicle, vessel, or trailer. Any reasonable towing, storage, and administrative costs in excess of the value of the abandoned vehicle, vessel, or trailer that exist at the time the property is transferred pursuant to Section 304.156, RSMo., shall remain the liability of the person convicted pursuant to this Section so long as the towing company, as defined in Chapter 304, RSMo., provided the title owner and lienholders, as ascertained by the Department of Revenue records, a notice within the time frame and in the form as described in Subsection 1 of Section 304.156, RSMo.
[Ord. No. 1251 §§1 — 7, 8-3-1993]
A. 
For the purpose of this Section, the following definitions shall apply:
ALARM SYSTEM
Any mechanical or electrical device which is designed to be activated manually or automatically upon the detection of an unauthorized entry, intrusion, or other emergency in or on any building, structure, facility or premises through the emission of a sound or transmission of a signal or message.
ALARM USER
A person who uses an alarm system to protect any building, structure, facility or premises.
AUTOMATIC DIALING DEVICE
An alarm system that automatically dials a specific telephone number and transmits an emergency message by a recording over regular telephone lines when activated.
DIRECT SIGNAL ALARM SYSTEM
An alarm system which provides for a special telephone line that is directly connected to a department of the City which emits a sound or transmits a signal or both when activated.
FALSE ALARM
Any activation of an alarm system intentionally or by inadvertence, negligence, or unintentional act to which the City of Rock Hill Police or Fire Department are summoned to respond, including activation caused by the malfunction of the alarm system, except that the following shall not be considered false alarms:
1. 
An alarm that has been caused by the malfunction of the City's equipment.
2. 
An alarm that has been caused by damage, testing or repair of telephone equipment or lines by the telephone company, provided that such incidents are promptly reported to the telephone company.
3. 
An alarm caused by an attempted and unauthorized or illegal entry, of which there is visible or demonstrated evidence.
4. 
When an alarm is followed by a call to the Police or Fire Department canceling the alarm by giving proper information, prior to the arrival of the Department at the source of the alarm.
5. 
An alarm has been caused by a malfunction of electrical power beyond the control of the alarm user.
B. 
Notification And Charges For False Alarms.
1. 
All false alarms to which the Police or Fire Department responds shall result in the following charge to the alarm user:
a. 
A warning for the first (1st) two (2) false alarms in any calendar year.
b. 
A twenty-five dollar ($25.00) service charge for the third (3rd) false alarm in any calendar year.
c. 
A one hundred dollar ($100.00) service charge for the fourth (4th) and any subsequent false alarm in any calendar year.
2. 
Upon determination by the Police or Fire Department that a false alarm has occurred, the appropriate Department shall send a notice to the alarm user notifying the user of the determination and directing payment within ten (10) days of any service charge that may be due.
3. 
The Police or Fire Department shall cancel any notice or service charge upon satisfactory proof by the alarm user that a particular alarm falls within the false alarm exceptions enumerated in Subsection (A), definition of false alarm.
4. 
Refusal to pay any such service charge within ten (10) days of such notice shall constitute a violation of this Section.
C. 
No person shall install or use an automatic dialing device which is programmed to dial the Police or Fire Department's telephone number. All automatic dialing devices shall be programmed to dial any consenting person who may relay the emergency message to the Police or Fire Department by live voice. The alarm user of such device shall be responsible for having his/her alarm system reprogrammed within the ninety (90) days' time period.
D. 
No person shall install or use an audible alarm which is equipped with an exterior sound-producing device such as a gong, buzzer, siren, bell or horn unless the same shall be equipped with a fifteen (15) minute timer. Any alarm user having an audible alarm shall be responsible for equipping it with a fifteen (15) minute timer.
E. 
Any person who installs, maintains, sells, leases, services, repairs, alters, replaces, moves or installs any alarm system or causes the same to be sold, leased, maintained,serviced, repaired, altered, replaced, moved or installed in or on any building, structure, facility or premises shall be properly licensed under ordinances of St. Louis County as the same pertains to the licensing and regulation for the installation and use of alarm systems.
F. 
Any alarm user shall register such alarm system with the Police or Fire Department of the City within one (1) week after installation. No charge for any false alarm shall be made during the first (1st) two (2) weeks after the registration of said alarm.
G. 
Any person who violates or causes a violation of any provision of this Section shall be punishable, upon conviction, by imprisonment for not more than ninety (90) days or by a fine of not more than five hundred dollars ($500.00) or by both such fine and imprisonment, and each day such violation continues shall be deemed a separate offense.
[Ord. No. 1227 §1(13-58), 9-1-1992]
A. 
It shall be unlawful for any person within the City to sell, offer for sale, expose for sale, use, discharge or explode any blank cartridge, toy pistol, toy cannon or cane in which explosives are used; or the type of balloon which requires fire underneath to propel the same; or firecrackers, torpedoes, bottle or sky rockets, Roman candles, aerial salutes, bombs, sparklers, colored fires, colored torches or other fireworks displays of any kind whatsoever.
B. 
Nothing contained in Subsection (A) shall prohibit the sale or use of fireworks for pyrotechnic displays given by any fair association, amusement park, the officials in charge of any public park, any civic or public organization or group of individuals, having first obtained a permit from the City for such displays; or prohibit the sale or use of blank cartridges for theatrical purposes, signal purposes in athletic contests or sport events, or for the use of militia, police or military organizations or prohibit any resident wholesaler, dealer or jobber from selling fireworks at wholesale; provided, that the same are shipped or delivered directly outside the limits of the City.
[Ord. No. 1227 §1(13-59), 9-1-1992]
The City of Rock Hill may issue permits for pyrotechnic displays to fair associations, amusement parks or officials in charge of public parks, and civic or public organizations or groups of individuals; provided, that no such permit shall be issued except upon an application therefor; and provided further, that the Mayor and Board of Aldermen are satisfied that the public safety will not be endangered by such display.