[R.O. 2007 § 210.005; Ord. No. 3463 § 1, 6-28-2001; Ord. No. 3955 § 1, 12-18-2003; Ord. No. 6225 § 1, 9-25-2014; Ord. No. 6579 § 1, 7-28-2016[1]]
In this Chapter, unless the context requires a different definition, the following definitions shall apply:
AFFIRMATIVE DEFENSE
1. 
The defense referred to is not submitted to the trier of fact unless supported by evidence; and
2. 
If the defense is submitted to the trier of fact the defendant has the burden of persuasion that the defense is more probably true than not.
ALTERNATIVE NICOTINE PRODUCT
Any non-combustible product containing nicotine that is intended for human consumption, whether chewed, absorbed, dissolved, or ingested by any other means. "Alternative nicotine product" does not include any vapor product, tobacco product or any product regulated as a drug or device by the United States Food and Drug Administration under Chapter V of the Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act.[2]
ANIMAL
Any living vertebrate except human.
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APPROPRIATE
To take, obtain, use, transfer, conceal, retain or dispose.
BURDEN OF INJECTING THE ISSUE
1. 
The issue referred to is not submitted to the trier of fact unless supported by evidence; and
2. 
If the issue is submitted to the trier of fact any reasonable doubt on the issue requires a finding for the defendant on that issue.
CONFINEMENT
1. 
A person is in confinement when such person is held in a place of confinement pursuant to arrest or order of a court, and remains in confinement until:
a. 
A court orders the person's release; or
b. 
The person is released on bail, bond, or recognizance, personal or otherwise; or
c. 
A public servant having the legal power and duty to confine the person authorizes his/her release without guard and without condition that he/she return to confinement;
2. 
A person is not in confinement if:
a. 
The person is on probation or parole, temporary or otherwise; or
b. 
The person is under sentence to serve a term of confinement which is not continuous, or is serving a sentence under a work-release program, and in either such case is not being held in a place of confinement or is not being held under guard by a person having the legal power and duty to transport the person to or from a place of confinement.
CONSENT
Consent or lack of consent may be expressed or implied. Assent does not constitute consent if:
1. 
It is given by a person who lacks the mental capacity to authorize the conduct charged to constitute the offense and such mental incapacity is manifest or known to the actor; or
2. 
It is given by a person who by reason of youth, mental disease or defect, intoxication, a drug-induced state, or any other reason is manifestly unable or known by the actor to be unable to make a reasonable judgment as to the nature or harmfulness of the conduct charged to constitute the offense; or
3. 
It is induced by force, duress or deception.
CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE
A drug, substance, or immediate precursor in Schedules I through V as defined in Chapter 195, RSMo.
CRIMINAL NEGLIGENCE
Failure to be aware of a substantial and unjustifiable risk that circumstances exist or a result will follow, and such failure constitutes a gross deviation from the standard of care which a reasonable person would exercise in the situation.
CUSTODY
A person is in custody when he or she has been arrested but has not been delivered to a place of confinement.
DECEIT or DECEIVE
Making a representation which is false and which the actor does not believe to be true and upon which the victim relies, as to a matter of fact, law, value, intention or other state of mind, or concealing a material fact as to the terms of a contract or agreement. The term "deceit" does not, however, include falsity as to matters having no pecuniary significance, or puffing by statements unlikely to deceive ordinary persons in the group addressed. Deception as to the actor's intention to perform a promise shall not be inferred from the fact alone that he/she did not subsequently perform the promise.
DISABILITY
A mental, physical, or developmental impairment that substantially limits one (1) or more major life activities or the ability to provide adequately for one's care or protection, whether the impairment is congenital or acquired by accident, injury or disease, where such impairment is verified by medical findings.
DISTRIBUTE
A conveyance to the public by sale, barter, gift or sample.
ELDERLY PERSON
A person sixty (60) years of age or older.
EMOTIONAL DISTRESS
Something markedly greater than the level of uneasiness, nervousness, unhappiness, or the like which are commonly experienced in day-to-day living.
FELONY
An offense so designated or an offense for which persons found guilty thereof may be sentenced to death or imprisonment for a term of more than one (1) year.
FIREARM
Any weapon that is designed or adapted to expel a projectile by the action of an explosive.
FORCIBLE COMPULSION
Either:
1. 
Physical force that overcomes reasonable resistance; or
2. 
A threat, express or implied, that places a person in reasonable fear of death, serious physical injury or kidnapping of himself/herself or another person.
FULLY OPAQUE COVERING
Non-transparent clothing or other similar object or substance. This term does not include body paint, body dyes, tattoos, liquid latex, whether wet or dried, and other similar substances.
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INFRACTION
A violation defined by Chapter 556, RSMo., or by any other statute of the State of Missouri if it is so designated or if no sentence other than a fine, or fine and forfeiture or other civil penalty, is authorized upon conviction.
INHABITABLE STRUCTURE
A vehicle, vessel or structure:
1. 
Where any person lives or carries on business or other calling;
2. 
Where people assemble for purposes of business, government, education, religion, entertainment, or public transportation;
3. 
Which is used for overnight accommodation of persons.
Any such vehicle, vessel, or structure is inhabitable regardless of whether a person is actually present. If a building or structure is divided into separately occupied units, any unit not occupied by the actor is an inhabitable structure of another.
INTERNET SERVICE
An interactive computer service or system or an information service, system, or access software provider that provides or enables computer access by multiple users to a computer server, and includes, but is not limited to, an information service, system, or access software provider that provides access to a network system commonly known as the internet, or any comparable system or service and also includes, but is not limited to, a worldwide web page, newsgroup, message board, mailing list, or chat area on any interactive computer service or system or other online service.
KNOWINGLY
When used with respect to:
1. 
Conduct or attendant circumstances, means a person is aware of the nature of his or her conduct or that those circumstances exist; or
2. 
A result of conduct, means a person is aware that his or her conduct is practically certain to cause that result.
LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER
Any public servant having both the power and duty to make arrests for violations of the laws of this State, and Federal Law Enforcement Officers authorized to carry firearms and to make arrests for violations of the laws of the United States.
MEANS OF IDENTIFICATION
Anything used by a person as a means to uniquely distinguish himself or herself.
MISDEMEANOR
An offense so designated or an offense for which persons found guilty thereof may be sentenced to imprisonment for a term of which the maximum is one (1) year or less.
NUDITY
The showing of the human genitals, pubic area, vulva, anus, anal cleft, or the female breast with less than a fully opaque covering of any part of the nipple or areola.
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OF ANOTHER
Property that any entity, including but not limited to any natural person, corporation, limited-liability company, partnership, association, governmental subdivision or instrumentality, other than the actor, has a possessory or proprietary interest therein, except that property shall not be deemed property of another who has only a security interest therein, even if legal title is in the creditor pursuant to a conditional sales contract or other security arrangement.
OFFENSE
Any felony, misdemeanor, or ordinance violation.
PERSON
An individual, partnership, copartnership, firm, company, public or private corporation, association, joint-stock company, trust, estate, political subdivision or any agency, board, department or bureau of the State or Federal government, or any other legal entity which is recognized by law as the subject of rights and duties.
PHYSICAL INJURY
Slight impairment of any function of the body or temporary loss of use of any part of the body.
PLACE OF CONFINEMENT
Any building or facility and the grounds thereof wherein a court is legally authorized to order that a person charged with or convicted of a crime be held.
POSSESS or POSSESSED
Having actual or constructive possession of an object with knowledge of its presence. A person has actual possession if such person has the object on his or her person or within easy reach and convenient control. A person has constructive possession if such person has the power and the intention at a given time to exercise dominion or control over the object either directly or through another person or persons. Possession may also be sole or joint. If one (1) person alone has possession of an object, possession is sole. If two (2) or more persons share possession of an object, possession is joint.
PROJECTILE WEAPON
Any bow, crossbow, pellet gun, slingshot or other weapon that is not a firearm, which is capable of expelling a projectile that could inflict serious physical injury or death by striking or piercing a person.
PROOF OF AGE
A generally accepted means of identification that contains a picture of the individual and appears on its face to be valid, including, but not limited to, the following: a valid and unexpired operator's or chauffeur's license issued under the provisions of Section 302.177, RSMo., or a valid and unexpired operator's or chauffeur's license issued under the laws of any State or territory of the United States to residents of those States or territories, or a valid and unexpired identification card as provided for under Section 302.181, RSMo., or a valid and unexpired identification card issued by any uniformed service of the United States, or a valid and unexpired passport.
PROPERTY
Anything of value, whether real or personal, tangible or intangible, in possession or in action.
PUBLIC PLACE
Any place to which the public or a substantial group of the public has access and includes, but is not limited to, streets, highways, schools, restaurants and bars, hospitals, apartment houses, office buildings, transport facilities, and retail shops. A public place does not include any place where persons appearing in a state of semi-nudity do so in a modeling class operated:
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1. 
By a college, junior college, or university supported entirely or partly by taxation;
2. 
By a private college or university which maintains and operates educational programs in which credits are transferable to a college, junior college, or university supported entirely or partly by taxation; or
3. 
In a structure:
a. 
Which has no sign visible from the exterior of the structure and no other advertising that indicates a semi-nude person is available for viewing; and
b. 
Where, in order to participate in a class, a student must enroll at least three (3) days in advance of the class.
PUBLIC SERVANT
Any person employed in any way by a government of this State who is compensated by the government by reason of such person's employment, any person appointed to a position with any government of this State, or any person elected to a position with any government of this State. It includes, but is not limited to, legislators, jurors, members of the judiciary and Law Enforcement Officers. It does not include witnesses.
PURPOSELY
When used with respect to a person's conduct or to a result thereof, means when it is his or her conscious object to engage in that conduct or to cause that result.
RECKLESSLY
Consciously disregarding a substantial and unjustifiable risk that circumstances exist or that a result will follow, and such disregard constitutes a gross deviation from the standard of care which a reasonable person would exercise in the situation.
SAMPLE
A tobacco product, alternative nicotine product or vapor product distributed to members of the general public at no cost or at nominal cost for product promotional purposes.
SEMI-NUDITY
The showing of the female breast below a horizontal line across the top of the areola and extending across the width of the breast at such point, or the showing of the male or female buttocks. Such definition includes the lower portion of the human female breast, but shall not include any portion of the cleavage of the female breasts exhibited by a bikini, dress, blouse, shirt, leotard, or similar wearing apparel, provided the areola is not exposed in whole or in part.
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SERIOUS PHYSICAL INJURY
Physical injury that creates a substantial risk of death or that causes serious disfigurement or protracted loss or impairment of the function of any part of the body.
SERVICES
Includes transportation, telephone, electricity, gas, water, or other public service, cable television service, video service, voice over internet protocol service, or internet service, accommodation in hotels, restaurants or elsewhere, admission to exhibitions and use of vehicles.
SEXUAL CONDUCT
Sexual intercourse, sexual contact or masturbation.
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SEXUAL CONDUCT WITH AN ANIMAL
Any touching of an animal with the genitals or any touching of the genitals or anus of an animal for the purpose of arousing or gratifying the person's sexual desire.
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SEXUAL CONTACT
Any touching of another person with the genitals or any touching of the genitals or anus of another person, or the breast of any female person, or such touching through the clothing, for the purpose of arousing or gratifying sexual desire of any person or for the purpose of terrorizing the victim.
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SEXUAL INTERCOURSE
Any penetration, however slight, of the female genitalia by the penis. Sexual intercourse also includes any act involving the genitals of one person and the hand, mouth, tongue, or anus of another person or a sexual act involving the penetration, however slight, of the penis, female genitalia, or the anus by a finger, instrument or object done for the purpose of arousing or gratifying the sexual desire of any person or for the purpose of terrorizing the victim.
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TOBACCO PRODUCTS
Any substance containing tobacco leaf, including, but not limited to, cigarettes, cigars, pipe tobacco, snuff, chewing tobacco or dipping tobacco, but does not include alternative nicotine products or vapor products.
VAPOR PRODUCT
Any non-combustible product containing nicotine that employs a heating element, power source, electronic circuit or other electronic, chemical or mechanical means, regardless of shape or size, that can be used to produce vapor from nicotine in a solution or other form. "Vapor product" includes any electronic cigarette, electronic cigar, electronic cigarillo, electronic pipe or similar product or device and any vapor cartridge or other container of nicotine in a solution or other form that is intended to be used with or in an electronic cigarette, electronic cigar, electronic cigarillo, electronic pipe or similar product or device. "Vapor product" does not include any alternative nicotine product or tobacco product.
VEHICLE
A self-propelled mechanical device designed to carry a person or persons, excluding vessels or aircraft.
VENDING MACHINE
Any mechanical, electric or electronic self-service device which, upon insertion of money, tokens or any other form of payment, dispenses tobacco products, alternative nicotine products or vapor products.
VESSEL
Any boat or craft propelled by a motor or by machinery, whether or not such motor or machinery is a principal source of propulsion used or capable of being used as a means of transportation on water, or any boat or craft more than twelve (12) feet in length which is powered by sail alone or by a combination of sail and machinery, and used or capable of being used as a means of transportation on water, but not any boat or craft having, as the only means of propulsion, a paddle or oars.
VIDEO SERVICE
The provision of video programming provided through wireline facilities located at least in part in the public right-of-way without regard to delivery technology, including internet protocol technology, whether provided as part of a tier, on demand, or a per-channel basis. This definition includes cable service as defined by 47 U.S.C. § 522(6), but does not include any video programming provided by a commercial mobile service provider as commercial mobile service is defined in 47 U.S.C. § 332(d), or any video programming provided solely as part of and via a service that enables users to access content, information, electronic mail, or other services offered over the public internet, and includes microwave television transmission, from a multipoint distribution service not capable of reception by conventional television receivers without the use of special equipment.
VOICE OVER INTERNET PROTOCOL SERVICE
A service that:
1. 
Enables real time two-way voice communication;
2. 
Requires a broadband connection from the user's location;
3. 
Requires internet protocol-compatible customer premises equipment; and
4. 
Permits users generally to receive calls that originate on the public switched telephone network and to terminate calls to the public switched telephone network.
[1]
Editor’s Note: Section 25 of this ordinance provided that it would take effect at 12:01 A.M. on 1-1-2017.
[2]
Editor's Note: See 21 U.S.C. § 351 et seq.