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Velda City, MO
St. Louis County
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[CC 1974 §205.110; Ord. No. 169 §1, 9-7-1972]
No household goods of any description may be moved in or out of Velda City by trucks or trailers of any kind between the hours of 9:00 P.M. to 7:00 A.M. The fine for this offense shall not exceed one hundred dollars ($100.00).
[Ord. No. 440 §§I — III, 4-17-1991]
A. 
Registration. All signs for or against a candidate or an issue on the ballot shall be registered with the Velda City Clerk. The registration shall include the street address of each sign location and who granted approval for its placement. A bond of ten dollars ($10.00) shall be deposited with the Velda City Clerk for each sign location. The bond shall be returned after the election if each sign is removed within forty-eight (48) hours of the election. If not, the bond shall be forfeited and shall go to Velda City to be used by the City to cover the costs of picking up all remaining signs and disposing of them.
B. 
Requirements. The signs shall be no larger than two (2) feet by three (3) feet. No more than one (1) sign shall be put up on each lot. No sign shall be placed on any public property and no sign shall be placed on any lot without permission of the owner. No sign shall go up earlier than two (2) weeks prior to the election and all signs must be taken down and removed within forty-eight (48) hours after the election.
C. 
Penalties. Any person who shall violate any provisions of this Article shall be fined not more than one hundred fifty dollars ($150.00) for the first (1st) such conviction; not more than two hundred fifty dollars ($250.00) for the second (2nd) such conviction; and five hundred dollars ($500.00) for any subsequent conviction.
[Ord. No. 310 §2, 9-14-1978; Ord. No. 512 §1, 7-8-1998]
A. 
Unlawful. It shall be unlawful for any person to loiter, alone and/or in consort with others, in such manner so as to:
1. 
Obstruct any street, highway, sidewalk, parking lot, public place or other place or building, public or private, by hindering or impeding or tending to hinder or impede the free and uninterrupted passage of vehicles, traffic or pedestrians, or
2. 
Commit in or upon any street, highway, sidewalk, parking lot, public place or other place or building, public or private, any act or thing which is an obstruction or interference to the free and uninterrupted use of property or with any business lawfully conducted by anyone in or upon or facing or fronting on any such street, highway, sidewalk, parking lot, public place, or other place or building, public or private, all of which prevents the free and uninterrupted ingress, egress and regress therein, thereon and thereto.
B. 
Warning Required. When any person, causes or commits any of the conditions enumerated in Subsection (A) herein, a Police Officer or any Law Enforcement Officer shall order that person to stop causing or committing such conditions and to move on or disperse. Any person who fails or refuses to obey such orders shall be guilty of a violation of this Section, and shall upon conviction in Court be punished by a fine not to exceed one hundred dollars ($100.00).
C. 
Definitions. For the purposes of this Section the following terms shall be deemed to have the meaning indicated below:
LOITER
Remaining idle in essentially one (1) location and shall include the concept of spending time idly; to be dilatory; to linger; to stay; to saunter; to delay; and to stand around.
PUBLIC PLACE
Any place to which the general public has access and a right to resort for business, entertainment or other lawful purpose, but does not necessarily mean a place devoted solely to the uses of the public. It shall also include the front or immediate area of any store, shop, restaurant, tavern, apartment building or other place of business, and also public grounds, areas or parks.
A. 
It shall be unlawful for any person to erect or maintain or for any property owner or occupant to allow to be erected or maintained on any property within the City, any fence equipped with or having barbed wire, spikes, or any similar device or any electrical charge sufficient to cause an electric shock.
B. 
It shall, however, not be unlawful, under this Section to maintain a barbed wire fence so long as said barbed wire is at least six (6) feet above the ground and at least one (1) foot within the property line of the owner's or occupant's property and so long as said property is located within an industrial or business zoning classification.
[Ord. No. 435 §1, 10-10-1990]
A. 
Subject to certain exceptions mentioned hereinbelow, no person shall be permitted to barbecue or conduct outdoor cooking in front of the building line of any single-family dwelling, multi-family dwelling or commercial structure.
B. 
In the event that a residential dwelling does not have a rear yard, then outdoor cooking or barbecuing shall be permitted on certain designated holidays only, as defined in Subsection (C), subject to the following conditions:
1. 
No more than two (2) persons will be permitted to attend the barbecue unit or cooking apparatus per dwelling unit.
2. 
The time during which outdoor cooking or barbecuing is permitted shall be between the hours of 12:00 P.M. and 7:00 P.M.
3. 
No alcoholic beverage may be visible within one hundred fifty (150) feet of the barbecue unit or outdoor cooking apparatus.
4. 
No loud music or other loud noises of any sort will be permitted.
5. 
Any food which is prepared under the guidelines of this Section shall not be consumed in front of the building line on the premises.
6. 
Barbecue units or cooking apparatus shall be of a moderate size for use intended to serve a nuclear family unit with a few guests.
7. 
Any exceptions granted herein notwithstanding, no barbecuing or outdoor cooking shall be allowed in front of the building line of any residential or commercial property along Lucas and Hunt Boulevard.
C. 
Holidays. The following are the designated holidays as they pertain to this Section.
New Years Day
Super Bowl Sunday
Martin Luther King Day
Easter
Memorial Day
July 4th
Labor Day
Veterans Day
Thanksgiving
Christmas
December 31st
[Ord. No. 636 §1, 6-8-2011]
A. 
Except as listed in Section 210.2260(B), open burning, or fires of any kind, shall not be permitted and may be declared a nuisance by the Chief of Police under Section 215.010. No fire permitted pursuant to Section 210.2260(B) shall be left unattended and a constant source of water shall be kept nearby.
B. 
The following open burning fires are permitted:
1. 
Barbeques for the purpose of non-commercial outdoor food preparation; and
2. 
Fire pits or other manufactured containers constructed for the purpose of containing small recreational fire.