A.
A person
commits the offense of abandonment of airtight icebox if he/she abandons,
discards or knowingly permits to remain on premises under his/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 (1½) 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.
[Ord. No. 1302 §§1, 4, 4-14-2005]
A.
No
individual shall dump, throw or leave or cause or permit the dumping,
depositing, placing, throwing or leaving of litter on any public or
private property in the City of Pagedale or any waters in the City
of Pagedale unless:
1.
The property is designated by the State or by any of its agencies
or political subdivision for the disposal of such litter; and such
person is authorized by the proper public authority to use such property;
2.
The litter is placed into a receptacle or container installed on
such property; or
3.
The person is the owner or tenant in lawfully possession of such
property or has first obtained consent of the owner or tenant in lawful
possession or unless the act is done under the personal direction
of the owner or tenant, all in a manner consistent with the public
welfare.
B.
LITTER
PUBLIC OR PRIVATE PROPERTY
Definitions. As used in this Section, the following terms
shall have these prescribed meanings:
Any organic or inorganic waste material, rubbish, refuse,
garbage, trash, hulls, peelings, debris, grass, weeds, ashes, sand,
gravel, slag, brickbats, metal, plastic and glass containers, broken
glass, dead animals or intentionally or unintentionally discarded
materials of every kind and description.
The right-of-way of any road or highway; any body of water
or watercourse on the shores or beaches thereof; any park, playground,
building refuge, or conservation or recreation area, timberlands or
forests; and residential, commercial, industrial or farm properties
located within the City of Pagedale.
C.
Violation And Penalty.
1.
An individual who is found in violation of this Section shall be
guilty of the crime of littering and shall be punishable by a fine
of not less than twenty-five dollars ($25.00) and not more than one
thousand dollars ($1,000.00),
2.
In addition to the fine set out in subparagraph (1) above, the violator
shall reimburse the City of Pagedale for reasonable cost of removing
the litter when the litter is or is ordered removed by the City of
Pagedale, and
3.
The court may publish the names of persons convicted of violating
this Section.
A person commits the offense of littering if he/she throws or
places or causes to be thrown or placed 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 on any private real property owned by another without
his/her consent.
A.
If
any person or persons shall put any dead animal, carcass or part thereof,
the offal or any other filth into any well, spring, brook, branch,
creek, pond or lake, every person so offending shall, on conviction
thereof, be fined not less than twenty-five dollars ($25.00) nor more
than five hundred dollars ($500.00).
B.
If
any person shall remove or cause to be removed and placed in or near
any public road or highway, or upon premises not his/her own, or in
any river, stream or watercourse any dead animal, carcass or part
thereof, or other nuisance to the annoyance of the citizens of this
City, or any of them, every person so offending shall, upon conviction
thereof, be fined for every offense not less than twenty-five dollars
($25.00) nor more than five hundred dollars ($500.00), and if such
nuisance be not removed within three (3) days thereafter, it shall
be deemed a second (2nd) offense against the provisions of this Section.
[CC 2000 §210.185; Ord. No. 1030 §§1 — 3, 2-10-1994]
It shall be unlawful for any person, firm or corporation to
burn or cause to be burned any leaves, paper or rubbish within the
City limits of Pagedale.
Whoever willfully or maliciously poisons, defiles or in any
way corrupts the water of a well, spring, brook or reservoir used
for domestic or municipal purposes, or whoever willfully or maliciously
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 their use, shall
be adjudged guilty of an ordinance violation and punished by a fine
not less than fifty dollars ($50.00) nor more than five hundred dollars
($500.00), or by imprisonment in the City or County Jail not exceeding
ninety (90) days, or by both such fine and imprisonment, and shall
be liable to the party injured for three (3) times the actual damage
sustained, to be recovered by suit at law.
[Ord. No. 1355 §1, 11-13-2006]
A person commits the offense of parking a motor vehicle for
more than five (5) days if he/she parks their motor vehicle on the
right-of-way of any public road or State highway or on any land owned,
operated or leased by the State, any board, department, agency or
commission thereof, or any political subdivision thereof or on any
land owned, operated or leased by the Federal government or on any
private real property owned by another without his/her consent, or
on any commercial property without the consent of the owner of said
commercial property, for more than five (5) consecutive days.
A.
A person
commits the offense of abandoning a motor vehicle or trailer if he/she
abandons any motor vehicle or trailer on the right-of-way of any public
road or State highway or on or in any of the waters in this State
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 any political subdivision thereof or on any land or water
owned, operated or leased by the Federal Government or on any private
real property owned by another without his/her consent.
B.
For
purposes of this Section, the last owner of record of a motor vehicle
or trailer found abandoned and not shown to be transferred pursuant
to Sections 301.196 and 301.197, RSMo., shall be deemed prima facie
to have been the owner of such motor vehicle or trailer at the time
it was abandoned and to have been the person who abandoned the motor
vehicle or trailer or caused or procured its abandonment. The registered
owner of the abandoned motor vehicle or trailer shall not be subject
to the penalties provided by this Section if the motor vehicle 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 motor vehicle
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 motor vehicle 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 motor vehicle or trailer is alleged to have been stolen, the
owner of the motor vehicle or trailer shall submit proof that a Police
report was filed in a timely manner indicating that the vehicle was
stolen at the time of the alleged violation.
C.
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 motor vehicle or trailer. Any reasonable
towing, storage and administrative costs in excess of the value of
the abandoned motor vehicle or trailer that exist at the time the
motor vehicle 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 timeframe and in the form
as described in Subsection (1) of Section 304.156, RSMo.
[CC 2000 §210.640; CC 1990 §205.180; Ord. No. 35 §§1 —
7, 5-11-1950]
A.
No
person within the City shall sell, offer or expose for sale, discharge,
use or explode any fireworks, blank cartridge, toy pistol, cannon
or device in which explosives are used, firecrackers, torpedoes, Roman
candles, pyrotechnic display devices or bombs.
B.
Nothing
herein contained shall be construed to prohibit the sale to or use
by persons holding permits therefor as herein provided of the articles
herein prohibited, or to prohibit the sale or use of sparklers or
colored flares, or the sale of blank cartridges for theatrical purposes,
signal purposes in athletic or sport events, aerial bombs for meetings
or for use by the Police, militia or army; nor sale at wholesale within
the City, provided same are shipped and delivered out of the City.
Civic or public organizations, fair associations or officials in charge
of public parks may purchase and use the articles mentioned for pyrotechnical
displays on permits issued by the Mayor stating the time and place
thereof when the Mayor is satisfied the public safety will not be
endangered thereby.
C.
It
shall be unlawful to store or keep any dynamite, nitroglycerin, gunpowder,
giant powder or other explosives in excess of one (1) pound in any
building, warehouse, storeroom or on any premises in the City, provided
that not to exceed five (5) pounds of gunpowder may be kept in closed
metal canister away from artificial heat or light.
D.
It
shall be unlawful for any person to have charge of any vehicle conveying
more than twenty-five (25) pounds of gunpowder, giant powder, nitroglycerin,
dynamite or blasting powder within the limits of the City for a longer
time than two (2) hours or to permit more than said amount of said
explosives in his/her charge to be upon any street, alley, sidewalk
or public place longer than thirty (30) minutes.
[CC 2000 §210.205; CC 1990 §205.030; Ord. No. 38 §§1 —
5, 5-19-1950]
A.
A "house car trailer" shall mean any structure for or used
for living or sleeping purposes, mounted upon wheels and capable of
being conveyed or transported from place either by its own power or
by some vehicle attached to it, or any tent or temporary structure
in connection therewith; provided that this definition shall not apply
to any vehicle operated over fixed rails.
B.
It
shall be unlawful within the limits of the City for any person to
park any house car trailer of any kind any place in the City for more
than forty-eight (48) hours.
C.
It
shall be unlawful for any person to remove the wheels or other transporting
devices from any house car trailer or to fix such house car trailer
permanently to the ground so as to prevent its ready removal.
D.
This
Section shall not apply to unoccupied house car trailers parked for
purposes of sale by duly licensed dealers in new or used house car
trailers.
