[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.