State Law Reference — As to authority of cities
of the fourth class to abate nuisances, see RSMo. §§ 67.398,
79.370 and 79.380. As to garbage, see RSMo. §§ 71.680
to 71.690. Also see RSMo. § 71.780. As to nuisance in cemetery,
see RSMo. § 214.205.
Cross Reference — As to abatement of nuisances by board of aldermen, see § 2-22 of this Code. As to dangerous buildings, see §§ 5-15 to 5-20. As to abatement of nuisances by police, see § 24-19. As to combustible materials, see § 10-91. As to depositing garbage in streets, see § 13-2. As to weeds — grass, see § 13-5. As to non-operating and unlicensed motor vehicles, see §§ 18-53 — 18-55. As to odors, see § 20-18. As to discharge into sewer, see § 26-72. As to litter, see § 17-10. As to diseased trees and shrubs, see § 30-27.
[Ord. No. 468 § 2, 9-4-1951]
No person shall permit, cause, keep, maintain or do any nuisance
as defined by the laws of the State and the laws and ordinances of
the City, or cause to be committed, caused, kept, maintained or done
any such nuisance within the City. No owner, occupant or person in
charge of any house, building, lot or premises shall cause or allow
any nuisance to be or remain in or upon any such house, building,
lot or premises.
[Ord. No. 468 § 3, 9-4-1951; Ord.
No. 1365 § 1, 5-18-1987; Ord. No. 1911 § 1, 7-1-1996]
The following are hereby deemed and declared to be nuisances:
A.
Generally. Anything which is injurious to health,
or indecent or offensive to the senses, or an obstruction to the free
use of property, in such a way as to interfere with the comfortable
enjoyment of life or property is a nuisance.
B.
Substance Emitting Noxious Odors. All substances
which emit or cause any foul, noxious, unhealthy or disagreeable odor
or effluvium in the neighborhood where they exist.
C.
Carcasses of Animals. All carcasses of animals remaining
exposed one (1) hour after death.
D.
Hides. All green or salted hides left or deposited
in any open place.
E.
Slaughterhouses in Offensive Condition. All slaughterhouses
or pens and all fowl or animal pens or stables which are kept in such
a condition as to be offensive, annoying or disagreeable to anyone.
F.
Factories, Etc., Emitting Noxious Odors. Every factory
which emits or causes an offensive, disagreeable or noxious smell
or odor.
G.
Liquid Refuse. All slop, foul or dirty water, liquor
or beer washings, and all filth, refuse or offal discharged through
drains or spouts or otherwise thrown or deposited in or upon any street,
alley, sidewalk, public way, lot, park, public square, public enclosure
or any pond or pool of water.
H.
Matters Causing Injury, Inconvenience or Annoyance to Public. All articles or things whatsoever caused, kept, maintained or permitted
by any person to the injury, inconvenience or annoyance of the public.
I.
Acts Injuring, Annoying or Inconveniencing Public. All pursuits followed or engaged in, or acts done by any person
to the injury, annoyance or inconvenience of the public.
J.
Trash, Junk, Etc., on the Streets, Lots, Etc. All
ashes, cinders, slops, filth, excrement, sawdust, deteriorated lumber
and other deteriorated wood, stones, rocks, dirt, straw, hay, soot,
sticks, shavings, egg shells, cans, bottles, boxes, jars, dust, paper,
cardboard, trash, decayed leaves, concrete bricks, materials resulting
from construction or destruction of buildings, furniture manufactured
for indoor use only, bedding, household appliances, plumbing fixtures,
water heaters, machine parts, discarded lawn or garden equipment or
implements, scrap metal, discarded motor vehicle parts or equipment,
discarded tires, discarded tire rims, refuse, offal, wastewater, fish,
putrid meat, entrails, decayed fruit or vegetables, broken ware, rags,
old iron or other metal, old wearing apparel, all animal or vegetable
matter, all dead animals or any other offensive or disagreeable substance
or thing thrown, left, deposited, caused or allowed to be left, thrown
or deposited by anyone in or upon any street, alley, sidewalk, park,
public way, public square, public enclosure, public or private lot
whether vacant or occupied or whether improved or unimproved, or pond
or pool of water; provided however, that firewood not exceeding thirty-six
(36) inches in length, stacked in an orderly fashion, shall not be
considered a nuisance.
K.
Vehicles. Any vehicle parked in a front or side yard and not parked
on a paved or gravel driveway.
[Ord. No. 2875 § 1, 2-21-2017]
[Ord. No. 468 § 4, 9-4-1951; Ord.
No. 1397 § 4, 10-19-1987]
No person shall burn upon his premises or upon any street, alley,
sidewalk or any other place within the City, any substance the burning
of which creates or generates any noxious or unwholesome smell or
odor.
[Ord. No. 468 § 5, 9-4-1951; Ord.
No. 1311 § 2, 5-19-1986; Ord. No. 1547 § 3, 5-21-1990; Ord.
No. 1908 § 1, 6-17-1996]
Whenever a nuisance exists, whether it is a nuisance per se,
a nuisance resulting from a violation of any of the provisions of
this Chapter, or a nuisance declared by the City Physician or the
City Administrator to be such because its existence is dangerous to
the public health, such nuisance may be abated in the following manner:
A.
The City Administrator or Code Enforcement Officer shall, in writing,
notify the person occupying or having possession of or owning any
house or premises in which such nuisance exists to abate or remove
such nuisance within a time specified in the notice, but within not
less than three (3) days.
B.
Any person notified as provided in the foregoing paragraph who shall
fail, neglect or refuse to comply with the same within the time specified
in such notice shall be guilty of an ordinance violation. For every
day thereafter that such person shall fail, neglect or refuse to abate
or remove such nuisance, that person shall be guilty of a separate
offense and may be proceeded against as in the first instance in separate
and further prosecutions, without further notice to such person being
required.
[Ord. No. 468 § 6, 9-4-1951; Ord. 1538 § 1, 3-19-1990; Ord. No. 1775 § 1, 2-21-1994]
A.
Whenever the City shall incur any costs or expenses in removing or
abating any nuisance on private property within the City limits, the
owner or occupant of the property where said person is creating, maintaining
or refusing to abate such nuisance shall be liable to the City for
such costs and expenses, which may be recovered in any court having
jurisdiction thereof. In addition, the costs and expenses to remove
or abate such nuisance shall be assessed against the property on which
said nuisance is committed, and a special tax bill may be issued against
said property for said costs and expenses.
B.
In addition to any other criminal, quasi-criminal and civil penalties
and remedies allowed for failure to remove or abate a nuisance, a
civil action for injunctive relief against any person who fails to
remove or abate a nuisance under the City Code, including any nuisance
created by the accumulation of unsightly, dangerous or noxious personal
property within the borders of the City, may be brought by the City
in the Circuit Court of Boone County, Missouri as permitted by State
Statutes and the common law.
C.
If the City obtains a civil court judgment for injunctive relief
in the Circuit Court of Boone County, Missouri against a person who
fails to abate a nuisance created by the accumulation of unsightly,
dangerous or noxious personal property within the borders of the City,
the person is subject to liability to the City for the City's
reasonable attorneys fees incurred in such action, which may be awarded
by the Court to the City against the defendant as part of the civil
court judgment for injunctive relief, if the City includes a prayer
for reasonable attorneys fees in the City's petition for injunctive
relief.
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State Law Reference — As to expense of suppression,
see RSMo. §§ 67.398, 71.780 and 79.383.
