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.
[Ord. No. 2006-013 §1, 9-5-2006]
A. Dumping Prohibited. No person shall dump trash, refuse or
solid and/or liquid waste of any kind on public property within the
City limits of Northmoor unless a permit has been issued by the City.
B. No
person shall deposit waste of any kind into any solid waste container
other than his or her own without consent of the owner of such container
or the property owner were such container is stored.
C. Penalty. Penalties for violations of this Section will be in accordance with Section
100.220 of the Northmoor City Code.
[Ord. No. 323 §§1 —
2, 5-6-1997; Ord. No. 2020-017, 10-1-2020]
A. Bonfires,
Rubbish Burning. No person, firm or corporation shall burn or cause
to be burned any bonfire nor shall any such person or entity dispose
of rubbish or yard waste by open burning or cause, allow or permit
open burning of rubbish or yard waste. Rubbish includes, but is not
limited to, waste material from construction or demolition of buildings.
Yard waste includes, but is not limited to, grass clippings, leaves,
tree trimmings including but not limited to limbs, stumps and trunks,
or weeds and the like.
B. Exceptions.
1. Persons, firms or corporations who have received a valid written
permit from the Department of Natural Resources State of Missouri
and presented such permit to the Chief of Police or his/her alternate
and/or the Riverside Fire Department.
2. Warming barrels shall be permitted during daylight hours at a construction
or demolition site provided each site shall be limited to two (2)
barrels of a size not to exceed fifty-five (55) gallons, and further,
provided, that no warming barrel shall be used when the local temperature
is fifty degrees Fahrenheit (50° F.) or above. Material which
emits excessive smoke or noxious fumes is prohibited from use in warming
barrels. Only clean and dried wood may be used as fuel, and it must
not extend beyond the rim of the barrel. No fire shall be started
within thirty (30) feet of any home or residence.
3. The person making or assisting in making fires used for the non-commercial
preparation of food such as barbecuing will be responsible to insure
that said fire is properly controlled at all times and will not leave
said fire unattended until said fire is completely extinguished.
4. The Chief of Police, his/her alternate and/or the Riverside Fire
Department may prohibit any or all outside burning, including burning
permits, or suspend previously issued burning permits when atmospheric
conditions or circumstances may render such fires hazardous.
5. Anyone violating this Section, failing to obtain the proper permit
or violating the conditions for burning specified herein shall be
punished by a fine of not less than one hundred fifty dollars ($150.00),
nor more than five hundred dollars ($500.00), or by imprisonment for
not more than ninety (90) days, or by both such fine and imprisonment.
[Ord. No. 2020-012, 7-2-2020]
For every failure, refusal or neglect by any person to comply with any order from the Platte County Board of Health (as used in this Section "Board") and/or Emergency Proclamation of the Mayor or if any person shall in anywise disobey, disregard or interfere with the enforcement of the orders of the Board and/or Emergency Proclamation, such person shall be guilty of an ordinance violation and shall be punished as provided in Section
100.220.