[Ord. No. 1099, 8-14-2017]
As used in this Article, the following
terms mean:
ENTER UNLAWFULLY or REMAIN UNLAWFULLY
A person enters or remains in or upon premises when he or
she is not licensed or privileged to do so. A person who, regardless
of his or her purpose, enters or remains in or upon premises which
are at the time open to the public does so with license and privilege
unless he or she defies a lawful order not to enter or remain, personally
communicated to him or her by the owner of such premises or by other
authorized person. A license or privilege to enter or remain in a
building which is only partly open to the public is not a license
or privilege to enter or remain in that part of the building which
is not open to the public.
TO TAMPER
To interfere with something improperly, to meddle with it,
displace it, make unwarranted alterations in its existing condition,
or to deprive, temporarily, the owner or possessor of that thing.
UTILITY
An enterprise which provides gas, electric, steam, water,
sewage disposal, or communication, video, internet, or voice over
internet protocol services, and any common carrier. It may be either
publicly or privately owned or operated.
[Ord. No. 1099, 8-14-2017]
A. A person commits the offense of tampering
if he/she:
1.
Tampers with property of another
for the purpose of causing substantial inconvenience to that person
or to another; or
2.
Unlawfully rides in or upon another's
automobile, airplane, motorcycle, motorboat or other motor-propelled
vehicle; or
3.
Tampers or makes connection with
property of a utility; or
4.
Tampers with, or causes to be tampered
with, any meter or other property of an electric, gas, steam or water
utility, the effect of which tampering is either:
a.
To prevent the proper measuring of
electric, gas, steam or water service; or
b.
To permit the diversion of any electric,
gas, steam or water service.
B. In any prosecution under Subsection
(A)(4), proof that a meter or any other property of a utility has been tampered with, and the person or persons accused received the use or direct benefit of the electric, gas, steam or water service with one (1) or more of the effects described in Subsection
(A)(4), shall be sufficient to support an inference which the trial court may submit to the trier of fact from which the trier of fact may conclude that there has been a violation of such Subsection by the person or persons who use or receive the direct benefit of the electric, gas, steam or water service.
[Ord. No. 1099, 8-14-2017]
A. A person commits the offense of property
damage if he/she:
1.
Knowingly damages property of another;
or
2.
Damages property for the purpose
of defrauding an insurer.
[Ord. No. 1099, 8-14-2017]
A. A person does not commit an offense by
damaging, tampering with, operating, riding in or upon or making connection
with property of another if he/she does so under a claim of right
and has reasonable grounds to believe he/she has such a right.
B. The defendant shall have the burden of
injecting the issue of claim of right.
C. No person who, as a tenant, willfully or
wantonly destroys, defaces, damages, impairs or removes any part of
a leased structure or dwelling unit, or the facilities, equipment
or appurtenances thereof, may inject the issue of claim of right.
[Ord. No. 1099, 8-14-2017]
A. A person commits the offense of trespass
in the first degree if he/she knowingly enters unlawfully or knowingly
remains unlawfully in a building or inhabitable structure or upon
real property.
B. A person does not commit the offense of
trespass by entering or remaining upon real property unless the real
property is fenced or otherwise enclosed in a manner designed to exclude
intruders or as to which notice against trespass is given by:
1.
Actual communication to the actor;
or
2.
Posting in a manner reasonably likely
to come to the attention of intruders.
[Ord. No. 1099, 8-14-2017]
A. A person commits trespass in the second
degree if he/she enters unlawfully upon real property of another.
This is an offense of absolute liability.
B. Trespass in the second degree is an infraction.
[Ord. No. 1099, 8-14-2017]
A. A person commits the offense of trespass
of a school bus if he or she knowingly and unlawfully enters any part
of or unlawfully operates any school bus.
B. For the purposes of this Section, the terms
"unlawfully enters" and "unlawfully operates" refer to any entry or
operation of a school bus which is not:
1.
Approved of and established in a
school district's written policy on access to school buses; or
2.
Authorized by specific written approval
of the school board.
C. In order to preserve the public order, any district which adopts the policies described in Subsection
(B) of this Section shall establish and enforce a student behavior policy for students on school buses.
[Ord. No. 1099, 8-14-2017]
A person commits the offense of reckless
burning or exploding if he/she recklessly starts a fire or causes
an explosion and thereby damages or destroys the property of another.
[Ord. No. 1099, 8-14-2017]
A. A person commits the offense of negligent
burning or exploding if he/she with criminal negligence causes damage
to property or to the woodlands, cropland, grassland, prairie, or
marsh of another by:
1.
Starting a fire or causing an explosion;
or
2.
Allowing a fire burning on lands
in his or her possession or control onto the property of another.
[Ord. No. 1099, 8-14-2017]
A. A person commits the offense of stealing
if he or she:
1.
Appropriates property or services
of another with the purpose to deprive him or her thereof, either
without his or her consent or by means of deceit or coercion;
2.
Attempts to appropriate anhydrous
ammonia or liquid nitrogen of another with the purpose to deprive
him or her thereof, either without his or her consent or by means
of deceit or coercion; or
3.
For the purpose of depriving the
owner of a lawful interest therein, receives, retains or disposes
of property of another knowing that it has been stolen, or believing
that it has been stolen.
[Ord. No. 1099, 8-14-2017]
No person shall drive a motor vehicle
so as to cause it to leave the premises of an establishment at which
motor fuel offered for retail sale was dispensed into the fuel tank
of such motor vehicle unless payment or authorized charge for motor
fuel dispensed has been made.
[Ord. No. 22-1237, 12-12-2022]
A. It
shall be unlawful to enter or be inside of the motor vehicle of another
person without the permission of the owner or person lawfully in charge
of the motor vehicle.
B. Subsection
(A) of this Section shall not apply to:
1. An employee of the Police Department in connection with his or her
official duties;
2. A tow truck operator who has valid authorization from the Police
Department or from the property owner on whose property the motor
vehicle is illegally parked; or
3. A person with a security interest in the motor vehicle who is legally
authorized to seize the motor vehicle.
C. For
the purposes of this Section, the term "enter motor vehicle" means
to insert any part of one's body into any part of the motor vehicle,
including the passenger compartment, trunk or cargo area, or the engine
compartment.
D. A
person who violates this Section shall be, upon conviction, fined
not less than five hundred dollars ($500.00), imprisoned for not more
than ninety (90) days, or both.
[Ord. No. 1099, 8-14-2017]
A. A person commits the offense of financial
exploitation of an elderly person or a person with a disability if
such person knowingly obtains control over the property of the elderly
person or person with a disability with the intent to permanently
deprive the person of the use, benefit or possession of his or her
property thereby benefitting the offender or detrimentally affecting
the elderly person or person with a disability by:
3.
Creating or confirming another person's
impression which is false and which the offender does not believe
to be true;
4.
Failing to correct a false impression
which the offender previously has created or confirmed;
5.
Preventing another person from acquiring
information pertinent to the disposition of the property involved;
6.
Selling or otherwise transferring
or encumbering property, failing to disclose a lien, adverse claim
or other legal impediment to the enjoyment of the property, whether
such impediment is or is not valid, or is or is not a matter of official
record;
7.
Promising performance which the offender
does not intend to perform or knows will not be performed. Failure
to perform standing alone is not sufficient evidence to prove that
the offender did not intend to perform; or
8.
Undue influence, which means the
use of influence by someone who exercises authority over an elderly
person or person with a disability in order to take unfair advantage
of that person's vulnerable state of mind, neediness, pain, or agony.
"Undue influence" includes, but is not limited to, the improper or
fraudulent use of a power of attorney, guardianship, conservatorship,
or other fiduciary authority.
B. Nothing in this Section shall be construed
to limit the remedies available to the victim pursuant to any State
law relating to domestic violence.
C. Nothing in this Section shall be construed
to impose criminal liability on a person who has made a good-faith
effort to assist the elderly person or person with a disability in
the management of his or her property, but through no fault of his
or her own has been unable to provide such assistance.
D. Nothing in this Section shall limit the
ability to engage in bona fide estate planning, to transfer property
and to otherwise seek to reduce estate and inheritance taxes; provided
that such actions do not adversely impact the standard of living to
which the elderly person or person with a disability has become accustomed
at the time of such actions.
E. It shall not be a defense to financial
exploitation of an elderly person or person with a disability that
the accused reasonably believed that the victim was not an elderly
person or person with a disability.
F. Medicaid Funds. It shall be unlawful in
violation of this Section for any person receiving or in the possession
of funds of a Medicaid-eligible elderly person or person with a disability
residing in a facility licensed under Chapter 198, RSMo., to fail
to remit to the facility in which the Medicaid-eligible person resides
all money owing the facility resident from any source, including,
but not limited to, social security, railroad retirement, or payments
from any other source disclosed as resident income contained in the
records of the Department of Social Services, Family Support Division,
or its successor. The Department of Social Services, Family Support
Division, or its successor is authorized to release information from
its records containing the resident's income or assets to any prosecuting
or circuit attorney in the State of Missouri for purposes of investigating
or prosecuting any suspected violation of this Section.
G. The offense of financial exploitation of
an elderly person or person with a disability is an ordinance violation.
[Ord. No. 1099, 8-14-2017]
A. A person commits the offense of fraudulent
use of a credit device or debit device if he or she uses a credit
device or debit device for the purpose of obtaining services or property,
knowing that:
1.
The device is stolen, fictitious
or forged; or
2.
The device has been revoked or canceled;
or
3.
For any other reason his or her use
of the device is unauthorized; or
B. A person commits the offense of fraudulent
use of a credit device or debit device if he or she uses a credit
device or debit device for the purpose of paying property taxes and
knowingly cancels such charges or payment without just cause. It shall
be prima facie evidence of a violation of this Section if a person
cancels such charges or payment after obtaining a property tax receipt
to obtain license tags from the Missouri Department of Revenue.
[Ord. No. 1099, 8-14-2017]
A. A person commits the offense of deceptive
business practice if in the course of engaging in a business, occupation
or profession, he or she recklessly:
1.
Uses or possesses for use a false
weight or measure, or any other device for falsely determining or
recording any quality or quantity;
2.
Sells, offers, displays for sale,
or delivers less than the represented quantity of any commodity or
service;
3.
Takes or attempts to take more than
the represented quantity of any commodity or service when as buyer
he or she furnishes the weight or measure;
4.
Sells, offers, or exposes for sale
adulterated or mislabeled commodities;
5.
Makes a false or misleading written
statement for the purpose of obtaining property or credit;
6.
Promotes the sale of property or
services by a false or misleading statement in any advertisement;
or
7.
Advertises in any manner the sale
of property or services with the purpose not to sell or provide the
property or services:
a.
At the price which he or she offered
them;
b.
In a quantity sufficient to meet
the reasonably expected public demand, unless the quantity is specifically
stated in the advertisement; or
[Ord. No. 1099, 8-14-2017]
A. A person commits the offense of alteration
or removal of item numbers if he/she with the purpose of depriving
the owner of a lawful interest therein:
1.
Destroys, removes, covers, conceals,
alters, defaces or causes to be destroyed, removed, covered, concealed,
altered or defaced the manufacturer's original serial number or other
distinguishing owner-applied number or mark on any item which bears
a serial number attached by the manufacturer or distinguishing number
or mark applied by the owner of the item for any reason whatsoever;
2.
Sells, offers for sale, pawns or
uses as security for a loan any item on which the manufacturer's original
serial number or other distinguishing owner-applied number or mark
has been destroyed, removed, covered, concealed, altered or defaced;
or
3.
Buys, receives as security for a
loan or in pawn, or in any manner receives or has in his/her possession
any item on which the manufacturer's original serial number or other
distinguishing owner-applied number or mark has been destroyed, removed,
covered, concealed, altered or defaced.
[Ord. No. 1099, 8-14-2017]
A. A person commits the offense of stealing
leased or rented property if, with the intent to deprive the owner
thereof, such person:
1.
Purposefully fails to return leased
or rented personal property to the place and within the time specified
in an agreement in writing providing for the leasing or renting of
such personal property;
2.
Conceals or aids or abets the concealment
of the property from the owner;
3.
Sells, encumbers, conveys, pawns,
loans, abandons or gives away the leased or rented property or any
part thereof, without the written consent of the lessor, or without
informing the person to whom the property is transferred to, that
the property is subject to a lease;
4.
Returns the property to the lessor
at the end of the lease term, plus any agreed upon extensions, but
does not pay the lease charges agreed upon in the written instrument,
with the intent to wrongfully deprive the lessor of the agreed upon
charges.
B. The provisions of this Section shall apply
to all forms of leasing and rental agreements, including, but not
limited to, contracts which provide the consumer options to buy the
leased or rented personal property, lease-purchase agreements and
rent-to-own contracts. For the purpose of determining if a violation
of this Section has occurred, leasing contracts which provide options
to buy the merchandise are owned by the owner of the property until
such time as the owner endorses the sale and transfer of ownership
of the leased property to the lessee.
C. Evidence that a lessee used a false, fictitious,
or not current name, address, or place of employment in obtaining
the property or that a lessee fails or refuses to return the property
or pay the lease charges to the lessor within seven (7) days after
written demand for the return has been sent by certified mail, return
receipt requested, to the address the person set forth in the lease
agreement, or in the absence of the address, to the person's last
known place of residence, shall be evidence of intent to violate the
provisions of this Section, except that if a motor vehicle has not
been returned within seventy-two (72) hours after the expiration of
the lease or rental agreement, such failure to return the motor vehicle
shall be prima facie evidence of the intent of the offense of stealing
leased or rented property. Where the leased or rented property is
a motor vehicle, if the motor vehicle has not been returned within
seventy-two (72) hours after the expiration of the lease or rental
agreement, the lessor may notify the local law enforcement agency
of the failure of the lessee to return such motor vehicle, and the
local law enforcement agency shall cause such motor vehicle to be
put into any appropriate State and local computer system listing stolen
motor vehicles. Where the leased or rented property is not a motor
vehicle, if such property has not been returned within the seven-day
period prescribed in this Subsection, the owner of the property shall
report the failure to return the property to the local law enforcement
agency, and such law enforcement agency may within five (5) days notify
the person who leased or rented the property that such person is in
violation of this Section, and that failure to immediately return
the property may subject such person to arrest for the violation.
D. This Section shall not apply if such personal
property is a vehicle and such return is made more difficult or expensive
by a defect in such vehicle which renders such vehicle inoperable
if the lessee shall notify the lessor of the location of such vehicle
and such defect before the expiration of the lease or rental agreement
or within ten (10) days after proper notice.
E. Any person who has leased or rented personal property of another who destroys such property so as to avoid returning it to the owner commits the offense of property damage pursuant to Section 569.100, RSMo., or Section
210.1040 of this Code in addition to being in violation of this Section.
F. Venue shall lie in the County where the
personal property was originally rented or leased. Only those rentals
or leases originating in Phelps County shall be prosecuted in St.
James Municipal Court.
[Ord. No. 1099, 8-14-2017]
A. A person commits the offense of passing
a bad check when he/she:
1.
With the purpose to defraud, makes,
issues or passes a check or other similar sight order or any other
form of presentment involving the transmission of account information
for the payment of money knowing that it will not be paid by the drawee
or that there is no such drawee; or
2.
Makes, issues or passes a check or
other similar sight order or any other form of presentment involving
the transmission of account information for the payment of money,
knowing that there are insufficient funds in or on deposit with that
account for the payment of such check, sight order or other form of
presentment involving the transmission of account information in full
and all other checks, sight orders or other forms of presentment involving
the transmission of account information upon such funds then outstanding,
or that there is no such account or no drawee and fails to pay the
check or sight order or other form of presentment involving the transmission
of account information within ten (10) days after receiving actual
notice in writing that it has not been paid because of insufficient
funds or credit with the drawee or because there is no such drawee.
B. As used in Subsection
(A)(2) of this Section, "actual notice in writing" means notice of the non-payment which is actually received by the defendant. Such notice may include the service of summons or warrant upon the defendant for the initiation of the prosecution of the check or checks which are the subject matter of the prosecution if the summons or warrant contains information of the ten-day period during which the instrument may be paid and that payment of the instrument within such ten-day period will result in dismissal of the charges. The requirement of notice shall also be satisfied for written communications which are tendered to the defendant and which the defendant refuses to accept.
[Ord. No. 1099, 8-14-2017]
A. Definitions. As used in this Section,
the following definitions shall apply:
MERCANTILE ESTABLISHMENT
Any mercantile place of business in, at or from which goods,
wares and merchandise are sold, offered for sale or delivered from
and sold at retail or wholesale.
MERCHANDISE
All goods, wares and merchandise offered for sale or displayed
by a merchant.
MERCHANT
Any corporation, partnership, association or person who is
engaged in the business of selling goods, wares and merchandise in
a mercantile establishment.
WRONGFUL TAKING
Includes stealing of merchandise or money and any other wrongful
appropriation of merchandise or money.
B. Any merchant, his/her agent or employee,
who has reasonable grounds or probable cause to believe that a person
has committed or is committing a wrongful taking of merchandise or
money from a mercantile establishment, may detain such person in a
reasonable manner and for a reasonable length of time for the purpose
of investigating whether there has been a wrongful taking of such
merchandise or money. Any such reasonable detention shall not constitute
an unlawful arrest or detention, nor shall it render the merchant,
his/her agent or employee criminally or civilly liable to the person
so detained.
C. Any person willfully concealing unpurchased merchandise of any mercantile establishment, either on the premises or outside the premises of such establishment, shall be presumed to have so concealed such merchandise with the intention of committing a wrongful taking of such merchandise within the meaning of Subsection
(A), and the finding of such unpurchased merchandise concealed upon the person or among the belongings of such person shall be evidence of reasonable grounds and probable cause for the detention in a reasonable manner and for a reasonable length of time of such person by a merchant, his/her agent or employee in order that recovery of such merchandise may be effected, and any such reasonable detention shall not be deemed to be unlawful nor render such merchant, his/her agent or employee criminally or civilly liable.
[Ord. No. 1099, 8-14-2017]
A. Every purchaser or collector of, or dealer in, junk, scrap metal
or any secondhand property shall keep a register containing a written
or electronic record for each purchase or trade in which each type
of material subject to the provisions of this Section is obtained
for value. There shall be a separate record for each transaction involving
any:
2.
Aluminum wire, cable, pipe, tubing, bar, ingot, rod, fitting
or fastener;
3.
Material containing copper or aluminum that is knowingly used
for farming purposes as farming is defined in Section 350.010, RSMo.;
whatever may be the condition or length of such metal;
5.
Motor vehicle, heavy equipment or tractor battery.
B. The record required by this Section shall contain the following data:
1.
A copy of the driver's license or photo identification issued
by the State or by the United States Government or agency thereof
to the person from whom the material is obtained;
2.
The current address, gender, birth date, and a photograph of the person from whom the material is obtained if not included or are different from the identification required in Subsection
(B)(1) of this Section;
3.
The date, time and place of the transaction;
4.
The license plate number of the vehicle used by the seller during
the transaction;
5.
A full description of the material, including the weight and
purchase price.
C. The records required under this Section shall be maintained for a
minimum of twenty-four (24) months from when such material is obtained
and shall be available for inspection by any Law Enforcement Officer.
D. Anyone convicted of violating this Section shall be guilty of an
ordinance violation.
E. This Section shall not apply to any of the following transactions:
1.
Any transaction for which the total amount paid for all regulated
material purchased or sold does not exceed fifty dollars ($50.00),
unless the material is a catalytic converter;
2.
Any transaction for which the seller, including a farm or farmer,
has an existing business relationship with the scrap metal dealer
and is known to the scrap metal dealer making the purchase to be an
established business or political subdivision that operates a business
with a fixed location that can be reasonably expected to generate
regulated scrap metal and can be reasonably identified as such a business;
or
3.
Any transaction for which the type of metal subject to Subsection
(A) of this Section is a minor part of a larger item, except for equipment used in the generation and transmission of electrical power or telecommunications.
[Ord. No. 1099, 8-14-2017]
A. No scrap metal dealer shall knowingly purchase
or possess a metal beer keg, whether damaged or undamaged, or any
reasonably recognizable part thereof, on any premises that the dealer
uses to buy, sell, store, shred, melt, cut or otherwise alter scrap
metal except when the purchase is from the brewer or its authorized
representative. For purposes of this Section, "keg" shall have the
same meaning as in Section 311.082, RSMo.
B. Anyone who is found guilty of, or pleads
guilty to, violating this Section shall be guilty of an ordinance
violation punishable only by fine. Nothing in this Section shall be
construed to preclude a person violating this Section from also being
prosecuted for any applicable criminal offense.
[Ord. No. 1099, 8-14-2017]
A. No scrap yard shall purchase any metal that can be identified as
belonging to a public or private cemetery, political subdivision,
telecommunications provider, cable provider, wireless service or other
communications-related provider, electrical cooperative, water utility,
municipal utility or utility regulated under Chapter 386 or 393, RSMo.,
including twisted pair copper telecommunications wiring of pair or
greater existing in 19, 22, 24, or 26 gauge burnt wire, bleachers,
guardrails, signs, street and traffic lights or signals, and manhole
cover or covers, whether broken or unbroken, from anyone other than
the cemetery or monument owner, political subdivision, telecommunications
provider, cable provider, wireless service or other communications-related
provider, electrical cooperative, water utility, municipal utility,
utility regulated under Chapter 386 or 393, RSMo., or manufacturer
of the metal or item described in this Section unless such person
is authorized in writing by the cemetery or monument owner, political
subdivision, telecommunications provider, cable provider, wireless
service or other communications-related provider, electrical cooperative,
water utility, municipal utility, utility regulated under Chapter
386 or 393, RSMo., or manufacturer to sell the metal.
B. Anyone convicted of violating this Section
shall be guilty of an ordinance violation.
[Ord. No. 1099, 8-14-2017]
A. Any scrap metal dealer paying out an amount
that is five hundred dollars ($500.00) or more shall make such payment
by issuing a prenumbered check drawn on a regular bank account in
the name of the licensed scrap metal dealer and with such check made
payable to the person documented as the seller in accordance with
this Section, or by using a system for automated cash or electronic
payment distribution which photographs or videotapes the payment recipient
and identifies the payment with a distinct transaction in the register
maintained in accordance with Chapter 407, RSMo.
B. Any scrap metal dealer that purchases scrap
metal from a seller and pays in the form of cash is required to obtain
a copy of the seller's driver's license or non-driver's license if
the metal is copper or a catalytic converter. This Section shall not
apply to any transaction for which the seller has an existing business
relationship with the scrap metal dealer and is known to the scrap
metal dealer making the purchase to be an established business or
political subdivision that operates a business with a fixed location
that can be reasonably expected to generate regulated scrap metal
and can be reasonably identified as such a business.
C. Any person in violation of Sections
210.1210 to
210.1240 by selling stolen scrap metal shall be responsible for consequential damages related to obtaining the scrap metal.
[CC 1985 § 18-83; 1977 Code; Ord. No. 29 § 6, 11-17-1937; Ord. No. 1099, 8-14-2017]
If any person shall dig, remove, or carry away any earth, sand, gravel or sod from any public grounds within the City, or shall remove any property belonging to the City, he/she shall be deemed guilty of an offense. (For penalty, see Section
100.220 of this Code of Ordinances.)
[CC 1985 § 18-84; 1977 Code; Ord. No. 29, §§ 7 — 8, 11-17-1937; Ord. No. 299 Art. 6 § 1; Ord. No. 1099, 8-14-2017]
A. If any person shall stick, paste or post any bills or placards upon any public building or fence, or upon any private building, fence or other property without the consent of the owner, he/she shall be deemed guilty of an offense. (For penalty, see Section
100.220 of this Code of Ordinances.)
B. If any person shall intentionally injure, deface or destroy any public property within the City, or any fence, awning, building, railing or other property of another, he/she shall be deemed guilty of an offense. (For penalty, see Section
100.220 of this Code of Ordinances.)
C. No unauthorized person shall maliciously,
willfully, or negligently break, damage, destroy, uncover, deface,
or tamper with any structure, appurtenance, or equipment which is
part of the sewage works. Any person violating this provision shall
be subject to immediate arrest under charge of disorderly conduct.
[CC 1985 § 18-85; 1977 Code; Ord. No. 26 § 15, 11-17-1937; Ord. No. 138 §§ 1
— 2, 6-2-1952; Ord.
No. 1099, 8-14-2017]
A. Every person who shall willfully destroy, disfigure or injure any wall, fence, hedge, monument, tree or shrub within the City limits, or hitch to any shade tree, shall be deemed guilty of an offense. (For penalty, see Section
100.220 of this Code of Ordinances.)
B. Hereafter, it shall be unlawful for any
person, group of persons, firm or corporation to post any bills, posters
or advertising matter of any type or character, political or otherwise
upon any telephone pole, electric light pole or any other public property
of any type or character, and also any private property without the
consent of the owner, within the limits of the City of St. James,
Missouri.
C. Whoever shall violate the provisions of Subsection
(B) shall be deemed guilty of an offense. (For penalty, see Section
100.220 of this Code of Ordinances.)
[CC 1985 § 18-86; 1977 Code; Ord. No. 29 § 9, 11-17-1937; Ord. No. 1099, 8-14-2017]
Any person who shall intentionally remove, deface, injure or destroy any stake, monument or landmark in this City, established by legal survey, shall be deemed guilty of an offense. (For penalty, see Section
100.220 of this Code of Ordinances.)
[CC 1985 § 18-88; 1977 Code; Ord. No. 30 § 2, 11-17-1937; Ord. No. 1099, 8-14-2017]
Any two (2) or more persons who in this City shall assemble upon any sidewalk, street crossing or street corner, or in front of any public building or place of business, and there remain loafing or spending their time in idleness so as to obstruct the sidewalk, street crossing or street corners, shall each be deemed guilty of an offense. (For penalty, see Section
100.220 of this Code of Ordinances.)
[CC 1985 § 18-89; Ord. No. 563 §§ 1 — 3, 4-1-1996; Ord. No. 1099, 8-14-2017]
A. It shall be unlawful for any person not
having an interest in the business of the operation of the St. James
R-1 School District to loiter on the grounds of or within the buildings
of the district, or to be within five hundred (500) feet of such grounds
or buildings when the district's elementary and secondary schools
are in session beginning one (1) hour before and ending one (1) hour
after.
B. Any person so loitering as described in Subsection
(A) herein shall immediately leave the grounds or buildings of the district upon the request of the school's Principal or his/her authorized representative, and anyone who shall fail or refuse to so leave shall be in violation of this Section.
C. Penalty. Any person found guilty hereunder
shall be subject to a fine not exceeding five hundred dollars ($500.00)
or by imprisonment in the county jail for ninety (90) days or by both
such fine and imprisonment.