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City of Excelsior Springs, MO
Clay County
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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.
C. 
The defendant shall have the burden of injecting the issue under Subsection (B) of this Section.
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:
1. 
Into any well, spring, brook, branch, creek, pond, or lake; or
2. 
On any public road or highway, river, stream, or watercourse or upon premises not his or her own for the purpose of annoying another or others.
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.
[R.O. 2012 §230.640; Ord. No. 82-11-2 §1, 11-15-1982]
It shall be unlawful to smoke or chew tobacco or other substances in any manner or form, while a passenger on a transit system bus.
[R.O. 2012 §230.650; Ord. No. 82-11-2 §2, 11-15-1982]
It shall be unlawful for any person to interfere with a transit system bus driver while in the exercise of his/her duties. The term "interferes" shall be defined as the use of or the threat to use violence, physical force, physical obstruction or to harass, pester or otherwise limit the driver's ability to competently perform his/her duties.
[R.O. 2012 §230.660; Ord. No. 82-11-2 §3, 11-15-1982]
It shall be unlawful for any person to conduct themselves in a manner as to infringe upon others while boarding, riding or driving a transit system bus.
[R.O. 2012 §230.670; Ord. No. 82-11-2 §4, 11-15-1982]
No driver of a vehicle, other than a bus of the City Transit System, shall park such a vehicle in any bus zone at the time on any day the City buses are operating; provided, that the bus zone has been clearly marked or otherwise identified.
[R.O. 2012 §230.680; Ord. No. 82-11-2 §5, 11-15-1982]
Any person who shall be found guilty of having committed any of the foregoing offenses in the Municipal Court of the City of Excelsior Springs, or any other Court shall be fined not less than fifteen dollars ($15.00) nor more than five hundred dollars ($500.00), or by incarceration in the City Jail for up to sixty (60) days or by both such fine and jail sentence.
[R.O. 2012 §230.690; Ord. No. 87-1-2, 1-5-1987]
No person shall equip any motor vehicle with any appliance or equipment which may be operated on an ultra high-frequency radio receiving set, or with a communications device tuned, fixed, or tunable to receive or transmit messages on any frequency used by the Police Department or have or use the same in any motor vehicle in this City, unless such motor vehicle is used or owned by a Police Officer or other person whose bona fide duty is to execute, process, make arrests or aid in conserving the public peace, without first securing a permit to do so from the Police Chief upon application made to the Police Chief. In any application so made, it shall be shown to the Police Chief that the use of the appliance or equipment herein is required by the applicant his/her business, occupation or employment, or will be available as an aid in enforcement work in case of public emergency.
[R.O. 2012 §230.700; Ord. No. 90-10-2 §§1 — 4, 11-5-1990; Ord. No. 16-09-04 §1, 9-19-2016]
A. 
Definitions. As used in this Section, the following terms mean:
BODY PIERCING
The perforation of human tissue other than an ear for a non-medical purpose.
BRANDING
A permanent mark made on human tissue by burning with a hot iron or other instrument.
CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE
Any substance defined in Section 195.010, RSMo.
MINOR
A person under the age of eighteen (18).
TATTOO
One (1) or more of the following:
a. 
An indelible mark made on the body of another person by the insertion of a pigment under the skin; or
b. 
An indelible design made on the body of another person by production of scars other than by branding.
B. 
No person shall knowingly tattoo, brand or perform body piercing on a minor unless such person obtains the prior written informed consent of the minor's parent or legal guardian. The minor's parent or legal guardian shall execute the written informed consent required pursuant to this Subsection in the presence of the person performing the tattooing, branding or body piercing on the minor, or in the presence of an employee or agent of such person. No person shall fraudulently misrepresent himself or herself as a parent or legal guardian.
C. 
A person shall not tattoo, brand or perform body piercing on another person if the other person is under the influence of intoxicating liquor or a controlled substance.
D. 
No person under the age of eighteen (18) shall tattoo, brand or perform body piercing on another person.
E. 
No practitioner of tattooing, body piercing or branding shall practice and no establishment in which tattoos, body piercing or brandings are applied shall be operated without a license issued by the Director of the Missouri Division of Professional Registration.
F. 
Any person who violates the provisions of this Section shall be punished by a fine not exceeding five hundred dollars ($500.00) or by imprisonment not exceeding ninety (90) days, or by both such fine and imprisonment.
[R.O. 2012 §245.080; Ord. No. 6680 §1, 5-1-1978]
No person shall drive or move any vehicle or truck within the City the wheels or tires of which carry onto or deposit in any street, alley or other public place, mud, dirt, sticky substances or foreign matter of any kind.
[Ord. No. 18-09-08, 9-4-2018]
Unless authorized to do so by Police or City Officials, it shall be unlawful for anyone operating a motor vehicle to enter a portion of a roadway that has been blocked or barricaded by Police or City Officials, or for any person to enter within any public safety-controlled scene, which has been reasonably marked to prevent unauthorized entry.