[R.O. 1996 § 215.140; Ord. No. 836 § 16-86, 2-8-1993]
It shall be unlawful for any person,
for pay, to tell or pretend to tell fortunes or reveal or attempt
to reveal future events in the life of another or by means of occult
or psychic powers, faculties or forces, clairvoyance, psychometry,
spirit-mediumship, prophecy, astrology, palmistry, necromancy, cards,
talisman charms, potions, magnetism or magnetized articles or substances,
oriental mysteries or magic of any kind or nature, to undertake or
pretend to find or restore lost or stolen money or property, to undertake
or pretend to locate oil wells, gold or silver or other ore or metal
or natural product, to undertake or pretend to restore lost love,
friendship or affection, to undertake or pretend to unite, or reunite
or to find lovers, husbands, wives, lost relatives or friends.
[R.O. 1996 § 215.145; Ord. No. 836 § 16-87, 2-8-1993; Ord. No. 2420, 5-8-2023]
A person commits the offense of unlawful
transactions with a child if, being a pawnbroker, junk dealer, dealer
in secondhand goods, or any employee of such person, he/she, with
criminal negligence, buys or receives any personal property other
than agricultural products from an unemancipated minor, unless the
child's custodial parent or guardian has consented, in writing, to
the transaction; or he/she knowingly permits a minor child to enter
or remain in a place where illegal activity in controlled substances,
as defined in Chapter 579, RSMo., is maintained or conducted; or he/she
with criminal negligence sells blasting caps, bulk gun powder, or
explosives to a child under the age of eighteen (18), or fireworks
as defined in Section 320.106, RSMo., to a child under the age of
fourteen (14), unless the child's custodial parent or guardian has
consented, in writing, to the transaction. Criminal negligence as
to the age of the child is not an element to this offense.
[R.O. 1996 § 215.150; Ord. No. 836 § 16-88, 2-8-1993]
A.
It shall be unlawful for a minor to make
false statements, or to furnish or present any fictitious or false
registration cards, identification card, or note or document, or to
furnish, present or exhibit such document or documents issued to a
person other than the one presenting the same, for the purpose of
gaining admission to prohibited places or for the purpose of procuring
the sale, gift, or delivery of prohibited articles.
B.
It shall be unlawful for a minor to engage
or utilize the services of any other person, whether for remuneration
or not, to procure for such minor any article which the minor is forbidden
by law to purchase.
[R.O. 1996 § 215.155; Ord. No. 836 § 16-89, 2-8-1993; Ord. No. 2420, 5-8-2023]
A.
A person commits the offense of endangering the welfare of a child
if he/she:
1.
With criminal negligence acts in a manner that creates a substantial
risk to the life, body or health of a child less than eighteen (18)
years old; or
2.
Knowingly encourages, aids or causes a child less than eighteen (18) years of age to engage in any conduct which causes or tends to cause the child to come within the provisions of Paragraph (d) of Subdivision (2) of Subsection (1) or Subdivision (3) of Subsection (1) of Section 211.031, RSMo.; or
3.
Being a parent, guardian or other person legally charged with the care or custody of a child less than eighteen (18) years of age, recklessly fails or refuses to exercise reasonable diligence in the care or control of such child to prevent him/her from coming within the provisions of Paragraph (c) of Subdivision (1) of Subsection (1) or Paragraph (d) of Subdivision (2) of Subsection (1) or Subdivision (3) of Subsection (1) of Section 211.031, RSMo.; or
4.
Knowingly encourages, aids or causes a child less than eighteen
(18) years of age to enter into any room, building or other structure
which is a public nuisance as defined in Section 579.105, RSMo.
B.
Nothing in this Section shall be construed to mean the welfare of
a child is endangered for the sole reason that he/she is being provided
non-medical remedial treatment recognized and permitted under the
laws of this State.
[1]
Note: Under certain circumstances this offense can be a felony
under state law.
[R.O. 1996 § 215.160; Ord. No. 836 § 16-90, 2-8-1993]
A.
No person shall use, or cause to be used,
sound-amplifying equipment or other machine or device used for the
amplification of the human voice, music or any other sound for the
purpose of casting human voices, music, or other sounds upon the public
streets of the City.
B.
Sound-amplifying equipment as set out in Subsection (A) of this Section shall not be construed as including standard automobile radios when used and heard only by the occupants of the vehicle or building in which they are installed. Warning devices on vehicles or buildings used only for traffic safety, police or security purposes shall not be included in the definition of sound-amplifying equipment.
C.
Persons or groups desiring to use such devices set out in Subsection (A) of this Section for non-commercial use may file a request for the issuance of a permit with the City Administrator. Such request shall include the name and address of applicant, time, date, and place for use of the sound-amplifying equipment, the purpose for which such use is intended and the approximate maximum distance such equipment is possible of projecting the amplified sound. When any person is using such devices pursuant to and in accordance with the terms of such a permit granted by the Mayor, he/she shall not be deemed in violation of Subsection (A) of this Section.
[Ord. No. 2418, 5-8-2023]
A.
ABUSE
CHILD
MENTAL INJURY
NEGLECT
PHYSICAL INJURY
Definitions.
As used in this Section the following terms mean:
The intentional infliction of physical, sexual, or mental
injury against a child by any person eighteen (18) years of age or
older. For purposes of this Section, "abuse" shall not include injury
inflicted on a child by accidental means by a person with care, custody,
or control of the child, or discipline of a child by a person with
care, custody, or control of the child, including spanking, in a reasonable
manner.
Any person under the age of eighteen (18).
An injury to the intellectual or psychological capacity or
the emotional condition of a child as evidenced by an observable and
substantial impairment of the ability of the child to function within
their normal range of performance or behavior.
The failure to provide, by those responsible for the care,
custody, and control of a child under the age of eighteen (18) years,
the care reasonable and necessary to maintain the physical and mental
health of the child, when such failure presents a substantial probability
that death or physical injury or sexual injury would result.
Physical pain, illness, or any impairment of physical condition,
including but not limited to bruising, lacerations, hematomas, welts,
or permanent or temporary disfigurement and impairment of any bodily
function or organ.
