[R.O. 2003 §210.040; Ord. No. 476 §75.01.006, 12-7-1989]
No person shall throw, kick, or knock any ball or play any games
on any public thoroughfare as to cause disruption of the traffic flow.
No person shall knowingly or negligently allow violation of this Section
if such person is the parent or custodian of a minor who is playing
in the street.
[R.O. 2003 §210.310; Ord. No. 476 §75.05.002, 12-7-1989]
A.
It shall be unlawful for any person, firm or corporation to throw,
place, scatter, distribute or in any manner deposit upon any street,
alley, sidewalk or other place in the City, any handbill, placard,
poster, dodger or other notice of advertisement.
B.
It shall be unlawful for any person to paste, fasten or in any manner
affix to any curb or sidewalk or public street in the City any drawing,
writing, handbill, placard, poster, dodger or notice of advertisement.
C.
Notwithstanding the provisions of this Section, any business properly
licensed under the provisions of this Code engaged in the occupation
of distributing advertising materials, may distribute said materials
without having obtained prior approval from any such persons so owning
or in charge, custody or control of property upon which said materials
are to be distributed if said advertising materials are bundled together
in a container displaying the firm name, address and telephone number
of the business distributing said materials; provided, however, that
it shall be unlawful for said business to continue to distribute said
materials on property owned by, or belonging to, or in charge of another
person when said person requests said business to refrain from distributing
said materials; and, provided further, that said business shall not
distribute said materials upon vacant or abandoned property in such
fashion as to allow said materials to accumulate in violation of any
other Section of this Article.
[R.O. 2003 §210.490; Ord. No. 476 §75.06.007, 12-7-1989]
No person shall look, peer, or peep into, or loiter around or
within view of any window within a building occupied as a residence
of another with the intent of watching or looking through said window
to observe any person undressed, or in the act of dressing or undressing.
[R.O. 2003 §210.500; Ord. No. 476 §75.06.008, 12-7-1989]
A.
It shall be unlawful for any person for pay to tell or pretend to
tell fortunes or reveal or attempt to reveal future events in the
life of another or by means of occult or psychic powers, faculties
or forces, clairvoyance, psychometry, spirit-mediumship, prophecy,
astrology, palmistry, necromancy, cards, talismans, charms, potions,
magnetism or magnetized articles or substances, oriental mysteries
or magic of any kind or nature, to undertake or pretend to find or
restore lost or stolen money or property, to undertake or pretend
to locate oil wells, gold or silver or other ore or metal or natural
product, to undertake or pretend to restore lost love, friendship
or affection, to undertake or pretend to unite, or reunite or to find
lovers, husbands, wives, lost relatives or friends.
B.
Violations And Penalties. Any person, or anyone
acting in behalf of said person, violating any of the provisions of
this Section shall be guilty of an ordinance violation, and subject
to a fine of up to five hundred dollars ($500.00) and to incarceration
for a term not to exceed ten (10) days.
[R.O. 2003 §210.510; Ord. No. 476 §75.06.009, 12-7-1989]
A.
A person commits the offense of unlawful transactions with a child
if:
1.
Being a pawnbroker, junk dealer, dealer in secondhand goods,
or any employee of such person, he with criminal negligence buys or
receives any personal property other than agricultural products from
an unemancipated minor unless the child's custodial parent or guardian
has consented in writing to the transaction;
2.
He knowingly permits a minor child to enter or remain in a place
where illegal activity in controlled substances, as defined in Chapter
579 of the Revised Statutes of Missouri, is maintained or conducted;
3.
He with criminal negligence sells blasting caps, bulk gun powder,
or explosives to a child under the age of seventeen (17), or fireworks
as defined in Section 320.110 of the Revised Statues of Missouri to
a child under the age of fourteen (14), unless the child's custodial
parent or guardian has consented in person or in writing to the transaction.
Criminal negligence as to the age of the child is not an element of
this offense;
4.
He employs any child under the age of sixteen (16) years to
labor in any smelter, mill, mine, factory, or in or about any business
or employment whatever within the City during the school hours of
any school day;
5.
Shall tattoo any minor under the age of eighteen (18) years
unless the custodial parent, or guardian has consented in writing
to such tattooing of said minor; or
6.
Shall procure for any minor any article which the minor is forbidden
by law to purchase.
[R.O. 2003 §210.520; Ord. No. 476 §75.06.010, 12-7-1989; Ord. No. 581 §1, 9-3-1998]
A.
It shall be unlawful for any minor under the age of seventeen (17) years of age to commit any act in violation of Section 210.1970.
B.
It shall be unlawful for a minor to make false statements, or to
furnish or present any fictitious or false registration card, identification
card, or note or document, or to furnish, present or exhibit such
documents issued to a person other than the one presenting the same,
for the purpose of gaining admission to prohibited places or for the
purpose of procuring the sale, gift, or delivery of prohibited articles.
C.
It shall be unlawful for a minor to engage or utilize the services
of any other person, whether for remuneration or not, to procure for
such minor any article which the minor is forbidden by law to purchase.
D.
It shall be unlawful for any minor to hang onto any moving vehicle.
[R.O. 2003 §210.545; Ord. No. 737 §2, 3-2-2006]
A.
A person who knowingly permits or aids any child to run away from
an institution under the control of the division or a dwelling belonging
to a parent or legal guardian located within the City limits of Buckner
or conceals the child with the intent of enabling him to elude pursuit
is guilty of an ordinance violation and, upon conviction, shall be
punished as provided by law.
B.
It shall be the duty of every Law Enforcement Official and any official
who is designated by the division to detain, with or without a warrant,
any child who shall have run away from a facility or dwelling belonging
to a parent or guardian located within the City limits of Buckner
and to hold him subject to the orders of the division.
A.
A
person commits the offense of forgery if, with the purpose to defraud,
the person:
1.
Makes, completes, alters or authenticates any writing so that it
purports to have been made by another or at another time or place
or in a numbered sequence other than was in fact the case or with
different terms or by authority of one who did not give such authority;
or
2.
Erases, obliterates or destroys any writing; or
3.
Makes or alters anything other than a writing, including receipts
and universal product codes, so that it purports to have a genuineness,
antiquity, rarity, ownership or authorship which it does not possess;
or
4.
Uses as genuine, or possesses for the purpose of using as genuine,
or transfers with the knowledge or belief that it will be used as
genuine, any writing or other thing including receipts and universal
product codes, which the person knows has been made or altered in
the manner described in this Section.
A.
A
person commits the offense of identity theft if he or she knowingly
and with the intent to deceive or defraud obtains, possesses, transfers,
uses, or attempts to obtain, transfer or use, one (1) or more means
of identification not lawfully issued for his or her use.
B.
In
addition to any penalties, the court may order that the defendant
make restitution to any victim of the offense. Restitution may include
payment for any costs, including attorney fees, incurred by the victim:
C.
Any person who commits an act made unlawful by Subsection (A) of this Section shall be liable to the person to whom the identifying information belonged for civil damages of up to five thousand dollars ($5,000.00) for each incident, or three (3) times the amount of actual damages, whichever amount is greater. A person damaged as set forth in Subsection (A) of this Section may also institute a civil action to enjoin and restrain future acts that would constitute a violation of Subsection (A) of this Section. The court, in an action brought under this Subsection, may award reasonable attorneys' fees to the plaintiff.
E.
This
Section shall not apply to the following activities:
1.
A person obtains the identity of another person to misrepresent his
or her age for the sole purpose of obtaining alcoholic beverages,
tobacco, going to a gaming establishment, or another privilege denied
to minors;
2.
A person obtains means of identification or information in the course
of a bona fide consumer or commercial transaction;
3.
A person exercises, in good faith, a security interest or right of
offset by a creditor or financial institution;
4.
A person complies, in good faith, with any warrant, court order,
levy, garnishment, attachment, or other judicial or administrative
order, decree, or directive, when any party is required to do so;
5.
A person is otherwise authorized by law to engage in the conduct
that is the subject of the prosecution.
[Ord. No. 1106 §1, 4-7-2011]
[Ord. No. 1113 §1, 6-2-2011]
A.
No person shall possess any open container of any alcoholic beverage
nor shall any person consume or drink any alcoholic beverage on public
property within the City of Buckner, including but not limited to
any public building, street, alley, sidewalk, public lot, park, recreational
facility, within a vehicle or at a public facility, except as provided
in this Section.
B.
The prohibition in this Section shall not apply to the possession
or consumption of alcoholic beverages within premises licensed to
sell alcoholic beverages by the drink properly located on public property
pursuant to the liquor license of the holder.
[Ord. No. 1231 §1, 1-5-2012]
A.
It is unlawful for any person to linger within 100 feet of any business.
It is also unlawful for any person to linger in any other place, at
any time or in any manner under circumstances that warrant justifiable
and reasonable alarm or immediate concern that the person seeks to
possess, buy, sell or distribute any deadly weapon, illegal intoxicant
or otherwise commit any crime of offense or attempt to entice others
to do so.
B.
As used herein, the expression "linger" means remaining outdoors
in any location in which the individual does not have an ownership
interest or leasehold interest or permission from the owner or lessee
while repeatedly stopping or attempting to stop or interfere with
the free passage of others, repeatedly engaging in or attempting to
engage others in conversation and/or repeatedly stopping or attempting
to stop motor vehicles, by any one or more of these activities with
the purpose of possessing, buying, selling, or distributing any deadly
weapon, controlled substance, illegal intoxicant or for committing
or attempting to commit any crime or offense or enticing others to
do so or to loiter, prowl or wander upon the private property of another,
at any time, without visible or lawful business with the owner or
occupant.
C.
Among the circumstances which may be considered in determining whether alarm or immediate concern as set forth in Subsection (A) is warranted, is whether a person takes flight upon the appearance of a Law Enforcement Officer, refuses to provide identity, or endeavors to conceal himself, herself or any object. Unless flight by the person or other circumstances make it impracticable, a Law Enforcement Officer shall, prior to any arrest for an offense under this Section afford the person an opportunity to dispel any alarm or immediate concern by requesting that the person provide identity, explain his or her presence and conduct, and demonstrate that he or she is unarmed.
[Ord. No. 1256 §1, 11-1-2012]
A.
It shall be unlawful for any owner, occupant, or other person or
legal entity with a lawful right to the use and enjoyment of any property
to knowingly fail to abate any illegal activity upon, or nuisance
related to, the property so owned, occupied or to which such a legal
right exists.
B.
ILLEGAL ACTIVITY UPON, OR NUISANCE RELATED TO
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
As used in this Section, the following
terms shall have the meaning indicated:
Any activity which can cause harm, inconvenience or damage or
otherwise interfere with the enjoyment of life or property or cause
danger to the public by any person upon the property;
Possession, sale or distribution of unlawful substances, products
or services upon the property by any person upon the property;
Knowing failure to report the unlawful possession, sale or distribution
of drugs or alcohol by third parties upon the property;
Possession, storage, sale or other transfer of stolen property
or other contraband within the property by any person upon the property;
or
Any other activity classified as an ordinance violation, misdemeanor,
or felony under any applicable municipal, county, state, or federal
law by any person upon the property.
C.
Upon receipt of written notice from law enforcement authorities that a specified unlawful activity or nuisance has occurred upon the property, the owner, occupant or other person or legal entity with a right to the use and possession of that property shall cooperate with Law Enforcement Officials by immediately taking such steps as are detailed in the written notice aimed at abatement of the nuisance or unlawful activity so described, including, but not limited to, the institution of legal process to evict wrongdoer tenants, the posting of the property against trespassers, or such other actions as are necessary, efficient or prudent. Refusal to cooperate with a valid law enforcement request for assistance shall constitute knowing failure to abate the nuisance or unlawful activity upon the property as prohibited in Subsection (A).
D.
Nothing contained herein shall be read or construed as preventing
Law Enforcement Officials from foregoing commencement of action under
this Section when, in the judgment of such officials, it would be
more appropriate to commence action under relevant State criminal
or civil law.
E.
In addition to the remedies set out hereinabove, the City Prosecutor
is authorized to bring and maintain a civil proceeding in the name
of the City of Buckner in any court of competent jurisdiction to permanently
enjoin the maintenance of a nuisance or the continuation of unlawful
activity upon any property within the corporate limits of the City
of Buckner. The City Prosecutor may cause the actual cost of nuisance
abatement activities by law enforcement to be introduced at trial
as an offset against fair market value of the property as provided
by law.
F.
In addition to the public remedies as set out hereinabove, any person
adversely affected by such prohibited activities may, in addition
to any other remedy available in law or equity, apply to any court
of competent jurisdiction for any order permanently enjoining the
continued maintenance of a nuisance or of unlawful activity upon any
property within the corporate limits of the City of Buckner.
G.
Persons found guilty of violation of this Section shall be punished
by a fine not to exceed five hundred dollars ($500.00) or imprisonment
of not more than ninety days (90) days or by both said fine and imprisonment.
[Ord. No. 1307 §1, 3-7-2013]
A.
It shall be unlawful to walk in the street, as defined herein.
B.
Where a sidewalk is provided and its use is practicable, it shall
be unlawful for any pedestrian to walk along and upon an adjacent
roadway.
C.
Where a sidewalk is not available, any pedestrian walking along and
upon a street or highway shall walk only on a shoulder, as far as
practicable from the edge of the roadway.
D.
Where neither a sidewalk nor a shoulder is available, any pedestrian
walking along and upon a street or highway shall walk as near as practicable
to an outside edge of the roadway, and, if on a two-way roadway, shall
walk only on the left side of the roadway.
E.
Except as otherwise provided in this article, any pedestrian upon
a roadway shall yield the right-of-way to all vehicles upon the roadway.
Any person violating any of the provisions of this section shall be
deemed guilty of a City ordinance infraction and upon conviction thereof
may be fined in an amount not to exceed five hundred dollars ($500.00)
or be imprisoned for a period not exceeding six (6) months. Each incident
such violation that is committed or permitted to continue shall constitute
a separate offense and shall be punishable as such hereunder.
[Ord. No. 1315 §1, 6-6-2013]
A.
The purpose of this Section is to regulate and punish acts of coercive
and aggressive begging and acts of begging that occur at locations
or under circumstances specified herein which create an enhanced sense
of fear or intimidation in the person being solicited, or pose risk
to traffic and public safety.
B.
COERCIVE
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
SOLICITATION
Definitions. As used in this Section,
the following terms shall have the meanings indicated:
To do the following with intent:
To approach, speak or gesture to a person in such a manner as
would cause a reasonable person to believe that the person is being
threatened with a commission of a criminal act upon the person, another
person or property in the person's possession.
To approach a business or residence for the purpose of begging
or panhandling.
To approach within one (1) foot of a person for the purpose
of making a solicitation without obtaining said person's initial consent.
To persist in a solicitation after the person solicited has
given a negative response.
To block the passage of a person, pedestrian traffic, a vehicle
or vehicular traffic while making a solicitation.
To engage in conduct that would reasonably be construed as intended
to compel or force a person being solicited to accede to demands.
To make any false or misleading representation in the course
of making a solicitation.
Any means of asking, begging, requesting, or pleading made
in person, orally or in a written or printed manner, directed to another
person, requesting an immediate donation of money, contribution, alms,
financial aid, charity, gifts of items or service of value, or the
purchase of an item or service for an amount far exceeding its value,
under circumstances where a reasonable person would understand that
the purchase is in substance a donation.
C.
Coercive Solicitation Prohibited. It shall be unlawful
for a person to make coercive solicitation.
[Ord. No. 785 §1, 12-19-2007]
A.
PRE-APPROVAL
PRE-PAID
Definitions. As used in this Section, the following terms
shall have the meanings provided below:
The business has issued an identification card to the purchaser
that verifies and records the purchaser's driver's license information.
Payment in advance for any quantity of gasoline or diesel
fuel sold at any time by cash, credit card, debit card, check or any
other legal means.
B.
Pre-Payment or Pre-Approval Required. Business establishments
that sell gasoline and/or diesel fuel, and their owners and employees,
shall require pre-payment or pre-approval of sales of fuel prior to
activation or authorization of any fuel-dispensing unit or fuel-pumping
device.
[Ord. No. 982 § 1, 6-2-2016]
A.
It
shall be unlawful for any person to violate the terms and/or conditions
of an Order of Protection (Full Order of Protection or Ex-parte Order
of Protection) entered by a court of the State of Missouri or by any
other State, tribe, territory or possession of the United States,
the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, or the District of Columbia.
B.
A
copy of an Order of Protection entered by a court of the State of
Missouri, or a certified copy of an Order of Protection entered by
another State, tribe, territory or possession of the United States,
the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, or the District of Columbia shall
be prima facie evidence of the existence and validity of the Order
of Protection.
C.
Refusal
of the person whose benefit the Order of Protection was issued to
sign a complaint or to testify shall not be a defense to a violation
of any Order of Protection.
[Ord. No. 985 § 1, 7-21-2016]
In conjunction with Jackson County, an emergency telephone service
pursuant to Sections 190.300 to 190.320, RSMo., has been established,
and it shall be unlawful for any person to misuse the emergency telephone
service. For the purposes of this Section, "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,
"misuse of 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 "repeatedly" means three
(3) or more times within a one (1) month period.
