[CC 1996 §215.230; CC 1981 §220.100; Ord. No. 106 §§1 —
3, 6-28-1955; Ord. No. 322 §§5 — 6, 1-17-1972]
A.
It
shall be unlawful for any person or persons to knowingly throw or
otherwise propel firecrackers or explosives, eggs, water balloons
or any other substance at or against any pedestrian or any automobile,
whether the same be moving or stationary or against the occupants
thereof, and any violation of this Subsection shall be deemed an ordinance
violation.
B.
It
shall be unlawful for any person or persons to throw or otherwise
propel firecrackers or explosives or eggs, water balloons or other
substance against any person, automobile or occupant thereof from
an automobile whether the same be stationary or moving and it shall
be unlawful for any person to drive an automobile from which such
objects or substances are thrown and the fact that such person is
driving an automobile from which firecrackers or explosives, eggs,
water balloons or other substances are thrown at another automobile
or pedestrian shall be prima facie evidence that the driver of such
automobile has violated this Subsection. Each and every occupant of
an automobile, whether moving or stationary from which firecrackers
or explosives, eggs, water balloons or other substances have been
thrown or propelled against pedestrians or other automobiles upon
the public highways in the City of Breckenridge Hills who shall fail
to prevent other occupants from hurling such eggs, water balloons
or other substances, as aforesaid, shall likewise be guilty of an
ordinance violation unless the driver and other occupants of such
automobile shall immediately stop said automobile or cause the same
to be stopped and report such action to the Police and failure of
such driver and other occupants to stop said automobile, cause the
same to be stopped and to report such violation of this Subsection
shall be prima facie proof of a violation of the provisions of this
Section.
[CC 1996 §215.290; CC 1981 §225.070; Ord. No. 102 §§1 —
4, 12-6-1954]
A.
It
shall be unlawful for any person to willfully or by design, obstruct,
dam, fill-in or otherwise change the grade of any public surface drain
for stormwater where the same has been located on any public street
or easement granted or dedicated for such purpose so as to cause the
water which normally flows through or over said drain to back up or
be diverted upon the property of other persons or upon any public
property or to maintain such obstruction, dam, fill-in or change of
grade without obtaining permission therefor in writing from the Street
Commissioner.
B.
It
shall be unlawful for any person to construct or place a culvert,
pipe or other conduit along or under a public street or drainage easement
without first obtaining permission therefor from the Street Commissioner
who shall determine the size of said culvert, pipe or conduit. No
permit shall be granted for the installation of a culvert, pipe or
conduit smaller than twelve (12) inches in diameter.
C.
Whenever
complaints shall be made concerning the damming up, filling in, obstruction
or change of grade or installation of a culvert, pipe or other conduit
along or under a public street or drainage easement under which tends
to dam or divert surface water from the drains provided along public
streets or other public easements, the Street Commissioner shall investigate
and make inspection concerning the same and in the event he/she shall
find that any person has obstructed, dammed, filled in or changed
the grade of such surface water drain or shall have installed a culvert,
pipe or conduit without permission having been first granted and which
would tend to cause the flow of surface water to be stopped, backed
up or diverted on to public property, then he/she shall notify the
person responsible for such obstruction, damming, fill-in, change
of grade of surface water drain or installation of culvert, pipe or
conduit along or under a public street or drainage easement and in
the event the persons so responsible cannot be ascertained, then the
owner of the land on which said easement is located or the tenant
thereof and such person, owner or tenant shall remove such obstruction,
dam, fill-in or change of grade or such pipe, culvert or conduit within
ten (10) days after receipt of such notice and failure upon the part
of such person to remove same within ten (10) days of such notice
shall be prima facie proof of willfulness of his/her act in so obstructing
or diverting the flow of water over such surface water drain and the
same shall be deemed a nuisance.
[CC 1996 §215.560; CC 1981 §240.070; Ord. No. 408 §§1 —
3, 7-12-1976; Ord. No. 1091 §1, 8-22-2005]
A.
All
parks, parkways and recreational areas located in the City of Breckenridge
Hills, Missouri, shall open at 9:00 A.M. and close at sunset on the
same day. It shall be unlawful for any person to loiter, idle, wander,
stroll, play in or be in any park, parkway or recreational area located
in the City of Breckenridge Hills, Missouri, between sunset and 9:00
A.M. of the following day. Each violation of the provisions of this
Section shall constitute a separate offense.
B.
The
Police Department of the City of Breckenridge Hills and its officers
shall be responsible for closing the aforesaid parks, parkways and
recreational areas at sunset on each day and for opening same at 9:00
A.M. on the following day. Said closing shall be accomplished by the
locking of the gates or other appropriate means.
[CC 1996 §215.570; CC 1981 §240.080; Ord. No. 199 §§1 —
2, 2-20-1961]
No person, firm or corporation or agent, servant or employee
thereof shall erect, maintain or place or cause to be erected, maintained
or placed a sign or signs on a parcel of real estate lying with or
substantially within the City of Breckenridge Hills, Missouri, advertising
or offering such parcel of real estate for sale or for lease for a
period in excess of one (1) year without setting forth on such so
erected, maintained or placed the zoning classification of such property
under the then existing comprehensive zoning ordinance of this City
in letters at least two (2) inches in height.
[CC 1996 §215.580; Ord. No. 837 §§1 — 2, 6-15-1992]
[Ord. No. 1143 §§1 — 3, 7-20-2009]
A.
Disturbing Noised Prohibited. It shall be unlawful for any
person to make, continue or cause to be made or continued any loud,
unnecessary or unusual noise or any noise which unreasonably or unnecessarily
either annoys, disturbs, injures or endangers the comfort, repose,
health, peace or safety of others in the City. The provisions of this
Section shall not apply to or be enforced against:
1.
Any vehicle of the City while engaged in necessary public business.
2.
Excavations or repairs of streets by or on behalf of the City, County
or State at night when public welfare and convenience renders it impossible
to perform such work during the day.
3.
The reasonable use of amplifiers or loudspeakers in the course of
public addresses which are non-commercial in character.
B.
Conduct Constituting Disturbing Noises. The following activity,
among others, shall constitute a violation of this Section, but such
enumeration shall not be exclusive:
1.
Horns, signaling devices, etc. The sounding of any
horn or signaling device on any automobile, motorcycle or other vehicle
on any street or public place in the City except as a danger warning;
the creation of any unreasonably loud or harsh sound by means of any
such signaling device and the sounding of any such device for an unreasonable
period of time; the use of any signaling device, except a Police whistle
or one operated by hand or electricity; the use of any horn, whistle
or other device operated by engine exhaust and the use of any such
signaling device when traffic is held up for any reason.
2.
Radios, televisions, phonographs, etc. The using,
operating or permitting to be played, used or operated any radio receiving
set, television set, musical instrument, phonograph or other machine
or device for the producing or reproducing of sound in such a manner
as to disturb the peace, quiet and comfort of the neighboring inhabitants,
or at any time louder volume than necessary for convenient hearing
for the person who is in the room, vehicle or chamber in which such
machine or device is operated and who is a voluntary listener thereto.
The operation of any such set, instrument, phonograph, machine or
device between the hours of 10:00 P.M. and 6:00 A.M. in such a manner
as to be plainly audible at a distance of fifty (50) feet from the
building, structure or vehicle in which it is located shall be prima
facie evidence of a violation of this Section.
3.
Loudspeakers, amplifiers, etc., for advertising. The using, operating or permitting to be played, used or operated
any radio receiving set, musical instrument, phonograph, loudspeaker,
sound amplifier or other machine or device for the producing or reproducing
of sound which is cast upon the public streets for the purpose of
commercial advertising or attracting the attention of the public to
any building or structure without a special permit from the Mayor
and Council. Announcements over loudspeakers can only be made by the
announcer in person and without the aid of any mechanical device.
4.
Yelling, shouting, etc. Yelling, shouting, hooting,
whistling or singing on the public streets, particularly between the
hours of 10:00 P.M. and 6:00 A.M. or at any time or place so as to
annoy or disturb the quiet, comfort or repose of any person in the
vicinity.
5.
Animals, birds, etc. The keeping of any animal or
bird which will disturb the comfort or repose of any persons in the
vicinity by making long, continued or frequent noise.
6.
Steam whistle or horn. The blowing of any train
whistle, steam whistle or horn attached to any stationary boiler or
locomotive except to give notice of the time to begin or stop work
or a warning of fire or danger or upon request of proper City authorities.
7.
Exhausts. The discharge into the open air of exhaust
of any steam engine, stationary internal combustion engine, motorboat
or motor vehicle except through a muffler or other device which will
effectively prevent loud or explosive noises therefrom.
8.
Defect in vehicle or load. The use of any automobile,
motorcycle or vehicle so out of repair, so loaded or in such a manner
as to create loud and unnecessary grating, grinding, rattling or other
noise.
9.
Loading, unloading, opening boxes. The creation
of a loud and excessive noise in connection with loading or unloading
any vehicle or the opening and destruction of bales, boxes, crates
and containers.
10.
Construction and repair work. The exterior construction,
demolition, alteration or repair of buildings involving the operation
of machinery or equipment which causes loud or disturbing noise between
the hours of 10:00 P.M. and 6:00 A.M. on Monday through Saturday and
between 10:00 P.M. and 6:00 A.M. on Sunday, and except for activities
by governmental authorities or public utilities when the activities
are in response to emergencies or otherwise in the interest of public
health and safety.
11.
Schools, courts, churches, hospitals, residences. The creation of any excessive noise on any street adjacent to any
school, institution of learning, church or court while the same is
in session or adjacent to any hospital or in any residential area
and which unreasonably interferes with the work of such institution,
or which disturbs or unduly annoys patients in the hospital; provided
that conspicuous signs are displayed about such institutions indicating
the presence of such institutions.
12.
Hawkers, peddlers, etc. The shouting and crying
of peddlers, hawkers and vendors which disturb the peace and quiet
of the neighborhood.
13.
Noises to attract attention. The use of any drum
or other instrument or device for the purpose of attracting attention
to any performance, show or sale by creations of noise.
14.
Transportation of metal rails, etc. The transportation
of rails, pillars or columns of iron, steel or other material over
and along streets and other public places upon carts, drays, cars,
trucks or in any other manner so loaded as to cause loud noises or
as to disturb the peace and quiet of such streets or other public
places.
15.
Pile drivers, hammers, etc. The operation from 10:00
P.M. to 6:00 A.M. of any pile driver, steam shovel, pneumatic hammer,
derrick, steam or electric hoist or other appliance, the use of which
is attended by loud or unusual noise without a special permit from
the Mayor and Council.
16.
Blowers. The operation of any noise creating blower
or power fan or any internal combustion engine, the operation of which
causes noise due to the explosion of operating gases or fluids, unless
the noise from such blower or fan is muffled and such engine is equipped
with a muffler device sufficient to deaden such noise.
17.
Sound trucks. The use of mechanical loudspeakers
or amplifiers on trucks or other moving or standing vehicles for advertising
or other commercial purposes; the use of sound trucks for non-commercial
purposes during such hours or in such places or with such volume as
would constitute such use a public nuisance.
18.
Automobile repair. The doing of any activity in
the course of repairing or altering a motor vehicle or equipment thereof
in the nighttime which creates any disturbing noise audible on the
premises of another.
19.
Trash/sanitation service. The pickup, servicing,
loading, dumping, unloading of any sanitation receptacle by a vehicle
between the hours of 10:00 P.M. and 6:00 A.M. on weekdays and between
the hours of 10:00 P.M. and 6:00 A.M. on Saturdays and Sundays.
[Ord. No. 1174 §§1 — 3, 10-15-2012]
A.
It shall be unlawful for any person to appear in public wearing pants
three (3) inches or more below the waist and/or exposing skin or undergarments.
B.
Any person convicted of violating the provisions of this Section
shall be punished by a fine not to exceed one hundred dollars ($100.00).
Any violation of this Section shall be cited by Law Enforcement Officers
by the issuance of a citation and summons to appear in the Municipal
Court of Breckenridge Hills, Missouri, and shall not, in and of itself,
be grounds for an arrest or for a search of person cited.
C.
Responsibility Of Parent. The parent, guardian or
other adult person having the care and custody of a person under the
age of seventeen (17) years shall not knowingly permit such person
to violate this Section.
D.
Notice To Parent. Any Police Officer finding any
person under the age of seventeen (17) years violating the provisions
of this Section shall warn such person to desist immediately from
such violation and shall promptly report the violation to his/her
superior officer, who shall cause a written notice to be served upon
the parent, guardian or person in charge of such person, setting forth
the manner in which this Section has been violated. Any parent, guardian,
or person in charge of such person who shall knowingly permit such
person to violate the provisions of this Section, after receiving
notice of first violation, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor offense.
E.
Service Of Notice. The written notice provided for
herein may be served by leaving a copy thereof at the residence of
such parent, guardian, or person in charge of the person in violation
of this Section, with any person found at such residence over the
age of seventeen (17) years, or by mailing such notice to the last
known address of such parent, guardian or person in charge of such
person, wherever such person may be found.
F.
Violation of this Section shall subject parents and guardians to
punishment by a fine up to one hundred dollars ($100.00).
