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.
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.