It shall be unlawful for any person within the City to construct
any fence, wholly or in part, with barbed wire, where such fence or
any part thereof runs along any public street or thoroughfare; provided,
that every person shall have the right to use such wire in the construction
of fences in areas zoned for agricultural purposes.
Every person who shall, within the corporate limits, wilfully
and maliciously break, injure or in any way disfigure any barrier
or signal erected at the site of any improvement to any sidewalk,
pavement, curbing, parkway, sewer or other public improvement being
carried on within the City limits shall be deemed guilty of an ordinance
violation.
Any person who shall change or molest any grade stake, survey
pin, stone or other thing set by the City Administrator or Surveyor,
or any of his/her assistants or other person acting in his/her stead,
for the marking and designating of any grade, corner, line or elevation
or other project within the City, or shall commit any injury or damage
thereto, shall be deemed guilty of an ordinance violation.
A person commits the offense of assault on a police animal if
he or she knowingly attempts to kill or disable or knowingly causes
or attempts to cause serious physical injury to a police animal when
that animal is involved in law enforcement investigation, apprehension,
tracking, or search, or the animal is in the custody of or under the
control of a Law Enforcement Officer, Department of Corrections Officer,
Municipal Police Department or Fire Department or a rescue unit or
agency.
[Ord. No. 2021-34, 9-13-2021]
A. Definitions. As used in this Section, the following terms shall have
these prescribed meanings:
OPEN CONTAINER
Any drinking or pouring vessel, including any open or unsealed
bottle, jar, can, cup or container without a lid or with a lid but
with a straw protruding therefrom or with only a partial lid, with
the contents being capable for immediate consumption.
PUBLIC PLACE
A place to which the general public has a right to resort;
not necessarily a place devoted solely to the uses of the public,
but a place which is in point of fact public rather than private,
a place visited by many persons and usually accessible to the neighboring
public (e.g., a park or public beach). Also, a place in which the
public has an interest as affecting the safety, health, morals and
welfare of the community. A place exposed to the public and where
the public gather or pass to and fro.
SOCIAL DISTRICT
That part of the City of Trenton, Missouri enclosed in the
following area which shall extend to the centerline of the streets
described herein: Beginning at a point located at the intersection
of West 10th Street and Jackson Street; thence East to a point located
at the intersection of West 10th Street and Chestnut Street; thence
North to a point located at the intersection of West 11th Street and
Chestnut Street; thence East to a point that intersects with Haliburton
Street; thence South to a point located at the intersection of Haliburton
Street and Monroe Street; thence Southwest to a point located at the
intersection of East 8th Street and Monroe Street; thence Northwest
to a point located at the intersection of East 8th Street and Jackson
Street; thence Northeast to the place of beginning.
B. Except as provided in this Section, it shall be unlawful for any
person to drink or consume any alcoholic beverage or beer or have
an open container of alcoholic beverage or beer in or on any of the
following places:
1.
Public street, alley, avenue, highway;
C. Exceptions.
1. The fenced-in grandstand event area at the Trenton City fair grounds
during the North Central Missouri Fair.
2. The Social District described herein, provided the following conditions
are met:
a. Open consumption shall be permitted only during events hosted by
the Trenton Downtown Improvement Association or Main Street Trenton
for which an event permit from the City of Trenton has been obtained.
b. Open consumption shall be permitted only during the hours of each
such event to begin at the start time of the event and to end at the
conclusion of the event for a total time period not to exceed four
(4) hours for each event.
c. The event host shall provide the vessel for consumption, which shall
be unique to each event and shall not be made of glass, and consumption
and possession of alcohol pursuant to this Subsection shall only be
permitted in the vessel provided by the event host.
d. Businesses located within the area may prohibit anyone from bringing
alcohol into their business. Such businesses may notify persons verbally
or may post a sign stating, "No Outside Alcohol." Any person that
enters such a business with alcohol that has posted a sign or after
having been advised verbally of the prohibition, shall be subject
to criminal prosecution for trespass pursuant to the Trenton City
Code.
e. Alcohol to be consumed and possessed pursuant to this Subsection
must have been sold by a business located within said area.
f. The Trenton Downtown Improvement Association or Main Street Trenton
shall post signage at each exit point of the Social District, notifying
attendees that leaving the area with open containers of alcohol will
subject them to arrest.
g. Businesses and persons selling alcohol shall comply with all laws
regarding the sale of alcohol and no provision of this Subsection
shall relieve them of such duty.
D. It shall be unlawful for any person to consume or possess any alcoholic
beverage, beer, or intoxicating liquor upon the private business premises
of another without permission of the owner or person in control of
such premises.
E. Any person found violating the provisions of this Section shall be
deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and be punishable by a fine of not
more than five hundred dollars ($500.00) or imprisonment for a term
not to exceed ninety (90) days, or by both such fine and imprisonment.
F. This
Section may be temporarily suspended for a period of time not to exceed
three (3) days by resolution of the Council specifying dates for when
this Section is in suspension. Said suspension may be for all or any
part of the corporate limits of the City.
No person shall place, leave or deposit, or cause to be placed,
left or deposited, in or upon any sidewalk, street, avenue or alley,
any article or thing whatsoever, so as to obstruct or otherwise encumber
the same, without a permit, in writing, therefor from the City Administrator
or Street Supervisor, or other person acting in his/her stead; provided,
that this Section shall not be construed to prevent merchants or manufacturers,
while receiving or shipping their goods, wares or merchandise, from
occupying for such purpose one-fourth (¼) of the sidewalk with
such goods, wares or merchandise, but the same shall, in no event,
remain longer than one (1) hour upon such sidewalk.
No person shall permit any sign, awning or other obstruction
to hang or extend over any street or avenue within the City, without
written permission to do so from the City Administrator or City Engineer,
or other person acting in his/her stead, nor to hang or extend over
any alley or sidewalk, unless the lowest part of the sign, awning
or other obstruction shall be of sufficient height to permit the free
passage of vehicles or pedestrians and, in no event, be less than
seven (7) feet above the surface of such sidewalk or alley.
Any person who shall play at ball or throw, pitch or strike
at a ball along, across or through any of the streets, avenues or
alleys of the City shall be deemed guilty of an ordinance violation.
It shall be unlawful for any person to burn any leaves, weeds,
brush, wood or other combustible materials whatsoever in or upon any
sidewalk, street, avenue or alley within the City.
It shall be the duty of the occupants of property in front of
which curbing and guttering shall have been constructed, or if such
property is unoccupied, it shall be the duty of the owner thereof,
to keep the gutters clean and to remove therefrom any dirt or filth
which may have accumulated therein.