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. 1988-26 §§ 1
— 4, 5-16-1988]
A. As used in this Section, the following terms shall have the meanings
indicated:
CONSUMER FIREWORKS
Explosive devices designed primarily to produce visible or
audible effects by combustion. This term includes aerial devices and
ground devices, all of which are classified as fireworks by UNO3361.4G
regulation of the United States Department of Transportation, as amended
from time to time.
[Ord. No. 2005-15 § 1, 12-15-2005]
FIREWORKS
Includes firecrackers, torpedoes, rockets, or combustibles
of ingenous or pyrotechnical character, said device either being used
for the purpose of producing noise, light or effects produced by gunpowder,
metallic filings or salts or other materials.
FIREWORKS DISTRIBUTOR
Any person engaged in the business of selling fireworks to
wholesalers, jobbers, seasonal retailers, other persons, or governmental
bodies that possess the necessary permits as specified in Sections
320.016 to 320.161, RSMo., including any person that imports any fireworks
of any kind in any manner into the State of Missouri.
[Ord. No. 2005-15 § 1, 12-15-2005]
FIREWORKS JOBBER
Any person engaged in the business of making sales of consumer
fireworks at wholesale or retail within the State of Missouri to non-licensed
buyers for use and distribution outside the State of Missouri anytime
during a calendar year.
[Ord. No. 2005-15 § 1, 12-15-2005]
FIREWORKS MANUFACTURER
Any person engaged in the making, manufacture, assembly or
construction of fireworks of any kind.
[Ord. No. 2005-15 § 1, 12-15-2005]
FIREWORKS WHOLESALER
Any person engaged in the business of making sales of consumer
fireworks to any other person engaged in the business of making sales
of consumer fireworks at retail within the State of Missouri.
[Ord. No. 2005-15 § 1, 12-15-2005]
SEASONAL RETAILER
Any person engaged, only from June 20 through July 10, in
the business of making sales of consumer fireworks in the City.
[Ord. No. 2005-15 § 1, 12-15-2005]
B. There shall be no fireworks discharged within the corporate City
limits of Maysville or upon property owned by the City of Maysville
before the first day of July or after the fourth day of July.
C. No person, firm or corporation shall sell, expose for sale, offer
to give away, or provide any fireworks from a private residence or
dwelling place within the corporate City limits.
D. Any person convicted of a violation of any part of this Section shall
be subjected to a fine in an amount of not less than fifty dollars
($50.00) nor more than five hundred dollars ($500.00).
[Ord. No. 2005-01, 1-6-2005]
A. Except as herein provided, no person, partnership, association or
corporation shall burn within the City limits of Maysville.
B. Open burning of yard waste only is permitted during the following
calendar periods and time of day:
1.
There will be two (2) months per year designated as "Open Burn
Month" decided by the City of Maysville and Fire Chief of the Fire
District. All other days will require a burn permit being issued from
Maysville City Hall with citizen's and City Staff's signature.
2.
A seven-day period within four (4) weeks of weather-related
event that causes an unusually large amount of natural vegetation
debris to accumulate would be determined by the Fire Chief of the
Fire District.
3.
All burning shall take place only between 8:00 A.M. and 6:00
P.M.
4.
Citizens must contact the DeKalb County Sheriffs Department
before burning begins and advise it of the controlled burn.
C. Any person, partnership, association or corporation which violates
the provisions of this Section by burning anything except yard waste
(i.e., leafs, grass, twigs, branches), burning without burn permit
except during above-designated "Open Burn Months" or burning at an
improper time shall be required to extinguish such fire immediately
and may be subject to a fine up to five hundred dollars ($500.00)
upon conviction.