[Ord. No. 333 §1 — 3, 7-26-1999; Ord. No. 884, 7-3-2017; Ord. No. 919, 6-18-2018]
A. 
It is hereby declared to be unlawful and an offense for any person or business establishment to sell, vend, barter or display any form of fireworks, firecrackers, torpedoes, Roman candles, sparklers, smoke bombs, aerial bombs or any other form of fireworks which may be developed now or at a later date in any residentially zoned area of the City. Any person or business establishment selling, vending, bartering or displaying any form of fireworks developed now or at a later date, must further comply with all of the Statutes of the State of Missouri regarding such fireworks sales locations and collection and remittance of sales tax. Date, time and location exemption for shooting, igniting, throwing or causing any explosion or ignition of any form of fireworks is noted in Section 210.680(B).
B. 
It is hereby declared to be unlawful and an offense for any person to shoot, ignite, throw or otherwise cause the explosion or ignition of any form of fireworks within the corporate City limits of the City of Rogersville, Missouri, at any time or any day with the exception of July 4 of each year between the hours of 12:00 noon and 10:00 p.m. This Subsection does not apply to any City-authorized fireworks presentation.
C. 
Every person who shall be convicted of violation of the provisions of this Section shall be punished by a fine of not less than one hundred dollars ($100.00) or more than five hundred dollars ($500.00) or by imprisonment of not more than three (3) months, or by both such fine and imprisonment, together with all costs.
D. 
In the event of a red flag warning, or other event making the use of pyrotechnics inadvisable or dangerous to the general public, the Board of Aldermen or Logan Rogersville Fire Protection District Chief may restrict or disallow the use of pyrotechnics in the City of Rogersville.
[Ord. No. 154 §§1 — 5, 6-1-1982]
A. 
Every person who may be found loitering in or upon any public street, highway, alley, road, park, playground, public ground, public place or public building, place of amusement and entertainment, vacant lot or any other unsupervised place in the City of Rogersville or wandering from place to place, without any visible means of support, shall be deemed a vagrant.
B. 
No person, except the owner, tenant or other person in possession or their invitees, shall loiter upon or about any public or private parking lot, nor upon any parking lot provided for the costumers, business invitees or employees of any commercial or industrial establishments at any time any such public or private parking lot shall be closed to use by the public or any such commercial or industrial lot shall be closed to use by customers, business invitees and employees. Any such person found loitering upon any such lot or facility at any time that signs have been previously erected giving notice that the lot is closed to use shall be presumptively upon the lot in violation of this Section, which presumption shall be rebuttable.
C. 
It shall be unlawful for any person to loiter on the grounds of or within the buildings of any public or private kindergarten, grade or high school when such school is in session and when such school is not in session, and it shall be unlawful for any person so loitering to refuse to leave immediately such building or grounds upon request of the principal or other person in charge thereof. This Section shall not apply in the case of any particular school to employees, school-approved volunteer aides or students of such particular school.
[Ord. No. 338 §§1 — 9, 9-16-1999]
A. 
It shall be unlawful for any person, individual, partnership, firm or corporation to burn or allow the burning on premises owned or controlled by them of leaves, brush and broken tree limbs without first obtaining from the City Clerk a permit for such burning.
B. 
It shall be unlawful for any person, individual, firm, partnership or corporation to burn or allow such burning on premises owned or controlled by them of scrap building material without first obtaining a permit from the Department of Natural Resources. This permit must be filed with the City Clerk prior to any burning of scrap building material.
C. 
The City Clerk shall issue a permit for burning of leaves, brush, wood scraps and tree limbs upon application by the person, individual, partnership, firm or corporation. Said application shall state the time and place of the burning and the person responsible for supervising the burning. This permit will be issued only after obtaining permission from the fire control authority having jurisdiction. There will be no charge for the permit.
D. 
The permit shall be issued only when weather conditions are favorable to burning and for the burning of applicant's own accumulation of such leaves, brush or broken tree limbs. Leaves, brush or broken tree limbs hauled to the location of burning from another source and representing a collection of such materials from other than the applicant is hereby prohibited.
E. 
The applicant for any such burning permit shall be responsible for the supervision of all such authorized burning and shall be subject to the penalties of this Section if any burning is unattended.
F. 
Open burning shall be allowed without prior notification to the fire control authority having jurisdiction for recreational fires, highway safety flares, smudge pots and similar occupational needs.
G. 
The provisions of Subsections (A), (B), (C), (D), (E) and (F) of this Section shall be applicable to all property and locations within the City limits of Rogersville.
H. 
It shall be unlawful for any person, individual, firm, partnership or corporation to burn or allow the burning at any time, on premises owned or controlled by them, with or without a permit, and whether in the open or in a container or incinerator, of any papers, trash, garbage, refuse, debris, or any other material not specifically authorized by this Section with a permit or other material not specifically authorized by this Section with a permit, at any location within the City of Rogersville.
I. 
Any person, individual, firm, partnership or corporation violating this Section shall, upon conviction thereof, be subject to the payment of a fine of not less than fifty dollars ($50.00) or more than five hundred dollars ($500.00).
[Ord. No. 487 §§1 — 9, 8-1-2005]
A. 
It shall be unlawful for any person to knowingly bring any animal into any emergency shelter designated by the City of Rogersville.
B. 
Notwithstanding the general prohibition contained in Subsection (A), any person with a visual, aural or physical disability shall not be in violation of the terms of Subsection (A) when accompanied by an assistive animal specifically trained for such purpose; provided that such person shall be liable for any damage done to the premises or facility by such assistive animal.
C. 
Notwithstanding the general prohibition contained in Subsection (A), any trainer from a recognized training center of an assistive animal shall not be in violation of the terms of Subsection (A) when accompanied by an assistive animal while engaged in the training of such assistive animal; provided that such person shall be liable for any damage done to the premises or facility by such assistive animal.
D. 
It shall be unlawful for any person to knowingly bring an alcoholic beverage into any emergency shelter designated by the City of Rogersville or to consume such on the premises.
E. 
It shall be unlawful for any person to knowingly bring tobacco products into any emergency shelter designated by the City of Rogersville or to consume such on the premises.
F. 
It shall be unlawful for any person to speak profanity in any emergency shelter designated by the City of Rogersville.
G. 
It shall be unlawful for any person to engage in disorderly conduct in any emergency shelter designated by the City of Rogersville. For the purposes of this Section, "disorderly conduct" shall be defined as any behavior which would disturb the peace or well-being of a reasonable person.
H. 
Unless otherwise provided, any person who violates the provisions herein shall be guilty of an offense and shall, upon conviction therefore, be fined in a sum of not more than five hundred dollars ($500.00) or by imprisonment not to exceed six (6) months, or by both such fine and imprisonment.
I. 
For the purposes herein, an "assistive animal" is defined as any guide dog, service dog or hearing dog specifically trained to assist a person with a physical disability by performing necessary physical tasks which the person cannot perform including, but not limited to, pulling a wheelchair, retrieving items and carrying supplies.
[Ord. No. 515 §§1 — 5, 3-6-2006]
A. 
Definitions. As used in this Section, the following terms shall have these prescribed meanings:
CITY OR ROGERSVILLE
The corporate limits of the City of Rogersville proper as well as any City, corporation, business, school or individual connected to or using the Rogersville Sanitary Sewer or Stormwater System.
CLEANING AGENT
A laundry detergent, dishwashing compound, household cleaner, metal cleaner, degreasing compound, commercial cleaner, industrial cleaner, phosphate compound or other substance that is intended to be used for cleaning purposes.
PHOSPHORUS
Elemental phosphorus.
B. 
Exemptions. This Section does not apply to a cleaning agent that is:
1. 
A detergent used in dairy, beverage or food processing cleaning equipment;
2. 
A phosphoric acid product, including a sanitizer, brightener, acid cleaner or metal conditioner;
3. 
A detergent used in hospitals, veterinary hospitals or clinics or health care facilities or in agricultural production;
4. 
A detergent used by industry for metal cleaning or conditioning;
5. 
Manufactured, stored or distributed for use or sale outside of the State;
6. 
Used in any laboratory, including a biological laboratory, research facility, chemical laboratory and engineering laboratory;
7. 
Used in a commercial laundry that provides laundry services for a hospital, health care facility or veterinary hospital.
The duration of these exemptions shall be for one (1) year after this Section becomes effective, at which time exemptions shall be reviewed.
C. 
Restrictions.
1. 
Except as provided in Subsection (B) of this Section, a person shall not use, sell, manufacture, distribute or dispose within the City of Rogersville any cleaning agent that contains more than zero percent (0.0%) phosphorus by weight expressed as elemental phosphorus except for an amount not exceeding one-half of one percent (0.5%) phosphorus that is incidental to manufacturing.
2. 
A person shall not use, sell, manufacture, distribute or dispose within the City of Rogersville any cleaning agent used in a dishwashing machine, whether commercial or household that exceeds eight and seven tenths percent (8.7%) phosphorus by weight.
D. 
Seizure Of Products In Violation. Any cleaning agent held for sale, distribution or use in violation of this Section may be seized by any authorized City official or agent. The seized cleaning agents are considered forfeited.
E. 
Penalties. Any person violating any provision of this Section shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be punished by a fine of not less than twenty-five dollars ($25.00) and not more than five hundred dollars ($500.00). If a violation continues, each day's violation shall be deemed a separate violation.
[Ord. No. 914, 6-4-2018]
A. 
Premises and exterior property shall be maintained free from weeds, tall grass or non-tree vegetation in excess of twelve (12) inches. The owner or agent having charge of or possession of the property shall keep the weeds, tall grass or non-tree vegetation growing on such property cut and removed in excess of twelve (12) inches.
B. 
Upon failure of the owner or agent having charge of or possession of the property to cut and destroy weeds, tall grass or non-tree vegetation within five (5) days after service of a violation, they shall be subject to prosecution as an offense in accordance with Section 210.005 of the City Code with penalties as prescribed in Section 210.007 of the City Code.
C. 
Each day that a violation continues after said five (5) day notice shall be deemed a separate offense.