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.
C. 
The defendant shall have the burden of injecting the issue under Subsection (B) of this Section.
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:
1. 
Into any well, spring, brook, branch, creek, pond, or lake; or
2. 
On any public road or highway, river, stream, or watercourse or upon premises not his or her own for the purpose of annoying another or others.
[R.O. 2012 § 210.185; CC 1989 § 5-307; Code 1972 § 308.19]
It shall be unlawful for any person to throw or place or cause to be thrown or placed on or upon any street of the City any tacks, nails, wire, scrap metal, glass, crockery, sharp stones, tin cans, garbage, rubbish or other substances injurious to the feet of persons or animals or to the tires or wheels of vehicles. Any person who has purposely, accidentally, or by reason of an accident dropped any tacks, nails, wire, scrap metal, glass, crockery, sharp stones, tin cans, garbage, rubbish or other substances injurious to the feet of persons or animals, or to the tires or wheels of vehicles, including motor vehicles, upon any highway shall immediately make all reasonable efforts to clear the highway of the substances.
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State Law Reference: Similar provisions, § 304.160, RSMo.
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.
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Note: Under certain circumstances this offense can be a felony under state law.
[R.O. 2012 § 210.195 § 210.250(A)(3); CC 1989 § 6-23; Ord. No. 740 § 1, 2-13-1978]
A. 
The term "fireworks" means and includes any composition or device for producing a visible, audible, or both visible and audible effect by combustion, deflagration, or detonation and that meets the definition of consumer, proximate, or display fireworks as set forth by 49 CFR Part 171 to end, United States Department of Transportation hazardous materials regulations.
B. 
The sale, use, manufacture or possession of fireworks is hereby prohibited, except that prohibited items may be used for public display purposes pursuant to a permit issued by the Chief of Police.
C. 
The Chief of Police is hereby authorized to issue a permit for public displays of fireworks to be used for exhibition purposes at celebrations. The Chief of Police shall require that the individual in charge of such display shall be experienced in the handling of fireworks and the public attending the exhibition or display shall be kept at a safe distance from the display. Fireworks held in storage for the exhibition shall be kept in a closed box until they are removed for firing.
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State Law References: Municipal regulation of fireworks, §§ 79.450, 320.121, RSMo.; fireworks generally, §§ 320.106 et seq., RSMo.