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.
A. 
A person commits the offense of abandoning a vehicle, vessel, or trailer if he or she knowingly abandons any vehicle, vessel, or trailer on:
1. 
The right-of-way of any public road or State highway;
2. 
On or in any of the waters in this State;
3. 
On the banks of any stream;
4. 
On any land or water owned, operated or leased by the State, any board, department, agency or commission thereof, or any political subdivision thereof;
5. 
On any land or water owned, operated or leased by the Federal government; or
6. 
On any private real property owned by another without his or her consent.
B. 
For purposes of this Section, the last owner of record of a vehicle, vessel, or trailer found abandoned and not shown to be transferred pursuant to Sections 301.196 and 301.197, RSMo., shall be deemed prima facie evidence of ownership of such vehicle, vessel, or trailer at the time it was abandoned and the person who abandoned the vehicle, vessel, or trailer or caused or procured its abandonment. The registered owner of the abandoned vehicle, vessel, or trailer shall not be subject to the penalties provided by this Section if the vehicle, vessel, or trailer was in the care, custody, or control of another person at the time of the violation. In such instance, the owner shall submit such evidence in an affidavit permitted by the court setting forth the name, address, and other pertinent information of the person who leased, rented, or otherwise had care, custody, or control of the vehicle, vessel, or trailer at the time of the alleged violation. The affidavit submitted pursuant to this Subsection shall be admissible in a court proceeding adjudicating the alleged violation and shall raise a rebuttable presumption that the person identified in the affidavit was in actual control of the vehicle, vessel, or trailer. In such case, the court has the authority to terminate the prosecution of the summons issued to the owner and issue a summons to the person identified in the affidavit as the operator. If the vehicle, vessel, or trailer is alleged to have been stolen, the owner of the vehicle, vessel, or trailer shall submit proof that a police report was filed in a timely manner indicating that the vehicle or vessel was stolen at the time of the alleged violation.
C. 
The offense of abandoning a vehicle, vessel, or trailer is an ordinance violation.
D. 
Any person convicted pursuant to this Section shall be civilly liable for all reasonable towing, storage, and administrative costs associated with the abandonment of the vehicle, vessel, or trailer. Any reasonable towing, storage, and administrative costs in excess of the value of the abandoned vehicle, vessel, or trailer that exist at the time the property is transferred pursuant to Section 304.156, RSMo., shall remain the liability of the person convicted pursuant to this Section so long as the towing company, as defined in Chapter 304, RSMo., provided the title owner and lienholders, as ascertained by the Department of Revenue records, a notice within the time frame and in the form as described in Subsection 1 of Section 304.156, RSMo.
[Ord. No. 3386, 8-17-2020]
A. 
It shall be unlawful for any owner, occupant, or other person or legal entity with a lawful right to the use of any property to knowingly fail to abate any illegal activity upon, or nuisance related to, the property so owned, occupied or to which such a legal right exists.
B. 
As used herein, the expression "illegal activity upon, or nuisance related to" any property means:
1. 
Any activity which can cause harm, inconvenience or damage or otherwise interfere with the enjoyment of life or property or cause danger to the public by any person upon the property; or
2. 
Possession, sale or distribution of unlawful substances, products, or services upon the property by any person upon the property; or
3. 
Knowingly fail to report the unlawful possession, sale or distribution of drugs or alcohol by third parties upon the property; or
4. 
Possession, storage, sale or other transfer of stolen property or other contraband within the property by any person upon the property; or
5. 
Any other activity classified as a violation, misdemeanor, or felony under any applicable municipal, county, State or Federal law by any person upon the property.
C. 
Upon receipt of written notice from law enforcement authorities that a specified unlawful activity or nuisance has occurred upon the property, the owner, occupant or other person or legal entity with a right to use and possession of that property shall cooperate with law enforcement officials by immediately taking such steps as are detailed in the written notice aimed at abatement of the nuisance or unlawful activity so described, including, but not limited to, the institution of legal process to evict wrongdoer tenants, the posting of the property against trespassers, or such other actions as are necessary, efficient or prudent. Refusal to cooperate with a valid law enforcement request for assistance shall constitute knowing failure to abate the nuisance or unlawful activity upon the property as prohibited in Subsection (A).
D. 
Nothing contained herein shall be read or construed as preventing law enforcement officials from foregoing commencement of action under this section when, in the judgment of such officials, it would be more appropriate to commence action under relevant State criminal or civil law.
E. 
In addition to the remedies set out hereinabove, the City Attorney is authorized to bring and maintain a civil proceeding in the name of the City of Pleasant Valley in any court of competent jurisdiction to permanently enjoin the maintenance of a nuisance or the continuation of unlawful activity upon any property within the corporate limits of the City of Pleasant Valley and/or for condemnation. In the event an action for condemnation is commenced, the City Attorney may cause the actual cost of nuisance abatement activities by law enforcement to be introduced at trial as an offset against fair market value of the property as provided by law.
F. 
In addition to the public remedies as set out hereinabove, any person adversely affected by such prohibited activities may, in addition to any other remedy available in law or equity, apply to any court of competent jurisdiction for any order permanently enjoining the continued maintenance of a nuisance or of unlawful activity upon any property within the corporate limits of the City of Pleasant Valley.
G. 
Violation. Any person violating the provisions of this section or neglecting or refusing to comply therewith shall upon conviction therefor be punished, by imprisonment for a period of not more than ninety (90) days, or by a fine of not more than five hundred dollars ($500.00), or by both such fine and imprisonment.