No person shall put any offal, trash, rubbish, garbage, junk, or refuse into any stream, creek, pond or lake. (Ch. 24 §24.015)
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.
[Ch. 24 §24.017; Ord. No. 24.017(a) §§1 — 2, 6-4-1990]
A. 
No person shall dispose of trash, refuse or leaves by open burning, or cause, allow or permit open burning of trash, refuse or leaves unless the same is authorized by Federal or State permit.
B. 
The following conditions shall apply to all permissible burning:
1. 
Only natural products may be burned.
2. 
All burning must be in a container with a screen cover to keep burning debris confined.
3. 
All burning must be done during daylight hours.
4. 
All burning must be supervised by an adult (person at least eighteen (18) years of age).
C. 
The Fire Chief may prohibit all open burning at any time he/she determines that dry conditions make such burning hazardous.
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.
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, warehouseman or repairman.
C. 
The defendant shall have the burden of injecting the issue under Subsection (B) of this Section.
[Ch. 24 §24.021]
No person, firm or corporation shall keep, maintain or have upon his/her premises any open wells or cisterns.
[Ch. 24 §24.022]
No person shall dump trash, cans, dead or live animals, paper, bottles, garbage, rubbish, concrete, tree trimmings, or other objectional refuse detrimental to the public health, safety or appearance on a thoroughfare, street, alley, park, public property or private property.
[Ch. 24 §24.009]
No person shall have in the City any explosive or incendiary bomb or lethal device, or any object which purports to be or is an imitation of, or resembles any such explosive or incendiary bomb, or other lethal device, calculated to or of a character reasonably expected to create public apprehension of danger or to cause the public authorities to expend time or money investigating the character of such device for the purpose of protecting the public or any person.
A. 
A person commits an offense if he/she knowingly possesses, manufactures, transports, repairs, or sells:
1. 
An explosive weapon;
2. 
A machine gun;
3. 
A gas gun;
4. 
A short barreled rifle or shotgun;
5. 
A firearm silencer;
6. 
A switchblade knife;
7. 
A bullet or projectile which explodes or detonates upon impact because of an independent explosive charge after having been shot from a firearm; or
8. 
Knuckles.
B. 
A person does not commit an offense under this Section if his/her conduct:
1. 
Was incident to the performance of official duty by the Armed Forces, National Guard, a governmental law enforcement agency, or a penal institution;
2. 
Was incident to engaging in a lawful commercial or business transaction with an organization enumerated in Subparagraph (1) of this Subsection;
3. 
Was incident to using an explosive weapon in a manner reasonably related to a lawful industrial or commercial enterprise;
4. 
Was incident to displaying the weapon in a public museum or exhibition; or
5. 
Was incident to dealing with the weapon solely as a curio, ornament, or keepsake, or to using it in a manner reasonably related to a lawful dramatic performance; but if the weapon is a type described in Subparagraph (1), (3) or (5) of Subsection (A) of this Section it must be in such a non-functioning condition that it cannot readily be made operable. No short barreled rifle, short barreled shotgun, or machine gun may be possessed, manufactured, transported, repaired or sold as a curio, ornament, or keepsake, unless such person is an importer, manufacturer, dealer, or collector licensed by the Secretary of the Treasury pursuant to the Gun Control Act of 1968, U.S.C., Title 18, or unless such firearm is an "antique firearm" as defined in Subsection (3) of Section 571.080, RSMo., or unless such firearm has been designated a "collectors item" by the Secretary of the Treasury pursuant to the U.S.C., Title 26, Section 5845 (a).
[Ch. 24 §24.011]
A. 
No person shall do any blasting or use any explosives without first obtaining and having in force a permit authorizing blasting from the Fire Chief.
B. 
All such applications for permit shall describe the location where such blasting is proposed to be done and the name of the applicant, together with such additional information as may be required by the Board of Aldermen.
C. 
Such permit may be issued with specific conditions as to the period for which said permit shall be effective; the hours of the day when blasting operations may be conducted; the distance required from populated areas and other measures for the protection of the health, safety and general welfare of the citizens of the City.
D. 
All applicants may be required to furnish public liability and property damage insurance covering such blasting operations in an amount of not less than one million dollars ($1,000,000.00) combined single limit, and all such insurance policies may be required to contain a provision requiring notification to the Board of Aldermen of the City of California prior to cancellation of such insurance.
E. 
Such permit may be issued subject to cancellation by the Board of Aldermen at any time if any of the conditions of the permit are violated by the permittee or any insurance policy is cancelled or if any false or misleading information is given relative to the nature, extent or methods of blasting.
F. 
A permit shall be required for each location where blasting operations are proposed.
[Ord. No. 18.108 §1, 4-6-1981]
It shall be unlawful for any person, individual, partnership or corporation to sell, vend or give away, or offer to sell, vend or give away, within the corporate limits of this City, firecrackers, aerial bombs, squibs, torpedoes, Roman candles, skyrockets or fireworks of any kind or description.
[Ord. No. 24.034 §1, 7-5-1983]
It shall be unlawful for any individual, association or organization to discharge any type of fireworks, firecrackers, explosives, or any incendiary devices at any time within the City limits of the City of California, Missouri, except that the Fire Chief may approve the discharge of fireworks upon petition by civic, fraternal or eleemosynary organizations.