[CC 1990 §100.010; CC §10.010]
A.
This
Code contains all ordinances of a general and permanent nature of
the City of Desloge, Missouri, and includes ordinances dealing with
municipal administration, municipal elections, building and property
regulation, business and occupations, health and sanitation, public
order, and similar subjects.
1.
Ordinances hereafter adopted shall be numbered consecutively, authenticated,
published and recorded in the book of ordinances, but shall not be
prepared for insertion in this Code, nor be deemed a part hereof.
2.
Ordinances which are of a general or permanent nature shall be prepared
for insertion in this Code and be deemed a part hereof.
[CC 1990 §100.020; CC §10.020]
This Code may be known and cited as the "Municipal Code of the
City of Desloge, Missouri."
[CC 1990 §100.030; CC §10.030]
The official copy of this Code, bearing the signature of the
Mayor and attestation of the City Clerk as to its adoption shall be
kept on file in the office of the City Clerk. A copy of this Code
shall be kept in the City Clerk's office available for public inspection.
[CC 1990 §100.040; CC §10.040]
It shall be unlawful for any person to change or amend by additions or deletions any part or portion of this Code, or to insert or delete pages, or portions thereof, or to alter or tamper with such Official Copy of the Code in any manner whatsoever which will cause the law of the City to be misrepresented thereby. Any person, firm or corporation violating this Section shall be punished as provided in Sections 100.210 — 100.230 of this Code.
[CC 1990 §100.050; CC §10.050]
Each Section number of this Code shall consist of two (2) parts
separated by a period; the figure before the period referring to the
Chapter number, and the figure after the period referring to the position
of the Section in the Chapter. Both figures shall consist of three
(3) digits.
[CC 1990 §100.060; CC §10.060]
All amendments to this Code, duly passed by the Board of Aldermen,
shall be prepared by the City Clerk for insertion in this Code.
[CC 1990 §100.070; CC §11.010]
In the construction of this Code and of all other ordinances
of the City, the following definitions shall be observed, unless it
shall be otherwise expressly provided in any Section or ordinance,
or unless inconsistent with the manifest intent of the Board of Aldermen,
or unless the context clearly requires otherwise:
The Board of Aldermen of Desloge, Missouri.
"The City" or "this City" or "City" shall mean the City of
Desloge, Missouri.
"The County" or "this County" or "County" shall mean the
County of St. Francois, Missouri.
A day of 24 hours, beginning at 12:00 Midnight.
Shall mean and include persons, firms, associations, corporations,
clubs, and partnerships, whether acting by themselves or by a representative,
servant or agent.
The word "may" is permissive.
The Mayor of Desloge, Missouri.
A calendar month.
Shall be construed to include an affirmation in all cases
in which an affirmation may be substituted for an oath, and in such
cases the words "swear" and "sworn" shall be equivalent to the words
"affirm" and affirmed.'
When applied to a building or land, shall include any part
owner, joint owner, tenant in common, joint tenant or tenant by the
entirety, of the whole or a part of such building or land.
Shall include a corporation, firm, partnership, association,
organization and any other group acting as a unit as well as individuals.
It shall also include an executor, administrator, trustee, receiver
or other representative appointed according to law. Whenever the word
"person" is used in any Section of this Code prescribing
a penalty or fine, as to partnerships or associations, the word shall
include the partners or members thereof, and as to corporations, shall
include the officers, agents or members thereof who are responsible
for any violation of such Section.
Includes money, goods, chattels, things in action and evidences
of debt.
When used by way of reference to any Section of the Code,
means the Section next preceding or next following that in which the
reference is made, unless some other Section is expressly designated
in the reference.
Includes real and personal property.
Shall include any street, alley, boulevard, parkway, highway,
sidewalk or other public thoroughfare.
The terms "real property," "premises," "real estate" or "lands"
shall be deemed to be co-extensive with lands, tenements and hereditaments.
The word "shall" is mandatory.
That portion of the street between the curb line and the
adjacent property line which is intended for the use of pedestrians.
Where the written signature of any person is required, the
proper handwriting of such person or his/her mark shall be intended.
The words "the State" or "this State" or "State" shall mean
the State of Missouri.
Shall mean and include any public way, highway, street, avenue,
boulevard, parkway, alley or other public thoroughfare, and each of
such words shall include all of them.
When applied to a building or land, shall include any person
who occupies the whole or a part of such building or land, whether
alone or with others.
Includes printing, lithographing, or other mode of representing
words and letters, but in all cases where the signature of any person
is required, the proper handwriting of the person, or his/her mark,
is intended.
A calendar year, unless otherwise expressed, and the word
"year" shall be equivalent to the words "year of Our Lord".
[CC 1990 §100.080; CC §11.020]
Whenever in this Code or other ordinance of the City it is required
that notice be published in the "official newspaper" or a "newspaper
of general circulation published in the City," and if there is no
such newspaper published within the City, the said notice shall be
published in a newspaper of general circulation within the City, regardless
of its place of publication.
