[Ord. No. 288, 7-3-1995]
For the purpose of this Chapter, certain terms and words are
hereby defined. Words used in the present tense shall include the
future; the singular number shall include the plural and the plural
singular; the word "building" shall include the word "structure" and the word "shall" is mandatory
and not directory. Whenever the following words or terms are used
herein, they shall have the meanings ascribed to them in this Section:
GARBAGE
Refuse resulting from the handling, processing, preparation,
cooking and consumption of food or food products.
LANDSCAPE WASTE
Any accumulation of grass, shrubbery, vines, and trees and
other materials accumulated as the result of the care of lawns, but
not including leaves, shrubbery cuttings and small tree limbs.
PERSON
Any individual, partnership, co-partnership, firm, company,
corporation, association, joint stock company, trust, estate, political
subdivision, State agency, or any other legal entity, or their legal
representative, agent or assigns.
REFUSE
Any discarded matter, including garbage, or any matter which
is to be reduced in volume or otherwise changed in chemical or physical
properties in order to facilitate its discard, removal or disposal.
[Ord. No. 288, 7-3-1995; Ord. No. 361 §I, 8-11-2008; Ord. No. 375, 6-13-2011]
A. The
following activities are not in violation of this Chapter:
1. The burning of leaves, shrubbery cuttings and small tree limbs, year-round,
between the hours of 6:00 A.M. and 6:00 P.M.; provided such burning
is attended at all times by a competent person of a least sixteen
(16) years of age.
2. The setting of fires to combat or limit existing fires, when reasonably
necessary in the judgment of the responsible government official.
3. The burning for legitimate campfire, recreational and cooking purposes
or in domestic fireplaces in areas where such burning is consistent
with other laws, but in no event shall such fires be allowed between
the hours of 10:00 P.M. and 8:00 A.M. No garbage shall be burned in
such cases.
4. Small open flames for heating tar, for welding, acetylene torches,
highway safety flares and the like.
5. Open burning conducted in accordance with a permit granted by the
Missouri Department of Natural Resources.
6. In emergency situations, as deemed necessary at the sole discretion
of the Board of Aldermen and Mayor, the Board of Aldermen, by motion,
may further restrict burning as set forth in the above exemptions.
[Ord. No. 288, 7-3-1995]
It shall be unlawful to cause or allow the open burning of landscape
waste, without having an open burning permit or in violation of such
permit.