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City of Bolivar, MO
Polk County
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[R.O. 2009 § 225.2210; R.O. 2007 § 225.111; Ord. No. 2757, 11-8-2007; Ord. No. 3321, 12-13-2016]
It shall be unlawful for any person to misuse the emergency telephone services. For the purposes of this Section "emergency" means any incident involving danger to life or property that calls for an emergency response dispatch of Police, fire, EMS or other public safety organization. "Misuse of the emergency telephone service" includes, but is not limited to, repeatedly calling "911" for non-emergency situations causing operators or equipment to be in use when emergency situations may need such operators or equipment. "Repeatedly" means three (3) or more times within a one (1) month period.
[R.O. 2009 § 225.2220; R.O. 2007 § 225.330; Ord. No. 763 § 3(m), 1-17-1980; Ord. No. 3321, 12-13-2016]
A person commits the offense of improper slaughtering of livestock and fowl if he/she shall knowingly allow blood, filth or remains to accumulate on the property or shall allow feathers to be scattered on his/her property.
[R.O. 2009 § 225.2230; R.O. 2007 § 225.610; Ord. No. 909 §§ 1 – 5, 10-10-1985; Ord. No. 946 § 1, 2-19-1987; Ord. No. 3321, 12-13-2016]
A. 
It shall be unlawful for any person, partnership or corporation to knowingly sell, transfer or give away eggs from any fowl or animal between the hours of 3:00 P.M. and Midnight in each year on the holiday known as Halloween and between Midnight and 5:00 A.M. in each year on the morning immediately following the holiday known as Halloween.
B. 
It shall be unlawful for any person, firm, partnership or corporation to knowingly possess eggs from any fowl or animal between the hours of 3:00 P.M. and Midnight in each year on the holiday known as Halloween and between Midnight and 5:00 A.M. in each year on the morning immediately following the holiday known as Halloween, except as follows:
1. 
Eggs may be possessed and/or used as a food item within residences, restaurants and other places that commonly purvey prepared foods.
2. 
Eggs may be possessed and held for resale [but not actually sold during the time period in which sales are prohibited by Subsection (B) of this Section], within the confines of any grocery store, convenience store and other place that normally sells food stuffs.
3. 
Eggs may be possessed by a producer or wholesaler solely within the confines of the premises of the producer or wholesaler or solely within the confines of any vehicle ordinarily used for the delivery of eggs and other food stuffs or during transfer from such delivery vehicle to a wholesaler or retainer of food items or purveyor of prepared foods.
For the purposes of this Section, eggs found in a motor vehicle shall be deemed possessed by all occupants thereof, unless such person can establish by a preponderance of the evidence that they did not have any knowledge of the presence of such eggs.
C. 
It shall be lawful for the Police to confiscate and destroy all eggs found in the possession of any person in violation of Subsection (B) of this Section.
D. 
It shall be unlawful at any time for any person to knowingly throw, hurl, drop or smash eggs at or on any person, motor vehicle or structure or to act in concert with any person doing such acts or to encourage, aid or abet any such acts.