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 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, warehouseman or repairman.
C. 
The defendant shall have the burden of injecting the issue under Subsection (B) of this Section.
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.
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.
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.
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.
[CC 1980 §§ 66.010 — 66.040; Ord. No. 519 §1, 5-5-2009; Ord. No. 528 §§1—2, 5-3-2010]
A. 
"Fireworks" Defined. The term "fireworks" means 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 and American Pyrotechnics Association 87-1 standards. Nothing in this Chapter shall be construed to applying to the use of signals used for safety purposes or athletic events.
B. 
Sale. No person, firm or corporation shall offer for sale, expose for sale or sell at retail any fireworks within the City limits of the City of Steele, Missouri, before the 20th day of June and after the 10th day of July. It shall be unlawful for any person, firm or corporation to sell, expose for sale or sell at retail any fireworks in violation of this Section.
C. 
Discharge Prohibited When. Except as otherwise provided herein, no person, firm or corporation shall discharge, explode or otherwise use any fireworks within the City limits of the City of Steele at any time other than between the hours of 6:00 P.M. on the third day of July and 11:59 P.M. on the fourth day of July of each year. In the event that there is an elevated risk of fire resulting from the discharge of fireworks in any particular year, the Mayor is hereby authorized to issue an executive order prohibiting the discharge of fireworks on the third and fourth days of July in such year upon the recommendation of the Fire Chief. It shall be unlawful for any person, firm or corporation to discharge fireworks in violation of this Section or any executive order issued by the Mayor.
D. 
Exception. The Mayor is hereby authorized to issue a permit for the public display of fireworks within the City limits by a person properly licensed and authorized by the State of Missouri to discharge display or proximate fireworks, as such terms are defined in § 320.106, RSMo., and who presents adequate proof of liability insurance with such limits as may be required.
E. 
Responsibility Of Parent/Guardian. No parent or guardian shall knowingly permit or allow any minor child under the age of seventeen (17) to commit an offense under this Section, nor shall any parent or guardian fail to exercise customary and effective control over a minor child under the age of seventeen (17) whereby such minor commits an offense under this Section.
F. 
Penalty. Any person, firm or corporation violating the provisions of this Section shall be guilty of an offense punishable by a fine not to exceed five hundred dollars ($500.00) or imprisonment not to exceed ninety (90) days or both such fine and imprisonment.
[Ord. No. 515 § 1, 10-7-2008]
Open burning of any material other than yard waste shall not be permitted anywhere within the City limits except when undertaken pursuant to a valid permit issued by the Missouri Department of Natural Resources. As used herein, the term "open burning" shall mean the combustion of any matter except in a closed chamber. A chamber shall be regarded as closed when, during the time combustion takes place, such chamber is fully enclosed except for such apertures, ducts, stacks, flues or chimneys as are necessary to provide combustion air and to permit the escape of exhaust gases.