[Ord. No. 906-90-19 §§1-2, 4-19-1990]
A. The code of ordinances, consisting of Titles I through VII, each inclusive, is hereby adopted and enacted as the "Code of Ordinances of the City of Palmyra," which shall supersede all other general and permanent ordinances of the City passed on or before April 4, 1990, to the extent provided in Section
100.002 hereof.
B. All
provisions of such Code shall be in full force and effect from April
19, 1990.
[Ord. No. 906-90-19 §3, 4-19-1990]
A. All
ordinances of a general and permanent nature of the City adopted on
final passage on or before April 4, 1990, and not included in such
Code or recognized and continued in force by reference therein, are
hereby repealed from and after April 19, 1990 except those which may
be specifically excepted by separate ordinance, and except the following
which are hereby continued in full force and effect, unless specifically
repealed by separate ordinance:
1. Ordinances promising or guaranteeing the payment of money for the
City, or authorizing the issuance of any bonds or notes of the City
or any other evidence of the City's indebtedness, or authorizing any
contract or obligation assumed by the City;
2. Ordinances levying taxes or making special assessments; and all ordinances
levying, imposing, or authorizing any license, fee, charge or penalty;
3. Ordinances appropriating funds or establishing salaries and compensation,
and providing for expenses;
4. Ordinances granting franchise or rights to any person, firm or corporation;
5. Ordinances relating to the dedication, opening, closing, naming,
establishment of grades, improvement, altering, paving, widening or
vacating of streets, alleys, sidewalks or public places; or relating
to the establishment and defining of the survey and grade of the City;
6. Ordinances authorizing or relating to particular public improvements;
7. Ordinances respecting the conveyances or acceptance of real property
or easements in real property;
8. Ordinances dedicating, accepting, or vacating any plat or subdivision
in the City or any part thereof, or providing regulations for the
same;
9. Ordinances annexing property to the City;
10. The zoning ordinance or ordinances of the City;
11. Any ordinance prescribing traffic regulations for specific locations,
speed limits, prescribing through streets, parking limitations, parking
prohibitions, one-way traffic, stop signs, limitations on loads of
vehicles or loading zones, not inconsistent with such Code;
12. Any ordinance pertaining to the seal of the City of Palmyra;
13. Any ordinance pertaining to the division of the City of Palmyra into
wards or designating wards in the City of Palmyra;
B. The
repeal provided for in this Section shall not be construed to revive
any ordinance or part thereof that has been repealed by a subsequent
ordinance which is repealed by this ordinance. It is the intention
hereof that all ordinances not of general applicability adopted on
final passage on or before April 4, 1990, shall not be hereby repealed,
but are hereby continued in full force and effect, unless specifically
repealed by separate ordinance.
[Ord. No. 906-90-19 §4, 4-19-1990]
Any and all additions and amendments to such Code when passed
in such form as to indicate the intention of the City Council to make
the same a part thereof shall be deemed to be incorporated in such
Code so that reference to the "Code of Ordinances of the City of Palmyra",
shall be understood and intended to include such additions and amendments.
[Ord. No. 906-90-19 §5, 4-19-1990; Ord. No. 1000-96-12 §1, 6-6-1996]
A. Whenever
in this Code or any other ordinance of the City, or in any rule, regulation,
notice or order promulgated by any officer or agency of the City under
authority duly vested in him or it, any act is prohibited or is declared
to be unlawful or an offense or misdemeanor or the doing of any act
is required or the failure to do any act is declared to be unlawful
or an offense or a misdemeanor, upon conviction of a violation of
any such provision of this Code or of any such ordinance, rule, regulation,
notice or order, the violator shall be punished by a fine not exceeding
five hundred dollars ($500.00). It is intended by this Section that
the violation of any ordinance of the City of Palmyra, Missouri, shall
upon conviction be punished as provided herein.
B. Every
day any violation of this Code or any other ordinance or any such
rule, regulation, notice or order shall continue shall constitute
a separate offense.
C. Whenever
any act is prohibited by this Code, by an amendment thereof, or by
any rule or regulation adopted thereunder, such prohibition shall
extend to and include the causing, securing, aiding, or abetting of
another person to do said act. Whenever any act is prohibited by this
Code, an attempt to do the act is likewise prohibited.
D. In addition to any other remedies or penalties established for violations
of any ordinance or Code Section of the Code of Ordinances of the
City of Palmyra, or any rule, regulation, notice, condition, term
or order promulgated by any officer or department of the City under
duly vested authority, the City may, after approval by the City Council,
apply to a court of competent jurisdiction for such legal or equitable
relief as may be necessary to enforce compliance with such ordinance,
code, section, rule, regulation, notice, condition, term or order.
In such action the court may grant such legal or equitable relief,
including, but not limited to, mandatory or prohibitory injunctive
relief, as the facts may warrant. Upon the successful prosecution
of any such action, the City may be awarded by the court reasonable
attorney's fees as allowed by law.
[Ord. No. 1176-16-02, 6-2-2016]
[Ord. No. 906-90-19 §6, 4-19-1990]
In case of the amendment by the City Council of any Section of this Code for which a penalty is not provided, the general penalty as provided in Section
100.004 of this Article shall apply to the Section as amended; or in case such amendment contains provisions for which a penalty other than the aforementioned general penalty, is provided in another Section in the same Chapter, the penalty so provided in such other Section shall be held to relate to the Section so amended, unless such penalty is specifically repealed therein.
[Ord. No. 906-90-19 §7, 4-19-1990]
A copy of such Code shall be kept on file in the office of the
City Clerk, preserved in loose-leaf form or in such other form as
the City Clerk may consider most expedient. It shall be the express
duty of the City Clerk, or someone authorized by said officer, to
insert in their designated places all amendments and all ordinances
or resolutions which indicate the intention of the City Council to
make the same part of such Code when the same have been printed or
reprinted in page form, and to extract from such Code all provisions
which from time to time may be repealed by the City Council. This
copy of such code shall be available for all persons desiring to examine
the same.
[Ord. No. 906-90-19 §8, 4-19-1990]
It shall be unlawful for any person to change or alter by additions or deletions, any part or portion of such Code, or to insert or delete pages or portions thereof, or to alter or tamper with such Code in any manner whatsoever which will cause the law of the City of Palmyra to be misrepresented thereby. Any person violating this Section shall be punished as provided in Section
100.004 of this Article.
[Ord. No. 664]
The City of Palmyra is a "political subdivision" as defined
in Sections 70.600 through 70.760 RSMo. Supp. 1967 and hereby elects
to have covered by the Missouri Local Government Employees Retirement
System all its eligible employees in the following classes:
Present and Future General Employees
The City of Palmyra is hereby authorized and directed to deduct
from the wages and salaries of each employee member the member contributions
required by Section 70.705 RSMo. Supp. 1967, and to promptly remit
the deductions to the Retirement System, together with the employer
contributions required by Section 70.730 RSMo. Supp. 1967.
[Ord. No. 891-90-4 §§1
— 6]
A. The
plan and agreement for extending the benefits of the system of Federal
Od-Age and Survivors Insurance as authorized by the Social Security
Acts Amendment of 1950, and by Senate Committee Substitute for Senate
Bill No. 3 of the 66th General Assembly of the State of Missouri and
amendments thereof, as the same may be now and hereafter in effect,
is hereby ratified and confirmed, said plan and agreement having heretofore
been entered into by the City of Palmyra in the year 1951.
B. It
is hereby declared to be the policy and purpose of the City of Palmyra,
Missouri, to extend to all eligible employees and officials of said
City who are not excluded by law, and whether employed in connection
with a governmental or proprietary function of said City, the benefits
of the system of Federal Old-Age and survivors Insurance as authorized
by the Social Security Acts Amendment of 1950 and by Senate Committee
Substitute for Senate Bill No. 3 of the 66th General Assembly of the
State of Missouri and amendments thereof, as the same may be now and
hereafter in effect.
C. The
Mayor and City Clerk of the City of Palmyra, Missouri, are authorized
and directed on behalf of the City, to prepare, execute and submit
to the Division of Budget and Comptroller of the State of Missouri,
as State agency of the State of Missouri, or any other appropriate
State agency provided by law, and subsequent modifications or revisions
of said plan and agreement for extending said benefits to said eligible
employees.
D. There
shall be deducted from the wages of all employees and officials of
the City of Palmyra, Missouri, to whom the benefits of said system
are extended by virtue of said plan and agreement, the amount of each
said employee's and official's contributions, as determined by the
applicable State and Federal laws and by said plan and agreement.
E. There
is hereby authorized to be appropriated from the General Fund of the
City of Palmyra, Missouri, and there is, and shall be appropriated,
the sum or sums of money necessary to pay the contributions of the
City of Palmyra, Missouri, which shall be due and payable by virtue
of the extension of said benefits of said eligible employees. Said
sum or sums shall be paid into the Contributions Fund created by Senate
Committee Substitute for Senate Bill No. 3 of the 66th General Assembly
of the State of Missouri, and the fund from which said appropriation
is made will, at all times, be sufficient to pay the contributions
of the City directed to be paid to said Contributions Fund.
F. The
City of Palmyra shall fully comply with, and shall keep such records,
make such reports and provide such methods of administration of said
plan and agreement as may be required by all applicable State and
Federal laws, rules and regulations, now and hereafter in effect with
respect to the extension of said benefits to said employees and officials.
For the purpose of administering said plan and agreement the City
Clerk of the City of Palmyra, Missouri, shall be the official who
shall make all required reports, keep all records, and be responsible
for the administration of said plan and agreement on behalf of said
City and any and all notices and communications from the State agency
to the City with respect to said plan and agreement shall be addressed
to City Clerk, City Hall, Palmyra, Missouri, 63461.
[Ord. No. 777 §1]
In addition to the duties heretofore provided by ordinances,
it shall be the duty of the Mayor and of the Councilmen to attend
public hearings affecting the City of Palmyra.
[Ord. No. 818 §1]
In addition to the duties heretofore provided by ordinances,
it shall be the duty of the Mayor to maintain office hours in City
Hall as necessary for the daily management of City business.
[Ord. No. 894-90-7 §§1
— 5; Ord. No. 931-91-10 §1, 10-17-1991; Ord. No. 1049-01-04 §1, 11-15-2001]
A. The
City of Palmyra is hereby divided into three (3) wards as provided
herein.
B. The
First Ward shall consist of all that portion of the City lying North
of the centerline of Main Cross Street and North of the centerline
of Sloan Street; except for the portion of the City lying West of
the centerline of Breckenridge Street, and bounded on the North by
the centerline of New Street, and bounded on the South by the centerline
of Sloan Street; and further excepting the portion of the City located
in the "R-2" Mobile Home Zoning District lying West of the centerline
of Breckenridge Street and North of the centerline of New Street.
C. The
Second Ward shall consist of all that portion of the City lying South
of the centerline of Main Cross Street and East of the centerline
of Main Street; and also that portion of the City bounded on the East
by the centerline of Main Street, bounded on the South by the centerline
of Ross Street, bounded on the West by the centerline of Bradley Street,
and bounded on the North by the centerline of LaFayette Street.
D. The
Third Ward shall consist of all that portion of the City lying South
of the centerline of Main Cross Street, South of the centerline of
Sloan Street, and West of the centerline of Main Street; and further
including that portion of the City lying West of the centerline of
Breckenridge Street, and bounded on the North by the centerline of
New Street, and bounded on the South by the centerline of Sloan Street;
and further including that portion of the City located in the "R-2"
Mobile Home Zoning District lying West of the centerline of Breckenridge
Street and North of the centerline of New Street; except for the portion
of the City bounded on the East by the centerline of Main Street,
bounded on the South by the centerline of Ross Street, bounded on
the West by the centerline of Bradley Street, and bounded on the North
by the centerline of LaFayette Street.
E. For
purposes of this Section, the centerline of Main Cross Street shall
be considered as if extended to the eastern and western boundaries
of the City, and the centerline of Main Street shall be considered
as if extended to the northern and southern boundaries of the City.
[Ord. No. 893-90-6 §1; Ord. No. 1207-18-07, 10-18-2018]
A Seal procured for the City of Palmyra, being of circular form,
with the words, "Seal of the City of Palmyra, Missouri," and the words
"Incorporated 1855," of up to two (2) inches in diameter, is hereby
declared to be adopted as the Common Seal of the City of Palmyra,
Missouri.
[Ord. No. 900-90-13]
If any person, firm or corporation shall fail or neglect to
pay City Personal Property Taxes or City Real Estate Taxes to the
City Collector at the time and place as required by ordinance, then
it shall be the duty of the City Collector, after the last day of
January of each and every year, to collect and account for as other
taxes, an additional tax, as penalty, of one percent (1%) per month,
but not to exceed ten percent (10%) per annum, and two percent (2%)
commission, upon all taxes collected after the last day of January,
as aforesaid, and in computing said additional tax penalty, a fractional
part of a month shall be considered as a whole month.
[Ord. No. 927-91-6 §1, 9-5-1991]
A. No
automobile license, business license, merchant's license, liquor license
or other license, permit or privilege, the issuance of which by the
City is required pursuant to any ordinance of the City of Palmyra,
shall hereafter be issued to any person, firm, association or corporation,
until all tangible personal property taxes and real estate taxes,
except real estate taxes then owing by said applicant for the current
year or any former year and not barred by any limitation, shall have
been fully paid.
B. It
shall be the duty of the Collector of the City to establish and promulgate
rules and regulations providing for an orderly method of checking
unpaid taxes in order to carry out the provisions of this Section.
[Ord. No. 992-96-04 §1, 3-21-1996]
The City Council may by resolution excuse the absence of a member of the City Council from a regular meeting of the City Council. Only unexcused absences shall be treated as a failure to attend a regular City Council meeting under Section
3.6(B) of the City Charter of the City of Palmyra, Missouri. The absence of a City Council member at a regular meeting of the City Council may, by resolution of the City Council, be excused either prior to such regular meeting or subsequent to such regular meeting of the City Council.