A. 
A person commits the offense of abandonment of airtight icebox if he/she abandons, discards or knowingly permits to remain on premises under his/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 (1½) 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, warehouseman or repairman.
C. 
The defendant shall have the burden of injecting the issue under Subsection (B) of this Section.
[Ord. No. 5879 §3(17-42), 5-24-2005]
A. 
Definitions. As used in this Article, the following terms shall have these prescribed meanings:
LITTER
Any organic or inorganic waste material, rubbish, refuse, garbage, trash, hulls, peelings, debris, grass, weeds, ashes, sand, gravel, slag, brickbats, metal, plastic and glass containers, broken glass, dead animals or intentionally or unintentionally discarded materials of every kind and description.
PROPERTY
Public or private property.
B. 
It Shall Be Unlawful To Litter. A person commits the crime of littering if he/she dumps, deposits, throws, leaves, causes or permits the dumping, depositing, placing, throwing or leaving of litter or allows unsecured materials to drop or shift off of vehicle loads onto any property in this City or any waters in this City unless:
1. 
The property is designated by the State or by any of its agencies or political subdivisions for the disposal of such litter and such person is authorized by the proper public authority to use such property; and
2. 
The litter is placed into a receptacle or container installed on such property; or
3. 
The person is the owner of such property, has obtained consent of the owner or is acting under the personal direction of the owner, all in a manner consistent with the public welfare.
C. 
Evidence Of Littering.
1. 
Whenever litter is thrown, deposited, dropped or dumped from any motor vehicle, boat, airplane or other conveyance in violation of this Section, it shall be prima facie evidence that the operator of the conveyance has violated this Section.
2. 
Except as provided in Subdivision (1) of Subsection (C) above, whenever any litter which is dumped, deposited, thrown or left on property in violation of this Section is discovered to contain any article including, but not limited to, letters, bills, publications or other writing which display the name of the person thereon in such a manner to indicate that the article belongs or belonged to such person, it shall be a rebuttable presumption that such person has violated this Section.
D. 
Penalties. In addition to the penalties set out in the General Penalty Section of the City Code, the court may:
1. 
Order the violator to reimburse the City for the reasonable cost of removing the litter when the litter is or is ordered removed by the City;
2. 
Order the violator to pick up and remove any and all litter from any public property, private right-of-way for a distance not to exceed one (1) mile or, with prior permission of the legal owner or tenant in lawful possession of private property, any such private property upon which it can be established by competent evidence that he/she has deposited litter, including any litter he/she has deposited and any litter deposited thereon by anyone else prior to the date of execution of sentence.
A. 
If any person or persons shall put any dead animal, carcass or part thereof, the offal or any other filth into any well, spring, brook, branch, creek, pond or lake, every person so offending shall, on conviction thereof, be fined not less than twenty-five dollars ($25.00) nor more than five hundred dollars ($500.00).
B. 
If any person shall remove or cause to be removed and placed in or near any public road or highway, or upon premises not his/her own, or in any river, stream or watercourse any dead animal, carcass or part thereof, or other nuisance to the annoyance of the citizens of this City, or any of them, every person so offending shall, upon conviction thereof, be fined for every offense not less than twenty-five dollars ($25.00) nor more than five hundred dollars ($500.00), and if such nuisance be not removed within three (3) days thereafter, it shall be deemed a second (2nd) offense against the provisions of this Section.
[Ord. No. 6466 § 1, 1-10-2017[1]]
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, stream, creek, pond, lake, 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, stream, creek 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; or
3. 
Places or causes to be placed the carcass or offal of any dead animal into any well, spring, brook, stream, creek, pond, or lake.
B. 
Those found guilty of tampering with a water supply 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.
[1]
Editor's Note: Ord. No. 6466 also changed the title of this Section from "Corrupting or Diverting Water Supply" to "Tampering With Water Supply."
A. 
A person commits the offense of abandoning a motor vehicle or trailer if he/she abandons any motor vehicle or trailer on the right-of-way of any public road or State highway or on or in any of the waters in this State 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 any political subdivision thereof or on any land or water owned, operated or leased by the Federal Government or on any private real property owned by another without his/her consent.
B. 
For purposes of this Section, the last owner of record of a motor vehicle or trailer found abandoned and not shown to be transferred pursuant to Sections 301.196 and 301.197, RSMo., shall be deemed prima facie to have been the owner of such motor vehicle or trailer at the time it was abandoned and to have been the person who abandoned the motor vehicle or trailer or caused or procured its abandonment. The registered owner of the abandoned motor vehicle or trailer shall not be subject to the penalties provided by this Section if the motor vehicle or trailer was in the care, custody or control of another person at the time of the violation. In such instance, the owner shall submit such evidence in an affidavit permitted by the court setting forth the name, address, and other pertinent information of the person who leased, rented, or otherwise had care, custody or control of the motor vehicle or trailer at the time of the alleged violation. The affidavit submitted pursuant to this Subsection shall be admissible in a court proceeding adjudicating the alleged violation and shall raise a rebuttable presumption that the person identified in the affidavit was in actual control of the motor vehicle or trailer. In such case, the court has the authority to terminate the prosecution of the summons issued to the owner and issue a summons to the person identified in the affidavit as the operator. If the motor vehicle or trailer is alleged to have been stolen, the owner of the motor vehicle or trailer shall submit proof that a Police report was filed in a timely manner indicating that the vehicle was stolen at the time of the alleged violation.
C. 
Any person convicted pursuant to this Section shall be civilly liable for all reasonable towing, storage, and administrative costs associated with the abandonment of the motor vehicle or trailer. Any reasonable towing, storage and administrative costs in excess of the value of the abandoned motor vehicle or trailer that exist at the time the motor vehicle is transferred pursuant to Section 304.156, RSMo., shall remain the liability of the person convicted pursuant to this Section so long as the towing company, as defined in Chapter 304, RSMo., provided the title owner and lienholders, as ascertained by the Department of Revenue records, a notice within the timeframe and in the form as described in Subsection (1) of Section 304.156, RSMo.
[Ord. No. 6153 §1, 7-26-2011; Ord. No. 6466 § 1, 1-10-2017]
A. 
No person shall sell, use, manufacture, display or possess fireworks, as hereinafter defined, within the City at any time. This Section shall not prohibit the sale by any wholesaler, dealer or jobber within the City at wholesale if the fireworks are shipped and delivered directly to consignees outside the limits of the City.
B. 
The term "fireworks," as used in this Section, is any composition or device for producing a visible, audible or both visible and audible effect by combustion, deflagration or detonation and that meets the definition of consumer, proximate or display fireworks as set forth by 49 CFR Part 171 to end, United States Department of Transportation hazardous materials regulations. The term "fireworks" shall not include sparklers, colored flares, or blank cartridges for theatrical purposes or signal purposes in spoke events or such articles for use of the militia, Police or army.
C. 
The discharge of toy pistols, toy canes, toy guns or other devices in which paper caps containing twenty-five hundredths (0.25) grains or less of explosive mixture and the sale and use of same shall not constitute a violation of this Section.
D. 
The prohibition of this Section shall not apply to any public demonstrations or displays of fireworks. However, any such public demonstrations or displays of fireworks may be conducted only after application has been made in writing to the Fire Chief and a permit has been issued for such demonstration or display by the Fire Chief.
[Ord. No. 6466 § 1, 1-10-2017]
A. 
No person shall operate, or cause to be operated, over the City any aircraft which is flying in a manner commonly known as stunt flying, or at an unreasonably low altitude, or in any other manner that may be a hazard or dangerous to persons or property within the City.
B. 
No person shall broadcast by loud speakers or in any other manner, loud, disturbing or unnecessary noises from any aircraft or cause, aid or abet the operation of any aircraft over the City from which is emanated by means aforesaid any such noises.
C. 
No person shall operate, or cause or to be operated, any aircraft for commercial sound advertising purposes in or over the City.