[Ord. No. 932 §10.1140, 11-3-1980]
It shall be unlawful for any person, within this City to make,
use, or process on his person or under his control any object containing
dynamite or any other explosive or highly combustible substance whereby
such explosive or highly combustible substance or chemical may be
ignited or exploded, and capable of causing bodily injury or death
to persons, or damage or destruction to property, provided that this
Section shall not apply to the lawful possession of such explosives
by Peace Officers and members of the military forces in the regular
discharge of their duties as such.
[Ord. No. 932 §10.1145, 11-3-1980]
Whoever willfully or maliciously poisons, defiles or in any
way corrupts the water of a well, spring, brook or reservoir used
for domestic or municipal purposes, or whoever willfully or maliciously
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 their use, shall
be adjudged guilty of a misdemeanor, and punished by a fine not less
than fifty dollars ($50.00) nor more than five hundred dollars ($500.00),
or by imprisonment in the County Jail not exceeding ninety (90) days,
or by both such fine and imprisonment, and shall be liable to the
party injured for three (3) times the actual damage sustained, to
be recovered by suit at law.
[Ord. No. 932 §10.1150, 11-3-1980]
A. No
person, firm, corporation or political Subdivision shall construct
or use any waste disposal well located in this State.
B. As
used in this Section
"waste disposal well" shall mean any subsurface void, porous formation or cavity, natural or artificial, used for the disposal of liquid or semi-aqueous wastes except as excluded in Subsection
(C) of this Section.
C. "Waste disposal well" shall not include:
1. Sanitary landfill or surface mining pits used for the disposal of
non-putrescible solid wastes as defined in Section 64.460, RSMo.;
2. Cesspools used solely for disposal of waste from private residences;
or
3. Septic tanks used solely for disposal of waste.
D. It
shall not be a violation of this Section to:
1. Inject or return water into subsurface formations pursuant to Chapter
644, RSMo, and Section 192.020, RSMo, in connection with the following
instances:
2. Inject or return fluids into subsurface formations in connection
with oil or gas operations regulated by the State Oil and Gas Council
pursuant to Chapter 259, RSMo.; or
a. Any groundwater heat pump injection/withdrawal well that is limited
to a single-family residence;
b. Any groundwater heat pump injection/withdrawal well that is limited
to eight or less single-family residences as long as the combined
injection/withdrawal rate is less than six hundred thousand British
Thermal Units per hour;
c. All other uses of groundwater heat pump injection/withdrawal wells
shall be subject to a permitting procedure as established and regulated
by the clean water commission; or
3. Backfill cavities as an integral part of the mining operation with
aggregate or other material obtained from that operation to either
reduce accumulation of waste on the surface or to provide additional
ground support in the mined-out areas or to inundate such cavities
with water devoid of toxic liquid wastes, but the person, firm or
corporation who so backfills may not do so without the consent of
the owner of the property to be backfilled.
E. Each
day of violation constitutes a separate offense.
[Ord. No. 932 §10.1260, 11-3-1980; Ord. No. 04-07 §§1 — 2, 4-6-2004; Ord. No. 12-06 §§1 — 2, 6-5-2012]
A. It
shall be unlawful for any person to sell, give away or otherwise dispose
of, or shoot, set off, explode or cause to be exploded in the corporate
limits of the City of Albany, Missouri, any fire crackers, rockets,
torpedoes, or other fireworks of an explosive character.
B. Provided
however, that the Mayor shall have authority to grant permits to any
person on such occasions as he may deem proper, suspending the provisions
of this Section for such time as may be specifically set out in said
permit.
C. It
shall be unlawful, within this City, for any person to throw any fireworks
from a vehicle.
D. Exception.
1. Exception for sales. Fireworks may be sold within
previously designated areas of the City limits of Albany beginning
June twentieth (20th) and continuing through July fifth (5th), during
the hours of 8:00 A.M. and Midnight each day.
2. Exception for exploding. Fireworks may be exploded
within previously designated areas of the City limits of Albany beginning
June twentieth (20th) and ending July third (3rd), from 3:00 P.M.
to 10:00 P.M. On July fourth (4th) fireworks may be exploded within
previously designated areas of the City limits of Albany beginning
at 8:00 A.M. and ending at 1:00 A.M. on July fifth (5th).
E. The
firing, setting off or discharging of other fireworks not herein described
shall be permitted.
[Ord. No. 981 §1(10.1261), 5-1-1984]
A. Notwithstanding Section
210.890 of this Article and any subpart thereof, no person shall ignite, discharge, cause to impact, shoot, set off, explode or cause to be exploded any firecracker, rocket, torpedo or other fireworks of an explosive character, within the following described prohibited areas, wherein such activities shall at all times be totally banned:
1. All areas designated on the official City Planning and Zoning Map
for commercial use.
2. All areas designated on the official City Planning and Zoning Map
for manufacturing or industrial use.
3. All areas designated on the official City Planning and Zoning Map
for public and semi-public use.
B. The ban is the area designated in Subsection
A(1), and shall be total, notwithstanding any provision of Section
210.890(B), and shall be in effect even during such times as the discharge of fireworks may be allowed in other areas of the City, except that the Mayor shall have authority to grant permits, to be given in writing, upon application, to any person on such occasions as he or she may deem proper, suspending any of the provisions of this Section for such time as may be specifically set out in said permit.
C. Punishment for violation of this Section shall be as prescribed by Section
100.040 of this Code of the City of Albany, Missouri.
[Ord. No. 932 §10.1270, 11-3-1980]
It shall be unlawful for any owner or occupant of any building
or vacant lot fronting on any sidewalk to fail or neglect to clear
said sidewalk in front or alongside of said building or vacant lot,
of snow or ice within ten (10) hours after the same has accumulated
thereof.
[Ord. No. 932 §10.1280, 11-3-1980]
It shall be unlawful for any person in this City to dig or cause
to be dug or to make any excavation in or adjoining any highway, thoroughfare,
or other public place or to dig any well, cistern, or vault, and to
leave the same open or exposed and without a sufficient fence or other
protection around it, or to suffer or permit any cellar door or grating,
opening on any street or thoroughfare, to be and remain open or in
an unsafe or dangerous condition, whereby persons may be in danger
of falling in or over such cellar door or into such cellar or vault.