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City of Caruthersville, MO
Pemiscot County
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Cross Reference — Health and sanitation, ch. 235; nuisances, ch. 220.
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 (1.5) 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.
D. 
Abandonment of an airtight icebox is a misdemeanor.
[CC 1983 §19-47]
It shall be unlawful for any person to blast or cause to be blasted any rock or other like substance within the City without first having covered the rock or substance where the blast is to be made on all sides of the orifice, with good, sound plank or other material of sufficient length, width, thickness and weight sufficient to effectually prevent fragments of the rock or substance from ascending into the air.
[CC 1983 §19-53]
It shall be unlawful for any person to willfully set off, use, burn, explode or fire off any firecrackers, fireworks, torpedoes, bombs, rockets, pin wheels, fire balloons, Roman candles, toy cannons, toy pistols or other fireworks of a like kind, within this City; provided however, that this Section shall not apply to parks or other public places when in the charge of competent persons and under a permit issued by the Mayor.
[CC 1983 §19-54]
It shall be unlawful for any person to sell or expose for sale any fireworks, firecrackers, torpedoes, bombs, rockets, pin wheels, fire balloons, Roman candles, toy cannons, toy pistols or any other fireworks of a like kind within the City; provided however, that, this Section shall not be construed to prohibit the sale of fireworks in wholesale lots by any person holding a wholesale license to do business within the City for use or sale outside the City or for use within the City in the manner permitted by the preceding Section.
[CC 1983 §19-50]
It shall be the duty of every owner or occupant of an unenclosed lot of ground in this City having a cistern or well, or both, or any other deep or dangerous excavation thereon, to cover or fence the same with a close, secure and substantial cover or fence and to keep and maintain the same so as to prevent persons or animals from falling therein.
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Cross Reference — As to excavations, see ch. 530.
[Code 1961 §51.24; CC 1983 §19-57]
No person shall keep, maintain or erect a beehive, the bees from which annoy, molest or sting any person.
[Code 1961 §51.22; CC 1983 §19-58]
No person shall wantonly or mischievously throw by hand or by means of any device, any rock, stone, brick, ball or other missile upon or against any building or fence, or in or upon any lot not his/her own, or at or towards any person, or the property of another.
[Ord. No. 758 §§1 — 3, 10-18-1993]
A. 
No person shall directly or indirectly except as a chaperon, participate in trick or treating who has attained the age of fifteen (15) years of age or older.
B. 
No person shall trick or treat after the hour of 6:00 P.M.
C. 
Any person who violates the provisions of this Section shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be punished in accordance with the laws of the City of Caruthersville, Missouri.