[RSMo. §577.100]
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.
[RSMo. §577.070]
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.
[RSMo. §577.076]
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.
[R.O. 2006 §§225.010 — 225.090; CC 1986 §§64.010
— 64.090]
A.
Litter In Public Places. No person shall throw or deposit
litter in or upon any street, sidewalk or other public place within
the City except in public receptacles or authorized private receptacles.
B.
Manner Of Depositing Litter. Persons placing litter in public
receptacles or in authorized private receptacles shall do so in a
manner as to prevent it from being carried or deposited by the elements
upon any street, sidewalk or other public place or upon private property.
C.
Sweeping Litter Into Public Places.
1.
No person shall sweep into or deposit in any gutter, street or other
public place within the City the accumulation of litter from any building
or lot or from any public or private sidewalk or driveway.
2.
Litter defined. Within the meaning of this Section,
the word "litter" shall include, without excluding
other substances, fallen leaves, cut weeds, grass clippings, branches
and twigs that may accumulate on any building, lot or premises.
D.
Burning Litter, Leaves, Etc., Prohibited. No person shall burn any litter as defined in Subsection (C)(2), in any street, gutter or other public place within the City.
E.
Sidewalks To Be Kept Free Of Litter. Persons owning or occupying
property shall keep the sidewalk in front of their premises free of
litter. Persons owning or occupying places of business within the
City shall keep the front of their business premises free of litter.
F.
Littering By Persons In Vehicles.
1.
No person, while a driver or passenger in a vehicle, shall throw
or deposit litter upon any street or other public place within the
City or upon private property.
2.
No driver of any vehicle shall allow any passenger in that vehicle
to throw or deposit litter upon any street or other public place within
the City or upon private property.
G.
Transporting Litter. No person shall drive or move any truck
or other vehicle hauling or transporting litter within or about the
City, unless such vehicle is so constructed and the load secured so
as to prevent any of the contents therein being blown, dropped or
deposited upon any street, alley or other public place.
H.
Littering On Private Premises. No person shall throw or
deposit litter on any private property within the City, whether owned
by such person or not, except that the owner or person in control
of private property may maintain authorized private receptacles for
collection in such a manner that litter will be prevented from being
carried or deposited by the elements upon any street, sidewalk or
other public place or upon any private property owned by another.
I.
Littering Public Property. No person or persons shall throw
or place or cause 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 streets, alleyways or any
public property within the City of Willow Springs, Missouri, with
the exception that by public notice such items may be placed in containers
on specified days for public cleanup.
[RSMo. §577.150]
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.
[RSMo. §577.080, 2004]
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.
[R.O. 2006 §215.085; Ord. No. 1206 §1, 6-9-1997]
A.
Defined. The term "fireworks", as used
in this Section, means and includes any combustible or explosive composition
or any substance or combination of substances or any article prepared
for the purpose of producing a visible or audible effect by combustion,
explosion, deflagration or detonation and includes blank cartridges,
toy pistols, toy cannons, toy canes or toy guns in which explosives
are used, the type of balloons which require fire underneath to propel
them, firecrackers, torpedoes, skyrockets, Roman candles, dago bombs
or other fireworks of like construction and any fireworks containing
any explosive or flammable compound or any tablets or other device
containing any explosive substance. The term "fireworks" shall not include sparklers, colored flares, toy pistols, toy canes,
toy guns or other devices using paper caps containing twenty-five
hundredths (0.25) grains or less of explosive mixture, the sale and
use of which shall be permitted at all times.
B.
Prohibited. No person shall sell, use, manufacture,
display or possess fireworks within the City at any time, except as
otherwise provided.
[Ord. No. 1483 §1, 7-15-2013]
1.
A seasonal retailer, holding a permit issued by the State Fire
Marshal, may sell fireworks between the 20th day of June through the
10th day of July of the same year and the period beginning on the
20th day of December and continuing through the second day of January
of the next year in a well-ventilated tent, temporary or portable
structure. Fireworks may be stored in a portable or permanent building,
provided the owner has an adequate sprinkler system installed which
complies with the State Fire Marshal regulations and/or appropriate
building codes as determined by the City Building Inspector. Such
sprinkler system shall be inspected by the State Fire Marshal annually,
and a report issued to the City Building Inspector. All permanent,
portable or temporary buildings in which fireworks are sold or stored
shall not be located within 25 feet of any permanent structure, public
road, or property boundary line and must have a duly issued fireworks
permit from the City prior to use.
C.
Exceptions. The prohibitions of this Section shall not apply
to the sale or use of blank cartridges for theatrical purposes or
for signal purposes in athletic or sports events nor to public demonstrations
or displays of fireworks; provided however, such public demonstrations
or displays of fireworks must be conducted under the supervision of
the City Marshal and the Police Department after application is made
in writing and presented to the Board of Aldermen and a permit is
issued by the Board of Aldermen for such demonstration or display.
D.
Permits And Fees. The City Clerk shall issue a permit for
a seasonal retailer for the sale of fireworks to the holder of a seasonal
retailer permit issued by the State Fire Marshall upon payment of
a fee of twenty-five dollars ($25.00).
E.
Violation. No one shall be deemed in violation of the prohibitions
of possessing of fireworks so long as they are in the original container
or package.
F.
Presumptions. Any person within twenty-five (25) feet of
the unauthorized sale, use, display or possession of fireworks within
the City shall be presumed to be the person selling, using, displaying
or possessing fireworks.
