[R.O. 1991 § 205.520; Ord. No. 2959-16, 12-20-2016]
A. A person commits the offense of abandonment
of an airtight or semiairtight container if he or she knowingly abandons,
discards, or permits to remain on premises under his or her control,
in a place accessible to children, any abandoned or discarded icebox,
refrigerator, or other airtight or semiairtight container which has
a capacity of one and one-half (1 1/2) cubic feet or more and
an opening of fifty (50) square inches or more and which has a door
or lid equipped with hinge, latch or other fastening device capable
of securing such door or lid, without rendering such equipment harmless
to human life by removing such hinges, latches or other hardware which
may cause a person to be confined therein.
B. Subsection
(A) of this Section does not apply to an icebox, refrigerator or other airtight or semiairtight container located in that part of a building occupied by a dealer, warehouse operator or repair person.
C. The defendant shall have the burden of injecting the issue under Subsection
(B) of this Section.
D. The offense of abandonment of an airtight
or semiairtight container is an ordinance violation.
[R.O. 1991 § 205.530; Ord. No. 2959-16, 12-20-2016]
A person commits the offense of littering
if he or she places, deposits, or causes to be placed or deposited,
any glass, glass bottles, wire, nails, tacks, hedge, cans, garbage,
trash, refuse, or rubbish of any kind, nature or description on the
right-of-way of any public road or State highway or on or in any of
the waters in this City or on the banks of any stream, or on any land
or water owned, operated or leased by the State, any board, department,
agency or commission thereof or on any land or water owned, operated
or leased by the Federal Government or the City, or on any private
real property owned by another without the owner's consent.
[R.O. 1991 § 205.540; Ord. No. 2959-16, 12-20-2016]
A. A person commits the offense of unlawful
disposition of a dead animal if he or she knowingly places or causes
to be placed the carcass or offal of any dead animal:
1.
Into any well, spring, brook, branch,
creek, pond, or lake; or
2.
On any public road or highway, river,
stream, or watercourse or upon premises not his or her own for the
purpose of annoying another or others.
[R.O. 1991 § 205.550; Ord. No. 2959-16, 12-20-2016]
A. A person commits the offense of tampering
with a water supply if he or she purposely:
1.
Poisons, defiles or in any way corrupts
the water of a well, spring, brook or reservoir used for domestic
or municipal purposes; or
2.
Diverts, dams up and holds back from
its natural course and flow any spring, brook or other water supply
for domestic or municipal purposes, after said water supply shall
have once been taken for use by any person or persons, corporation,
town or city for his/her, their or its use.
B. The offense of tampering with a water supply
is an ordinance violation.
[R.O. 1991 § 205.560; Ord. No. 2959-16, 12-20-2016]
A. A person commits the offense of abandoning
a vehicle, vessel, or trailer if he or she knowingly abandons any
vehicle, vessel, or trailer on:
1.
The right-of-way of any public road
or State highway;
2.
On or in any of the waters in this
State;
3.
On the banks of any stream;
4.
On any land or water owned, operated
or leased by the State, any board, department, agency or commission
thereof, or any political subdivision thereof;
5.
On any land or water owned, operated
or leased by the Federal government; or
6.
On any private real property owned
by another without his or her consent.
B. For purposes of this Section, the last
owner of record of a vehicle, vessel, or trailer found abandoned and
not shown to be transferred pursuant to Sections 301.196 and 301.197,
RSMo., shall be deemed prima facie evidence of ownership of such vehicle,
vessel, or trailer at the time it was abandoned and the person who
abandoned the vehicle, vessel, or trailer or caused or procured its
abandonment. The registered owner of the abandoned vehicle, vessel,
or trailer shall not be subject to the penalties provided by this
Section if the vehicle, vessel, or trailer was in the care, custody,
or control of another person at the time of the violation. In such
instance, the owner shall submit such evidence in an affidavit permitted
by the court setting forth the name, address, and other pertinent
information of the person who leased, rented, or otherwise had care,
custody, or control of the vehicle, vessel, or trailer at the time
of the alleged violation. The affidavit submitted pursuant to this
Subsection shall be admissible in a court proceeding adjudicating
the alleged violation and shall raise a rebuttable presumption that
the person identified in the affidavit was in actual control of the
vehicle, vessel, or trailer. In such case, the court has the authority
to terminate the prosecution of the summons issued to the owner and
issue a summons to the person identified in the affidavit as the operator.
If the vehicle, vessel, or trailer is alleged to have been stolen,
the owner of the vehicle, vessel, or trailer shall submit proof that
a police report was filed in a timely manner indicating that the vehicle
or vessel was stolen at the time of the alleged violation.
C. The offense of abandoning a vehicle, vessel,
or trailer is an ordinance violation.
D. Any person convicted pursuant to this Section
shall be civilly liable for all reasonable towing, storage, and administrative
costs associated with the abandonment of the vehicle, vessel, or trailer.
Any reasonable towing, storage, and administrative costs in excess
of the value of the abandoned vehicle, vessel, or trailer that exist
at the time the property is transferred pursuant to Section 304.156,
RSMo., shall remain the liability of the person convicted pursuant
to this Section so long as the towing company, as defined in Chapter
304, RSMo., provided the title owner and lienholders, as ascertained
by the Department of Revenue records, a notice within the time frame
and in the form as described in Subsection 1 of Section 304.156, RSMo.