A.
A person commits the offense of abandonment of an airtight or semi-airtight
container if he or she knowingly abandons, discards, or permits to
remain on premises under his or 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 (1 1/2) 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, warehouse operator or repair person.
D.
The offense of abandonment of an airtight or semi-airtight container
is an ordinance violation.
A person commits the offense of littering if he or she places,
deposits, or causes to be placed or deposited, any glass, glass bottles,
wire, nails, tacks, hedge, cans, garbage, trash, refuse, or rubbish
of any kind, nature or description on the right-of-way of any public
road or State highway or on or in any of the waters in this City or
on the banks of any stream, or on any land or water owned, operated
or leased by the State, any board, department, agency or commission
thereof or on any land or water owned, operated or leased by the Federal
Government or the City, or on any private real property owned by another
without the owner's consent.
A.
A person commits the offense of unlawful disposition of a dead animal
if he or she knowingly places or causes to be placed the carcass or
offal of any dead animal:
A.
A person
commits the offense of tampering with a water supply if he or she
purposely:
1.
Poisons, defiles or in any way corrupts the water of a well, spring,
brook or reservoir used for domestic or municipal purposes; or
2.
Diverts, dams up and holds back from its natural course and flow
any spring, brook or other water supply for domestic or municipal
purposes, after said water supply shall have once been taken for use
by any person or persons, corporation, town or city for his/her, their
or its use.
B.
The
offense of tampering with a water supply is an ordinance violation.
A.
A person
commits the offense of abandoning a vehicle, vessel, or trailer if
he or she knowingly abandons any vehicle, vessel, or trailer on:
1.
The right-of-way of any public road or State highway;
2.
On or in any of the waters in this State;
3.
On the banks of any stream;
4.
On any land or water owned, operated or leased by the State, any
board, department, agency or commission thereof, or any political
subdivision thereof;
5.
On any land or water owned, operated or leased by the Federal government;
or
6.
On any private real property owned by another without his or her
consent.
B.
For
purposes of this Section, the last owner of record of a vehicle, vessel,
or trailer found abandoned and not shown to be transferred pursuant
to Sections 301.196 and 301.197, RSMo., shall be deemed prima facie
evidence of ownership of such vehicle, vessel, or trailer at the time
it was abandoned and the person who abandoned the vehicle, vessel,
or trailer or caused or procured its abandonment. The registered owner
of the abandoned vehicle, vessel, or trailer shall not be subject
to the penalties provided by this Section if the vehicle, vessel,
or trailer was in the care, custody, or control of another person
at the time of the violation. In such instance, the owner shall submit
such evidence in an affidavit permitted by the court setting forth
the name, address, and other pertinent information of the person who
leased, rented, or otherwise had care, custody, or control of the
vehicle, vessel, or trailer at the time of the alleged violation.
The affidavit submitted pursuant to this Subsection shall be admissible
in a court proceeding adjudicating the alleged violation and shall
raise a rebuttable presumption that the person identified in the affidavit
was in actual control of the vehicle, vessel, or trailer. In such
case, the court has the authority to terminate the prosecution of
the summons issued to the owner and issue a summons to the person
identified in the affidavit as the operator. If the vehicle, vessel,
or trailer is alleged to have been stolen, the owner of the vehicle,
vessel, or trailer shall submit proof that a police report was filed
in a timely manner indicating that the vehicle or vessel was stolen
at the time of the alleged violation.
C.
The
offense of abandoning a vehicle, vessel, or trailer is an ordinance
violation.
D.
Any
person convicted pursuant to this Section shall be civilly liable
for all reasonable towing, storage, and administrative costs associated
with the abandonment of the vehicle, vessel, or trailer. Any reasonable
towing, storage, and administrative costs in excess of the value of
the abandoned vehicle, vessel, or trailer that exist at the time the
property is transferred pursuant to Section 304.156, RSMo., shall
remain the liability of the person convicted pursuant to this Section
so long as the towing company, as defined in Chapter 304, RSMo., provided
the title owner and lienholders, as ascertained by the Department
of Revenue records, a notice within the time frame and in the form
as described in Subsection 1 of Section 304.156, RSMo.
[Ord. No. 903 §§1
— 4, 8-17-1987]
A.
It shall be unlawful for any person, firm or corporation to store,
sell or offer for sale fireworks of any type within the City limits;
provided, however, notwithstanding any ordinance or Fire Code provision
to the contrary, sale of fireworks shall be permitted by local, non-profit,
religious or community service organizations within the City limits
for a period from 10:00 A.M. on the 20th day of June of each year
and ending at 12:00 Midnight on the fifth day of July of each year.
Provided, further, notwithstanding any ordinance or Fire Code provision
to the contrary, it shall be unlawful for any person, firm or corporation,
including local, non-profit, religious or community service organizations
within the City limits, to store, make, sell or offer for sale bottle
rockets, sky lanterns, night lanterns, unoccupied hot air balloons,
parachutes and similar firework devices.
[Ord. No. 1748 §1, 8-20-2012]
B.
Any
such local, non-profit, religious or community service organization
desiring to sell or offer for sale permitted fireworks within the
City limits shall make written application to the City Clerk before
May first (1st) of each year.
1.
All permits issued and approved by the Board of Aldermen are personal
to the applicant and non-transferable. The sale of fireworks or operation
of a facility for the sale of fireworks by someone other than the
license holder shall void the permit and cause forfeiture of the permit
fee.
2.
No permittee shall allow other than unpaid volunteers of said permittee
or organization to participate in any respect in the sale of fireworks
or operation of the place of sale.
3.
All applications must contain the name of the applicant, in addition
to a detailed description of the proposed location and the provisions
to be taken pursuant to fire protection. The site location is limited
to property which is zoned for commercial or industrial use and the
actual stand, tent or facility shall be at least one hundred (100)
feet from any temporary or permanent building.
4.
At each entrance of each place of sale of fireworks, a sign
shall be posted setting forth the dates and times when fireworks may
be fired. Said signs shall further state that no person may fire within
the City limits bottle rockets or any rockets with an aerial trajectory
having a cylinder or cartridge holding a propellant charge, which
cylinder or cartridge is not intended to be completely consumed before
landing. Said signs shall further state that no person may ignite
or use within the City limits unoccupied hot air balloons, sky lanterns,
night lanterns, parachutes or other similar devices that rely on an
open flame as a heat source to heat the air inside the device with
the intention of causing it to lift into the atmosphere.
[Ord. No. 1748 §2, 8-20-2012]
C.
It shall be unlawful for any person to throw or place any fireworks, including pyrotechnic devices, in such a manner that the explosion of same will be likely to endanger or cause injury or damage to any person or property; provided, further, that it shall be unlawful for the person to shoot or detonate fireworks of any nature within the City limits except from 10:00 A.M. to 12:00 Midnight on the second, third, fourth and fifth days of July each year, and special events pursuant to Subsection (E) below. Provided, further, notwithstanding any ordinance or Fire Code provision to the contrary, it shall be unlawful for any person to possess, throw, use, explode, detonate or shoot, within the City limits, bottle rockets, rockets of all types and size and any and all fireworks with an aerial trajectory having a cylinder or cartridge holding a propellant charge, which cylinder or cartridge is not intended to be completely consumed before landing.
[Ord. No. 1748 §3, 8-20-2012; Ord. No. 1766 §1, 5-20-2013]
D.
It
shall be unlawful for any person to detonate any fireworks on any
municipally owned property without specific permission of the Board
of Aldermen.
E.
The shooting or detonating of fireworks is allowed at other times and on other dates than the times and dates specified in Subsection (C) above for special events where a professional pyrotechnician is used to put on a fireworks display. The applicant must obtain prior written approval from the Sni Valley Fire Protection District and provide said approval to the City at least fourteen (14) days prior to the special event. The City may issue a permit for detonating fireworks at the special event at least seven (7) days prior to the special event date. If the City denies the permit, the applicant may request approval from the Board of Aldermen.
[Ord. No. 1766 §2, 5-20-2013]
[Ord. No. 968 §§1,
3, 6-19-1989; Ord. No. 1594 §1, 3-3-2008]
