[R.O. 2007 § 210.210; Ord. No. 3820 § 4, 4-24-2003; Ord. No. 6579 § 17, 7-28-2016[2]]
A. 
A person commits the offense of stealing if he/she:
1. 
Appropriates property or services of another with the purpose to deprive him/her thereof, either without his/her consent or by means of deceit or coercion;
2. 
Attempts to appropriate anhydrous ammonia or liquid nitrogen of another with the purpose to deprive him or her thereof, either without his or her consent or by means of deceit or coercion; or
3. 
For the purpose of depriving the owner of a lawful interest therein, receives, retains or disposes of property of another knowing that it has been stolen, or believing that it has been stolen.
[1]
Note: Under certain circumstances this offense can be a felony under State law.
[2]
Editor’s Note: Section 25 of this ordinance provided that it would take effect at 12:01 A.M. on 1-1-2017.
[1]
Editor’s Note: Former Section 210.235, Receiving Stolen Property, adopted and amended R.O. 2007 § 210.215; Ord. No. 3820 § 5, 4-24-2003, was repealed 7-28-2016 by Ord. No. 6579 § 18.
[Ord. No. 5174 § 1, 4-9-2009]
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. 2007 § 210.220]
A. 
A person commits the offense of trespass in the first degree if he/she knowingly enters unlawfully or knowingly remains unlawfully in a building or inhabitable structure or upon real property.
B. 
A person does not commit the offense of trespass by entering or remaining upon real property unless the real property is fenced or otherwise enclosed in a manner designed to exclude intruders or as to which notice against trespass is given by:
1. 
Actual communication to the actor; or
2. 
Posting in a manner reasonably likely to come to the attention of intruders.
[R.O. 2007 § 210.225]
A. 
A person commits the offense of trespass in the second degree if he/she enters unlawfully upon real property of another. This is an offense of absolute liability.
B. 
Trespass in the second degree is an infraction.
[R.O. 2007 § 210.230; Ord. No. 6579 § 19, 7-28-2016[1]]
A. 
A person commits the offense of property damage if he or she:
1. 
Knowingly damages property of another; or
2. 
Damages property for the purpose of defrauding an insurer.
[1]
Editor’s Note: Section 25 of this ordinance provided that it would take effect at 12:01 A.M. on 1-1-2017.
[R.O. 2007 § 210.240; CC 1979 § 20-4.5; Ord. No. 1434 §§ 1 — 7, 8-11-1988; Ord. No. 5324 § 2, 1-14-2010]
A. 
Definitions. For the purposes of this Section, the following words and phrases shall have the meanings respectively ascribed to them by this Section:
BUSINESS
A place, where service or items are offered for sale or orders taken, which has parking facilities for vehicles. It shall be comprised of the entire premises, including parking lots and areas for ingress and egress.
COMMERCIAL ESTABLISHMENTS
Any building and the grounds used therewith or any tract of land where services are offered to the public for a consideration or things are sold or are offered for sale or orders are taken for the sale thereof to the public.
TRANSACTING BUSINESS
Engaging in a transaction with the proprietor, agents, or employees of the business, which transaction is normally incidental to the business for which the public is invited and for which the premises are licensed.
B. 
Congregating At Commercial Establishments Prohibited. It shall be unlawful for persons to intentionally congregate upon the grounds or within the buildings of a commercial establishment, or upon public ways immediately adjacent thereto so as to block the aisles, doorways or other passageways into, out of or through the grounds or buildings of such commercial establishment. No persons shall congregate in crowds of three (3) or more outside vehicles on business premises when such persons are not transacting business with the commercial establishment on the premises.
C. 
Remaining On Closed Parking Lots Prohibited. No person, except the owner, tenant or other person in possession, or their invitees, shall be upon any public or private parking lot, nor upon any parking lot provided for the customers, business invitees or employees of any commercial or industrial establishment at any time any such public or private parking lot shall be closed to use by the public or any such commercial or industrial lot shall be closed to use by customers, business invitees and employees.
D. 
Consumption Or Possession Of Alcoholic Beverages Prohibited. No patron or other person on a parking lot and areas for ingress or egress of a business or City property, whether in or out of an automobile, shall drink from or possess any open bottle, can or other receptacle containing an alcoholic beverage unless the consumption of alcoholic beverages is at an organized event at which alcoholic beverages will be served and/or consumed in a designated area, and where a valid temporary liquor license and/or all other valid and appropriate temporary licenses and permits have been issued in conjunction with the special event.
[Ord. No. 7173, 8-8-2019]
E. 
Regulation Of Motor Vehicles On Premises. No person shall stop, stand or park a motor vehicle in a street at or near the entrance to or exit from a business, except in an authorized parking space adjacent to the curb of such street, and in such manner as not to interfere with other vehicles upon such street. It shall be unlawful for any person to park a motor vehicle upon the grounds or within any garage of any commercial establishment other than in the designated parking areas. It shall be unlawful for any person to fail or refuse to move a motor vehicle over which that person has control when that vehicle shall be interfering with the movement of other motor vehicles on the drives or other usual passageways upon the grounds or within the garage of a commercial establishment.
F. 
Signs Prerequisite To Enforcement Of Certain Provisions. Before Subsection (B) of this Section may be enforced by the City, a business shall post on the premises in conspicuous locations, clearly visible signs, reasonably likely to come to the attention of a person entering upon the premises, bearing the following statement: "This lot for customers only. No congregating or lingering on this lot".
G. 
Any person found guilty of violating any provision of this Section shall be deemed guilty of an ordinance violation and punished according to the ordinance of the City of St. Peters for the commission of an ordinance violation.
A. 
Definition. The following term shall be defined as follows:
PUBLIC PLACE
Any place to which the general public has access and a right of resort for business, entertainment or other lawful purpose, but does not necessarily mean a place devoted solely to the uses of the public. It shall also include the front or immediate area of any store, shop, restaurant, tavern or other place of business and also public grounds, areas or parks.
B. 
It shall be unlawful for any person to stand or remain idle either alone or in consort with others in a public place in such manner so as to:
1. 
Obstruct any public street, public highway, public sidewalk or any other public place or building by hindering or impeding or tending to hinder or impede the free and uninterrupted passage of vehicles, traffic or pedestrians;
2. 
Commit in or upon any public street, public highway, public sidewalk or any other public place or building any act or thing which is an obstruction or interference to the free and uninterrupted use of property or with any business lawfully conducted by anyone in or upon or facing or fronting on any such public street, public highway, public sidewalk, or any other public place or building, all of which prevents the free and uninterrupted ingress, egress and regress, therein, thereon and thereto;
3. 
Obstruct the entrance to any business establishment, without so doing for some lawful purpose, if contrary to the expressed wish of the owner, lessee, managing agent or person in control or charge of the building or premises.
C. 
When any person causes or commits any of the conditions in this Section, a Police Officer or any Law Enforcement Officer shall order that person to stop causing or committing such conditions and to move on or disperse. Any person who fails or refuses to obey such orders shall be guilty of a violation of this Section.
[Ord. No. 6579 § 20, 7-28-2016[2]]
A. 
A person commits the offense of financial exploitation of an elderly person or a person with a disability if such person knowingly obtains control over the property of the elderly person or person with a disability with the intent to permanently deprive the person of the use, benefit or possession of his/her property thereby benefiting the offender or detrimentally affecting the elderly person or person with a disability by:
1. 
Deceit;
2. 
Coercion;
3. 
Creating or confirming another person's impression which is false and which the offender does not believe to be true;
4. 
Failing to correct a false impression which the offender previously has created or confirmed;
5. 
Preventing another person from acquiring information pertinent to the disposition of the property involved;
6. 
Selling or otherwise transferring or encumbering property, failing to disclose a lien, adverse claim or other legal impediment to the enjoyment of the property, whether such impediment is or is not valid, or is or is not a matter of official record;
7. 
Promising performance which the offender does not intend to perform or knows will not be performed. Failure to perform standing alone is not sufficient evidence to prove that the offender did not intend to perform; or
8. 
Undue influence, which means the use of influence by someone who exercises authority over an elderly person or person with a disability in order to take unfair advantage of that person's vulnerable state of mind, neediness, pain, or agony. Undue influence includes, but is not limited to, the improper or fraudulent use of a power of attorney, guardianship, conservatorship, or other fiduciary authority.
B. 
Nothing in this Section shall be construed to limit the remedies available to the victim pursuant to any State law relating to domestic violence.
C. 
Nothing in this Section shall be construed to impose criminal liability on a person who has made a good faith effort to assist the elderly person or person with a disability in the management of his/her property, but through no fault of his/her own has been unable to provide such assistance.
D. 
Nothing in this Section shall limit the ability to engage in bona fide estate planning, to transfer property, and to otherwise seek to reduce estate and inheritance taxes; provided that such actions do not adversely impact the standard of living to which the elderly person or person with a disability has become accustomed at the time of such actions.
E. 
It shall not be a defense to financial exploitation of an elderly person or person with a disability that the accused reasonably believed that the victim was not an elderly person or person with a disability.
[1]
Note: Under certain circumstances this offense can be a felony under State law.
[2]
Editor’s Note: Section 25 of this ordinance provided that it would take effect at 12:01 A.M. on 1-1-2017.
[Ord. No. 6579 § 21, 7-28-2016[2]]
A. 
A person commits the offense of passing a bad check when he or she:
1. 
With the purpose to defraud, makes, issues or passes a check or other similar sight order or any other form of presentment involving the transmission of account information for the payment of money knowing that it will not be paid by the drawee or that there is no such drawee; or
2. 
Makes, issues or passes a check or other similar sight order or any other form of presentment involving the transmission of account information for the payment of money, knowing that there are insufficient funds in or on deposit with that account for the payment of such check, sight order or other form of presentment involving the transmission of account information in full and all other checks, sight orders or other forms of presentment involving the transmission of account information upon such funds then outstanding, or that there is no such account or no drawee and fails to pay the check or sight order or other form of presentment involving the transmission of account information within ten (10) days after receiving actual notice in writing that it has not been paid because of insufficient funds or credit with the drawee or because there is no such drawee.
B. 
As used in Subparagraph (2) of Subsection (A) of this Section, "actual notice in writing" means notice of the non-payment which is actually received by the defendant. Such notice may include the service of summons or warrant upon the defendant for the initiation of the prosecution of the check or checks which are the subject matter of the prosecution if the summons or warrant contains information of the ten-day period during which the instrument may be paid and that payment of the instrument within such ten-day period will result in dismissal of the charges. The requirement of notice shall also be satisfied for written communications which are tendered to the defendant and which the defendant refuses to accept.
[1]
Note: Under certain circumstances this offense can be a felony under State law.
[2]
Editor’s Note: Section 25 of this ordinance provided that it would take effect at 12:01 A.M. on 1-1-2017.
[R.O. 2007 § 210.265; Ord. No. 3820 § 7, 4-24-2003; Ord. No. 6579 § 22, 7-28-2016[1]]
A. 
A person commits the offense of fraudulent use of a credit device or debit device if he or she uses a credit device or debit device for the purpose of obtaining services or property knowing that:
1. 
The device is stolen, fictitious or forged;
2. 
The device has been revoked or canceled;
3. 
For any other reason his or her use of the device is unauthorized; or
4. 
Uses a credit device or debit device for the purpose of paying property taxes and knowingly cancels such charges or payment without just cause. It shall be prima facie evidence of a violation of this Section if a person cancels such charges or payment after obtaining a property tax receipt to obtain license tags from the Missouri Department of Revenue.
[1]
Editor’s Note: Section 25 of this ordinance provided that it would take effect at 12:01 A.M. on 1-1-2017.