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Cross Reference — As to it being unlawful to allow graffiti remain on property longer than seventy-two (72) hours and unlawful to place graffiti, §220.345; as to regulations of storage containers, PODS, etc., on public and private property, §500.215.
A. 
A person commits the offense of tampering if he/she:
1. 
Tampers with property of another for the purpose of causing substantial inconvenience to that person or to another;
2. 
Unlawfully rides in or upon another's automobile, airplane, motorcycle, motorboat or other motor-propelled vehicle;
3. 
Tampers or makes connection with property of a utility; or
4. 
Tampers with or causes to be tampered with any meter or other property of an electric, gas, steam or water utility, the effect of which tampering is either:
a. 
To prevent the proper measuring of electric, gas, steam or water service; or
b. 
To permit the diversion of any electric, gas, steam or water service.
B. 
In any prosecution under paragraph (4) of Subsection (A), proof that a meter or any other property of a utility has been tampered with, and the person or persons accused received the use or direct benefit of the electric, gas, steam or water service with one (1) or more of the effects described in paragraph (4) of Subsection (A), shall be sufficient to support an inference which the trial court may submit to the trier of fact from which the trier of fact may conclude that there has been a violation of such subdivision by the person or persons who use or receive the direct benefit of the electric, gas, steam or water service.
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Note — Under certain circumstances this offense can be a felony under state law.
A. 
A person commits the offense of property damage if:
1. 
He/she knowingly damages property of another; or
2. 
He/she damages property for the purpose of defrauding an insurer.
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Note — Under certain circumstances this offense can be a felony under state law.
A. 
A person does not commit an offense by damaging, tampering with, operating, riding in or upon or making connection with property of another if he/she does so under a claim of right and has reasonable grounds to believe he/she has such a right.
B. 
The defendant shall have the burden of injecting the issue of claim of right.
[CC 1991 §235.220; CC 1970 §13-51; Ord. No. 148 §3, 5-12-1952]
A. 
It shall be unlawful for any person to place any object on any utility pole or tree within the City.
B. 
The provisions of Subsection (A) shall not apply to any employee or agent of the City acting in his/her official capacity.
A. 
A person commits the offense of trespass in the first degree if he/she knowingly enters unlawfully or knowingly remains unlawfully in a building or inhabitable structure or upon real property.
B. 
A person does not commit the offense of trespass by entering or remaining upon real property unless the real property is fenced or otherwise enclosed in a manner designed to exclude intruders or as to which notice against trespass is given by:
1. 
Actual communication to the actor; or
2. 
Posting in a manner reasonably likely to come to the attention of intruders.
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Note — Under certain circumstances this offense can be a felony under state law.
A. 
A person commits the offense of trespass in the second degree if he/she enters unlawfully upon real property of another. This is an offense of absolute liability.
B. 
Trespass in the second degree is an infraction.
[CC 1991 §235.240; CC 1970 §13-53; Ord. No. 142 §25, 3-22-1952; Ord. No. 493 §§1 — 2, 5-9-1977]
A. 
No person, without lawful authority or without the express or implied consent of the owner or his/her agent, shall enter any building or enter on any enclosed or improved real estate, lot or parcel of ground in the City; or, being upon the land of another, shall fail or refuse to leave the same when requested so to do by the person lawfully in possession thereof, his/her agent or representative; or deposit on the premises of another or remove therefrom any material, substance, earth, dirt, ashes, refuse, turf or other article or thing whatsoever.
B. 
Provided further, all delivery personnel, including letter carriers, whether employed by a private firm or government agency or government-supported corporation, shall use sidewalks and accepted and approved walkways and shall refrain from traversing lawns or other private property not normally used as a walkway by the general public in order to effect delivery.
A person commits the offense of trespass of a school bus if he/she knowingly and unlawfully enters any part of or unlawfully operates any school bus.
[Ord. No. 2010-40 §§1 — 3, 12-9-2010]
A. 
The City Administrator or his/her designee is hereby authorized and directed to place "No Trespass — Violators will be prosecuted" signs on all City-owned vacant lots within Pine Lawn, Missouri.
B. 
A person commits the offense of trespass in the first degree if he/she knowingly enters unlawfully or knowingly remains unlawfully in a building or inhabitable structure or upon real property. A person does not commit the offense of trespass by entering or remaining upon real property unless the real property is fenced or otherwise enclosed in a manner designed to exclude intruders or as to which notice against trespass is given by:
1. 
Actual communication to the actor; or
2. 
Posting in a manner reasonably likely to come to the attention of intruders.
C. 
Any person who trespasses in violation of this Section shall be subject to a fine of up to one thousand dollars ($1,000.00) and imprisonment of up to ninety (90) days in jail or both fine and imprisonment.
A person commits the offense of reckless burning or exploding when he/she knowingly starts a fire or causes an explosion and thereby recklessly damages or destroys a building or an inhabitable structure of another.
A person commits the offense of negligent burning or exploding when he/she with criminal negligence causes damage to property of another by fire or explosion.
A. 
A person commits the offense of stealing if he/she appropriates property or services of another with the purpose to deprive him/her thereof, either without his/her consent or by means of deceit or coercion.
B. 
Evidence of the following is admissible in any prosecution pursuant to this Section on the issue of the requisite knowledge or belief of the alleged stealer that:
1. 
He/she failed or refused to pay for property or services of a hotel, restaurant, inn or boarding house;
2. 
He/she gave in payment for property or services of a hotel, restaurant, inn or boarding house a check or negotiable paper on which payment was refused;
3. 
He/she left the hotel, restaurant, inn or boarding house with the intent to not pay for property or services;
4. 
He/she surreptitiously removed or attempted to remove his/her baggage from a hotel, inn or boarding house; or
5. 
He/she, with intent to cheat or defraud a retailer, possesses, uses, utters, transfers, makes, alters, counterfeits or reproduces a retail sales receipt, price tag or universal price code label or possesses, with intent to cheat or defraud, the device that manufactures fraudulent receipts or universal price code labels.
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Note — Under certain circumstances this offense can be a felony under state law.
A. 
No person shall drive a motor vehicle so as to cause it to leave the premises of an establishment at which motor fuel offered for retail sale was dispensed into the fuel tank of such motor vehicle unless payment or authorized charge for motor fuel dispensed has been made.
B. 
A person found guilty or pleading guilty to stealing pursuant to Section 570.030, RSMo., for the theft of motor fuel as described in Subsection (A) shall have his/her driver's license suspended by the court beginning on the date of the court's order of conviction. The person shall submit all of his/her operator's and chauffeur's licenses to the court upon conviction and the court shall forward all such driver's licenses and the order of suspension of driving privileges to the Department of Revenue for administration of such order.
A. 
A person commits the offense of receiving stolen property if, for the purpose of depriving the owner of a lawful interest therein, he/she receives, retains or disposes of property of another knowing that it has been stolen or believing that it has been stolen.
B. 
Evidence of the following is admissible in any criminal prosecution pursuant to this Section to prove the requisite knowledge or belief of the alleged receiver that:
1. 
He/she was found in possession or control of other property stolen on separate occasions from two (2) or more persons;
2. 
He/she received other stolen property in another transaction within the year preceding the transaction charged; or
3. 
He/she acquired the stolen property for a consideration which he/she knew was far below its reasonable value.
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Note — Under certain circumstances this offense can be a felony under state law.
A. 
A person commits the offense of financial exploitation of an elderly or disabled person if such person knowingly and by deception, intimidation or force obtains control over the elderly or disabled person's property with the intent to permanently deprive the elderly or disabled person of the use, benefit or possession of his/her property thereby benefiting such person or detrimentally affecting the elderly or disabled person. Financial exploitation of an elderly or disabled person is a misdemeanor if the value of the property is less than fifty dollars ($50.00).
B. 
Definitions. As used in this Section, the following terms shall have these prescribed meanings:
DECEPTION
A misrepresentation or concealment of material fact relating to the terms of a contract or agreement entered into with the elderly or disabled person or to the existing or pre-existing condition of any of the property involved in such contract or agreement or the use or employment of any misrepresentation, false pretense or false promise in order to induce, encourage or solicit the elderly or disabled person to enter into a contract or agreement.
"Deception" includes:
1. 
Creating or confirming another person's impression which is false and which the offender does not believe to be true.
2. 
Failure to correct a false impression which the offender previously has created or confirmed.
3. 
Preventing another person from acquiring information pertinent to the disposition of the property involved.
4. 
Selling or otherwise transferring or encumbering property, failing to disclose a lien, adverse claim or other legal impediment to the enjoyment of the property, whether such impediment is or is not valid or is or is not a matter of official record.
5. 
Promising performance which the offender does not intend to perform or knows will not be performed. Failure to perform standing alone is not sufficient evidence to prove that the offender did not intend to perform.
DISABLED PERSON
A person who suffers from a physical or mental impairment resulting from disease, injury, functional disorder or congenital condition which renders such person incapable of avoiding or preventing the commission of an offense.
ELDERLY PERSON
A person sixty (60) years of age or older who is suffering from a disease or infirmity associated with advanced age and manifested by physical, mental or emotional dysfunctioning to the extent that such person is incapable of avoiding or preventing the commission of the offense.
INTIMIDATION
The communication to an elderly or disabled person that he/she will be deprived of food and nutrition, shelter, prescribed medication, or medical care and treatment.
C. 
Nothing in this Section shall be construed to limit the remedies available to the victim pursuant to any State law relating to domestic violence.
D. 
Nothing in this Section shall be construed to impose criminal liability on a person who has made a good faith effort to assist the elderly or disabled person in the management of his/her property, but through no fault of his/her own has been unable to provide such assistance.
E. 
Nothing in this Section shall limit the ability to engage in bona fide estate planning, to transfer property, and to otherwise seek to reduce estate and inheritance taxes; provided that such actions do not adversely impact the standard of living to which the elderly or disabled person has become accustomed at the time of such actions.
F. 
It shall not be a defense to financial exploitation of an elderly or disabled person that the accused reasonably believed that the victim was not an elderly or disabled person.
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Note — Under certain circumstances this offense can be a felony under state law.
A. 
A person commits the offense of fraudulent use of a credit device or debit device if the person uses a credit device or debit device for the purpose of obtaining services or property knowing that:
1. 
The device is stolen, fictitious or forged;
2. 
The device has been revoked or canceled;
3. 
For any other reason his/her use of the device is unauthorized; or
4. 
Uses a credit device or debit device for the purpose of paying property taxes and knowingly cancels said charges or payment without just cause. It shall be prima facie evidence of a violation of this Section if a person cancels said charges or payment after obtaining a property tax receipt to obtain license tags from the Missouri Department of Revenue.
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Note — Under certain circumstances this offense can be a felony under state law.
A. 
A person commits the offense of deceptive business practice if in the course of engaging in a business, occupation or profession he/she recklessly:
1. 
Uses or possesses for use a false weight or measure or any other device for falsely determining or recording any quality or quantity;
2. 
Sells, offers or exposes for sale or delivers less than the represented quantity of any commodity or service;
3. 
Takes or attempts to take more than the represented quantity of any commodity or service when as buyer he/she furnishes the weight or measure;
4. 
Sells, offers or exposes for sale adulterated or mislabeled commodities; or
5. 
Makes a false or misleading written statement for the purpose of obtaining property or credit.
A. 
A person commits the offense of alteration or removal of item numbers if he/she with the purpose of depriving the owner of a lawful interest therein:
1. 
Destroys, removes, covers, conceals, alters, defaces or causes to be destroyed, removed, covered, concealed, altered or defaced the manufacturer's original serial number or other distinguishing owner-applied number or mark on any item which bears a serial number attached by the manufacturer or distinguishing number or mark applied by the owner of the item for any reason whatsoever;
2. 
Sells, offers for sale, pawns or uses as security for a loan any item on which the manufacturer's original serial number or other distinguishing owner-applied number or mark has been destroyed, removed, covered, concealed, altered or defaced; or
3. 
Buys, receives as security for a loan or in pawn, or in any manner receives or has in his/her possession any item on which the manufacturer's original serial number or other distinguishing owner-applied number or mark has been destroyed, removed, covered, concealed, altered or defaced.
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Note — Under certain circumstances this offense can be a felony under state law.
A. 
A person commits the offense of failing to return leased or rented property if, with the intent to deprive the owner thereof, he/she purposefully fails to return leased or rented personal property to the place and within the time specified in an agreement in writing providing for the leasing or renting of such personal property. In addition, any person who has leased or rented personal property of another, who conceals the property from the owner or who otherwise sells, pawns, loans, abandons or gives away the leased or rented property is guilty of the offense of failing to return leased or rented property. The provisions of this Section shall apply to all forms of leasing and rental agreements including, but not limited to, contracts which provide the consumer options to buy the leased or rented personal property, lease-purchase agreements and rent-to-own contracts. For the purpose of determining if a violation of this Section has occurred, leasing contracts which provide options to buy the merchandise are owned by the owner of the property until such time as the owner endorses the sale and transfer of ownership of the leased property to the lessee.
B. 
It shall be prima facie evidence of the offense of failing to return leased or rented property when a person who has leased or rented personal property of another willfully fails to return or make arrangements acceptable with the lessor to return the personal property to its owner at the owner's place of business within ten (10) days after proper notice following the expiration of the lease or rental agreement, except that if the motor vehicle has not been returned within seventy-two (72) hours after the expiration of the lease or rental agreement, such failure to return the motor vehicle shall be prima facie evidence of the intent of the offense of failing to return leased or rented property. Where the leased or rented property is a motor vehicle, if the motor vehicle has not been returned within seventy-two (72) hours after the expiration of the lease or rental agreement, the lessor may notify the local law enforcement agency of the failure of the lessee to return such motor vehicle, and the local law enforcement agency shall cause such motor vehicle to be put into any appropriate State and local computer system listing stolen motor vehicles. Any Law Enforcement Officer which stops such a motor vehicle may seize the motor vehicle and notify the lessor that he/she may recover such motor vehicle after it is photographed and its vehicle identification number is recorded for evidentiary purposes. Where the leased or rented property is not a motor vehicle, if such property has not been returned within the ten (10) day period prescribed in this Subsection, the owner of the property shall report the failure to return the property to the local law enforcement agency, and such law enforcement agency may within five (5) days notify the person who leased or rented the property that such person is in violation of this Section, and that failure to immediately return the property may subject such person to arrest for the violation.
C. 
This Section shall not apply if such personal property is a vehicle and such return is made more difficult or expensive by a defect in such vehicle which renders such vehicle inoperable if the lessee shall notify the lessor of the location of such vehicle and such defect before the expiration of the lease or rental agreement or within ten (10) days after proper notice.
D. 
Proper notice by the lessor shall consist of a written demand addressed and mailed by certified or registered mail to the lessee at the address given at the time of making the lease or rental agreement. The notice shall contain a statement that the failure to return the property may subject the lessee to criminal prosecution.
E. 
Any person who has leased or rented personal property of another who destroys such property so as to avoid returning it to the owner shall be guilty of property damage pursuant to Section 215.300 in addition to being in violation of this Section.
F. 
Venue shall lie in the County where the personal property was originally rented or leased.
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Note — Under certain circumstances this offense can be a felony under state law.
A. 
A person commits the offense of passing a bad check when:
1. 
With purpose to defraud, the person makes, issues or passes a check or other similar sight order for the payment of money knowing that it will not be paid by the drawee; or
2. 
The person makes, issues or passes a check or other similar sight order for the payment of money knowing that there are insufficient funds in that account and fails to pay the check or sight order within ten (10) days after receiving actual notice in writing that it has not been paid because of insufficient funds or credit with the drawee.
B. 
As used in Subparagraph (2) of Subsection (A) of this Section, "actual notice in writing" means notice of the non-payment which is actually received by the defendant. Such notice may include the service of summons or warrant upon the defendant for the initiation of the prosecution of the check or checks which are the subject matter of the prosecution if the summons or warrant contains information of the ten (10) day period during which the instrument may be paid and that payment of the instrument within such ten (10) day period will result in dismissal of the charges. The requirement of notice shall also be satisfied for written communications which are tendered to the defendant and which the defendant refuses to accept.
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Note — Under certain circumstances this offense can be a felony under state law.
[Ord. No. 2011-08 §§1 — 2, 3-14-2011]
A. 
It shall be unlawful for anyone to barbecue, cook or prepare food in any manner on the front of any residential or commercial structure within the City of Pine Lawn, unless authorized by the Mayor and approved by the Board of Aldermen.
B. 
Any violation of this Section shall result upon conviction in a fine of one dollar ($1.00) up to one thousand dollars ($1,000.00) and/or imprisonment for a term not to exceed ninety (90) days.
[Ord. No. 2010-04 §§1 — 3, 1-11-2010]
A. 
All residential structures with front porches that have an opening from the deck of the porch to the ground shall be framed and covered with veneer brick or siding of the same type and color of the exterior walls of the structure.
B. 
Any property owner, resident or occupant violating this Section shall be subject upon conviction to a fine of up to one thousand dollars ($1,000.00) and or imprisonment of up to ninety (90) days.
C. 
The skirting/covering shall have vents installed for moisture control.
A. 
Definitions. As used in this Section, the following definitions shall apply:
MERCANTILE ESTABLISHMENT
Any mercantile place of business in, at or from which goods, wares and merchandise are sold, offered for sale or delivered from and sold at retail or wholesale.
MERCHANDISE
All goods, wares and merchandise offered for sale or displayed by a merchant.
MERCHANT
Any corporation, partnership, association or person who is engaged in the business of selling goods, wares and merchandise in a mercantile establishment.
WRONGFUL TAKING
Includes stealing of merchandise or money and any other wrongful appropriation of merchandise or money.
B. 
Any merchant, his/her agent or employee, who has reasonable grounds or probable cause to believe that a person has committed or is committing a wrongful taking of merchandise or money from a mercantile establishment, may detain such person in a reasonable manner and for a reasonable length of time for the purpose of investigating whether there has been a wrongful taking of such merchandise or money. Any such reasonable detention shall not constitute an unlawful arrest or detention, nor shall it render the merchant, his/her agent or employee criminally or civilly liable to the person so detained.
C. 
Any person willfully concealing unpurchased merchandise of any mercantile establishment, either on the premises or outside the premises of such establishment, shall be presumed to have so concealed such merchandise with the intention of committing a wrongful taking of such merchandise within the meaning of Subsection (A), and the finding of such unpurchased merchandise concealed upon the person or among the belongings of such person shall be evidence of reasonable grounds and probable cause for the detention in a reasonable manner and for a reasonable length of time of such person by a merchant, his/her agent or employee in order that recovery of such merchandise may be effected, and any such reasonable detention shall not be deemed to be unlawful nor render such merchant, his/her agent or employee criminally or civilly liable.
[Ord. No. 2009-61 §§1 — 3, 10-16-2009]
A. 
It shall be unlawful to place type of playground equipment or other type of recreational equipment on the front porch or front yard of any structure in the City including, but not limited to, exercise equipment, doll houses and clubhouses.
B. 
Definition. For the purpose of these regulations, the following definition shall apply:
FRONT YARD
A lot's portion between the required front yard setback(s) and the property line(s) adjacent to the street right-of-way or access easement.
C. 
Any violation of this Section may result in a penalty of one thousand dollars ($1,000.00) and/or imprisonment of ninety (90) days.
[Ord. No. 2009-62 §§1 — 6, 10-16-2009]
A. 
Non-Conforming Fences Prohibited.
1. 
A fence, wall or outdoor area enclosure must comply with this Section to be erected, placed or altered within the City. An existing fence, wall or outdoor area enclosure in violation of this Section may remain, but shall not be remodeled, repaired or replaced unless the structure complies with this Section.
2. 
A non-conforming fence that is damaged by accident, fire and/or an act of nature may be temporarily repaired without a permit from the City. However, if a fence repair requires a permit under Subsection (A)(3) of this Section, the permit must be obtained on the next business day.
3. 
A non-conforming fence needing repairs to over fifty percent (50%) of the fence's total surface area requires a permit. In addition, both the repaired portion of the fence and the existing fence must comply with this Section.
B. 
Definitions. For the purpose of these regulations, the following definitions shall apply:
FRONT YARD
A lot's portion between the required front yard setback(s) and the property line(s) adjacent to the street right-of-way or access easement.
PRIVACY/SECURITY ENCLOSURES
An outdoor area enclosure on an individual lot, tract or parcel for privacy or security purposes.
C. 
Residential Uses.
1. 
In general. In residentially zoned districts, an outdoor area enclosure, such as a fence or wall:
a. 
May be erected upon the rear lot line unless it encroaches upon easements requiring eminent domain access, such as a service alley;
b. 
May be erected upon the side lot lines of interior lot if it does not exceed the height of the front of the residence;
c. 
Shall be constructed using approved fencing materials; and
d. 
Shall not exceed six (6) feet in height unless prior and specific approval has been granted by the City. Requests for a waiver of this requirement must be made in writing and include specific justification, comprehensive plan drawings and such other information requested and/or required by the City. Erected enclosures shall not exceed eight (8) feet in height.
2. 
Privacy fences.
[Ord. No. 2013-028 §§1 — 3, 9-30-2013]
a. 
It shall be unlawful to erect a privacy fence within the City of Pine Lawn.
b. 
Any existing privacy fences that are in good repair shall not be affected by this Subsection; however, with a change of occupancy or ownership this Subsection will apply.
c. 
All fences shall have at least a fifty-percent opening.
D. 
Non-Residential Uses.
1. 
Privacy or security enclosure. Plans for a privacy or security enclosure to be erected in a non-residential zoning district shall be specifically reviewed by and approved by the Board of Aldermen. A privacy or security enclosure may be erected on the rear lot line of any lot, tract or parcel. In addition, the enclosure:
a. 
Shall not exceed eight (8) feet in height;
b. 
Shall not encroach upon any visibility triangle, right-of-way, access or drainage easements or floodways; and
c. 
Shall not exceed the height of the front of the non-residential building if the enclosure is to be erected on the side lot line of any lot, tract or parcel unless prior approval is obtained from the Board of Aldermen.
E. 
No fence of kind shall be erected in front of any building front line in zoning district within the City unless a special exception is granted by the Board of Aldermen.
F. 
Violation of this Section may result in a penalty of one thousand dollars ($1,000.00) and/or imprisonment of ninety (90) days.
[Ord. No. 209 §§1 — 7, 9-12-2005]
A. 
No person shall place, use, keep, store or maintain any upholstered furniture not manufactured for outdoor use, including, without limitation, upholstered chairs, upholstered couches and mattresses, in any outside areas located in the following places:
1. 
In any front yard;
2. 
In any side yard;
3. 
In any rear yard or other yard that is adjacent to a public street. However, an alley shall not be considered a "public street" for the purpose of this Subsection); or
4. 
On any covered or uncovered porch located in or adjacent to any of the yards described in (1) through (3) above.
B. 
The provisions of this Section shall apply to within all of the City of Pine Lawn, Missouri.
C. 
For purpose of this Section, yards are defined as follows:
1. 
The terms "front yard", "rear yard" and "side yard" refer to the open space between buildings and property lines at the front, rear and sides of a property, respectively.
2. 
A side yard extends the full length of a lot as if a line running along the edge of a building was extended to intersect with the rear property line.
3. 
On a corner lot, the open space adjacent to the shorter street right-of-way shall be considered the front yard.
4. 
The rear yard is that yard located on the opposite side of the lot from the front yard.
D. 
The interior of any fully enclosed porch (including, without limitation, a porch enclosed by screening material) that cannot be accessed from outside except through a door that can be locked shall not be considered an outside area for the purpose of this Section.
E. 
Placement of upholstered furniture on balconies or porches located in the second (2nd) floor or any floor above the second (2nd) floor of a building is not precluded by the provisions of this Section.
F. 
The following shall constitute specific defenses to any alleged violation of this Section.
1. 
Such furniture was placed in an outside location in order to allow it to be moved during a move of a resident or residents or removed as part of a trash or recycling program on a day scheduled for such moving or removal.
2. 
Such furniture was located in a yard other than a front yard and was placed in such a manner that it could not be seen from ground level by a person located on a public right-of-way (excluding public alleys) and that it was not visible by such a person unless that person took extraordinary steps such as climbing a ladder or peeking over a screening fence in order to achieve a point of vantage.
3. 
Such furniture was temporarily placed in an outside location in order that it be offered for sale at a yard or garage sale if each of the following conditions exists:
a. 
The furniture is located in an outside location only during the hours of 7:00 A.M. and 7:00 P.M.
b. 
The person attempting to sell the furniture or that person's agent is outside during the period of the yard or garage sale in order to monitor the sale.
c. 
A sign is placed on or near the furniture indicating that it is for sale.
d. 
This defense shall not apply if upholstered furniture is located in an outside location for more than two (2) days in any six (6) month period.
G. 
This Section is necessary to protect the public health, safety and welfare of the residents of the City and covers matters of local concern.
[Ord. No. 2007-26 §§1 — 2, 11-12-2007]
A. 
It shall be unlawful for any property owner or occupant of any residential structure to allow shrubbery in the front yard of a home so occupied by owner/occupant to exceed thirty (30) inches in height.
B. 
Any person convicted of violating the provisions of this Section shall be subject to punishment of a fine not to exceed five hundred dollars ($500.00) and/or imprisonment of ninety (90) days in the County Jail, or both fine and imprisonment.