A person commits the offense of littering if he or she places,
deposits, or causes to be placed or deposited, any glass, glass bottles,
wire, nails, tacks, hedge, cans, garbage, trash, refuse, or rubbish
of any kind, nature or description on the right-of-way of any public
road or State highway or on or in any of the waters in this City or
on the banks of any stream, or on any land or water owned, operated
or leased by the State, any board, department, agency or commission
thereof or on any land or water owned, operated or leased by the Federal
Government or the City, or on any private real property owned by another
without the owner's consent.
[Ord. No. 1251 §§1 — 7, 8-3-1993]
A. For
the purpose of this Section, the following definitions shall apply:
ALARM SYSTEM
Any mechanical or electrical device which is designed to
be activated manually or automatically upon the detection of an unauthorized
entry, intrusion, or other emergency in or on any building, structure,
facility or premises through the emission of a sound or transmission
of a signal or message.
ALARM USER
A person who uses an alarm system to protect any building,
structure, facility or premises.
AUTOMATIC DIALING DEVICE
An alarm system that automatically dials a specific telephone
number and transmits an emergency message by a recording over regular
telephone lines when activated.
DIRECT SIGNAL ALARM SYSTEM
An alarm system which provides for a special telephone line
that is directly connected to a department of the City which emits
a sound or transmits a signal or both when activated.
FALSE ALARM
Any activation of an alarm system intentionally or by inadvertence,
negligence, or unintentional act to which the City of Rock Hill Police
or Fire Department are summoned to respond, including activation caused
by the malfunction of the alarm system, except that the following
shall not be considered false alarms:
1.
An alarm that has been caused by the malfunction of the City's
equipment.
2.
An alarm that has been caused by damage, testing or repair of
telephone equipment or lines by the telephone company, provided that
such incidents are promptly reported to the telephone company.
3.
An alarm caused by an attempted and unauthorized or illegal
entry, of which there is visible or demonstrated evidence.
4.
When an alarm is followed by a call to the Police or Fire Department
canceling the alarm by giving proper information, prior to the arrival
of the Department at the source of the alarm.
5.
An alarm has been caused by a malfunction of electrical power
beyond the control of the alarm user.
B. Notification And Charges For False Alarms.
1. All false alarms to which the Police or Fire Department responds
shall result in the following charge to the alarm user:
a. A warning for the first (1st) two (2) false alarms in any calendar
year.
b. A twenty-five dollar ($25.00) service charge for the third (3rd)
false alarm in any calendar year.
c. A one hundred dollar ($100.00) service charge for the fourth (4th)
and any subsequent false alarm in any calendar year.
2. Upon determination by the Police or Fire Department that a false
alarm has occurred, the appropriate Department shall send a notice
to the alarm user notifying the user of the determination and directing
payment within ten (10) days of any service charge that may be due.
3. The Police or Fire Department shall cancel any notice or service charge upon satisfactory proof by the alarm user that a particular alarm falls within the false alarm exceptions enumerated in Subsection
(A), definition of false alarm.
4. Refusal to pay any such service charge within ten (10) days of such
notice shall constitute a violation of this Section.
C. No
person shall install or use an automatic dialing device which is programmed
to dial the Police or Fire Department's telephone number. All automatic
dialing devices shall be programmed to dial any consenting person
who may relay the emergency message to the Police or Fire Department
by live voice. The alarm user of such device shall be responsible
for having his/her alarm system reprogrammed within the ninety (90)
days' time period.
D. No
person shall install or use an audible alarm which is equipped with
an exterior sound-producing device such as a gong, buzzer, siren,
bell or horn unless the same shall be equipped with a fifteen (15)
minute timer. Any alarm user having an audible alarm shall be responsible
for equipping it with a fifteen (15) minute timer.
E. Any
person who installs, maintains, sells, leases, services, repairs,
alters, replaces, moves or installs any alarm system or causes the
same to be sold, leased, maintained,serviced, repaired, altered, replaced,
moved or installed in or on any building, structure, facility or premises
shall be properly licensed under ordinances of St. Louis County as
the same pertains to the licensing and regulation for the installation
and use of alarm systems.
F. Any
alarm user shall register such alarm system with the Police or Fire
Department of the City within one (1) week after installation. No
charge for any false alarm shall be made during the first (1st) two
(2) weeks after the registration of said alarm.
G. Any
person who violates or causes a violation of any provision of this
Section shall be punishable, upon conviction, by imprisonment for
not more than ninety (90) days or by a fine of not more than five
hundred dollars ($500.00) or by both such fine and imprisonment, and
each day such violation continues shall be deemed a separate offense.
[Ord. No. 1227 §1(13-58), 9-1-1992]
A. It
shall be unlawful for any person within the City to sell, offer for
sale, expose for sale, use, discharge or explode any blank cartridge,
toy pistol, toy cannon or cane in which explosives are used; or the
type of balloon which requires fire underneath to propel the same;
or firecrackers, torpedoes, bottle or sky rockets, Roman candles,
aerial salutes, bombs, sparklers, colored fires, colored torches or
other fireworks displays of any kind whatsoever.
B. Nothing contained in Subsection
(A) shall prohibit the sale or use of fireworks for pyrotechnic displays given by any fair association, amusement park, the officials in charge of any public park, any civic or public organization or group of individuals, having first obtained a permit from the City for such displays; or prohibit the sale or use of blank cartridges for theatrical purposes, signal purposes in athletic contests or sport events, or for the use of militia, police or military organizations or prohibit any resident wholesaler, dealer or jobber from selling fireworks at wholesale; provided, that the same are shipped or delivered directly outside the limits of the City.
[Ord. No. 1227 §1(13-59), 9-1-1992]
The City of Rock Hill may issue permits for pyrotechnic displays
to fair associations, amusement parks or officials in charge of public
parks, and civic or public organizations or groups of individuals;
provided, that no such permit shall be issued except upon an application
therefor; and provided further, that the Mayor and Board of Aldermen
are satisfied that the public safety will not be endangered by such
display.