[Ord. No. 369 §I, 2-6-1957]
The inhabitants of the City of Parkville, as its limits now
are, or may hereafter be, defined by law, shall be and continue a
body corporation by name, "The City of Parkville", and as such shall
have all powers granted to it by the State of Missouri. Said City
having been established by an election called on the 4th day of March,
1890 by authority of the then Board of Trustees of the City of Parkville.
[Ord. No. 369 §II, 2-6-1957]
The officers of the City of Parkville shall consist of a Mayor,
Board of Aldermen, Collector, Police Chief, City Clerk, City Attorney,
Municipal Judge, Police Officers, Director of Public Works, and such
other officers as may be appointed from time to time, and shall possess
all of the qualifications as prescribed by the statutes of the State
of Missouri. All officers of said City shall be elected in accordance
with the ordinances of this City and the statutes of the State of
Missouri. Any vacancies of said office shall be filled as prescribed
by said ordinances or statutes.
[Ord. No. 369 §III, 2-6-1957]
Every officer of the City, elective or appointive, before entering
upon the duties of his office, shall take and subscribe to an oath
or affirmation before a proper officer, that he possesses all the
qualifications prescribed for his office by law, that he will support
the Constitution of the United States and of the State of Missouri,
the provisions of laws of this State affecting cities of the fourth
class, and the ordinances of the City, and faithfully demean himself
while in office; which official oath or affirmation shall be filed
with the City Clerk.
[Ord. No. 369 §IV, 2-6-1957]
The City Clerk, Collector, Chief of Police and such other officials
of this City as required by the Board of Aldermen from time to time
shall within fifteen (15) days after his election give bond to the
City in such sum and with such sureties as may be required by the
Board of Aldermen, but said bond shall be in the sum of at least five
thousand dollars ($5,000.00). The City shall pay for any expense of
such bond.
[Ord. No. 369 §V, 2-6-1957]
Upon said bond and oath being filed with the City Clerk, he
shall deliver to the person elected or appointed a commission in the
name of and signed by the Mayor, under the Seal of the City, authorizing
and empowering such person therein named for the time for which he
is elected or appointed, and until his successor shall have been elected
or appointed and commissioned.
[Ord. No. 369 §VI, 2-6-1957]
If any person elected or appointed to any office shall fail
to take and subscribe such oath or affirmation, or shall fail to give
bond as herein required, his office shall be deemed vacant. For any
breach of the conditions of any such bond, suit may be instituted
thereon by the City, or by any person in the name of the City to the
use of such person.
[Ord. No. 369 §VII, 2-6-1957]
Every officer, whether elective or appointive, shall at all
times when required, submit all books and papers of his office to
the inspection of the Mayor, members of the Board of Aldermen, City
Attorney, or any other person authorized to inspect them.
[Ord. No. 369 §IX, 2-6-1957]
Any outgoing officer shall upon vacating his office, either
by reason of termination of his term of office, by resignation, ouster,
or from any other cause, deliver over to his successor or to the Mayor,
all books, papers, furniture, and other things appertaining to his
office.
[Ord. No. 369 §X, 2-6-1957]
Reports of officers, required by ordinance, shall be filed with
the City Clerk and retained and preserved by said City Clerk as a
permanent record of the City.
[Ord. No. 369 §XI, 2-6-1957]
Any officer of the City who shall refuse or wilfully and intentionally
fail or neglect to perform any duty enjoined upon him by law or ordinance
of this City, or shall in the discharge of his official duties be
guilty of any fraud, extortion, wilful wrong or injustice, shall be
deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof be fined
in a sum not exceeding one hundred dollars ($100.00), to be collected
as other fines, and may be removed from office by the procedure as
set forth in Section 79.240 of the Missouri Revised Statutes of 1949.
[Ord. No. 369 §XII, 2-6-1957]
The Seal of the City of Parkville shall be circular in form,
one and seven-eights (1 7/8) inches in diameter, with the words, "Platte
County, Missouri" engraved across the face thereof, and the words,
"Seal of the City of Parkville" engraved on the face thereof, and
near the outer edge of said Seal, and the same is hereby declared
to be adopted as the Seal of the City of Parkville.
[Ord. No. 369 §XIII, 2-6-1957]
The City Clerk shall be the keeper of the common Seal of the
City of Parkville, and any impression of said Seal to any contract
or other writing shall have no validity or binding obligation upon
the City unless such impression be accompanied by the attestation
and signature of the City Clerk, and then only in cases authorized
by law or the ordinances of this City.
[Ord. No. 1405 §§2—6, 12-21-1993; Ord. No. 1412 §§1—3, 1-4-1994; Ord. No. 1440 §1, 6-7-1994; Ord. No. 1554 §§1—2, 11-21-1995; Ord. No. 1697 §§1—4, 1-20-1998; Ord. No. 1921, 12-5-2000; Ord. No. 2725 §1, 12-17-2013]
A.
The Board
of Aldermen shall divide the City of Parkville into four (4) wards
by ordinance. Populations within each ward shall be roughly proportionate,
but may vary as growth, development and other changes affecting population
occur. Following annexation, one or more ward boundaries shall be
extended by ordinance to include the newly annexed land.
B.
At a
minimum, ward boundaries and populations shall be evaluated and updated,
if necessary, each decade with the release of the decennial census
population data. Wards may also be evaluated from time to time following
significant growth, annexation or other changes which may affect the
population of the City of Parkville or the distribution of population
within the wards.
C.
Wards
shall be delineated on the City of Parkville Ward Map (“Ward
Map”), which is incorporated herein by reference and which is
on file in the City Clerk’s office. The Ward Map shall depict
the boundaries of each designated ward and shall show streets and
other landmarks as may have existed at the time of publication. The
Ward Map may be updated from time to time as necessary to depict current
streets and landmarks; however, ward boundaries shall not be modified
except by City ordinance. The City Clerk shall also keep and maintain
a record of streets and address ranges within each ward.
D.
New streets
and residences shall be assigned to existing wards by the City Clerk
based on their geographic location in relation to ward boundaries.
Where a property may bisect a dividing line between two wards, the
property will be assigned a ward based on the majority location of
said property. Following designation, the City Clerk shall notify
the Board of Elections, and other jurisdictions as necessary, of the
street name, address range and ward designation.
[Ord. No. 409 §§1-5, 9-19-1961; Ord. No. 766 §1, 8-7-1979]
A.
Whenever
deemed necessary or expedient, the Board of Aldermen, shall vacate
or discontinue any public square, public park, street, avenue, alley
or other highway in the City of Parkville, in accordance with the
provisions of this Section.
B.
Any person
or corporation owning any property fronting or abutting on any public
square, public park, street, avenue, alley or other highway or part
thereof, proposed to be vacated, may petition the Board of Aldermen
for the vacation of the same. Such petition must give a correct description
of the part of the public square, public park, street, avenue, alley
or other highway sought to be vacated, and also the names of the persons
or corporation owning or claiming the property fronting on the part
to be vacated, and such petition shall be verified by affidavit. Any
such petition for the vacation of any such public square, public park,
street, avenue, alley or other highway, or part thereof, shall be
filed with the City Clerk prior to any action being taken thereon
by the Board of Aldermen, and notice of the pendency of such petition
shall be given by publication of such notice in a weekly newspaper,
printed and published within the City of Parkville; if there is no
such newspaper printed and published in Parkville, then such notice
may be published in another newspaper which is printed and published
in Platte County, which newspaper is circulated in Parkville, for
two (2) consecutive insertions in such newspaper, the last insertion
of such notice in such newspaper to be not more than one (1) week
prior to the date on which said Board of Aldermen will consider said
petition; said notice shall be given by the City Clerk and shall contain
a description of the public square, public park, street, avenue, alley
or other highway, or part thereof, sought to be vacated or discontinued
and shall state the time at which the Board of Aldermen will consider
said petition. The person or corporation seeking such vacation shall
pay all cost and expenses which may be incurred by the City by reason
of said proceedings. The Board of Aldermen, in the absence of any
petition, upon motion made, seconded and passed, may proceed to give
notice of its intention to consider such vacating and the date thereof,
all as above provided in the case of a petition filed by any person
or corporation.
C.
Upon the meeting date referred to in Subsection (B) of this Section, the Board of Aldermen may enact an ordinance providing for the vacation or discontinuance of any public square, public park, street, avenue, alley or other highway or such Board may, in its discretion, place such ordinance on its first reading for subsequent readings, consideration and passage or rejection.
D.
Whenever
any such public square, public park, street, avenue, alley or other
highway, or part thereof, shall be vacated, the same shall revert
according to law.
E.
Every
ordinance vacating any such public square, public park, street, avenue,
alley, or other highway or part thereof shall be acknowledged by the
City Clerk as deeds are acknowledged in order to entitle them to be
recorded, and such ordinance so acknowledged shall be filed for record
in the office of the Recorder of Deeds of Platte County, Missouri.
