City of St. Peters, MO Article XIII Miscellaneous Offenses

Section 210.440 Deposit, Roll, Flow Or Wash Of Any Soil, Material Or Liquid Upon Public Streets, Alleys, Roads Or Public Property Prohibited.

[R.O. 2007 § 210.370; CC 1979 § 20-11.1; Ord. No. 865 §§ 1 — 4, 3-8-1984]

A. No person shall engage in any land disturbing activity or any other action which causes or permits any soil, earth, sand, gravel, rock, stone, concrete, building materials, or other materials, or liquids to be deposited upon or to roll, flow, or wash upon, in, or over any public street, street improvement, road, sewer, storm drain, watercourse, or right-of-way, or any other public property in a manner to damage or to interfere with the use of such property, or which creates a hazardous condition detrimental to the health, safety and welfare of the public.

B. No person shall when hauling soil, earth, sand, gravel, rock, stone, concrete, building materials, or other material, or liquid over any public street, road, alley, or public property allow such materials or liquids to blow or spill over and upon such street, road, alley or public property. The operator of equipment engaged in hauling shall not permit soil, earth, rock or other materials to fall from the vehicle, including wheels of said vehicle, upon such street, road, alley or public property.

C. If any soil, earth, sand, gravel, rock, stone or other material, or liquid is caused to be deposited upon or to roll, flow or wash upon any public property in violation of Subsections (A) and (B) above, the person responsible shall be notified and shall cause the same to be removed from such property within four (4) hours, unless a longer period is granted by the City Engineer. If a violation described above results from an active residential or non-residential development, the person responsible shall be deemed either the vehicle operator, developer or prime contractor. In the event of an immediate danger to the public health, safety, or welfare, notice shall be given by the most expeditious means and the material or liquid shall be removed immediately. In the event it is not so removed, the City may cause such removal and the cost of such removal by the City, or anyone contracted by the City, shall be paid to the City by the person who failed to so remove the material and shall be a debt due the City, and payable within thirty (30) days of said removal. The cost of such removal, if not paid within thirty (30) days of said removal, shall be a lien upon all property and all rights to property, real or personal, of any person liable to pay the same. The cost of such removal shall be listed on the tax bill and shall be collected in the manner of said taxes. Provided however, that nothing contained in this Section shall be interpreted as prohibiting the City from proceeding directly with alternative enforcement procedures set forth in Subsection (A) of this Section.

D. Any person violating the provisions of this Section shall be guilty of an ordinance violation, and upon conviction, shall be subject to a fine and penalty as set forth in the City Code.

Section 210.450 Sellers Of Real Estate To Provide Disclosure.

[R.O. 2007 § 210.380; CC 1979 § 14-1; Ord. No. 1822 §§ 1 — 3, 11-14-1991; Ord. No. 4238 §§ 1 — 2, 3-10-2005; Ord. No. 5264 § 1, 9-10-2009]

A. It shall be unlawful for the owner of any real property, within the corporate limits of the City of St. Peters, to sell, transfer, convey or otherwise dispose of any real property zoned R-1, R-1(A), R-2, R-3, and developments designated Planned Urban Developments (PUD) which contain residential units, within the City without providing the purchaser, prior to or at the time of execution of the purchase agreement, a copy of a disclosure statement, signed by the owner/seller and the purchaser of the real property, containing the information described in Subsection (B) below regarding such real property within the City.

[Ord. No. 6509 § 1, 3-24-2016]

B. The written disclosure statement required in Subsection (A) of this Section shall, at a minimum include the following information:

1. Location. Verification that the property is located within corporate limits of the City of St. Peters.

2. City Ordinances And Standards. Acknowledgement that the City of St. Peters has ordinances which administer development controls and regulations regarding building codes, existing structures code, land development, and zoning and subdivision regulations. Principle areas of development controls and regulations shall include: building permits, sign permits, existing structures inspections, recreational vehicles/boats regulations, solid waste collection and disposal, home-based businesses (as defined in Section 71.990, RSMo., as amended) or home-based work (as defined in Section 405.100 of this Code), nuisance abatements (weeds), floodplain, fencing, zoning classifications of purchase property and adjacent surrounding properties.

[Ord. No. 7710, 9-22-2022]

3. Subdivision Regulations. The existence of subdivision covenants and/or by-laws, if any, and any recorded covenants, conditions or restrictions the property is subject to.

4. Parties To Disclosure. The name and signature of the affected parties for the property, and the date of execution of signatures on written disclosure statement document. Copy of document to be provided to all parties.

5. Easements. The existence and location of all recorded easements and rights-of-way burdening the property, and all known unrecorded easements and rights-of-way, the existence of which are discoverable upon a routine inspection of the real property, and by attaching to such disclosure statement an existing survey or recorded plat depicting the real property.

C. Any person violating any of the provisions of this Section, upon conviction, shall be punished by a fine of not less than five dollars ($5.00) nor more than five hundred dollars ($500.00).