[Ord. No. 1989, 3-17-2020; Ord. No. 2032, 3-7-2023]
A. 
Definition. Marijuana, as used herein, means Cannabis indica, Cannabis sativa, and Cannabis ruderalis, hybrids of such species, and any other strains commonly understood within the scientific community to constitute marijuana, as well as resin extracted from the marijuana plant and marijuana-infused products. It does not include industrial hemp, as defined by Missouri Statute, or commodities or products manufactured from industrial hemp.
B. 
Superior Laws. The ordinance violations established in this Section 215.1800 are subject to and may be excepted by Chapters 195 or 579 RSMo., by Article XIV of the Missouri Constitution, or by related State laws or regulations.
C. 
Under-Age Possession, Etc. A person under the age of twenty-one (21) years is prohibited from possessing, purchasing, consuming, selling, or distributing marijuana. Upon conviction, such person shall be subject to forfeiture of the marijuana and a fine not to exceed one hundred dollars ($100.00). Any such person shall be provided the option of attending up to four (4) hours of drug education or counseling in lieu of the fine.
D. 
Sales Or Distribution To Under-Age Person. A person at least twenty-one (21) years of age is prohibited from selling or distributing marijuana to a person under the age of twenty-one (21) years. Upon conviction thereof such person shall be subject to a fine and/or imprisonment as provided in Section 100.080 of the Rock Hill City Code.
E. 
Maximum Product Quantities. A person is prohibited from possessing, purchasing, producing, selling, or delivering more than three (3) ounces of dried, unprocessed marijuana or its equivalent.
1. 
If the excessive product amount is not more than six (6) ounces, then upon conviction the perpetrator shall be subject to forfeiture of the marijuana and:
a. 
For a first offense, a fine not to exceed two hundred fifty dollars ($250.00);
b. 
For a second offense, a fine not to exceed five hundred dollars ($500.00); and
c. 
For a third offense, a fine not to exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000.00);
2. 
If the excessive product amount is more than six (6) ounces, then upon conviction the perpetrator shall be subject to a fine and/or imprisonment as provided in Section 100.080 of the Rock Hill City Code, or the matter may be referred to the St. Louis County Prosecuting Attorney for prosecution under the applicable Missouri Statute.
F. 
Cultivation Restrictions.
1. 
It is unlawful for a person to transport, plant, cultivate, harvest, dry, process, or manufacture more than six (6) of each of the following: (a) flowering marijuana plants; (b) non-flowering marijuana plants [at least fourteen (14) inches tall]; or (c) clones [less than fourteen (14) inches tall]. Upon conviction, such person shall be subject to a fine and/or imprisonment as provided in Section 100.080 of the Rock Hill City Code, or the matter may be referred to the St. Louis County Prosecuting Attorney for prosecution under the applicable Missouri Statute.
2. 
It is unlawful for a person to keep the aforementioned plants, and any marijuana in excess of three (3) ounces produced by the plants, at a private residence in an unlocked space or in a manner that is visible by normal, unaided vision from a public place. Upon conviction, such person shall be subject to forfeiture of the marijuana and a fine of two hundred fifty dollars ($250.00).
3. 
It is unlawful for a property owner or occupant to permit the keeping of more than twelve (12) of each of the plants described in Subsection (F)(1) of this Subsection in or on the grounds of a private residence at one (1) time. Upon conviction, such person shall be subject to a fine and/or imprisonment as provided in Section 100.080 of the Rock Hill City Code, or the matter may be referred to the St. Louis County Prosecuting Attorney for prosecution under the applicable Missouri Statute.
G. 
Synthetic Cannabinoid. A person commits the offense of possession of a synthetic cannabinoid, as defined in Section 195.010, RSMo., if he or she possesses any synthetic cannabinoid.
[Ord. No. 1989, 3-17-2020; Ord. No. 2032, 3-7-2023]
A person commits the offense of possession of a controlled substance, as defined in Section 195.010, RSMo., if he or she knowingly possesses a controlled substance, except as authorized by Chapter 579, RSMo., or Chapter 195, RSMo., or by Article XIV of the Missouri Constitution or any related State law or regulation.
A. 
The limits specified in this Section shall not apply to any quantity of such product, mixture, or preparation which must be dispensed, sold, or distributed in a pharmacy pursuant to a valid prescription.
B. 
Within any thirty-day period, no person shall sell, dispense, or otherwise provide to the same individual, and no person shall purchase, receive, or otherwise acquire more than the following amount: any number of packages of any drug product containing any detectable amount of ephedrine, phenylpropanolamine, or pseudoephedrine, or any of their salts or optical isomers, or salts of optical isomers, either as: a) the sole active ingredient; or b) one (1) of the active ingredients of a combination drug; or c) a combination of any of the products specified in items a) and b) of this Subsection; in any total amount greater than nine (9) grams, without regard to the number of transactions.
C. 
Within any twenty-four-hour period, no pharmacist, intern pharmacist, or registered pharmacy technician shall sell, dispense, or otherwise provide to the same individual, and no person shall purchase, receive, or otherwise acquire more than the following amount: any number of packages of any drug product containing any detectable amount of ephedrine, phenylpropanolamine, or pseudoephedrine, or any of their salts or optical isomers, or salts of optical isomers, either as: a) the sole active ingredient; or b) one (1) of the active ingredients of a combination drug; or c) a combination of any of the products specified in items a) and b) of this Subsection; in any total amount greater than three and six-tenths (3.6) grams without regard to the number of transactions.
D. 
All packages of any compound, mixture, or preparation containing any detectable quantity of ephedrine, phenylpropanolamine, or pseudoephedrine, or any of their salts or optical isomers, or salts of optical isomers, except those that are excluded from Schedule V in Subsection 17 or 18 of Section 195.017, RSMo., shall be offered for sale only from behind a pharmacy counter where the public is not permitted, and only by a registered pharmacist or registered pharmacy technician under Section 195.017, RSMo.
E. 
Each pharmacy shall submit information regarding sales of any compound, mixture, or preparation as specified in this Section in accordance with transmission methods and frequency established by the Department by regulation.
F. 
This Section shall not apply to the sale of any animal feed products containing ephedrine or any naturally occurring or herbal ephedra or extract of ephedra.
G. 
All logs, records, documents, and electronic information maintained for the dispensing of these products shall be open for inspection and copying by Municipal, County, and State or Federal Law Enforcement Officers whose duty it is to enforce the controlled substances laws of this State or the United States.
H. 
All persons who dispense or offer for sale pseudoephedrine and ephedrine products, except those that are excluded from Schedule V in Subsection 17 or 18 of Section 195.017, RSMo., shall ensure that all such products are located only behind a pharmacy counter where the public is not permitted.
I. 
The penalty for a knowing or reckless violation of this Section is found in Section 579.060, RSMo.
A. 
The retail sale of methamphetamine precursor drugs shall be limited to:
1. 
Sales in packages containing not more than a total of three (3) grams of one (1) or more methamphetamine precursor drugs calculated in terms of ephedrine base, pseudoephedrine base and phenylpropanolamine base; and
2. 
For non-liquid products, sales in blister packs, each blister containing not more than two (2) dosage units, or where the use of blister packs is technically infeasible, sales in unit dose packets or pouches.
B. 
The penalty for a knowing violation of Subsection (A) of this Section is found in Section 569.060, RSMo.
[Ord. No. 1989, 3-17-2020]
A. 
A person commits the offense of unlawful manufacture of drug paraphernalia if he or she unlawfully manufactures with intent to deliver drug paraphernalia, knowing, or under circumstances where one reasonably should know, that it will be used to plant, propagate, cultivate, grow, harvest, manufacture, compound, convert, produce, process, prepare, test, analyze, pack, repack, store, contain, conceal, inject, ingest, inhale, or otherwise introduce into the human body a controlled substance or an imitation controlled substance in violation of Chapter 195 or Chapter 579, RSMo.
B. 
The offense of unlawful manufacture of drug paraphernalia is an ordinance violation, unless done for commercial purposes.
C. 
This Section shall not apply to the possession, use, or distribution of any drug paraphernalia by any person or entity licensed or authorized for such possession, use, or distribution pursuant to Article XIV of the Missouri Constitution or any related State law or regulation.
[Ord. No. 2032, 3-7-2023]
[1]
Note: Under certain circumstances, this offense can be a felony under state law.
[Ord. No. 1989, 3-17-2020]
A. 
A person commits the offense of unlawful possession of drug paraphernalia if he or she knowingly uses, or possesses with intent to use, drug paraphernalia, to plant, propagate, cultivate, grow, harvest, manufacture, compound, convert, produce, process, prepare, test, analyze, pack, repack, store, contain, conceal, inject, ingest, inhale, or otherwise introduce into the human body, a controlled substance or an irritation controlled substance in violation of Chapter 579, RSMo., or Chapter 195, RSMo.
B. 
This Section shall not apply to the possession, use, or distribution of any drug paraphernalia by any person or entity licensed or authorized for such possession, use, or distribution pursuant to Article XIV of the Missouri Constitution or any related State law or regulation.
[Ord. No. 2032, 3-7-2023]
[1]
Note: Under certain circumstances this offense can be a felony under state law.
[Ord. No. 1989, 3-17-2020]
A. 
It is unlawful for any person to place in any newspaper, magazine, handbill, or other publication any advertisement, knowing, or under circumstances where one reasonably should know, that the purpose of the advertisement, in whole or in part, is to promote the sale of objects designed or intended for use as drug paraphernalia, provided that this Subsection shall not apply to the advertisement of any drug paraphernalia to be used by any person or entity licensed or authorized for such possession or distribution pursuant to Article XIV of the Missouri Constitution or any related State law or regulation.
[Ord. No. 2032, 3-7-2023]
B. 
It is unlawful for any person to place in any newspaper, magazine, handbill, or other publication, or to post or distribute in any public place, any advertisement or solicitation with reasonable knowledge that the purpose of the advertisement or solicitation is to promote the distribution of imitation controlled substances.
No person shall intentionally smell or inhale the fumes of any solvent, particularly toluol, amyl nitrite, butyl nitrite, cyclohexyl nitrite, ethyl nitrite, pentyl nitrite and propyl nitrite and their iso-analogues or induce any other person to do so for the purpose of causing a condition of, or inducing symptoms of, intoxication, elation, euphoria, dizziness, excitement, irrational behavior, exhilaration, paralysis, stupefaction, or dulling of senses or nervous system, or for the purpose of, in any manner, changing, distorting or disturbing the audio, visual or mental processes; except that this Section shall not apply to the inhalation of any anesthesia for medical or dental purposes.
A. 
As used in this Section, "alcohol beverage vaporizer" means any device which, by means of heat, a vibrating element, or any method, is capable of producing a breathable mixture containing one (1) or more alcoholic beverages to be dispensed for inhalation into the lungs via the nose or mouth or both.
B. 
No person shall intentionally or willfully induce the symptoms of intoxication, elation, euphoria, dizziness, excitement, irrational behavior, exhilaration, paralysis, stupefaction, or dulling of the senses or nervous system, distortion of audio, visual or mental processes by the use or abuse of any of the following substances:
1. 
Solvents, particularly toluol;
2. 
Ethyl alcohol;
3. 
Amyl nitrite and its iso-analogues;
4. 
Butyl nitrite and its iso-analogues;
5. 
Cyclohexyl nitrite and its iso-analogues;
6. 
Ethyl nitrite and its iso-analogues;
7. 
Pentyl nitrite and its iso-analogues; and
8. 
Propyl nitrite and its iso-analogues.
C. 
This Section shall not apply to substances that have been approved by the United States Food and Drug Administration as therapeutic drug products or are contained in approved over-the-counter drug products or administered lawfully pursuant to the order of an authorized medical practitioner.
D. 
No person shall intentionally possess any solvent, particularly toluol, amyl nitrite, butyl nitrite, cyclohexyl nitrite, ethyl nitrite, pentyl nitrite and propyl nitrite and their iso-analogues for the purpose of using it in the manner prohibited by Section 215.1840 and this Section.
E. 
No person shall possess or use an alcoholic beverage vaporizer.
F. 
Nothing in this Section shall be construed to prohibit the legal consumption of intoxicating liquor.
A. 
No person shall intentionally possess or buy any solvent, particularly toluol, amyl nitrite, butyl nitrite, cyclohexyl nitrite, ethyl nitrite, pentyl nitrite and propyl nitrite and their iso-analogues for the purpose of inducing or aiding any other person to violate the provisions of Sections 210.1840 and 210.1850 hereof.
B. 
Any person who violates any provision of Sections 210.1840 through 210.1860 is guilty of an ordinance violation for the first violation.
[1]
Note: Under certain circumstances this offense can be a felony under state law.
[Ord. No. 2088, 10-21-2025]
A. 
As used in this Section, the following definitions shall apply:
CANNABINOIDS
Ligands that are either plant-derived, synthetic, or semisynthetic, and have an affinity for and activity at cannabinoid receptors.
CBD
Cannabidiol, a nonintoxicating cannabinoid found in cannabis and hemp.
HEMP
The plant Cannabis sativa L. and any part of that plant, including the seeds thereof and all derivatives, extracts, cannabinoids, isomers, acids, salts, and salts of isomers, whether growing or not, with a delta-9 tetrahydrocannabinol concentration of not more than three-tenths percent (0.3%) on a dry weight basis.
HEMP-DERIVED INTOXICANTS
Any intoxicating cannabinoids which have been derived, developed, processed, manipulated, converted, isomerized, and/or otherwise created from hemp.
INTOXICATING CANNABINOIDS
Any cannabinoid, however derived or created, that has an intoxicating effect when consumed or otherwise ingested, irrespective of whether the cannabinoid was created or developed through natural means or through chemical conversion, isomerization, synthetic derivation, heat, or any other process by which molecules may be manipulated or any cannabinoid, semisynthetic or synthetic cannabinoid, or precursor to an intoxicating cannabinoid that may become intoxicating when heated, decarboxylated, or otherwise manipulated, excluding, without limitation, CBD.
INTOXICATING HEMP-DERIVED PRODUCTS
Any product which contains hemp-derived intoxicants, excluding, without limitation, CBD.
B. 
Providing Intoxicating Hemp-Derived Products To Minors - Unlawful.
1. 
No person shall procure for, sell, vend, give away or otherwise supply any intoxicating hemp-derived products in any quantity whatsoever to any person under the age of twenty-one (21) years.
2. 
It shall be a defense to prosecution under Section 215.1870(B)(1) that the defendant sold the Intoxicating hemp-derived products to the minor with reasonable cause to believe that the minor was twenty-one (21) or more years of age and the person exhibited to the defendant a driver's license, Missouri non-driver's identification card, or other official or apparently official document, containing a photograph of the minor and purporting to establish that such minor was at least twenty-one (21) years of age.
C. 
Misrepresentation Of Age To Obtain Intoxicating Hemp-Derived Products.
1. 
No person under the age of twenty-one (21) years shall represent, for the purpose of purchasing, asking for or in any way receiving any intoxicating hemp-derived products, that he/she has attained the age of twenty-one (21) years, except in cases authorized by law.
2. 
In addition to Subsection (C)(1) of this Section, no person under the age of twenty-one (21) years shall use a reproduced, modified or altered chauffeur's license, motor vehicle operator's license, identification card issued by any uniformed service of the United States, passport or identification card established in Section 302.181, RSMo., for the purpose of purchasing, asking for or in any way receiving any intoxicating hemp-derived products.
D. 
No person under the age of twenty-one (21) years shall purchase or attempt to purchase, or have in his/her possession, any intoxicating hemp-derived products.
E. 
Intoxicating hemp-derived products may only be displayed for sale in such a manner that a person cannot have possession of the intoxicating hemp-derived product prior to the sale of the intoxicating hemp-derived product.
F. 
It is the intent that each and every Subsection of Section 215.1870 shall be severable from every other Section.
[Ord. No. 2089, 10-21-2025]
A. 
As used in this Section, the following definition shall apply:
KRATOM PRODUCTS
Any product containing any part of the leaf of the plant Mitragyna speciosa. There shall be a rebuttable presumption that a sealed container or product labeled as containing KRATOM, Mitragyna speciosa, mitragynine, and/or 7-hydroxymytragynine is a KRATOM product.
B. 
Providing KRATOM Products To Minors - Unlawful.
1. 
No person shall procure for, sell, vend, give away or otherwise supply any KRATOM products in any quantity whatsoever to any person under the age of twenty-one (21) years, except when prescribed by a licensed healthcare provider.
2. 
It shall be a defense to prosecution under Section 215.1880(B)(1) that the defendant sold the KRATOM products to the minor with reasonable cause to believe that the minor was twenty-one (21) or more years of age and the person exhibited to the defendant a driver's license, Missouri non-driver's identification card, or other official or apparently official document, containing a photograph of the minor and purporting to establish that such minor was at least twenty-one (21) years of age.
C. 
Misrepresentation Of Age To Obtain KRATOM Products.
1. 
No person under the age of twenty-one (21) years shall represent, for the purpose of purchasing, asking for or in any way receiving any KRATOM products, that he/she has attained the age of twenty-one (21) years, except in cases authorized by law.
2. 
In addition to Subsection (C)(1) of this Section, no person under the age of twenty-one (21) years shall use a reproduced, modified or altered chauffeur's license, motor vehicle operator's license, identification card issued by any uniformed service of the United States, passport or identification card established in Section 302.181, RSMo., for the purpose of purchasing, asking for or in any way receiving any KRATOM products.
D. 
No person under the age of twenty-one (21) years shall purchase or attempt to purchase, or have in his/her possession, any KRATOM products.
E. 
KRATOM products may only be displayed for sale in such a manner that a person cannot have possession of the KRATOM product prior to the sale of the KRATOM product.
F. 
It is the intent that each and every Subsection of Section 215.1880 shall be severable from every other Section.