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.
Whoever willfully or maliciously poisons, defiles or in any
way corrupts the water of a well, spring, brook or reservoir used
for domestic or municipal purposes, or whoever willfully or maliciously
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 their use, shall
be adjudged guilty of an ordinance violation and punished by a fine
not less than fifty dollars ($50.00) nor more than five hundred dollars
($500.00), or by imprisonment in the City or County Jail not exceeding
ninety (90) days, or by both such fine and imprisonment, and shall
be liable to the party injured for three (3) times the actual damage
sustained, to be recovered by suit at law.
[R.O. 2013 §210.210; CC 1984 §12-8; Ord. No. 159 §§1 — 5, 2-15-1937]
A. No
person shall carry gunpowder, giant powder, dynamite, nitroglycerine
or blasting powder on any vehicle in any part of the City unless the
same is secured in kegs, boxes or canisters, sufficiently closed to
prevent the grains thereof from falling out, and is laid upon and
covered with sheets of canvas or cloth.
B. Any
person having charge of any vehicle conveying more than one (1) keg,
box or case of twenty-five (25) pounds of gunpowder, giant powder,
nitroglycerine, dynamite or blasting power, and who shall have such
vehicle with the dynamite, gunpowder, giant powder, nitroglycerine
or blasting powder thereon within the limits of the City for a longer
time than two (2) hours, or who shall permit more than one (1) keg,
box or case of twenty-five (25) pounds of gunpowder, giant powder,
nitroglycerine, dynamite or blasting powder in his/her charge to be
upon any alley, street or sidewalk longer than thirty (30) minutes
shall in either case be deemed guilty of an offense; provided however,
that such quantities of gunpowder, giant powder, nitroglycerine, dynamite
or blasting powder as may be required for the supply of merchants
and of wholesale dealers making up bills for the country trade may
be brought from the powder magazine or depots during the day, and
such powder shall be allowed to be kept in the City during the business
hours of the day.
C. Every
retailer of gunpowder, giant powder, dynamite, nitroglycerine or blasting
powder shall place on the building containing the same, over or at
the side of the front door thereof, a sign with the words "High Explosives
For Sale" printed thereon in letters at least three (3) inches in
height, and shall notify the City Clerk in which portion of said store
the said powder or explosives are placed, which notice shall be kept
of record in the Clerk's office as City records.
D. If
an affidavit is presented to the Municipal Judge showing probable
cause to believe that any person keeps, has, possesses or conceals
any gunpowder, giant powder, dynamite, nitroglycerine or blasting
powder in violation of any provision of this Section, he/she shall
issue to the Chief of Police a search warrant commanding him/her to
search any place for gunpowder, giant powder, dynamite, nitroglycerine
or blasting powder, which warrant shall be forthwith rigidly executed.
E. All
gunpowder, giant powder, nitroglycerine or blasting powder kept, stored,
removed, transported and exposed within the City, or unladen from
or laden upon any railway car contrary to and in violation of any
provision of this Section may be seized by the Chief of Police or
by any City Officer cognizant of the fact, and the Chief of Police
and all other City Officers forthwith shall seize such gunpowder,
giant powder, dynamite, nitroglycerine or blasting powder and convey
the same to a safe place within or beyond the City limits. Such gunpowder,
giant powder, dynamite, nitroglycerine or blasting powder shall be
sold by the Chief of Police at public auction to the highest bidder
for cash, first giving three (3) days' notice of the time, place and
terms of such sale in the newspapers printed within the City or by
ten (10) printed handbills posted in ten (10) public places within
the City limits.
[R.O. 2013 §210.220; CC 1984 §12-9; Ord. No. 163 §5, 2-15-1937]
Any person who shall in the City cause, permit or allow any
blasting with explosives of any kind in such a manner as is likely
to disturb the peace of any person or is liable to injure person or
property shall be guilty of an offense.
[R.O. 2013 §210.360; CC 1984 §12-10; Ord. No. 568 §1, 11-20-1974]
A. No
person shall willfully or promiscuously fire, explode, shoot off,
or set off any firecrackers, torpedoes, bombs, fire balloons or other
fireworks within the City without obtaining a permit from the City
and all necessary approvals from the Fire Protection District. Provided
however, that this Section does not apply to the discharge of firearms
by an officer of the City, or other governmental instrumentality lawfully
and within the City and in the performance of his/her duty, nor shall
it apply to the discharge of firearms in connection with any turkey
shoot or other charitable event authorized by the Board of Aldermen.
B. No
person shall sell or expose for sale any firecrackers, torpedoes,
bombs, fire balloons or any other fireworks within the City.
[Ord. No. 2049, 4-6-2020; Ord.
No. 2051, 4-27-2020]
A. Public
Health Emergency order is any order issued by the Governor of the
State of Missouri, the health officer or administrator of the Department
of Health and Senior Services, the St. Louis County Executive or the
St. Louis County Director of Health pursuant to a declared public
health State of Emergency including any and all amendments thereto.
B. No
person shall knowingly violate a Public Health Emergency Order.
C. Any
person who, having been given a warning by any State, County or City
governmental official or any Law Enforcement Officer, is guilty of
an ordinance violation. A separate offense shall be deemed committed
on each day a violation occurs or continues.