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.
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.