A. 
A person commits the crime of abandonment of airtight icebox if he/she abandons, discards, or knowingly permits to remain on premises under his/her control, in a place accessible to children, any abandoned or discarded icebox, refrigerator, or other airtight or semi-airtight container which has a capacity of one and one-half (1½) 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 semi-airtight container located in that part of a building occupied by a dealer, warehouseman or repairman.
C. 
The defendant shall have the burden of injecting the issue under Subsection (B) of this Section.
[Ord. No. 326-2008 §4, 4-1-2008]
A. 
It shall be unlawful for any person to misuse the emergency telephone service. For the purposes of this Section:
1. 
"Emergency" means any incident involving danger to life or property that calls for an emergency response dispatch of Police, Fire, EMS or other Public Safety organization;
2. 
"Misuse the emergency telephone service" includes, but is not limited to, repeatedly calling the "911" for non-emergency situations causing operators or equipment to be in use when emergency situations may need such operators or equipment; and
3. 
"Repeatedly" means three (3) or more times within a one (1) month period.
[Code 1962 §21-45; CC 1979 §19-112; Ord. No. 973 §1, 10-4-1977]
No person shall, without proper authority remove or extinguish any lantern, flare or other danger signal which has been placed on any street, alley, sidewalk, parking or other highway or portion of a highway for the purposes of guarding against accidents.
[Ord. No. 96-22 §§1 — 10, 6-4-1996; Ord. No. 99-21, 6-15-1999; Ord. No. 325-2008 §2, 3-18-2008; Ord. No. 44-2014; §1, 11-4-2014; Ord. No. 31-2019, 16-4-2019; Ord. No. 539-2024, 8-6-2024; Ord. No. 570-2024, 11-5-2024]
A. 
Fireworks retail businesses intended to operate year-round must operate from a permanent structure under the rules established by Section 320.111, RSMo.
B. 
Seasonal fireworks retailers are allowed in the City as permitted by the City Zoning Code, with the exception that non-profit tax-exempt entities are permitted at the entity's location. Seasonal retailers shall be limited to the period of 7:00 A.M. to 10:00 P.M. on June 20 through July 5 and may operate from portable structures and tents.
C. 
The discharge of fireworks in the City limits is prohibited with the following exceptions:
7:00 A.M. to 11:00 P.M. on July 1 through July 10.
July 4th fireworks may be discharged from 7:00 A.M. to 12:00 Midnight.
December 31 at 5:00 P.M. to January 1 at 1:00 A.M.
The evening of the Neosho School District High School graduation event on school district property from 3:00 P.M. to 11:00 P.M. and/or other events as presented by Neosho School District for review and approval by the City Manager.
D. 
Only the sales and use of Type 1.4 fireworks are allowed, excluding bottle rockets.
E. 
Fireworks sales and storage are to be governed by the Missouri Division of Fire Safety Rules.
F. 
Fireworks displays for the general public must be approved by the Fire Department.
G. 
The manufacture of fireworks is prohibited.
H. 
In order to sell fireworks, a City merchant's license must be purchased, with all locations to be inspected by the Fire Chief or the Fire Chief's designee prior to the issuance of the license. Sales locations will be subject to the Building and Fire Safety Codes adopted by the City.