[R.O. 2010 §100.010; CC 1970 §1-1]
The ordinances embraced in this and the following Chapters and Sections shall constitute and be designated "The Code of the City of Glendale, Missouri" and may be so cited. Such ordinances may also be cited as "Glendale City Code".
[R.O. 2010 §100.020; CC 1970 §1-2]
In the construction of this Code and of all other ordinances of the City, the following definitions and rules of construction shall be observed, unless it shall be otherwise expressly provided in any Section or ordinance, or unless inconsistent with the manifest intent of the Board of Aldermen, or unless the context clearly requires otherwise:
BOARD OF ALDERMEN
The words "Board of Aldermen" or "the Board" shall mean the Board of Aldermen of Glendale.
CERTIFIED MAIL OR CERTIFIED MAIL WITH RETURN RECEIPT REQUESTED
Includes certified mail carried by the United States Postal Service or any parcel or letter carried by an overnight, express or ground delivery service that allows a sender or recipient to electronically track its location and provides a record of the signature of the recipient.
CITY OR THIS CITY
The words "the City" or "this City" shall mean the City of Glendale, Missouri.
COMPUTATION OF TIME
The time within which an act is to be done shall be computed by excluding the first day and including the last. If the last day is Sunday it shall be excluded.
COUNTY
The words "the County" shall mean the County of St. Louis, State of Missouri.
GENDER
When any subject matter, party or person is described or referred to by words importing the masculine, females as well as males, and associations and bodies corporate as well as individuals, shall be deemed to be included.
JOINT AUTHORITY
Words importing joint authority to three (3) or more persons shall be construed as authority to a majority of the persons, unless otherwise declared in the law giving the authority.
MONTH
A calendar month.
NUMBER
When any subject matter, party or person is described or referred to by words importing the singular number, the plural and separate matters and persons and bodies corporate shall be deemed to be included.
OATH
Shall be construed to include an affirmation in all cases in which, by law, an affirmation may be substituted for an oath, and in such cases the words "swear" and "sworn" shall be equivalent to the words "affirm" and "affirmed".
OWNER
The word "owner", applied to a building or land, shall include any part owner, joint owner, tenant in common, joint tenant or tenant by the entirety of the whole or a part of such building or land.
PERSON
The word "person" shall include a corporation, firm, partnership, association, organization and any other group acting as a unit as well as individuals. It shall also include an executor, administrator, trustee, receiver or other representative appointed according to law. Whenever the word "person" is used in any Section of this Code prescribing a penalty or fine, as to partnerships or associations, the word shall include the partners or members thereof, and as to corporations, shall include the officers, agents or members thereof who are responsible for any violation of such Section.
PERSONAL PROPERTY
Includes money, goods, chattels, things in action and evidences of debt.
PRECEDING, FOLLOWING
When used by way of reference to any Section of this Code, shall mean the Section next preceding or next following that in which the reference is made, unless some other Section is expressly designated in the reference.
PROPERTY
Shall include real and personal property.
PUBLIC WAY
Shall include any street, alley, boulevard, parkway, highway, sidewalk or other public thoroughfare.
REAL PROPERTY
The terms "real property", "premises", "real estate" or "lands" shall be deemed to be co-extensive with lands, tenements and hereditaments.
SHALL, MAY
The word "shall" is mandatory, and the word "may" is permissive.
SIDEWALK
Shall mean that portion of the street between the curb line and the adjacent property line which is intended for the use of pedestrians.
SIGNATURE
Where the written signature of any person is required, the proper handwriting of such person or his/her mark shall be intended.
STATE
The words "the State" or "this State" shall mean the State of Missouri.
STREET
Shall mean and include any public way, highway, street, avenue, boulevard, parkway, alley or other public thoroughfare, and each of such words shall include all of them.
TENANT, OCCUPANT
The words "tenant" or "occupant", applied to a building or land, shall include any person who occupies the whole or a part of such building or land, whether alone or with others.
WRITTEN, IN WRITING, AND WRITING WORD FOR WORD
Includes printing, lithographing, or other mode of representing words and letters, but in all cases where the signature of any person is required, the proper handwriting of the person, or his/her mark, is intended.
YEAR
The word "year" shall mean a calendar year, unless otherwise expressed, and the word "year" shall be equivalent to the words "year of our Lord".
[R.O. 2010 §100.030; CC 1970 §1-3]
A. 
The catchlines of the several Sections of this Code printed in boldface type are intended as mere catchwords to indicate the contents of the Section and shall not be deemed or taken to be titles of such Section, nor as any part of the Section, nor, unless expressly so provided, shall they be so deemed when any of such Sections, including the catchlines, are amended or re-enacted.
B. 
The provisions appearing in this Code, so far as they are the same as those of ordinances existing at the time of the adoption of "The Code of the City of Glendale, Missouri", shall be considered as a continuation thereof and not as new enactments.
[R.O. 2010 §100.040; CC 1970 §1-4]
It is hereby declared to be the intention of the Board of Aldermen that the Sections, paragraphs, sentences, clauses and phrases of this Code are severable, and if any phrase, clause, sentence, paragraph or Section of this Code shall be declared unconstitutional or otherwise invalid by the valid judgment or decree of any court of competent jurisdiction, such unconstitutionality or invalidity shall not affect any of the remaining phrases, clauses, sentences, paragraphs and Sections of this Code since the same would have been enacted by the Board of Aldermen without the incorporation in this Code of any such unconstitutional or invalid phrase, clause, sentence, paragraph or Section.
[R.O. 2010 §100.050; CC 1970 §1-5]
Whenever any ordinance or part of any ordinance shall be repealed or modified, either expressly or by implication, by a subsequent ordinance, the ordinance or part of an ordinance thus repealed or modified shall continue in force until the ordinance repealing or modifying the same shall go into effect unless therein otherwise expressly provided; but no suit, prosecution, proceeding, right, fine or penalty instituted, created, given, secured, or accrued under any ordinance previous to its repeal shall in any wise be affected, released or discharged but may be prosecuted, enjoyed and recovered as fully as if such ordinance or provisions had continued in force, unless it shall be therein otherwise expressly provided.
[R.O. 2010 §100.060; CC 1970 §1-6]
When an ordinance repealing a former ordinance, clause or provision shall itself be repealed, such repeal shall not be construed to revive such former ordinance, clause or provision unless it be expressly so provided, and such former ordinance, clause or provision is set forth at length.
[R.O. 2010 §100.070; CC 1970 §1-7; Ord. No. 12-71 §1, 12-14-1971; Ord. No. 17-89 §1, 8-21-1989; Ord. No. 13-02 §1, 9-16-2002; Ord. No. 10-08 §1, 5-19-2008]
A. 
Except as hereinafter provided, whenever in this Code or in any other ordinance of the City or in any rule, regulation or order promulgated pursuant to such Code or other ordinance of the City any act is prohibited or is made or declared to be unlawful or an offense or a misdemeanor, or whenever in such Code or in such other City ordinance, rule, regulation or order the doing of any act is required or the failure to do any act is declared to be unlawful, where no specific penalty is provided therefore, the violation of any such provision of this Code or any other ordinance of the City or of any rule, regulation or order promulgated pursuant to such Code or other City ordinance shall be punished by a fine not exceeding one thousand dollars ($1,000.00) or by imprisonment for a period of not exceeding ninety (90) days, or by both such fine and imprisonment.
B. 
Parking violations as defined in Chapter 355 of the Glendale Municipal Code (except for those violations of Schedule XII to Title III, "Blocking Fire Lane", and Sections 355.100 "Physically Disabled Parking Spaces" and 360.030 "Curb Loading Zones") shall be punishable by a ten dollar ($10.00) fine for each parking violation. If the fine for each parking violation is not paid within five (5) days of the violation, the fine is increased to twenty dollars ($20.00) for each violation. Parking violations as defined in Schedule XII to Title III, and Sections 355.100 and 360.030 of the Glendale Municipal Code shall be punishable by a fine of one hundred dollars ($100.00) for each violation. If the fine for five (5) accumulated parking violations (except for violations of Schedule XII to Title III, and Sections 355.100 and 360.030) are not paid within thirty (30) days of the last charged violation, or if any parking violation of Schedule XII to Title III, and Sections 355.100 or 360.030 is not paid within thirty (30) days, a summons shall be issued to the party or parties identified by the Department of Revenue as the owner or owners of the vehicle or vehicles which are the subject of the issued tickets, requiring a court appearance, and upon a finding of guilty shall be subject to the general penalties of Section 100.070 of the Glendale Municipal Code.
C. 
Whenever any provision of the Revised Statutes of Missouri or other Statute of the State limits the authority of the City to punish the violation of any particular provision of this Code or other City ordinance or rule, regulation or order promulgated pursuant thereto to a fine of less amount than that provided in this Section or imprisonment for a shorter term than that provided in this Section, then the violation of such particular provision of this Code, or other City ordinance, rule, regulation or order shall be punished by the imposition of not more than the maximum fine or imprisonment so authorized by both such fine or imprisonment.
D. 
Each day any violation of this Code or any other City ordinance or rule, regulation or order promulgated pursuant thereto shall continue shall constitute a separate offense, unless otherwise provided.
E. 
The term "misdemeanor" wherever the same may be found in this Code or other ordinances shall be construed to mean and to stand in lieu of the words, "a violation of ordinance".
F. 
Wherever in this Code or other ordinances it is provided as a part of punishment that one may be "imprisoned", this shall be construed to mean "imprisonment in the City Jail or in the Jail of St. Louis County".
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Cross References — As to authority of mayor to remit fines, grant pardons, etc., §105.090; as to municipal court, ch. 125; as to disposition of fines, §125.280; as to penalties of violations of zoning regulations, §400.110.
[R.O. 2010 §100.080; CC 1970 §1-8; Ord. No. 1477 §1, 12-15-1969]
In the event that any person shall make a request of the Board of Aldermen or of any administrative official or Board of the City, which under the applicable ordinance of the City shall require a public hearing be held and that notice of such public hearing be published in a newspaper of general circulation, such person shall pay to the City one hundred dollars ($100.00) to reimburse the City for its costs and expenses in connection with the holding of such public hearing. No portion of this charge shall be refundable. No public hearing shall be called unless the charge has been paid plus any other out of pocket cost incurred by the City.
[1]
Cross Reference — As to board of appeals under the building code, §500.050.
[R.O. 2010 §100.090; C.O. 1948 c. 12 §§7-3 — 7-4; CC 1970 §1-9]
A. 
In all ordinances, resolutions or orders of the Board of Aldermen and in all official notices, advertisements or documents of the City and in all contracts to which the City is a party relating to the time of performance of any act by any officer or department of the City or relating to the time within which any rights shall accrue or determine or within which any act shall or shall not be performed by any person, it shall be understood and intended that the time shall be the official time of the City.
B. 
All clocks or other time-pieces in or upon public buildings or other premises maintained at the expense of the City shall be set and run according to the official time. It is hereby made the duty of the officer or other person having control and charge of such building or buildings and premises to see that such clocks or other time pieces are set and run in accordance with official time.
[R.O. 2010 §100.100; CC 1970 §2-1; Ord. No. 1189, 10-9-1959; Ord. No. 2-83 §1, 1-25-1983]
A. 
The following newspapers which are papers of general circulation in the County and accredited newspapers for the publication of legal notices under the laws of the State are hereby selected and designated as authorized legal publications for the publication of any notice of the City, which the City desires to publish or is required to publish by law. It is hereby ordained that publication of any such notice in any one of the newspapers shall be notice to the world and of the facts therein contained, and shall be in compliance with the requirements of law:
1. 
The St. Louis Countian.
2. 
Webster/Kirkwood Times.
3. 
St. Louis Post Dispatch.
4. 
The Suburban Journal.