No person who operates a show, theater or any place of amusement
of any kind within the City, where the public is invited to attend,
shall permit seats to be placed in the aisles of the place where any
moving picture is shown or any show or other amusement is held, nor
shall he/she permit an overcrowding of the aisles, foyer or exits
by persons standing, nor shall he/she permit a blocking of free egress
at the exits or aisles by any manner or means whatever.
No person shall in any alley, street or thoroughfare or near
any railway station throw rocks by hand, nor shall he/she throw, shoot
or discharge any stone, missile of any description or any thing or
substance capable of inflicting injury or causing annoyance, nor shall
any person use or have in possession, ready for use, at or in any
of the places hereinbefore prohibited, any sling, slingshot, air gun,
gas gun, bow and arrow, crossbow or other device for shooting, discharging
or throwing any missile.
It is unlawful for any carnival, circus, dog and pony show,
skating rink or exhibition of any kind showing under a tent or canvas
to set up and show within three hundred (300) feet of any church,
schoolhouse, residence, store or store building. The provisions of
this Section may be waived by the City Manager or his/her designee
upon application by an organization or group prior to an event, for
which such waiver is required in accordance with City requirements
prescribed by the City Council.
It is unlawful for any person to sow or plant or for any landowner
to permit the sowing or planting of any corn or other farm product
which may at any time during its growth exceed the height of four
(4) feet from the ground upon any vacant lot or plot or tract of ground
within the City; provided, that such crops may be planted upon any
vacant tract of ground which may be not less than three hundred (300)
feet from any building constructed for the purpose of being occupied
as a residence of persons; and, provided further, that the provisions
of this Section shall not apply to sweet corn grown in gardens nor
to popcorn.
It is unlawful for any person to camp upon any street, alley,
thoroughfare, lot or public place within the City unless authorized,
in writing, by the City Manager or his/her designee.
Any person who lawfully removes books, magazines, records or
other property of the Sikeston Public Library by checking out such
books, magazines, records or other property upon a duly issued library
permit card, hereinafter termed the "borrower", shall return the item
or items so checked out on or before the date specified by the librarian
or the assistant librarian for each item so checked out. Failure to
return any such item on or before the due date shall, in addition
to the penalties provided in this Section, subject the borrower to
the nominal fine or other penalties provided by the administrative
rules of the library. The librarian may, after fourteen (14) days
following the date of failure to return to the library any item due,
notify the person to whom the item was checked out that it is overdue
and that it must be returned forthwith. This notice may be given once
by ordinary mail addressed to the borrower as his/her address is shown
on his/her library card. If return of the property is not made within
seven (7) days following the mailing of such notice, the librarian
may cause a complaint to be filed against the borrower in the Sikeston
Municipal Court. Any person who fails to return any overdue item or
property checked out to him/her within seven (7) days after the mailing
of such notice to return such overdue item shall be deemed guilty
of a violation of this Section; provided that a person to whom such
overdue notice is sent, who is unable to return the property which
is overdue because of loss or destruction thereof, may escape prosecution
hereunder by paying to the librarian, within the seven (7) day limit
above provided, the original cost price of such item as shown on the
records of the librarian. A receipt signed by the librarian evidencing
such payment shall operate as a bar to prosecution for failure to
return such item.
No person not an employee of a railroad company while actually
engaged in the performance of his/her duties, shall climb upon, hold
to or in any manner attach himself/herself to any railway engine,
car or train while the same is in motion, nor shall any such person
descend or jump from any railway engine, car or train while the same
is in motion.
