[R.O. 2006 §100.010; CC 1978 §10.010]
This Code contains all ordinances of a general and permanent
nature of the City of Warrenton, 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.
[R.O. 2006 §100.020; CC 1978 §10.020]
This Code may be known and cited as the "Municipal Code of the
City of Warrenton".
[R.O. 2006 §100.030; CC 1978 §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. Three (3) copies of
this Code shall be kept in the City Clerk's office available for public
inspection.
[R.O. 2006 §100.040; CC 1978 §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 100.220 — 100.240 of this Code.
[R.O. 2006 §100.050; CC 1978 §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.
[R.O. 2006 §100.060; CC 1978 §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.
[R.O. 2006 §100.070; CC 1978 §11.010; Ord. No. 1890 §I, 3-16-2010]
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 Warrenton, Missouri.
An area of land, including supporting sanitary and other
facilities, for the overnight or temporary parking of recreational
vehicles and other modes of camping.
Includes certified mail carried by the United States Postal
Service or any parcel or letter carried by an overnight, express or
ground delivery service that allows a sender or recipient to electronically
track its location and provides a record of the signature of the recipient.
The words "the City" or "this City" or "City" shall mean the City of Warrenton, Missouri.
The words "the County" or "this
County" or "County" shall mean the County
of Warren, Missouri.
A day of twenty-four (24) hours, beginning at 12:00 Midnight.
The words "Finance Officer/Director of Personnel" or "Director
of Operations/Finance Officer" or "Human Resources Manager" or "Human
Resource Director" shall mean the Director of Operations of the City
of Warrenton.
[Ord. No. 2432, 9-18-2018]
A place where the annual Warren County Fair is held, including
events sponsored by the Warren County Fair Board such as demolition
derbies, tractor pulls, livestock exhibitions and equestrian events.
The words "keeper" and "proprietor" shall mean and include persons, firms, associations, corporations,
clubs, and partnerships, whether acting by themselves or by a representative,
servant or agent.
Is permissive.
The Mayor of Warrenton, 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."
The word "owner," 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.
May extend and be applied to bodies politic and corporate,
and to partnerships and other unincorporated associations.
Includes money, goods, chattels, things in action and evidences
of debt.
When used by way of reference to any Section of the Statutes,
mean 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.
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.
The words "tenant" or "occupant," 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.
Shall mean a calendar year, unless otherwise expressed, and
the word "year" shall be equivalent to the words "year of our Lord."
[R.O. 2006 §100.080; CC 1978 §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.
