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Cross References: As to sale, etc., of intoxicating liquor to persons under twenty-one (21), see § 600.090 of this Code; as to sale, etc., of alcoholic beverages by minors, see § 600.190; as to purchase or possession of alcoholic beverages by minors, see §§ 600.130; as to minors on premises of amusement centers and arcades, see § 605.285; as to children forbidden to operate motor vehicle, see § 385.035.
[R.O. 2007 § 210.310; CC 1979 § 20-10; Ord. No. 283 §§ 1 — 3, 9-20-1976]
A. 
It shall be unlawful for any minor under the age of seventeen (17) years to loiter, idle, wander, stroll, drive or ride in or on any wheeled vehicle or play in or upon the public streets, highways, roads, parks, playgrounds or other public grounds, public places, public buildings, places of amusement and entertainment, vacant lots or other unsupervised places within the City between the hours of 11:00 P.M. and 6:00 A.M. of the following day, official local time, except on Fridays and Saturdays, when the hours shall be 12:00 Midnight to 6:00 A.M. of the following day, official local time; except, that this Section shall not apply to a minor accompanied by his/her parent, guardian or other adult person having the care and custody of the minor, or where the minor is upon an emergency errand or legitimate business directed by his/her parent, guardian or other adult person having the care and custody of the minor.
B. 
It shall also be unlawful for the parent, guardian or other adult person having the care and custody of a minor under the age of seventeen (17) years to knowingly permit such minor to violate this Section.
C. 
Any Police Officer finding a child violating this Section shall warn the child to desist immediately from such violation and take the child home to his/her parent or guardian or an adult relative or responsible adult friend. If the parent or guardian, adult relative or responsible adult friend cannot be located, such Police Officer shall retain custody of such child until the parent or guardian is located and the child delivered to him/her.
[R.O. 2007 § 210.320; Ord. No. 2704 § 1, 7-10-1997]
From and after the effective date of this Section, July 10, 1997, it shall be unlawful for any person, firm, partnership or corporation, whether licensed to conduct business in the City of St. Peters or not, to sell or offer to sell in the City of St. Peters to any person under eighteen (18) years of age any device or instrument designed for the piercing or branding of the human body or its skin which device or instrument has as a purpose the attachment of objects of adornment to the human body.
[R.O. 2007 § 210.330; Ord. No. 2818 §§ 1 — 8, 2-26-1998]
A. 
It shall be unlawful to knowingly perform a body art procedure on any minor without the written consent of that person's parent or legal guardian. That consent is required to be given in person to the body artist by the parent or legal guardian before the body artist may perform the body art procedure. In addition, the parent or legal guardian must present identification to the body artist and the body artist must retain a copy of the identification for their records. The parent or legal guardian must be present in the procedure area at the time of the procedure.
[Ord. No. 7373, 10-22-2020]
B. 
Definitions. For the purposes of this Section, the following definitions shall be used:
BODY PIERCING
The perforation of human tissue other than an ear for a non-medical purpose.
BRANDING
A permanent mark made on human tissue by burning with a hot iron or other instrument.
MINOR
Any person under the age of eighteen (18) years.
PARENT
Any person who is over the age of eighteen (18) years and is either the natural or adoptive parent (whose parental rights have not been terminated) of a minor or the legal guardian or foster parent of a minor. Except as may be otherwise applicable, if the minor is illegitimate, "parent" shall mean the natural mother. As used herein, "parent" does not include any sibling or other relative, regardless of age, or relation, unless such person is the adoptive parent, foster parent or legal guardian of such minor.
PROOF OF AGE
A driver's license or other documentary or written evidence that an individual is eighteen (18) years of age or older.
C. 
Proof Of Age. A person performing body piercing or branding shall require proof of age from any prospective customer unless such person has reasonable or certain knowledge that the prospective customer is eighteen (18) years of age or older. The person performing body piercing or branding shall retain for inspection by the City all parental consent records for six (6) months from the date of their execution.
D. 
Joint Responsibility — Vicarious Responsibility. Every act or omission of whatsoever nature constituting a violation of any of the provisions of this Section by any officer, director, manager or other agent or employee of the owner of any establishment where body piercing or branding is performed shall be deemed and held to be the act of such owner of the establishment as well as such officer, director, manager, or other agent or employee; such owner shall also be punishable in the same manner as if such act or omission had been done or omitted by the owner personally.
E. 
Compliance Monitoring. The City shall have the authority to monitor compliance with this Section in a manner that can reasonably be expected to reduce the extent to which body piercing or branding is performed on minors without parental consent.
1. 
The City may conduct random unannounced enforcement checks at locations where body piercing or branding is performed.
2. 
Persons under the age of eighteen (18) years may be enlisted to test compliance with this Section; provided however, that such persons may be used to test compliance only if written parental consent is on file with the City, and only under the auspices and supervision of the City.
3. 
Private organizations may involve themselves in compliance activities through the City. Any activities to test compliance with the provision of this Section shall be under the supervision and auspices of the City.
F. 
Enforcement. The enforcement of these regulations established by this Section shall be the responsibility of the City Police Department.
G. 
Penalty. Any person found guilty of violating this Section shall be deemed guilty of an ordinance violation punishable by and in accordance with the ordinances of this City.
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Editor's Note: Former § 615.140, Unlawful To Sell or Distribute Tobacco Products To Minors, Failure To Display Required Sign, Penalties — What Persons Are Liable — Family Members Exempt, When, was repealed by the City during the 2020 recodification project.
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Editor's Note: Former § 615.145, Possession of Cigarettes By Minors Prohibited, was repealed by the City during the 2020 recodification project.
[R.O. 2007 § 615.150; CC 1979 § 14-73.1; Ord. No. 1885 § 2, 6-25-1992]
A. 
The owner of an establishment at which vapor products, alternative nicotine products, tobacco products or rolling papers are sold at retail or through vending machines shall cause to be prominently displayed in a conspicuous place at every display from which vapor products, alternative nicotine products or tobacco products are sold and on every vending machine where vapor products, alternative nicotine products or tobacco products are purchased a sign that shall:
1. 
Contain in red lettering at least one-half (1/2) inch high on a white background the following: "It is a violation of State law and City ordinances for vapor products, alternative nicotine products, cigarettes or other tobacco products to be sold to any person under the age of eighteen (18)"; and
2. 
Include a depiction of a pack of cigarettes at least two (2) inches high defaced by a red diagonal diameter of a surrounding red circle, and the words "Under 18."
[R.O. 2007 § 615.160; CC 1979 § 14-73.2; Ord. No. 1885 § 3, 6-25-1992; Ord. No. 2615 §§ 2 — 3, 1-9-1997]
A. 
It shall be unlawful for any person to distribute a sample in or on any public street, sidewalk or park that is within five hundred (500) feet of any publicly owned playground, day-care center or public school or other bona fide educational institution used for classes, sponsored by any person, firm or corporation, public or private.
B. 
It shall be unlawful for any licensee or any person in the business of selling or otherwise distributing, promoting or advertising tobacco products, alternative nicotine products or vapor products, or any employee or agent of any such licensee or person, in the course of such licensee's or person's business, to distribute, give away or deliver a sample to any person on any public right-of-way, park, playground or other property owned by the City of St. Peters.
[Ord. No. 6225 § 2, 9-25-2014]
A. 
It shall be unlawful for any person to sell, give, provide or distribute any tobacco product, alternative nicotine product or vapor product to any person under the age of eighteen (18) years, including through a vending machine owned by the person or over which such person has control. It shall be a defense to prosecution under this Section if:
1. 
The person sold, gave, provided or distributed the tobacco product, alternative nicotine product or vapor product to the person under the age of eighteen (18) years with reasonable cause to believe that such person was eighteen (18) or more years of age; and
2. 
To purchase the tobacco product, alternative nicotine product or vapor product, the person under the age of eighteen (18) years exhibited a proof of age purporting to establish that such person was at least eighteen (18) years of age.
B. 
Before selling, giving, providing or distributing any tobacco product, alternative nicotine product or vapor product to a person that appears to be under twenty-seven (27) years of age, the person selling, giving, providing or distributing the tobacco product, alternative nicotine product or vapor product shall verify that the purchaser or receiver of the tobacco product, alternative nicotine product or vapor product is at least eighteen (18) years of age by:
1. 
Examining a proof of age that establishes that the person is at least eighteen (18) years of age; or
2. 
For sales made through the internet or other remote sales methods, performing an age verification through an independent, third-party age verification service that compares information available from public records to the personal information entered by the person during the ordering process that establishes the person is at least eighteen (18) years of age.
C. 
It shall be unlawful for any person who has an ownership interest in any real property or who exerts control over any real property, or who is an agent, employee, or lessee of a person with an ownership interest or who exerts control over such real property, or an agent or employee of such a lessee, to knowingly permit the use of tobacco products, alternative nicotine products or vapor products by any person under the age of eighteen (18) years on such property, unless such person allowing the person under the age of eighteen (18) years to use tobacco products, alternative nicotine products or vapor products is his or her parent or guardian.
D. 
It shall be unlawful for any person under the age of eighteen (18) years to purchase, possess, attempt to purchase or accept receipt of any tobacco product, alternative nicotine product or vapor product, unless such person is an employee of a seller of tobacco product, alternative nicotine product or vapor products and is in such possession to effect a sale in the course of employment, or to present or offer to any person a purported proof of age in violation of Section 302.220, RSMo., or which is false, fraudulent, or belongs to another person for the purpose of purchasing, possessing, attempting to purchase or receiving any tobacco product, alternative nicotine product or vapor product.
E. 
Any person who violates Subsection (A), (B), (C), or (D) of this Section may be prosecuted therefor and, upon conviction, subject to a fine:
1. 
For the first offense, twenty-five dollars ($25.00).
2. 
For the second offense, one hundred dollars ($100.00).
3. 
For a third and subsequent offenses, two hundred fifty dollars ($250.00).
F. 
It is not a violation of this Section for a person under the age of eighteen (18) years to purchase or possess a tobacco product, alternative nicotine product or vapor product if such person purchases, possesses, attempts to purchase or accepts receipt of any tobacco product, alternative nicotine product or vapor product pursuant to a plan or action to investigate, patrol, or otherwise conduct a sting operation or enforcement action against a seller of tobacco products, alternative nicotine products or vapor products or a person employed by a seller of tobacco products, alternative nicotine products or vapor products or on any premises authorized to sell tobacco products, alternative nicotine products or vapor products to determine if tobacco products, alternative nicotine products or vapor products are being sold, offered for sale, given, provided or distributed to persons under the age of eighteen (18) years if the sting operation or enforcement action is approved by the City of St. Peters Police Department, or other Law Enforcement Agency.