[R.O. 2006 §220.010; Ord. No. Ch. 74 Art. I §1, 11-10-1983; CC 1985 §14-1]
It shall be unlawful for any person to cause, harbor, commit or maintain, or to suffer to be caused, harbored, committed or maintained, any nuisance as defined by the Statutes or common law of this State or as defined by ordinance of the City at any place within the City or within one-half (½) mile beyond the City limits.
[R.O. 2006 §220.020; Code 1975 §41.030; CC 1985 §14-2; Ord. No. Ch. 74 Art. I §3, 11-10-1983; Ord. No. 07.58 §§1 — 2, 12-6-2007; Ord. No. 10.12 §§1 — 2, 3-19-2010]
A. 
The following acts when committed, or conditions when existing, within the City are hereby declared a nuisance:
1. 
An act done or committed, or aided or assisted to be done or committed, by any person, or any substance, being or thing kept, maintained, placed or found in or upon any public or private place, which is injurious, annoying, inconvenient or dangerous to the public health or safety.
2. 
All substances which emit or cause any foul, noxious, unhealthy or disagreeable odor or effluvia in the neighborhood where they exist.
3. 
Establishments emitting or causing an offensive, disagreeable, noxious or toxic dust, vapor, fume, mist or odor.
4. 
All hanging signs, ropes, network or other advertising device stretched over or across any street or sidewalk.
5. 
All ashes, cinders, slops, filth, human or animal excrement, sawdust, stones, rocks, dirt, straw, soot, sticks, shavings, eggshells, oyster shells or cans, dust, brush, logo, paper, trash, rubbish, manure, refuse, offal, wastewater, chamber lye, fish, putrid meat, entrails, decayed fruit or vegetables, broken ware, rags, 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 or caused to be left, thrown or deposited by anyone in or upon any street, sidewalk, park, public square, public enclosure, lot, vacant or occupied, stream or waterway, or pond or pool of water.
6. 
The placement, parking or storage of machinery, vehicles, boats or motorized equipment of any type or parts thereof that is not in operating condition or not currently licensed inside the City limits of Osage Beach.
7. 
The servicing or repair upon residential premises, or upon adjacent public right-of-way, of motorized vehicles of any type which are not the property of the owner, lessee or tenant of such residential premises.
8. 
Any business or enterprise that causes or produces any vibrations, smoke, dirt, dust, odors or gases to such extent as to be detrimental or injurious to the comfort, peace or health of other persons, that was located and conducted within one hundred fifty (150) feet of any building used exclusively for residence purposes at the time of the location of such business or enterprise.
9. 
Any putrid or unwholesome meats or fish, decayed fruits or vegetables, refuse, offal, human or animal excrement, chamber lye or other filthy or offensive substance or thing.
10. 
The running or operating of a rock crushing machine in any block or square wherein there are three (3) or more residences or dwellings occupied.
11. 
The operating of a rock crushing machine within three hundred (300) feet of any occupied residence or dwelling.
12. 
Any building or structure which in any way interferes with or impedes the flow of water in any lake, natural watercourse or stream.
13. 
The discharge or placing of any offal, debris or refuse, whether animal, vegetable or other matter, within the waters of Lake of the Ozarks.
14. 
Mooring, anchoring or maintaining, or allowing to be moored, anchored or maintained, upon the waters of the Lake of the Ozarks or along side any pier or dock in such waters any multi-unit barge or other multi-unit structure to be used for temporary or permanent living purposes.
15. 
All ponds or pools of stagnant water, and all foul or dirty water or liquid when discharged through any drain, pipe or spout or thrown into or upon any street, public place or lot to the injury or annoyance of the public.
16. 
Any condition on private property which, in the event of precipitation and natural drainage, causes or permits dirt, soil, mud, silt, rocks or other debris from the land to wash either directly or indirectly onto private property without the owner's consent or onto any sidewalk, street, alley, boulevard, parkway, park, drainage easement, public property or into the Lake of the Ozarks or any other stream, ditch or watercourse including any build-up or accumulation of such materials is hereby declared to constitute a nuisance.
17. 
Certain abandoned items nuisances — when.
[Ord. No. 15.51 §1, 7-16-2015]
a. 
No person shall leave outside of any building or dwelling, or in any place accessible to any child or to the general public any abandoned, unattended, or discarded icebox, refrigerator, freezer, airtight container, semi-airtight container, or any other container of any kind which has an airtight door or lock which may not be released for opening from the inside of the icebox, refrigerator, freezer or container.
b. 
No person shall leave outside of any building or dwelling or in any place accessible to any child or to the general public any abandoned, unattended, or discarded icebox, refrigerator, freezer, airtight container, semi-airtight container, or any other container of any kind which has an airtight snap lock or other device thereon without first removing the snap lock or doors from the icebox, refrigerator freezer or container. Any icebox, refrigerator or other container, with or without these doors, so found, may be impounded by any officer of the City.
18. 
Every act or thing done or made, permitted, allowed or continued on any property, public or private, by any person to the damage or injury of any of the inhabitants of this City and not hereinbefore specified.
[Ord. No. 15.51 §2, 7-16-2015]
19. 
All such nuisances set forth in this Section shall be subject to abatement by the City at the expense of the property owner, person causing the nuisance or both, as set forth in Section 215.040 of this Code.
[Ord. No. 15.51 §3, 7-16-2015]
[R.O. 2006 §220.030; CC 1985 §14-3; Ord. No. Ch. 74 Art. I §4, 11-10-1983]
Upon being satisfied that a nuisance exists in accordance with the terms of this Article, an authorized City Officer or employee shall enforce this Article. He/she may, however, report the existence of the nuisance, or nuisances, to the City Administrator or the Board of Aldermen for assistance and instructions if, in his/her judgment, he/she deems that assistance and instructions are necessary or advisable. The officer or employee shall cause notice in writing to be served upon any person causing or maintaining a nuisance to forthwith abate such nuisance or to abate such nuisance within ten (10) days after receipt of the notice. It shall be the duty of the City Attorney to prepare such notices and the duty of an authorized City Officer or employee to serve them, and if the nuisance is not abated within the time required after the service of any such notice, any person so notified shall be guilty of an offense.
[R.O. 2006 §220.040; CC 1985 §14-4; Ord. No. Ch. 74 Art. I §§5, 7, 8, 11-10-1983]
A. 
Authorized officers or employees of the City may lawfully enter onto premises upon which a nuisance is located to abate it.
B. 
When any person causing, creating or maintaining a nuisance, or upon whose premises such nuisance is found, fails to abate the nuisance within ten (10) days after receipt of notice from the City to do so, authorized officers or employees of the City shall abate such nuisance at the expense of the person failing to do so.
C. 
All expenses incurred by the City in the abatement of nuisances on private property shall be assessed as a special tax on the property upon which such nuisance existed, and may be collected or distrained for in all respects as any general or special tax authorized to be levied and collected by the City; provided, that the Board of Aldermen may order suit to be brought thereon instead of proceeding against the property.