State Law References
City divided into wards — RSMo. 79.060.
Election judges — RSMo. 115.079 et seq.
Filing declaration of candidacy — RSMo. 115.349.
Form of ballots — RSMo. 115.237 et seq.
Holding elections, notice — RSMo. 115.121 et
seq.
Notice of election — RSMo. 115.125 et seq.
Polling places — RSMo. 115.115.
Providing ballots — RSMo. 115.247.
Voting hours — RSMo. 115.407.
[Code 1965, § 2.01; Ord. No. 1849, § 1, 12-8-1981; Ord. No. 3482, § 1, 11-11-1997; Ord. No. 4336, § 2
(Exh. A), 1-24-2012; Ord. No. 5199, 11-9-2021]
(a)
The City is hereby divided into four wards, as follows:
Ward No. 1: Beginning at the intersection of the center line
of Liggett Drive with the southern boundary of Big Bend Road; thence
northeastwardly along the southern boundary of Big Bend Road to its
intersection with the eastern boundary of the City of Crestwood; thence
southeastwardly along the eastern City limits of the City of Crestwood
to its intersection with the center line of Highway 366; thence southwestwardly
along the center line of Highway 366 to its intersection with the
center line of Gravois Creek; thence following the center line of
Gravois Creek southeastwardly and southerly to its intersection with
the center line of Mulberry Creek; thence southwestwardly along said
center line of Mulberry Creek to its intersection with the prolongation
of the center line of Cherry Brook Lane; thence southwestwardly along
the center line of Cherry Brook Lane; thence eastwardly along the
center line of Lawndale Drive; thence southwardly along the center
line of Buxton Drive; thence westwardly along the center line of Garber
Road to its intersection with New Sappington Road; thence northwardly
along the center line of New Sappington Road to its intersection with
Old Sappington Road; thence northeastwardly along the center line
of Old Sappington Road, thence northwestwardly, to its intersection
with Highway 366; thence westwardly along the center line of Highway
366 until its intersection with New Sappington Road; thence northwestwardly
along the center line of New Sappington Road to its intersection with
the prolongation of the southern property line of the Greenview Terrace
Subdivision; thence along the perimeter of the Greenview Terrace Subdivision,
northeastwardly then northwestwardly, to its intersection with the
southeast corner of the Crestwood Elementary School; thence northwestwardly
along the eastern property line of the Crestwood Elementary School
to the intersection with the southern limit of the Grant's Trail right-of-way;
thence northwestwardly across the right-of-way of the Grant's Trail
to the intersection of the northern right-of-way line of the Grant's
Trail and the boundary line between lot 25, block 1 of Elmont Park
First Addition, Amended, and lot 1, block 6 of Crestwood Second Addition;
thence northeastwardly along the boundary line between said lots and
its northeastwardly prolongation to its intersection with the center
line of Woodbine Drive; thence northeastwardly along the center line
of Woodbine Drive to the intersection of Liggett Drive; thence northwestwardly
along the center line of Liggett Drive to the point of beginning.
Ward No. 2: Beginning at the intersection of the center line
of East Watson Road and the western boundary of the City of Crestwood;
thence northwardly along the western City limits of the City of Crestwood
to its intersection with the southern right-of-way line of Big Bend
Road; thence eastwardly and northeastwardly along the southern right-of-way
line of Big Bend Road to its intersection with the center line of
Liggett Drive; thence southeastwardly along the center line of Liggett
Drive to its intersection with the center line of Woodbine Drive;
thence southwestwardly along the center line of Woodbine Drive to
its intersection with the northeastwardly prolongation of the boundary
line between lot 25, block 1 of Elmont Park, First Addition, Amended
and lot 1, block 6 of Crestwood Second Addition; thence southwestwardly
along said prolongation and the boundary line between said lots to
its intersection with the northerly line of the Grant's Trail right-of-way;
thence in a straight line across the Grant's Trail right-of-way to
the most northeastern corner of the property of Crestwood Elementary
School; thence following the most eastern boundary of Crestwood Elementary
School property to its intersection with the Greenview Terrace Subdivision;
thence southeastwardly and southwestwardly around the eastern and
southern perimeter of the Greenview Terrace Subdivision to the intersection
of the prolongation of its southern property line with the center
line of South Sappington Road; thence southeastwardly along the center
line of South Sappington Road to its intersection with the center
line of Highway 366; thence southwestwardly along the center line
of East Watson Road; thence westwardly along the center line of East
Watson Road to the point of beginning.
Ward No. 3: Beginning at the intersection of the center line
of Highway 366 with the eastern boundary of the City of Crestwood;
thence southeastwardly, southwestwardly, northwestwardly, southerly,
southeastwardly, southwestwardly, southeastwardly, and southwestwardly
around the eastern City limits to the intersection of the City limits
with the Grant's Trail right-of-way; thence northwestwardly along
the northeastern edge of the Grant's Trail right-of-way to its intersection
with the southeastern boundary of Pardee Road; thence southwestwardly
along the southeastern boundary of Pardee Road to its intersection
with the center line of Garber Road; thence westwardly along the center
line of Garber Road to its intersection with the center line of Buxton
Drive; thence northwestwardly along the center line of Buxton Drive
to its intersection with the center line of Lawndale Drive; thence
westwardly along the center line of Lawndale Drive to its intersection
with the center line of Cherry Brook Lane; thence northwestwardly
along the center line of Cherry Brook Lane; continuing northwardly
along the prolongation of the center line of Cherry Brook Lane to
the center line of Mulberry Creek; thence westwardly along the center
line of Mulberry Creek; thence northeastwardly along the center line
of Mulberry Creek to its intersection with the center line of Gravois
Creek; thence northeastwardly and northwestwardly along the center
line of Gravois Creek to its intersection with the center line of
Highway 366; thence northeastwardly along the center line of Highway
366 to the point of beginning.
Ward No. 4: Beginning at the intersection of the western boundary
of the City of Crestwood with the center line of East Watson Road;
thence easterly and northeastwardly along the center line of East
Watson Road; thence northeastwardly along the center line of East
Watson Road to its intersection with the center line of New Sappington
Road and Watson Road; thence westwardly along the center line of Highway
366 to its intersection with the center line of Old Sappington Road;
thence southeastwardly along the center line of Old Sappington Road
to its intersection with the center line of New Sappington Road; thence
southwardly along the center line of New Sappington Road to its intersection
with the center line of Garber Road; then eastwardly along the center
line of Garber Road to the eastern boundary of the City of Crestwood;
thence southwestwardly along the eastern boundary of the City of Crestwood;
thence westwardly along the northern boundary of the Eddie & Park
Road right-of-way to the intersection of the western boundary of the
City of Crestwood; thence northwardly along the western boundary of
the City of Crestwood to the point of beginning.
(b)
The map filed with the Board of Aldermen by the redistricting committee
shall be retained as part of the permanent records of the City and
such map shall be endorsed with the notation that it sets forth the
ward boundaries as established by this section.
(c)
The Board of Aldermen hereby declares that in the event of any doubt
as to the descriptions of the ward boundaries as herein set forth,
the boundaries shown on such map shall be used to determine such descriptions.
[Ord. No. 611, § 11, 9-20-1960; Ord. No. 807, § 3, 1-28-1964; Code 1965,
§ 2.020; Ord. No. 4669, § 1, 6-28-2016]
The City Clerk/Collector is hereby directed to comply with all
of the provisions of Chapter 115, RSMo. and with all regulations of
the County Board of Election Commissioners adopted pursuant thereto.
[Ord. No. 4, § I, 5-5-1949; Code 1965, § 2.05; Ord. No. 3424, § 1, 8-27-1996]
(a)
General municipal elections. The general municipal election shall
be held annually, on the date provided by state law.
(b)
Special elections. The Board of Aldermen may, by resolution, order
special elections, fix the time for such elections and provide for
holding such elections on any of the dates provided for elections
by state law.
(c)
Conduct of election. All City elections shall be nonpartisan and
governed by the provisions of the Crestwood Charter and applicable
state law. The Board of Aldermen may further regulate elections by
ordinance, subject to the provisions of the Crestwood Charter and
applicable state law.
[Code 1965, § 2.07; Ord. No. 1149, § 1, 10-14-1969; Ord. No. 1758, § 1, 10-9-1979; Ord. No. 1803, § 1, 11-11-1980; Ord. No. 1982, § 1, 11-27-1984; Ord. No. 3089, § 1, 10-25-1988; Ord. No. 3125, § 1, 9-12-1989; Ord. No. 3424, § 2, 8-27-1996; Ord. No. 4504, § 1, 11-25-2014; Ord. No. 4612, § 1, 1-12-2016; Ord. No. 4669, § 3, 6-28-2016]
(a)
Any person desiring to become a candidate for any elective office
in the City shall file a notice of candidacy, supporting petition,
a copy of the affidavit filed with the Missouri Department of Revenue
related to tax payments and bonding requirements, and pay a filing
fee, as herein set forth.
(b)
The opening date for filing for candidacy shall be 8:00 a.m. on the
seventeenth (17th) Tuesday prior to the election, and the closing
date for such filing shall be 5:00 p.m. on the fourteenth (14th) Tuesday
prior to the election. In accordance with Section 115.124.2, RSMo.,
the names of candidates who file a declaration of candidacy prior
to 5:00 p.m. on the first day of filing shall appear on the ballot
in an order determined by a random drawing. The City Clerk shall record
the number drawn with the candidate's declaration of candidacy. The
names of candidates filing on the first day of filing for each office
on each ballot shall be listed in ascending order of the numbers so
drawn. A representative of a candidate who filed under Section 115.355.2,
RSMo., may draw a number at random at the time of filing. The names
of all candidates who file a declaration of candidacy after 5:00 p.m.
on the first day of filing shall be listed after those filing on the
first day of filing in the order in which the declarations of candidacy
were filed.
[Amended 8-28-2018 by Ord. No. 4894; Amended 8-24-2021 by Ord. No. 5175]
(c)
The form of notice of candidacy shall be obtained from the City Clerk.
Such notice shall be filled out in its entirety and be signed by the
candidate at the time of filing same in the presence of the City Clerk.
In accordance with the provisions of Section 115.355, RSMo., if a
prospective candidate is unable, by reason of physical disability
or active duty in the Armed Forces of the United States, to appear
before the City Clerk, such candidate may submit a written request
for the notice form and may complete same and return the declaration
of candidacy accompanied by a sworn statement.
[Amended 8-28-2018 by Ord. No. 4894]
(d)
At the time of filing the notice of candidacy, each candidate shall
file a petition containing the signatures and addresses of at least
20 registered and qualified voters of the City requesting that the
candidate's name be placed on the ballot for the office requested.
Candidates must also file, at the time of filing the notice of candidacy,
a copy of his or her candidate's affidavit of tax payments and bonding
requirements filed with the Missouri Department of Revenue pursuant
to RSMo. 115.342.
(e)
A filing fee of $25 shall be paid to the City Clerk at the time of
the filing of the notice of candidacy and petition. Such filing fee
shall be deposited to the credit of the City's general revenue fund.
[Amended 3-8-2022 by Ord.
No. 5251]
(f)
At least 15 days before the opening date for filing a notice of candidacy,
the City Clerk shall cause to be published in at least one newspaper
of general circulation within the City and shall post such notice
in City Hall, stating:
(1)
The office or offices to be filled.
(2)
The opening filing date and the closing filing date for the filing
of notices of candidacy, supporting petitions, copies of affidavits,
and paying the filing fee.
(3)
The place for filing the notice of candidacy, petition, copy of affidavit
and paying the filing fee.
(4)
Copies of the notice of candidacy may be obtained from the City Clerk.
(g)
In addition to any penalties provided by state law, any person making a false statement on a notice of candidacy, or any affidavit or document required to be submitted to the City Clerk by this chapter, is guilty of an ordinance violation of the City of Crestwood and shall be subject to penalties in accordance with § 1-6 of this Code.
[Ord. No. 611, § 2, 9-20-1960; Ord. No. 807, § 3, 1-28-1964; Code 1965,
§ 2.10; Ord. No. 4612, § 2, 1-12-2016]
(a)
Posting. The City Clerk/Collector shall cause a notice of all elections
to be provided on the City's website and posted at City Hall, at the
Crestwood Community Center, and at any additional public areas as
may be determined by the City Clerk/Collector at least 15 days prior
to the date of said election. Such notice shall merely give the purposes
of the election, the offices to be filled and the propositions to
be voted upon, with the hours that the polls are to be open and the
polling places. The notice shall be headed "Notice of City Election"
or "Notice of Special Election," as the case may be. If the laws of
the state require additional or other notice in any matters submitted
to the voters of the City, the City Clerk/Collector shall give such
additional or other notice as may be required bylaw.
(b)
Publication. In addition to the notices to be posted, publication
shall be made by the St. Louis County Board of Election Commissioners
as required by state statute.
[Ord. No. 611, § 1, 9-20-1960; Code 1965, § 2.08]
All elections in the City shall be conducted in accordance with
rules and regulations promulgated and passed by the St. Louis County
Board of Election Commissioners.
[Ord. No. 611, § 6, 9-20-1960; Ord. No. 726, § 1, 5-1-1962; Ord. No. 807, § 3, 1-28-1964; Code 1965, § 2.14; Ord. No.
4669, § 2, 6-28-2016]
(a)
Form. The form of the ballot at all City elections shall conform
to all applicable regulations of the St. Louis County Board of Election
Commissioners. In the event that the language or syntax of a ballot
proposition approved by the Board of Aldermen does not comply with
the regulations of the Board of Election Commissioners, the City Clerk
is authorized to make non-substantive revisions to the ballot language
to ensure compliance with state law, the Charter, and/or the regulations
of the Board of Election Commissioners. Any revision which affects
the substance of the ballot proposition shall be made by ordinance
by the Board of Aldermen.
(b)
Position of names. The City Clerk/Collector shall list the candidates
for each office on the ballot in the chronological order in which
they completed all of their requirements for having their names printed
on the ballot.
