[R.O. 1996 § 245.060; CC 1968 § 10-18; Ord. No. 512 § 1, 11-2-1970]
A. 
Every act or thing done, made, permitted, allowed, or continued on any property, public or private, by any person, firm, or corporation, their agents and servants, to the damage or injury of any of the inhabitants of this City, whether or not particularly specified herein shall be deemed a nuisance.
B. 
No person shall permit, cause, keep, maintain, or do any nuisance as defined by this Article, any other ordinance of the City, or the laws of the State of Missouri, or cause to be committed, caused, kept, maintained, or done any such nuisance within the City or within one-half (1/2) mile of the corporate limits thereof.
C. 
No owner, occupant, or person in charge of any house, building, lot, or premises shall cause or allow any nuisance to be or remain in or upon any such building, house, lot, or premises.
[R.O. 1996 § 245.070; CC 1968 § 10-19; Ord. No. 512 § 1, 11-2-1970]
It shall be the duty of the Codes Administrator or their designee with the aid and assistance of the Chief of Police, to enforce the provisions of this Article. It shall be the duty of the Chief of Police to serve all notices issued by the Codes Administrator or their designee as provided for herein and to execute all orders of the Codes Administrator or their designee directed to them under the provisions of this Article, and to perform such other duties to aid the Codes Administrator or their designee as may be required for the adequate enforcement of the provisions of this Article.
[R.O. 1996 § 245.080; CC 1968 § 10-20; Ord. No. 512 § 1, 11-2-1970]
The Codes Administrator or their designee and the Chief of Police, and any officer, agent, or employee designated by either of them, are hereby authorized to enter and inspect all buildings and parts of buildings and other premises, in the daytime, for the purpose of examining the sanitary condition and for the discovery and abatement of nuisances therein. If on such inspection any nuisance or unsanitary condition be found, the same shall be forthwith reported to the Codes Administrator or their designee, who shall direct and order the owner or occupant of the premises forthwith to remove or abate the same.
[R.O. 1996 § 245.090; CC 1968 § 10-21; Ord. No. 512 § 1, 11-2-1970]
It shall be the duty of the owner or occupant of the premises, or their agent, or the person causing or maintaining such nuisance, to abate the same after an order by the Codes Administrator or their designee in accordance with the terms prescribed in said order; and any failure to do so shall constitute a violation of this Article and subject such persons to the penalties herein prescribed. It shall be unlawful to interfere with a Police Officer or any other officer, agent, or employee of the City, or with any representative of the Codes Administrator or their designee, while engaged in a sanitary inspection for the discovery of any nuisance or in the abatement thereof.
[R.O. 1996 § 245.100; CC 1968 § 10-22; Ord. No. 512 § 1, 11-2-1970]
The owner of any premises, their agent in charge thereof, and the tenant or occupant of such premises is hereby charged with the duty of observing all of the requirements and provisions of this Article with reference to nuisances; and any or all of said persons and any person or persons causing or contributing to causing or bringing about any nuisance may be charged with the violation hereof, and shall be equally liable.
[R.O. 1996 § 245.110; CC 1968 § 10-23; Ord. No. 512 § 1, 11-2-1970; Ord. No. 4517 § 1, 11-3-2014]
In case the abatement of any nuisance is not immediately necessary for the protection of the health or safety of the inhabitants of the City, the Codes Administrator or their designee shall hold a public hearing before declaring the same to be a nuisance and ordering its abatement. Ten (10) days' notice of said hearing shall be given to the owner or occupant of the premises upon which said alleged nuisance exists, or to their agent, or to the person causing or maintaining such alleged nuisance. Such notice shall state the time and place of said hearing. In the event that the whereabouts of the owner or occupant of the premises where such alleged nuisance exists, or of their agent, or of the person causing or maintaining such alleged nuisance is unknown and notice cannot be served upon them, then such notice shall be posted on the premises where said alleged nuisance exists for at least ten (10) days before said hearing. All interested parties may appear at such hearing, either in person or by attorney, and present evidence concerning the matters at issue. If, upon such hearing, the Codes Administrator or their designee finds that a nuisance exists, they shall order the owner or occupant of said property, or their agent, or the person causing or maintaining said nuisance to abate the same; and if the same be not abated within the time prescribed by the Codes Administrator or their designee in said order or any extension thereof, the Codes Administrator or their designee shall abate the same or cause the same to be abated and shall certify the cost of abating said nuisance to the City Council. Thereupon, the City Council may, by ordinance, levy the cost of abatement as a special tax against the property on which said nuisance was located and may authorize the issuance of special tax bills therefor. Said tax shall be collected like other taxes and shall be a lien on the property until paid.
[R.O. 1996 § 245.120; CC 1968 § 10-24; Ord. No. 512 § 1, 11-2-1970]
Whenever the Codes Administrator or their designee in their discretion deems it necessary to immediately abate a nuisance as defined by ordinance, by common law, or by the Statutes of the State of Missouri, in order to secure the general health or safety of the City or of any of its inhabitants, the Codes Administrator or their designee is authorized to abate such nuisance without notice; and they may use any suitable means or assistance for the purpose, whether regular personnel of the City or laborers especially employed for that purpose, or any other help or assistance necessary therefor. The Codes Administrator or their designee shall certify the cost of abating said nuisance to the City Council, and the City Council may by ordinance levy the cost thereof as a special tax against the property on which said nuisance was located, and may authorize the issuance of special tax bills therefor. Said tax shall be collected like other taxes, and shall be a lien on the property until paid.
[R.O. 1996 § 245.140; CC 1968 § 10-26; Ord. No. 512 § 1, 11-2-1970]
If any nuisance abated by the Codes Administrator or their designee as hereinbefore provided extended before the abatement over the property of more than one (1) owner, the cost of abating the same shall be assessed in proportion to the amount of work and expense for each proportionate part of the entire work in the area, and the special tax bills hereinbefore provided for shall be levied and collected accordingly; but, in determining who is the owner of any particular lot, plot, or parcel of land as for instance in joint tenancy or in common, shall be deemed a single owner in order to preserve to the City its lien against the particular lot, plot, or parcel of land under the special tax bill levied against the same as, aforesaid.
[R.O. 1996 § 245.150; CC 1968 § 10-27; Ord. No. 512 § 1, 11-2-1970]
A. 
Any officer or employee lawfully engaged in the abatement of a nuisance, and any contractor employed or contracted with for the abatement of a nuisance, and any agent or employee of such contractor shall have the right of entry for that purpose into and upon any premises.
B. 
Any person who shall refuse, hinder, delay, or interfere with the entry of any officer, agent, or employee of the City, or any such contractor or contractor's employee, in their duties of inspection, discovery, or abatement of any nuisance, shall be deemed guilty of a separate offense hereunder, and shall be subject to a fine of not less than one dollar ($1.00) nor more than one hundred dollars ($100.00), or to imprisonment in the City Jail not exceeding a period of three (3) months, or to both such fine and imprisonment.
[R.O. 1996 § 245.160; CC 1968 § 10-28; Ord. No. 512 § 1, 11-2-1970; Ord. No. 2186 § 1, 3-2-1992; Ord. No. 3020 § 1, 10-20-1997; Ord. No. 3858 §§ 1 — 2, 1-18-2005]
A. 
The following are hereby defined, deemed and declared to be "nuisances" for the purpose of this Chapter, in addition to other nuisances specifically defined herein or by the laws of the State of Missouri or other ordinances of this City:
1. 
All substances which emit or cause any foul, noxious, unhealthful, or disagreeable odor or effluvia in the neighborhood where they exist.
2. 
All carcasses of animals remaining exposed twelve (12) hours after death.
3. 
All green or salted hides left or deposited in any open place.
4. 
All slaughter houses or animal pens or enclosures inside of the City or within one-half (1/2) mile of the City limits which are kept in such a condition as to be offensive, annoying, or disagreeable to anyone.
5. 
Establishments emitting or causing an offensive, disagreeable, noxious, or toxic dust, vapor, fume, mist, or odor.
6. 
All slop, foul or dirty water or other liquid, or beer washings, all filth, refuse, or offal discharged through drains or spouts or otherwise thrown or deposited in or upon any street, sidewalk, lot, park, public square, public enclosure, pond, or pool of water.
7. 
All vegetables or other articles that emit or cause an offensive, noxious, or disagreeable smell or odor.
8. 
All articles or things whatsoever caused, kept, maintained, or permitted by any person, to the injury, inconvenience, or annoyance of the public.
9. 
All pursuits followed or engaged in, or acts done by, any person to the injury, annoyance, or inconvenience of the public.
10. 
All hanging signs, ropes, network, or other advertising devices stretched over or across any street or sidewalk.
11. 
All ashes, cinders, slops, filth, excrement, sawdust, stones, rocks, dirt, straw, dead grass, grass clippings, dead limbs, leaves, brush, logs, weeds, foliage, shrub cuttings, clippings, soot, sticks, shavings, egg shells, oyster shells, cans, dust, brush, logs, paper, trash, rubbish, manure, refuse, offal, waste water, chamber lye, fish, putrid meat, entrails, decayed fruits or vegetables, broken wares, rags, iron or other metal, old wearing apparel, 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 place, public enclosure, lot, vacant or occupied, ditch, pond, pool of water, vehicle, motor vehicle or trailer, except that any grass, dead limbs, leaves, brush, logs, weeds, foliage, shrub cuttings, clippings or any other kind of yard wastes may be placed in and be made a part of a compost pile located on a lot or tract used for single- or two-family residential purposes if they do not emit or cause any foul, noxious, unhealthful or disagreeable odor detectable across any property line.
12. 
All partially dismantled, non-operating, wrecked, junked or discarded vehicles, motor vehicles and trailers allowed to remain on property other than City property within the City for a continuous period of longer than thirty (30) days, except that this Section shall not apply with regard to a vehicle in an enclosed building, or a vehicle on the premises of a business enterprise operated in a lawful place and manner, when necessary to the lawful operation of such business enterprise, or a vehicle in an appropriate storage place or depository maintained in a lawful place and manner by the City.
13. 
The creation of dust by the operation of motor vehicles, racing cars, rides or other motor-driven contrivances where the dust is carried beyond the borders of the property whereon the above enumerated vehicles may be operated in such quantities as to interfere with reasonable enjoyment of any property in the neighborhood.
14. 
The outside storage of new, used and/or waste tires: except that this Subsection shall not prohibit the outside storage of fifty (50) or fewer new, used and/or waste tires that are screened by a permanent masonry or frame enclosure so that they are not visible from off the premises and they are covered to prevent the accumulation of water within the tires. New and used tires may be displayed outside for sales purposes during the regular hours of operation at a retail tire dealer, provided that they are stored in an enclosed building or screened as described above when the retail tire dealer is not open for business. Nothing in this Subsection shall preclude the operation, pursuant to Section 405.050(A)(17), of a solid waste collection/processing facility so long as it is located and operated in compliance with all applicable City ordinances.
15. 
Collection Or Use Of Putrid Fat, Etc. No soap boiler, butcher, tallow chandler, or meat packer shall keep, collect, or use, or cause or allow to be kept, collected, or used, any stale, putrid, or unsound fat meat, entrails, or other matter, or render or fry out the same, unless done in such manner that no offensive, disagreeable, or noxious smell or odor shall arise therefrom.
[R.O. 1996 § 245.180; CC 1968 § 10-30; Ord. No. 512 § 1, 11-2-1970]
16. 
Decayed Meat And Vegetables, Refuse, Etc., On Private Premises. No person shall suffer or allow any putrid or unwholesome meats or fish, decayed fruits or vegetables, refuse, offal, excrement, chamber lye, or other filthy or offensive substance or thing to be or remain in or upon any house, building, lot, or premises owned or occupied by them or under their charge or control.
[R.O. 1996 § 245.190; CC 1968 § 10-31; Ord. No. 512 § 1, 11-2-1970]
17. 
Foul Liquids Or Substances From Distilleries, Tanneries, Stables, Etc. No distiller, tanner, butcher, soap boiler, tallow chandler, meat packer, dyer, or keeper of any livery, feed or sale stable, keeper of any meat shop, or servant or employee of any such person, shall discharge out of or from any still house, tannery, brewery, manufactory, shop, packing house, barn, stable, meat shop, or other place of business any foul, disagreeable, or nauseous liquids or substances of any kind whatsoever, to any pond, pool, stream, or adjoining ground, or onto or upon any street, sidewalk, park, public square, or other public place.
[R.O. 1996 § 245.200; CC 1968 § 10-32; Ord. No. 512 § 1, 11-2-1970]
18. 
Stables, Etc. No person shall keep any stable, stall, shed, or compartment, or any yard or appurtenance thereof, in which any horse, cattle, swine, or any other animal shall be kept, or any place within the limits of the City in which manure or liquid discharges of such animals shall collect or accumulate, and on which a stable, stall, pen, shed, or compartment, or any yard or appurtenance thereof, if kept in such a condition as to cause or generate the emission of any foul, noxious, unhealthful, or disagreeable odor in the neighborhood where it exists.
[R.O. 1996 § 245.210; CC 1968 § 10-33; Ord. No. 512 § 1, 11-2-1970]
19. 
Stagnant And Offensive Water. No person shall cause or permit any unwholesome, impure, stagnant, or offensive water to accumulate and remain, continue, or stagnate upon, in, or about any lot, tract, or piece of ground within the City, or to cause or permit any barrels, buckets, kegs, tubs, cans, or vessels of any kind whatsoever to be thrown, placed, or remain upon any lot, property or grounds in said City that might, could, or would catch, hold, contain, or retain water in which mosquitoes, insects, bugs, worms, or other living creatures might be bred, hatched, raised, or allowed to remain or accumulate, to the detriment of the health of the inhabitants of said City.
[R.O. 1996 § 245.220; CC 1968 § 10-34; Ord. No. 512 § 1, 11-2-1970]
20. 
Wells And Cisterns — When Nuisances. No person shall permit any open, uncovered, unprotected, or unsafe well or cistern or any well or cistern containing water which a chemical analysis discloses to be impure or unwholesome in nature, to exist or remain on any premises within the City.
[R.O. 1996 § 245.230; CC 1968 § 10-35; Ord. No. 512 § 1, 11-2-1970]
21. 
Outside Toilets — Connection With Sewer System. The maintenance of any outside toilet, water closet, or privy within one hundred (100) feet of the residence of another is hereby declared to be a nuisance. Every toilet, water closet, or privy vault in any building or located on any premises within the City shall be connected with the sanitary sewer system of the City, provided there is a sanitary sewer adjoining the premises whereon said toilet, water closet, or privy vault is maintained or within a distance of fifty (50) feet of the boundary line of said premises.
[R.O. 1996 § 245.240; CC 1968 § 10-36; Ord. No. 512 § 1, 11-2-1970]
22. 
Street Gutters And Drainage Swales. It shall be unlawful for any person, firm, or corporation in the City to suffer or permit a gutter, gutters or drainage swales fronting or adjacent to any lot or premises occupied or owned by them to become so clogged or stopped up by an accumulation of filth, mud or any other material or obstruction as to prevent the free passage of water along and through the gutter, gutters or drainage swales. It shall be unlawful for any person, firm, or corporation in the City to place asphalt or concrete in existing street gutter or gutters.
[R.O. 1996 § 245.250; CC 1968 § 10-37; Ord. No. 512 § 1, 11-2-1970; Ord. No. 4457 § 1, 10-7-2013; Ord. No. 4559 § 1, 8-3-2015]
[R.O. 1996 § 245.170; CC 1968 § 10-29; Ord. No. 512 § 1, 11-2-1970]
A. 
No business or enterprise the conduct of which causes or produces any noise, 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 shall hereafter be 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; nor shall any building be erected or constructed for the purpose of conducting any business or enterprise therein at the place where the conduct of such business or enterprise shall be unlawful under the terms of this Section.
B. 
No permit shall be issued for the erection of a building intended to be used for the purpose of conducting any business or enterprise to be located at the place where the conduct of such business or enterprise shall be unlawful under the terms of this Section.
[R.O. 1996 § 245.260; CC 1968 § 10-37.2; Ord. No. 664 §§ 1 — 3, 3-5-1973]
A. 
It is hereby deemed and declared to be a nuisance to have or maintain off-street parking in any area in the City of Blue Springs, Missouri, unless said area is permanently surfaced with dust-free material.
B. 
This Section shall be enforced as provided for abatement of nuisances in Sections 245.110 through 245.150 of the Code of Ordinances, City of Blue Springs, Missouri.
[R.O. 1996 § 245.270; CC 1968 § 10-38; Ord. No. 512 § 1, 11-2-1970; Ord. No. 563 § 5, 10-4-1971; Ord. No. 4637 § 2, 12-19-2016]
Any person, firm, or corporation violating any of the provisions of this Article, upon conviction thereof, shall be subject to a fine of not less than twenty-five dollars ($25.00) nor more than the penalty set out in Section 100.080(C) of this Code, or to imprisonment not exceeding a period of ninety (90) days, or to both such fine and imprisonment, except that the court may not sentence a person to any confinement not exceeding a period of ninety (90) days unless it is a violation involving alcohol or controlled substances, or a violation endangering the health or welfare of others, or a violation involving eluding or giving false information to a law enforcement officer. For every day after conviction of any person for the violation of this Article, that such nuisance is continued, such person shall be deemed and taken to be guilty of a separate and distinct offense, for which they may be again arrested and tried, convicted, and punished as in the first instance.