[Ord. No. 2903 §1, 6-3-2014]
A.
It shall be unlawful for any person under the age of twenty-one (21)
years to purchase or attempt to purchase or have in his or her possession
any intoxicating liquor as defined in Section 311.020, RSMo., or who
is visibly intoxicated as defined in Section 577.001, RSMo., or has
a detectable blood alcohol content of more than two-hundredths of
one percent (.02%) or more by weight of alcohol in such person's
blood. For purposes of prosecution under this Section or any other
provision of this Chapter involving an alleged illegal sale or transfer
of intoxicating liquor to a person under twenty-one (21) years of
age, a manufacturer-sealed container describing that there is intoxicating
liquor therein need not be opened or the contents therein tested to
verify that there is intoxicating liquor in such container. The alleged
violator may allege that there was not intoxicating liquor in such
container, but the burden of proof of such allegation is on such person,
as it shall be presumed that such a sealed container describing that
there is intoxicating liquor therein contains intoxicating liquor.
Visibly intoxicated includes when a person is under the influence
of alcohol, a controlled substance, or drug, or any combination thereof.
B.
For purposes of determining violations of any provision of this Section
or of any rule or regulation of the Supervisor of Alcohol and Tobacco
Control, a manufacturer-sealed container describing that there is
intoxicating liquor therein need not be opened or the contents therein
tested to verify that there is intoxicating liquor in such container.
The alleged violator may allege that there was not intoxicating liquor
in such container, but the burden of proof of such allegation is on
such person, as it shall be presumed that such a sealed container
describing that there is intoxicating liquor therein contains intoxicating
liquor.
C.
Open House Parties — Allowing Minors To Drink.
1.
Any owner, occupant or other person or legal entity with a lawful
right to the exclusive use and enjoyment of any property who knowingly
allows a person under the age of twenty-one (21) to drink or possess
intoxicating liquor or knowingly fails to stop a person under the
age of twenty-one (21) from drinking or possessing intoxicating liquor
on such property, unless such person allowing the person under the
age of twenty-one (21) to drink and possess intoxicating liquor, is
his or her parent or legal guardian, is deemed to be in violation
of this Section.
2.
It shall be a defense to prosecution under this Subsection if:
a.
The defendant is a licensed retailer, club, drinking establishment
or caterer or holds a temporary permit or an employee thereof;
b.
The defendant sold the intoxicating liquor to the minor with
reasonable cause to believe that the minor was twenty-one (21) or
more years of age; and
c.
To purchase the intoxicating liquor, the person exhibited to
the defendant a driver's license, Missouri non-driver's
identification card or other official or apparently official document
containing a photograph of the minor and purporting to establish that
such minor was twenty-one (21) years of age and of the legal age for
consumption of intoxicating liquor.
[CC 1976 §22-61]
Any person who shall obstruct the entrance to any building by
sitting or standing in or about such entrance and there remain spending
his time, and refuse to move or vacate such place when requested to
do so by the owner or occupant of such building or by any Police Officer
of the City, shall be deemed guilty of an offense.
[CC 1976 §22-63; Ord.
No. 1606, §1, 10-1-1991; Ord. No. 2581 §1, 2-5-2008]
A.
A person
commits the offense of harassment if such person takes one (1) of
the following actions and knows, or should reasonably know, that such
action would cause a reasonable person to fear for their physical
safety or the safety of a member of their immediate family or would
cause a reasonable person to suffer substantial emotional distress:
1.
Communicates in writing or by telephone or electronic communications
device a threat to commit any felony; or
2.
Makes a telephone call or communicates in writing or by electronic
communications device and uses coarse language offensive to one of
average sensibility; or
3.
Makes a telephone call or electronic communication anonymously or
under false identification; or
4.
Makes repeated telephone calls or electronic communications. This
shall include instances in which a single action by a person causes
repeated calls or electronic communications to be transmitted to another
person.
B.
This
Section shall not apply to any activity to the extent such activity
is protected by the Constitution of the United States or of the State
of Missouri.
C.
ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATIONS DEVICE
ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATIONS
For the purposes of this Section and Section 210.265, the following terms shall have the following meanings:
Any instrument, equipment, machine or other device that facilitates
telecommunication including, but not limited to, a computer, computer
network, computer chip, computer circuit, scanner, telephone, cellular
telephone, pager, personal communications device, transponder, receiver,
radio, modem or device that enables the use of a modem.
The originations, emission, dissemination, transmission or
reception of data, images, signals, sounds or other intelligence or
equivalence of intelligence of any nature over any communications
system by any method including, but not limited to, a fiber optic,
electronic, magnetic, optical, digital or analog method. By way of
example, "electronic communication" includes, but is not limited to:
electronic mail (e-mail), Internet-based communications, pager service
and electronic text messaging.
[Ord. No. 2581 §1, 2-5-2008]
A person commits the offense of solicitation of harassment if such person makes a telephone call, written communication or electronic communication to a third (3rd) party with a purpose to instigate, urge or incite that third (3rd) party to commit a violation of Section 210.260.
[RSMo. §571.020]
B.
A person
does not commit a offense under this Section if his conduct:
1.
Was incident to the performance of official duty by the armed forces,
national guard, a governmental law enforcement agency, or a penal
institution; or
2.
Was incident to engaging in a lawful commercial or business transaction
with an organization enumerated in subdivision (1) of this Subsection;
or
3.
Was incident to using an explosive weapon in a manner reasonably
related to a lawful industrial or commercial enterprise; or
4.
Was incident to displaying the weapon in a public museum or exhibition;
or
5.
Was incident to dealing with the weapon solely as a curio, ornament,
or keepsake, or to using it in a manner reasonably related to a lawful
dramatic performance.
[Ord. No. 2324 §1, 2-18-2003]
It is unlawful to possess anhydrous ammonia in any quantity
in any container other than a tank truck, tank trailer, rail tank
car, bulk storage tank, field (nurse) tank or field applicator or
any container approved for anhydrous ammonia by the Department of
Agriculture of the United States Department of Transportation.
[RSMo. §571.030.1]
A.
A person
commits the offense of unlawful use of weapons if he knowingly:
1.
Carries concealed upon or about his person a knife, firearm, a blackjack
or any other weapon readily capable of lethal use; or
2.
Sets a spring gun; or
3.
Exhibits, in the presence of one (1) or more persons, any weapon
readily capable of lethal use in an angry or threatening manner; or
4.
Possesses or discharges a firearm or projectile weapon while intoxicated;
or
5.
Discharges a firearm within one hundred (100) yards of any occupied
school house, courthouse, or church building; or
6.
Discharges or shoots a firearm at a mark, at any object, or at random,
on, along or across a public highway or discharges or shoots a firearm
into any outbuilding; or
7.
Discharges or shoots a firearm within the City limits.
[RSMo. §571.060]
A.
A person
commits the offense of unlawful transfer of weapons if he:
1.
Knowingly sells, leases, loans, gives away or delivers a blackjack
to a person less than eighteen years old without the consent of the
child's custodial parent or guardian, or recklessly, as defined in
section 562.016, RSMo, sells, leases, loans, gives away or delivers
any firearm to a person less than eighteen (18) years old without
the consent of the child's custodial parent or guardian; provided,
that this does not prohibit the delivery of such weapons to any peace
officer or member of the armed forces or National Guard while performing
his official duty; or
2.
Recklessly, as defined in Section 562.016, RSMo, sells, leases, loans,
gives away or delivers a firearm or ammunition for a firearm to a
person who is intoxicated.
[RSMo. §571.080]
A.
A person
commits the offense of transfer of a concealable firearm without a
permit if:
1.
He buys, leases, borrows, exchanges or otherwise receives any concealable
firearm, unless he first obtains and delivers to the person delivering
the firearm a valid permit authorizing the acquisition of the firearm;
or
2.
He sells, leases, loans, exchanges, gives away or otherwise delivers
any concealable firearm, unless he first demands and receives from
the person receiving the firearm a valid permit authorizing such acquisition
of the firearm.
B.
A permit
to acquire a concealable firearm shall only be valid for thirty days
after the issuance thereof.
C.
Subsection (A) of this Section shall not apply to the acquisition by or transfer of concealable firearms among manufacturers, wholesalers or retailers of firearms for purposes of commerce; nor shall it apply to antique firearms or replicas thereof. The term "antique firearm" means any firearm not designed or redesigned for using rim fire or
conventional center fire ignition with fixed ammunition and manufactured
in or before 1898 (including any matchlock, flintlock, percussion
cap, or similar type of ignition system or replica thereof, whether
actually manufactured before or after the year 1898) and also any
firearm using fixed ammunition manufactured in or before 1898, for
which ammunition is no longer manufactured in the United States and
is not readily available in the ordinary channels of commercial trade.
[Ord. No. 2381 §1, 5-4-2004]
Notwithstanding any prohibition in this Article, nothing herein
shall prohibit the lawful carrying of a concealed firearm by endorsement
holders to the extent such right is granted thereto by Statute and
not subject to prohibition by local ordinance. The maximum penalty
for violation of any provision shall be the maximum as provided for
other violations of this Code, except as such penalty may be limited
by Statute. To the extent required by law for the enforcement of any
requirement herein as to an endorsement holder, the posting of signs
prohibiting the carrying of concealed weapons shall be displayed at
the entrances to such buildings or property. For purposes of this
Section, an "endorsement holder" shall be such person
who lawfully maintains a concealed weapons permit and endorsement
as authorized by Sections 571.101 to 571.121, RSMo.
[Ord. No. 648 §1, 8-6-1952; CC 1976 §22-74]
Any person within the City, unless authorized to do so, who
shall fire off or discharge any rifle, shotgun, carbine, musket, pistol,
revolver or other firearm, spring gun or air gun, or who shall throw
any pebble or other hard substance by hand, or by means of a sling,
crossbow, India rubber band or bow or by any other means, shall be
deemed guilty of an offense.
[Ord. No. 718 §1, 8-2-1955; CC 1976 §22-76]
No person shall abandon, discard or knowingly permit to remain
on premises under his 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, an opening of fifty (50) square inches or more, and
a door or lid equipped with a hinge, latch or other fastening device
capable of securing such door or lid, without rendering such equipment
harmless to human life by removing such hinge, latch or other hardware
which may cause a person to be confined therein. This Section shall
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. Any person violating this Section shall
be deemed guilty of an offense.
[CC 1976 §22-77; Ord.
No. 1246 §1, 4-18-1978]
Any person who shall set off, use, burn, explode or fire any
firecrackers, fireworks, torpedoes, bombs, rockets, pin wheels, fire
balloons, Roman candles, toy cannons or any other fireworks of a like
kind within the corporate limits of the City shall be deemed guilty
of an offense; provided however, that this Section shall not apply
to parks or other public places, when in charge of competent persons
and under permit issued by order of the Board of Aldermen.
[CC 1976 §22-78; Ord.
No. 1246 §2, 4-18-1978]
Every person, firm, or corporation who shall sell or expose for sale any fireworks, firecrackers, torpedoes, bombs, rockets, pin wheels, fire balloons, Roman candles, toy cannons, toy pistols or any other fireworks of a like kind within the corporate limits of the City shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor; provided however, that this Section shall not be construed to prohibit the sale of fireworks in wholesale lots by any person, firm or corporation for use within the City limits in the manner permitted by Section 210.330.
