[R.O. 2003 §215.010; Ord. No. 422 §74.010, 5-3-1984]
A. 
No person shall permit, cause, keep, maintain or do any nuisance, as defined by the laws of the State or ordinances of the City.
B. 
No owner, occupant or person in charge of any house, building, business building, lot or premises shall cause or allow any nuisance to be or remain in or upon any such house, building, lot or premises.
[R.O. 2003 §215.020; Ord. No. 422 §74.020, 5-3-1984; Ord. No. 622 §1, 8-3-2000]
The Chief of Police is hereby authorized to enforce the provisions of Chapter 215.
[R.O. 2003 §215.030; Ord. No. 422 §74.030, 5-3-1984; Ord. No. 573 §1, 6-4-1998; Ord. No. 635 §1, 2-1-2001; Ord. No. 772 §2, 8-2-2007; Ord. No. 797 §1, 6-5-2008]
A. 
The following are hereby deemed and declared to be nuisances:
1. 
Substances Emitting Noxious Odors. All substances which emit or cause any foul, noxious, unhealthy or disagreeable odor or effluvia in the neighborhood where they exist.
2. 
Carcasses Of Animals. All carcasses of animals remaining exposed one (1) hour after death.
3. 
Hides. All green or salted hides left or deposited in any open place.
4. 
Slaughterhouses, Pens In Offensive Condition. All slaughterhouses or pens inside the City which are kept in such a condition as to be offensive, annoying, or disagreeable to anyone.
5. 
Establishments Emitting Noxious Odors, Etc. Establishments emitting or causing an offensive, disagreeable, noxious or toxic dust, vapor, fume, mist or odor.
6. 
Liquid Refuse. All slop, foul or dirty water, liquid, or beer washings, all filth, refuse or offal, discharged through drain's or spouts or otherwise thrown or deposited in or upon any street, sidewalk, lot, park, public square, public enclosure or any pond or pool of water.
7. 
Vegetables Emitting Noxious Odor. All vegetables or other articles that emit or cause an offensive, noxious or disagreeable smell or odor.
8. 
Matters Causing Injury, Inconvenience Or Annoyance To Public. All articles of things whatsoever caused, kept, maintained or permitted by any person, to the injury, inconvenience or annoyance of the public.
9. 
Acts Injuring, Annoying Or Inconveniencing The Public. All pursuits followed or engaged in, or acts done by any person to the injury, annoyance or inconvenience of the public.
10. 
Advertising Devices Over Streets. All hanging signs, ropes, network or other advertising devices stretched over to cross any street or sidewalk.
11. 
Litter, Trash, Refuse Or Debris On Public Or Private Property. All ashes, cinders, slops, filth, excrement, sawdust, stones, shingles, lumber, sheetrock, tar paper, concrete, pipes, wire, plywood, building materials, rocks, dirt, straw, soot, sticks, shavings, eggshells, oyster shells, or cans, dust, branches, limbs, fallen trees, brush, logs, paper, trash, rubbish, manure, refuse, wastewater, fish, putrid meat, entrails, decayed fruit or vegetables, broken ware, rags, iron or other metal, old wearing apparel, all animal or vegetable matter, all dead animals or any other offensive or disagreeable substance or thing thrown, left, deposited, or buried or caused to be left, thrown, deposited, or buried by anyone in or upon any street, sidewalk, park, public square, public enclosure, lot, vacant or occupied, stream or waterway, or pond or pool of water.
12. 
Wrecked, Damaged Or Demolished Or Disabled Vehicles.
a. 
Any wrecked, damaged, demolished or disabled vehicle or portion thereof left or permitted to remain upon any property which is accessible to children for a period in excess of thirty (30) days, and which may be an attractive nuisance to children and constitute a danger to such children;
b. 
Or where weeds, grass and other vegetation is allowed to grow in or around such vehicle;
c. 
Or where such vehicle, or portion or part thereof, may create a fire hazard;
d. 
Or where such vehicle, or such portion or part thereof, may afford a harborage place or breeding place for mosquitoes, flies, rodents, rats and other vermin.
e. 
The term "vehicle" as used in this Subsection shall mean any vehicle designed to travel along and over the ground by use of wheels, treads, runners or slides and transport persons or property and shall include, without limitation, automobiles, trucks, motor vehicles, tractors, wagons, buggies, bicycles, or any part of portion thereof.
(1) 
This provision shall not apply to a business which is duly licensed by the City of Buckner to hold vehicles for sale in the regular course of business;
(2) 
This provision shall not apply to vehicles held for restoration or rebuilding provided that the owner has obtained a "vehicle restoration permit" from the City. Said permit shall be for a period of one (1) year and only one (1) permit may be issued for each business or residence at a time.
f. 
Issuance of a "vehicle restoration permit" shall be contingent upon agreement by the owner to comply with the following conditions or requirements:
(1) 
Vehicle which is undergoing restoration or rebuilding, shall be housed inside a building set aside for this purpose.
(2) 
All parts involved in the restoration, or rebuilding, process shall be kept, or stored inside the same building referred to in Subsection (A)(12)(f)(1).
13. 
Parking Of Motor Vehicles In Yard Of Residence.
a. 
In areas of Buckner, Missouri, zoned District R-1, inclusive, all vehicles must be parked on a parking space as defined in this Subsection. Parking spaces shall be provided in side or rear yards, except that a parking space may be provided in a front yard if the parking space is set back at least twenty (20) feet from the front property line. A "parking space" as used in this Subsection is an area on a lot sufficient in size to store one (1) automobile (not less than eight and one-half (8 1/2) feet wide and twenty (20) feet in length) connected to a public street or alley by a driveway not less than eight (8) feet wide. The portion of the parking space and connecting driveway upon which the wheels of a vehicle travel shall be surfaced with a permanent all-weather surfacing (concrete, asphalt or gravel). Concrete and asphalt shall be required to conform to the APWA requirements, gravel shall be as wide as the widest object to be placed on the parking area, as long as the object to be placed on the parking area to include the length of the hitch of any type of trailer and the gravel shall be two (2) inches deep for the entire parking area.
[Ord. No. 979 § 1, 6-2-2016]
b. 
It shall be unlawful for any person to place, park or store, or cause or permit to be placed, parked or stored, machinery, vehicles or motorized equipment of any type, or parts thereof, not in operating condition, upon a residential premises for longer than thirty (30) days.
c. 
It shall be unlawful for any person to service or repair upon residential premises, or upon adjacent public right-of-way, motorized vehicles or any type which are not the property of the owner, lessee or tenant of such residential premises.
d. 
Motor vehicles shall not be parked in driveways or sidewalks on public right-of-ways.
e. 
A "motor vehicle" as used in this Subsection is defined as any powered vehicle designed for principal use upon public streets or roadways.
14. 
The following are also declared to constitute a nuisance:
a. 
Any motor vehicle, recreational vehicle or trailer that requires a State license without a State license plate that is current and that is parked, stored or otherwise located on any premises within a residentially zoned district or lots otherwise used for residential purposes, other than within a private garage, unless the vehicle is not required to have current State license plates under State law. Any motor vehicle, recreational vehicle or trailer that requires a State license with a State license plate that has been expired less than one (1) month shall be excepted from this Subsection.
15. 
Any growth of weeds, grasses or bushes to a greater height than twelve (12) inches, provided that this shall not apply to planted and cultivated flowers, shrubbery or other landscaping.
[R.O. 2003 §215.040; Ord. No. 422 §74.040, 5-3-1984; Ord. No. 694 §§1–2, 2-6-2003; Ord. No. 1050, 5-6-2021]
A. 
No person shall burn upon his premises or upon any street, sidewalk, or any other place within the City any animal or vegetable waste or other matter without following the requirements set by the Missouri Department of Natural Resources under 10 CSR 10-6.045, Open Burning Requirements, and the requirements of the local fire district.
B. 
Any person engaged in open burning in violation of this Section shall be summonsed for a misdemeanor violation.
[R.O. 2003 §215.050; Ord. No. 422 §74.050, 5-3-1984]
A. 
No business or enterprise, the conduct of which causes or produces any noises, vibrations, smoke, dirt, dust, odors or gases to such extent as to be detrimental or injurious to the comfort, peace or health of other persons, shall hereafter be located and conducted within one hundred fifty (150) feet of any building used exclusively for residence purposes at the time of the location of such business or enterprises; nor shall any building be erected or constructed for the purpose of conducting any business or enterprise therein at a place where the conduct of such business or enterprise shall be unlawful under the terms of this Section.
B. 
No permit shall be issued for the erection of any building intended to be used for the purpose of conducting any businesses or enterprise to be located at a place where the conduct of such business or enterprise shall be unlawful under the terms of this Section.
[R.O. 2003 §215.060; Ord. No. 422 §74.060, 5-3-1984]
No soap boiler, butcher, tallow chandler or meat-packer shall keep, collect or use or cause to allow to be kept, collected or used, any stale, putrid of unsound fact, grease, meat, entrails or other matter, or render of fly out the same, unless done in such a manner that no offensive, disagreeable or noxious smell or odor shall arise therefrom.
[R.O. 2003 §215.070; Ord. No. 422 §74.070, 5-3-1984]
No person shall suffer or allow any putrid or unwholesome meats or fish, decayed fruits or vegetables, refuse, offal, excrement, chamber lye or other filthy or offensive substance or thing to be or remain in or upon any house, building, lot or premises owned or occupied by him or under his charge or control.
[R.O. 2003 §215.080]
No person or business shall discharge out of or from any still house, tannery, brewery, manufactory, shop packing-house, barn, stable, meat shop or other place of business, any foul, disagreeable or nauseous liquids or substances of any kind whatsoever, into any pond, pool or adjoining ground, or into or upon any street, sidewalk, park, public square or other public place.
[R.O. 2003 §215.090; Ord. No. 422 §74.090, 5-3-1984]
The rendering, heating or steaming of any animal or vegetable product or substance creating or generating noxious, disagreeable unwholesome smells, odors or gaseous vapors, shall be done and conducted in steam-tight kettles, tanks or boilers, and such method adopted as shall entirely condense, decompose, deodorize and destroy such smells, odors and vapors.
[R.O. 2003 §215.100; Ord. No. 422 §74.100, 5-3-1984]
Any building, erection or structure which in any way interferes with or impedes the flow of water in any natural watercourse or living stream is hereby declared to be a nuisance, and the same shall be removed and abated by the City; provided that notice shall first be given to the owner of the agent, or the occupants of such building by the Building Code Engineer that such structure interferes with and impedes the flow of the water in such stream or watercourse, and the same shall be removed or altered within thirty (30) days from the date of service of such notice. Such notice shall be in writing and shall be served by the Building Code Engineer or one of the assistants or deputies, by delivering a copy thereof to the person to be notified.
[R.O. 2003 §215.110; Ord. No. 622 §2, 8-3-2000; Ord. No. 797 §2, 6-5-2008]
Whenever the Chief of Police or his designee shall have determined that a nuisance exists on any tract of private property within the City, he shall notify the owner thereof, by personal service or certified or registered mail addressed to such owner at his last known address, or by posting such notice on the premises, of the nature of such nuisance, and that same constitutes a nuisance upon such property, and that a hearing will be held ten (10) days thereafter. Following such hearing, if the evidence supports the finding that a nuisance exists, the Chief of Police may declare the condition to be a nuisance and order same to be abated within five (5) days.
[R.O. 2003 §215.120; Ord. No. 622 §3, 8-3-2000]
The Chief of Police or his designee as defined in Section 215.020 is hereby authorized to investigate any complaint of a nuisance and if such nuisance is determined to be injurious to the immediate safety, health or welfare of the public, said Chief of Police or his designee may verbally notify the owner maintaining such nuisance to abate immediately the said nuisance. Upon failure to abate, such owner(s) maintaining said nuisance may be subject to issuance of general ordinance summons for which such owner(s) may be prosecuted in Municipal Court subject to penalties of Section 215.180.
[R.O. 2003 §215.130; Ord. No. 422 §74.120, 5-3-1984]
The term "owner" shall include the real and actual owner of the fee title, the life tenant, occupant, tenant, lessee, tenant at will, tenant at sufferance, person in lawful possession, adverse possessor, and any other person, firm, partnership, corporation or association asserting or having any right, title or interest in any lot, tract or parcel of land in the City. The land records filed in the office of the Recorder of Deeds of the County within which any such lot, tract or parcel of land shall be located, and any other official record of such County or of the City, may be used to determine the identity of such owners, as hereinbefore defined, as of any given date.
[R.O. 2003 §215.140; Ord. No. 622 §4, 8-3-2000; Ord. No. 797 §3, 6-5-2008]
In the event that such nuisance shall not have been abated within the respective period specified herein, then the Chief of Police or his designee may enter upon said premises and cause such nuisance to be abated forthwith by any appropriate means and the costs of such abatement may be specifically assessed and constitute a lien against the property from which abated.
[R.O. 2003 §215.150; Ord. No. 622 §5, 8-3-2000]
Upon causing abatement of any such nuisance as aforesaid, the Chief of Police or his designee shall determine the costs of such abatement, including as a portion thereof the reasonable costs of administering the provisions of this Chapter with respect to the property affected, such administrative costs not to exceed the sum of five hundred dollars ($500.00), and shall certify a statement of such costs, describing the real property upon which such abatement was accomplished, to the City Clerk as a special assessment upon such real property. Upon receipt of such certification, the City Clerk shall immediately enter such costs as a special assessment against such property. Each such special assessment shall constitute a lien upon the real property described thereon and shall be payable in accordance with Jackson County tax billing. Provided, however, that in any case where the costs of abatement shall have been assessed as additional costs in a Municipal Court action as hereinafter provided, and such cost judgment shall have been satisfied, the special assessment pertaining thereto shall be canceled, and the record satisfied in the office of the City Clerk.
[R.O. 2003 §215.160; Ord. No. 422 §74.150, 5-3-1984; Ord. No. 622 §6, 8-3-2000; Ord. No. 693 §1, 1-2-2003]
Whenever any such owner shall be found guilty of a violation of the provisions of this Chapter in a proceeding instituted in the Municipal Court on complaint of the Chief of Police or his designee as hereinbefore provided, the court shall assess therein as additional costs any unpaid costs which may have been incurred in the abatement of such a nuisance by the Chief of Police or his designee including a reasonable sum not to exceed five hundred dollars ($500.00) for the costs of administering the provisions of this Chapter.
[R.O. 2003 §215.170; Ord. No. 422 §74.160, 5-3-1984; Ord. No. 622 §7, 8-3-2000]
The Chief of Police or his designee may enter the premises upon which such nuisance is situated for the purpose of abating same, with or without the consent of the owner thereof, without being guilty of trespass.
[R.O. 2003 §215.180; Ord. No. 422 §74.180, 5-3-1984; Ord. No. 797 §4, 6-5-2008]
Any owner, lessee or occupant or any agent of any such owner, lessee or occupant having control of any lot of ground or any part of any lot who shall allow or maintain on any such lot a nuisance as defined in this Chapter 215 shall be deemed guilty of an ordinance violation. The Chief of Police or his designee may cause a complaint to be filed against such owner in Municipal Court for violation of provisions of this Chapter at any time. The violation of this provision shall be punished by a fine not exceeding five hundred dollars ($500.00) or such imprisonment not exceeding ninety (90) days, or by both such fine and imprisonment. Each day any violation of this provision shall continue shall constitute a separate punishable offense without necessity of further notices.
[R.O. 2003 §215.190; Ord. No. 422 §74.190, 5-3-1984; Ord. No. 622 §8, 8-3-2000; Ord. No. 923 §1, 12-3-2009; Ord. No. 1090, 5-16-2024]
A. 
It shall be the duty and responsibility of every person owning or occupying any real property within the City of Buckner to keep all trees on that property trimmed in such a manner that there is clearance of at least fourteen (14) feet above any street or alley and a clearance of at least seven (7) feet over any sidewalk. It shall also be the duty and responsibility of every person owning or occupying any real property in the City of Buckner to keep all trees on that property trimmed in such a manner that they do not obstruct the view of any traffic sign or device for vehicle traffic in the direction controlled by that traffic sign or device.
B. 
A tree which constitutes a hazard to the safety of persons or of property, private or public, is a possible nuisance, then an arborist hired by the City together with another City staff member or City Police Officer may enter, at a reasonable time, upon any privately owned property for purposes of inspection and investigation of any tree which may be in hazardous condition. Whenever a written statement is filed with City Hall or the Police Department based on inspection and investigation evidencing that the tree(s) constitute a hazard to the safety of persons or of property, private or public, the City shall proceed to abate in the manner provided by Sections 215.110 through 215.160, inclusive, of this Chapter. Any and all costs borne by the City related to hiring or retaining and arborist shall be paid by the offending property owner.