[CC 1979 §9-1]
Except as otherwise provided in this Chapter, the general election
laws of the State, insofar as the same are applicable, shall apply
to and govern all elections held within the City.
[CC 1979 §9-2]
All City elections shall be conducted by the County.
The election day for the elective officers of the City shall
be the first (1st) Tuesday after the first (1st) Monday in April each
year; and shall be known as the "general municipal election day".
[CC 1979 §9-5; Ord. No. 55 §3, 2-15-1960; Ord. No. 88-362 §2, 10-3-1988]
A. Any
candidate for office at any election shall, within the time limits
prescribed by law, notify the City Clerk in writing of his/her candidacy,
giving his/her name, residence address, the office for which he/she
is a candidate and, if a candidate for Alderman, the ward in which
he/she resides. Such notice shall also state that the candidate has
all the qualifications provided by law for the office for which he/she
is a candidate.
B. All
candidates for elective office within the City shall comply in all
respects with the then-applicable State Statutes relative to filing
for elective office.
[CC 1979 §9-6; Ord. No. 88 §1, 3-11-1961; Ord. No. 88-362 §3, 10-3-1988]
The City Clerk shall cause a notice of all elections to be given
by publication thereof complying in all respects with the then-applicable
State Statutes. The City Clerk may designate the authority set forth
in this Section to the Board of Election Commissioners for the County
or other such appropriate body, provided there is compliance with
the provisions of all applicable State Statutes.
[CC 1979 §2-86]
At the general election held on the first (1st) Tuesday after
the first (1st) Monday of April of each even-numbered year, qualified
voters of the City shall elect a Mayor and one (1) Alderman from each
ward, each of whom shall hold office for a term of two (2) years and
until his/her successor is elected and qualified. The second (2nd)
Alderman from each ward shall run in off-year elections. Elections
shall be conducted as provided in the Revised Statutes.
[CC 1979 §2-94; Ord. No. 82-009 §1, 6-21-1982]
Every candidate for City office shall, at the time he/she files his/her declaration of candidacy as required in Section
105.040 above, either pay to the City Clerk a filing fee of twenty-five dollars ($25.00) which shall be non-refundable and deposited in the General Fund of the City, or said candidate shall file with the City Clerk his/her nominating petition signed by twenty-five (25) residents of the City who are eligible to vote and who support his/her candidacy.
[CC 1979 §9-3; Ord. No. 70-346 §§1, 3 — 5, 2-2-1970; Ord. No. 82-020 §1, 10-4-1982; Ord. No. 97-963 §1, 8-4-1997; Ord. No. 99-1144 §1, 9-7-1999; Ord.
No. 01-1285 §1, 9-4-2001; Ord. No. 24-2417, 5-20-2024; Ord.
No. 24-2418, 5-20-2024]
A. There
shall be three (3) wards in the City described as follows:
1. Ward I. The boundaries of Ward I of the City shall be:
Beginning at a point of intersection with the eastern right-of-way
line of Henry Avenue and the northern prolongation line of Westridge
Manor Estates, Plat 1; said line being the City limits; thence southwardly
along said right-of-way line to its intersection with the centerline
of Manchester Road; thence eastwardly along said centerline to its
intersection with the prolongated centerline of Old Sulphur Spring
Road; then proceeding in a southwesterly direction on said centerline
to its intersection with the prolongated western line of the Paul
A. Schroeder City Park; thence southwardly along said line to the
most southwest corner of said Schroeder City Park; thence eastwardly
along the south line of said Schroeder City Park to its intersection
with the centerline of the Old Meramec Station Road/Hanna Road intersection;
thence southwardly on the Hanna Road centerline to its point of intersection
with the south right-of-way line of Big Bend Road; thence eastwardly
on said right-of-way to a point being on the north line of Lot Plat
6 of Big Bend Square Subdivision, said line also being the City limits;
thence northward approximately 65 feet to a point on the north right-of-way
line of Big Bend Road, said point also being the southeast corner
of lot 40 of Eagle Glen Subdivision and on the City limits; thence
northwardly along the rear line of Lots 40 through 36 of Eagle Glen,
said line being the City limits; thence eastwardly to the southeast
corner of Lot 32 of Eagle Glen, said line also being the City limits;
thence northward on the City limits to the northeast corner of Lot
22 of Eagle Glen; thence westwardly on the City limits, said line
also being the north line of Lots 22 through 17 and continuing to
the northwest corner of Lot 16 of Eagle Glen; thence northward on
said City limits to the point of intersection with the south line
of Lots 516 through 506 of Chadwick Estates, Plat 17, said line also
being the City limits; thence proceeding northeastwardly on said City
limits to its intersection with the eastern right-of-way line of Meramec
Station Road; thence southwardly along said right-of-way line to the
point of intersection with the northern line of the Dierberg, Four
LPA Dela Ltd. Partnership property, said line also being the City
limits; thence proceeding eastwardly along the said Dierberg northern
property line to a point of intersection with the west line of LaBonne
Parkway Estates Resubdivision; thence proceeding southwardly on said
line a distance of approximately 518 feet to a point of intersection
on the north right-of-way line of Big Bend Road, said line also being
the City limits; thence proceeding westwardly on the north right-of-way
line of Big Bend Road, said line being the City limits, to a point
of intersection with the east right-of-way line of Meramec Station
Road; thence proceeding southwardly along said right-of-way line to
a point of intersection with the north line of Lot B of the Hartje's
Subdivision, said line being the City limits; thence proceeding along
said lot line also being the City limits, eastwardly to the east line
of Lots F, E, D, C and B of the Hartje's Subdivision also being the
west line of Pebble Point Association property, said line being the
City limits; thence proceeding southwardly to the westwardly prolongation
of the north line of Lot 115 of Dougherty Ferry Woods Plat 1; thence
along said prolongation, said line being the City limits, to the intersection
of the east line of the Pebble Point Association property and the
northwest corner of Lot 115 of Dougherty Ferry Woods Plat 1; thence
proceeding northwardly on said east line of Pebble Point Association
property to a point of intersection on the north right-of-way line
of Big Bend Road; thence proceeding westwardly on said right-of-way
to the point of intersection with the centerline of Labonne Parkway,
a City street; thence proceeding northwardly on the said Labonne Parkway
centerline to the point of intersection with the prolongated centerline
of Dinard Drive, a City street; thence proceeding southwardly on said
street centerline to the point of intersection with the centerline
of Lombez Drive; thence proceeding westwardly on said street centerline
and continuing on the prolongated extension of said street centerline
to a point of intersection with the western right-of-way line of State
Highway 141; thence northwardly to a point of intersection with the
prolongated extension of the west line of Lynwood Estates; thence
northwardly on said line to a point being the northwest corner of
Lot 13 of Lynwood Estates; thence eastwardly along the north line
of Lots 13 and 12 of Lynwood Estates and continuing eastwardly along
the north line of Lots 18 through 22 and Lot 1 of Lynwood Addition
to a point being the northeast corner of Lot 1 of Lynwood Addition,
said point also intersecting with the eastern City limits on the most
northerly portion of the City; thence northwardly to its intersection
with the most northern City limits; thence westwardly along said City
limits to its intersection with the western right-of-way line of Highway
141; thence northwardly on said right-of-way, also being the City
limits, to its intersection with the northern line of Westridge Manor
Estates, Plat 1, also being the northern City limits; thence westwardly
along said northern line to the point of beginning.
2. Ward II. The ward boundaries of Ward II of the City shall be:
Beginning at the point of intersection with the northeast corner
of Lot 1 of Lynwood Addition, said point also being on the most northeastern
City limits; thence southwardly on said City limits to the point of
intersection with the northern right-of-way of Carman Road; thence
eastwardly on said right-of-way and City limits a distance of approximately
8,800 feet to a point of intersection with the eastern right-of-way
line of Dougherty Ferry Road; thence proceeding southwestwardly along
said right-of-way and City limits to a point of intersection with
the northern line of the City of Valley Park, Missouri; thence proceeding
westwardly along said joint City limits to a point of intersection
with the western right-of-way line of Dougherty Ferry Road, said point
also being the southeast corner of Lot 106 of Seven Oaks Plat 5; thence
proceeding northwestwardly along the line being the boundary of Seven
Oaks Plat 5, said line also being the City limits, to a point of intersection
with the southeast corner of the common ground of Country Lane Woods
II Plat 6; thence proceeding northwardly along the east line of said
common ground and continuing to a point of intersection with the southeast
corner of Lot 244 of Country Lane Woods II Plat 6, said line also
being the City limits; thence proceeding westwardly along the southern
line of Country Lane Woods II Plat 6, said line being the City limits,
to a point of intersection with the east right-of-way line of Country
Stone Drive, said line also being the City limits; thence proceeding
southwardly on said right-of-way line to a point of intersection with
the north right-of-way line of Big Bend Road; then proceeding southwesterly
to the point of intersection with the south right-of-way line of Big
Bend Road and the east right-of-way line of Country Stone Drive; thence
proceeding southwesterly to a point of intersection with the east
right-of-way line of Dougherty Ferry Road, said line being the City
limits; thence continuing southwesterly along said right-of-way and
City limit line to a point of intersection with the prolongated extension
of the southern line of Big Bend Station Plat 2; thence proceeding
westwardly on said southern line which also is the City limits to
a point of intersection with the east line of the Pebble Point Association
property and the northwest corner of Lot 115 of Dougherty Ferry Woods
Plat 1; thence proceeding northwardly along the east line of Pebble
Point Association property to a point of intersection on the north
right-of-way line of Big Bend Road; thence proceeding westwardly on
said right-of-way to the point of intersection with the centerline
of Labonne Parkway, a City street; thence proceeding northwardly on
the said Labonne Parkway centerline to the point of intersection with
the prolongated centerline of Dinard Drive, a City street; thence
proceeding southwardly on said street centerline to the point of intersection
with the centerline of Lombez Drive; thence proceeding westwardly
on said street centerline and continuing on the prolongated extension
of said street centerline to a point of intersection with the western
right-of-way line of State Highway 141; thence northwardly to a point
of intersection with the prolongated extension of the west line of
Lynwood Estates; thence northwardly on said line to a point being
the northwest corner of Lot 13 of Lynwood Estates; thence eastwardly
along the north line of Lots 13 and 12 of Lynwood Estates and continuing
eastwardly along the north line of Lots 18 through 22 and Lot 1 of
Lynwood Addition to a point being the northeast corner of Lot 1 of
Lynwood Addition, the point of beginning.
3. Ward III. The ward boundaries of Ward III of the City shall be:
Beginning at a point of intersection with the eastern right-of-way
line of Henry Avenue and the southern prolongation line of Westridge
Manor Estates, Plat 1, said line being the City limits; thence southwardly
along said right-of-way line to its intersection with the centerline
of Manchester Road; thence eastwardly along said centerline to its
intersection with the prolongated centerline of Old Sulphur Spring
Road; thence proceeding in a southwesterly direction on said centerline
to its intersection with the prolongated western line of the Paul
A. Schroeder City Park; thence southwardly along said line to the
most southwest corner of said Schroeder City Park; thence eastwardly
along the south line of said Schroeder City Park to its intersection
with the centerline of the Old Meramec Station Road/Hanna Road intersection;
thence southwardly on the Hanna Road centerline to its point of intersection
with the south right-of-way line of Big Bend Road; thence westwardly
to the point of intersection with the west right-of-way line of Sulphur
Spring Road, said line also being the City limits; thence turning
northwardly on said Sulphur Spring Road right-of-way, said line also
being the City limits, to a point of intersection with the southern
property line of the n/f Waldman, Leonard J. and L. property; thence
continuing westward on said line and continuing along the southern
line of Lots 54 through 61 of Forest View Park terminating at a point
being the southwest corner of said Lot 61, said line also being the
City limits and the intersecting point with the most western City
limits line; thence northwardly along the western City limits to the
northern City limits; thence eastwardly on said City limits to the
point of beginning.