As used in this Article, the following
terms mean:
ENTER UNLAWFULLY OR REMAIN UNLAWFULLY
A person enters or remains in or upon premises when he or
she is not licensed or privileged to do so. A person who, regardless
of his or her purpose, enters or remains in or upon premises which
are at the time open to the public does so with license and privilege
unless he or she defies a lawful order not to enter or remain, personally
communicated to him or her by the owner of such premises or by other
authorized person. A license or privilege to enter or remain in a
building which is only partly open to the public is not a license
or privilege to enter or remain in that part of the building which
is not open to the public.
TO TAMPER
To interfere with something improperly, to meddle with it,
displace it, make unwarranted alterations in its existing condition,
or to deprive, temporarily, the owner or possessor of that thing.
UTILITY
An enterprise which provides gas, electric, steam, water,
sewage disposal, or communication, video, internet, or voice over
internet protocol services, and any common carrier. It may be either
publicly or privately owned or operated.
A person commits the offense of reckless
burning or exploding if he/she recklessly starts a fire or causes
an explosion and thereby damages or destroys the property of another.
[Ord. No. 4191, 1-27-2022]
A. Vehicle
Tampering.
1. A person commits the offense of vehicle tampering if the person:
a. Tampers with the vehicle of another for the purpose of causing substantial
inconvenience to that other person or another; or
b. Unlawfully rides in or upon another's automobile.
B. Vehicle
Prowling.
1. No person shall test or pull on any doors of successive vehicles,
or open or attempt to open the trunk of successive vehicles, that
the person does not own or lease, without each owner's or lessee's
permission, and which serves no legitimate or lawful purpose and would
lead a reasonable person to believe said conduct was in furtherance
of a crime. For purposes of the Section, "successive" shall mean more
than one (1) vehicle.
2. No person shall enter a vehicle that person does not own or lease
without the owner's or lessee's permission for any illegitimate or
unlawful purpose. For purposes of the Section, "enter" shall mean
being physically present in or accessing a vehicle in a way that would
lead a reasonable person to believe said conduct was in furtherance
of a crime.
3. This Section shall not apply to any Law Enforcement Officer, Public
Safety Officer, or other public employee who performs the acts described
herein while in the performance of official duties.
[R.O. 2009 § 205.372; Ord. No. 3243 § 1, 1-26-2012]
A. Any business offering payment for the purchase
of gold, silver or other precious metal, or precious or semi-precious
stones and/or jewelry shall, prior to accepting any such items:
1.
Make a copy of the seller's driver's
license or, if the seller has no driver's license, a copy of another
government-issued form of identification;
2.
Take a photograph of the article(s)
being purchased;
3.
Fill out a receipt or record for
the transaction, which shall include the seller's name, address, driver's
license number, and phone number, and the date and time of the transaction.
If such information is contained in the copy of the seller's identification
and/or photograph(s) taken of the article(s) being purchased, such
copy and photograph(s) shall be deemed a sufficient record of the
transaction.
B. Unless already provided to a Law Enforcement
Officer, the foregoing photographs, documents and information shall
be maintained by the business for a period of one (1) year from the
date of the transaction. No business shall refuse to deliver such
documents and information to any Law Enforcement Officer making a
request for such photographs, documents and information within one
(1) year from the date of any transaction.
C. It shall be unlawful for any business that
purchases gold, silver or other precious metal, or precious or semi-precious
stones and/or jewelry to sell, trade, melt down, or in any way dispose
of, alter or destroy any such items until forty-eight (48) hours after
the time of the transaction. Upon written notice that Law Enforcement
Officers have reason to believe an item has been stolen, the business
shall retain such item for an additional ten (10) days.
D. The requirements of this Section are in
addition to any other requirements on businesses found elsewhere in
this Code.
E. Violations of this Section shall be punishable by the general punishment provisions set forth in Section
100.120 of this Code.
[R.O. 2009 § 205.422]
It shall be unlawful to possess any
theft detection shielding device, theft detection device remover or
other tool, instrument, article, box or bag adapted, modified, constructed,
designed or commonly used for committing or facilitating offenses
involving theft or shoplifting, with the intent to use such item in
committing a theft, stealing or shoplifting, or with knowledge that
some person has the intent to use the same in committing a theft,
stealing or shoplifting.
[R.O. 2009 § 205.423; R.O. 2006
§ 225.090; Ord. No. 393 §§ 1 — 3, 10-20-1975; Ord. No. 2463 § 3, 4-15-2002]
A. No person shall operate a motorcycle or
mini-bike on private property without the written consent of the owner
or person in control thereof.
B. No person shall ride or in any manner use
a horse on private property without the written consent of the owner
or person in control thereof.
[R.O. 2009 § 205.425; R.O. 2006
§ 225.100; Ord. No. 644 § 1, 5-16-1983; Ord. No. 2463 § 3, 4-15-2002]
No person shall place or insert razor
blades, fishhooks, or any foreign object that could be detrimental
to the person consuming or utilizing food stuffs, or similar dangerous
objects in food stuffs or in any objects resembling edible objects,
within the access of any person not aware of such insertion, or any
person that might be endangered by such insertion. No person shall
knowingly distribute, offer for distribution or possess with intent
to distribute any food stuffs or apparently edible articles with such
insertions.
[R.O. 2009 § 205.427; R.O. 2006
§ 225.120; Ord. No. 1600 § 1, 5-18-1992; Ord. No. 1947 § 1, 3-18-1996; Ord.
No. 2463 § 3, 4-15-2002]
A. Every pawnshop or person who operates as
a pawnbroker in the City shall install a proper camera and shall use
the camera to photograph every person and every pawn ticket given
to such person in connection with all loans and purchases of articles
affected or made by him/her, and to make such photographs available
to any Law Enforcement Officer upon request. No pawnbroker shall purchase
or accept any article of property as collateral or security unless
he/she shall make a photograph of the person from whom such article
of property is being received, along with a receipt or pawn ticket
given to such person; nor shall any pawnbroker refuse to deliver such
photograph to any Law Enforcement Officer upon request in connection
with a specific item of stolen property, within one (1) year following
the date such photograph was taken.
B. Every pawnshop or person who operates as
a pawnbroker in the City shall require two (2) forms of identification
to be shown to them by each person pledging or pawning any goods,
articles or other things to the pawnbroker. One (1) of the two (2)
forms of identification must include the residence address of the
person so pawning. The two (2) forms of identification shall be two
(2) of the following: driver's license, social security card, utility
bill, employee or student identification card, credit card, birth
certificate or a civic, union or professional association membership
card.
C. The Police Department of the City shall provide a form to the pawnbroker in which there shall be recorded in the English language, a description of all pledged goods bearing a serial number or identification number if reasonably available. The serial number or identification number shall be properly and legibly recorded on the form provided. The form shall include identifying information as provided for in Subsection
(B) of this Section.
D. As authorized in Chapter 367, Section 031, Subsection 1, Subdivision 2, RSMo., every pawnshop or person who operates as a pawnbroker in the City shall be required to furnish to the City's Police Department copies of the information contained in Subsection
(C) of this Section.
E. Any person convicted of violating this Section will be punished as set out in Section
100.120 of this Code.
F. Any person offering false identification to a pawnbroker as required by this Section shall be in violation of this Section and if convicted of offering false information shall be punished as set out in Section
100.120 of this Code.