[R.O. 1993 § 225.240; Ord. No. 2083 § 1, 5-14-1985]
The storing, accumulating, or maintaining of junk, trash, refuse, waste paper, rubbish, old metal, scrap lumber, scrap machinery, and any other waste materials on private property within the City, except at a regularly licensed "Auto Wrecking and Junk Yard," which is detrimental or offensive to the public health, safety or welfare or to the aesthetics of the neighborhood, hereby is prohibited and declared to be a "public nuisance." This Section includes all waste matter, whether reusable or not, which is detrimental or offensive to the public health, safety or welfare or to the aesthetics of the neighborhood, and is intended to include, but not be limited to, scrap or abandoned automobiles, trucks, tractors, machinery of any brand, and parts thereof, old refrigerators, stoves or other appliances.
[Ord. No. 2868 §§ 1 — 2, 2-9-2016]
A. 
Except as otherwise permitted in other Code Sections or regulations pertaining to premises having a valid current business license for the operation of an automobile dealership, auto repair shop or auto wrecking or salvage yard, no unlicensed or inoperative motor vehicle, motor home, boat, trailer or recreational vehicle (whether self-propelled or designed to be pulled by a separate motorized vehicle), or any such property in a state of major disassembly or disrepair or in the process of being stripped or dismantled, shall be parked, kept or stored upon any premises unless completely enclosed within a garage, shed or similar structure.
B. 
Violations And Penalties. Any person who violates the provisions of this Section, upon conviction, shall be deemed guilty of an ordinance violation punishable by a fine of not less than one dollar ($1.00) nor more than five hundred dollars ($500.00) or imprisonment not exceeding ninety (90) days, or both such fine and imprisonment.
[R.O. 1993 § 225.245; Ord. No. 2821 §§ 1 — 2, 3-11-2014]
A. 
No owner, tenant or other occupant of residential property shall cause or permit any dry van, semitrailer, or other cargo container (with or without wheels or axles) to be stored or kept upon any residential real estate; provided, however, that nothing in this Section shall be construed to prohibit a person actively engaged in a trade or business (e.g., construction, plumbing, farming) from keeping or storing at his/her residence a trailer with wheels, a current valid license and not exceeding twenty-four (24) feet in length, used in his/her trade or business for the purpose of transporting tools and/or materials to his/her work site.
B. 
For purpose of this Section, the following terms shall have the definitions set forth below:
CARGO CONTAINER
Shall be construed to mean any container designed or intended to carry or haul property while being transported by another source of power.
TRAILER
Shall be construed to mean any vehicle without its own motor power that is designed or intended to carry or haul property or passengers while being drawn by a self-propelled vehicle or other source of power.
C. 
Violations And Penalties. Any person who violates the provisions of this Section, upon conviction, shall be deemed guilty of an ordinance violation punishable by a fine of not less than one dollar ($1.00) nor more than five hundred dollars ($500.00) or imprisonment not exceeding ninety (90) days, or both such fine and imprisonment.
[R.O. 1993 § 225.250; Ord. No. 2083 § 2, 5-14-1985]
Grass or weeds in excess of six (6) inches of height on any premises within the City which is detrimental or offensive to the public health, safety or welfare or to the aesthetics of the neighborhood, hereby is prohibited and declared a nuisance.
[R.O. 1993 § 225.260; Ord. No. 2083 § 3, 5-14-1985]
Any person who observes any violation of this Article may file a complaint with the City Manager of the City of Charleston, Missouri, or his/her designee, giving full information as to the date, location and nature of the violation. Upon receipt of such complaint, the City Manager shall cause a full investigation thereof and, if it is found that a violation exists, shall issue a Notice of Hearing to the owner or occupant of the premises upon which the alleged public nuisance is located as set forth in Section 215.280 hereof.
[R.O. 1993 § 225.270; Ord. No. 2083 § 4, 5-14-1985; Ord. No. 2879 § 1, 6-14-2016]
A. 
Order Of Abatement, Notice. If the City Manager or his/her designee determines a nuisance violation exists, then he/she shall declare the same to be a public nuisance and issue a written order of abatement to the owner and occupant, if any, which shall be served upon the owner and occupant, if any, in the manner provided below. The order of abatement shall be dated and state the location of the property, a description of each condition that constitutes a nuisance, what action is required to remedy the nuisance, and the deadline to complete the abatement or by which to commence and continue without unnecessary delay the abatement of each condition specified in said order, which deadline shall be not less than ten (10) days after delivery of the notice of said order.
B. 
Service Of Notice. The notice and order of abatement shall be served upon the owner and occupant, if any, of the property upon which the nuisance exists either in person or by United States certified mail with return receipt requested, or, in the event the owner or occupant cannot be served by either personal service or certified mail, by posting a copy of said notice upon the premises.
[R.O. 1993 § 225.280; Ord. No. 2083 § 5, 5-14-1985; Ord. No. 2879 § 1, 6-14-2016]
Upon expiration of the time specified in the order of abatement for abatement of the nuisance to have been completed or commenced, the City Manager or his/her designee shall inspect the premises and determine whether or not the nuisance has been abated or commenced as required by the order of abatement.
[R.O. 1993 § 225.290; Ord. No. 2083 § 6, 5-14-1985; Ord. No. 2879 § 1, 6-14-2016]
A. 
In the event the City Manager determines the nuisance has not been abated or the process of abatement commenced and continued without unnecessary delay as provided in the order of abatement issued pursuant to Section 215.280 above, or if the City Manager shall be ordered by the Court to abate the nuisance as provided in Section 215.320 below, then he/she shall, by use of City employees or by private contract, abate and remove the nuisance in a summary manner in accordance with such order of abatement.
B. 
Tax Bill, Interest — Lien On Real Estate — Personal Debt Of Owner. The costs and expenses incurred by the City in removing or abating any public nuisance on private property shall be assessed against the owner and occupant of the premises. The City Manager shall certify such costs to the City Clerk who shall cause the certified cost to be included in a special tax bill or added to annual real estate tax bill, at the option of the City Collector. The special tax bill shall be recorded in the Office of the Recorder of Deeds of Mississippi County, Missouri, and from the date of its issuance shall be a first lien upon the property until paid. If the certified cost is unpaid, the tax bill shall be considered delinquent and the collection of the delinquent bill shall be governed by the laws governing delinquent and back taxes as provided by law. The tax bill shall be issued by the City Clerk and delivered to the Collector on or before the first day of June of each year.
C. 
Interest. Any special tax bill issued pursuant to this Section shall bear interest at the rate of eight percent (8%) per annum until paid.
D. 
Personal Debt Of Owner. The tax bill, including all accrued interest thereon, shall be deemed a personal debt owed by the owner of the property to the City.
[R.O. 1993 § 225.300; Ord. No. 2083 § 7, 5-14-1985; Ord. No. 2879 § 1, 6-14-2016]
An owner, occupant, mortgagee, lienholder or other person having an interest in real estate upon which a nuisance exists or is alleged to exist may appeal the determination and/or order of abatement made by the City Manager to the Circuit Court of Mississippi County, Missouri, for review pursuant to the procedures set forth in Chapter 536, RSMo.
[R.O. 1993 § 225.310; Ord. No. 2083 § 8, 5-14-1985; Ord. No. 2879 § 1, 6-14-2016]
A. 
Any owner or occupant of any real estate within the City upon which a nuisance exists as described in Section 215.230 or Section 215.260 hereof, and who knowingly allows such nuisance to exist, shall be deemed guilty of an ordinance violation, upon conviction thereof, and shall be punished by a fine of not less than ten dollars ($10.00) nor more than two hundred twenty-five dollars ($225.00), or by imprisonment not to exceed thirty (30) days in jail, or by both such fine and imprisonment.
B. 
Each twenty-four-hour period which a nuisance exists as described in Section 215.230 or Section 215.260 hereof, and/or during which such nuisance shall be allowed to continue unabated, after the expiration of the date specified for removal and abatement of the same as stated in the order of abatement issued pursuant to Section 215.290 hereof, shall constitute a separate offense hereunder.
C. 
Municipal Court Order To Abate. In addition to the fine and/or imprisonment hereinabove provided, the Municipal Court of the City of Charleston, Missouri, may order the City Manager to abate said nuisance in a summary manner as provided in Section 215.300 above. If the City of Charleston elects or is ordered to abate and remove such nuisance as provided in Section 215.300 above the costs of removing or abating such nuisance may be assessed as court costs and the same taxed against the defendant, and the defendant ordered to pay the same in addition to any fine and other court costs imposed.