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.
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:
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.
See Section 215.030 of this Code concerning abandoned vehicle regulations.
No person shall fire or shoot off any consumer fireworks within
the City except during the "fireworks season" as defined in Section
320.106, RSMo., provided that this Section shall not apply to the
use or discharge of fireworks as above described in public parks or
other public places when in charge of a competent person or persons
and under a permit issued by the Board of Aldermen for the use of
such fireworks.
A.
A person
shall be guilty of disorderly conduct if, with the purpose of causing
public danger, alarm, disorder, nuisance or if his/her conduct is
likely to cause public danger, alarm, disorder or nuisance, he/she
willfully does any of the following acts in a public place:
1.
Commits an act in a violent and tumultuous manner toward another
whereby that other is placed in danger of his/her life, injury to
his/her limb or health;
2.
Commits an act in a violent and tumultuous manner toward another
whereby the property of any person is placed in danger of being destroyed
or damaged;
3.
Causes, provokes or engages in any fight, brawl or riotous conduct
so as to endanger that life, limb, health or property of another.
4.
Interferes with another's pursuit of a lawful occupation by acts
of violence;
5.
Obstructs, either singly or together with other persons, the flow
of vehicular or pedestrian traffic and refuses to clear such public
way when ordered to do so by the City Police or other lawful authority
known to be such an official;
6.
Resists or obstructs the performance of duties by City Police or
any other authorized official of the City when known to be such an
official;
7.
Incites, attempts to incite or is involved in attempting to incite
a riot;
8.
Addresses abusive language or threats to any member of the Police
Department, any other authorized official of the City who is engaged
in lawful performance of his/her duties or any other person when such
words have a tendency to cause acts of violence. Words merely causing
displeasure, annoyance or resentment are not prohibited;
9.
Damages, befouls or disturbs public property or the property of another
so as to create a hazardous, unhealthy or physically offensive condition;
10.
Makes or causes to be made any loud, boisterous and unreasonable
noise or disturbance to the annoyance of any other persons nearby,
or near to any public highways, road, street, lane, alley, park, square
or common whereby the public peace is broken or disturbed or the traveling
public annoyed;
11.
Fails to obey a lawful order to disperse by a Police Officer when
known to be such an official where one (1) or more persons are committing
acts of disorderly conduct in the immediate vicinity and the public
health and safety is imminently threatened;
12.
Uses abusive or obscene language or makes an obscene gesture.
