City of Town And Country, MO Article I In General

Section 505.010 Definitions. [1]

[Code 1975 §8.02; CC 1989 §20-1]

For the purposes of this Chapter certain words are herein defined and hereby given the following meanings:

APPLICANT

The governmental agency, utility company, contractor, developer or individual seeking permission to work within the right-of-way of a street dedicated to or acquired by the City.

RIGHT-OF-WAY

The land, generally a strip, dedicated to or acquired by the City for public use where a roadway, sidewalks, sewers, cable and other similar items are normally located.

STREET

The paved public roadway, used for purposes of travel and access for vehicular and pedestrian traffic, located within a right-of-way dedicated to or acquired by the City or State Highway Department. "Street" shall mean other designations such as roadway or public easement but not to include the term private street.

[1] Cross Reference — Definitions and rules of construction generally, §100.030.

Section 505.020 Board's Authority As To Streets.

[Code 1975 §8.03(A); CC 1989 §20-2]

The Board of Aldermen shall have the exclusive authority: to establish streets; to plan and approve specifications therefor; to establish or change the grade of streets; to build, alter, name, rename, widen, repair, maintain and clean all streets; to prohibit and prevent all encroachment into and upon streets; and to pay for such improvements from the general revenue, special tax bills or special benefit districts as shall be deemed appropriate by the Board of Aldermen.

Section 505.030 Street Specifications.

[Code 1975 §8.03(B); CC 1989 §20-3]

Streets dedicated to or acquired by the City shall be constructed in accordance with the document entitled "St. Louis County Standard Specifications for Highway Construction".

Section 505.040 Spilling Material On Streets.

[Code 1975 §8.03(C); CC 1989 §20-4]

Any material spilled on streets shall be promptly removed from the street by the person who spilled such material. Failure to do so promptly shall be deemed a violation of this Chapter.

Section 505.050 Dedications.

[Code 1975 §8.03(D); CC 1989 §20-5]

When the applications are received by the City for projects or installations which require public easement and/or right-of-way dedication, no permit of any kind shall be issued by the City to the applicant until the City Clerk's office has received evidence that the public easement and/or right-of-way dedication has been recorded.

Section 505.060 Proof of State Highway Department's Approval of Projects Adjoining The Department's Right-Of-Way Prerequisite To Issuance of Construction Permit. [1]

[Code 1975 §8.03(E); CC 1989 §20-6]

When applications are received by the City for projects or installations which adjoin the State Highway Department's right-of-way, the applicant shall provide the City Clerk's office with evidence that the State Highway Department has approved the construction within such right-of-way before the City shall issue a permit for construction to commence.

[1] Cross Reference — Business licenses, ch. 605.

Section 505.070 City Buildings and Real Estate.

[Code 1975 §8.04; CC 1989 §20-7]

A. The Board of Aldermen shall direct and authorize the maintenance, repair and care of the City-owned buildings and real estate.

B. The Board of Aldermen shall furnish and provide facilities for use by City officers, officials, boards, commissions and committees either on City-owned property, rented or leased premises.

C. The Board of Aldermen shall have the authority to extend the temporary use of the City Hall to a group or an organization when the Board shall deem such use would be in the best interest of the City, or that it would result in substantial public convenience.

Section 505.080 Obstructions On Streets or Drainways.

[Code 1975 §16.82; CC 1989 §20-8]

A. It shall be unlawful for any person to obstruct, in whole or in part, any street, road, alley, sidewalk, public way, natural or constructed drainway, with material, or to cause or allow or permit material to move, flow, fall thereon or therein unless the same has been specifically permitted in writing by the Street Commissioner.

B. Notwithstanding any permit being issued to authorize the doing of the prohibited acts or actions set out in Subsection (A) of this Section any street obstruction shall be protected by sufficient barricades and lights, and failure to do so shall constitute a separate violation of this Chapter.

C. Any person violating the provisions of this Section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.

Section 505.090 Forbidden Use of Street — Violations — Penalty.

[Code 1975 §16.83; CC 1989 §20-9]

Any person who shall drive any vehicle on or about or over any proposed or temporarily closed street, road, alley, sidewalk, public way, or who shall remove any barricade or lights from any obstruction in a street, road, alley, sidewalk or public way, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor.

Section 505.100 City Street Commissioner.

There is hereby created the office of Street Commissioner. The Director of Public Works shall be the Street Commissioner.

Section 505.110 Enforcement of Chapter.

[Code 1975 §8.05; CC 1989 §20-11]

Unless specifically provided otherwise in this Chapter, it shall be the duty of the Street Commissioner to enforce the provisions of this Chapter.

Section 505.120 through Section 505.190. (Reserved) [1]

[1] Editor's Note — Ord. no. 3290 §1, adopted October 23, 2007, repealed art. II "excavations and encroachments" of ch. 505 "streets, sidewalks and public places" and enacted new provisions set out in sections 505.200 — 505.280. Former sections 505.120 — 505.190 derived from Code 1975 §8.03; CC 1989 §§20-26 — 20-32; ord. no. 1259 §1, 12-23-1989; ord. no. 3077 §4, 10-24-2005; ord. no. 3106 §1, 1-23-2006. At the editor's discretion, these sections have been reserved for the city's future use.