[R.O. 2012 § 210.690; CC 1981 § 235.090; Ord. No. 61 § 35, 11-17-1905]
Every person who shall willfully destroy, disfigure or injure
any wall, fence, hedge, monument, tombstone, tree, shrubbery or who
shall cut or pull any flowers around or within any cemetery, graveyard
or burial ground under the control of this City or shall use any such
cemetery, graveyard or burial place for any other purpose than a burial
ground or shall be guilty of any disorderly, unseemly, offensive or
lascivious conduct within or about any such cemetery, graveyard or
burial ground shall, upon conviction, be adjudged guilty of an ordinance
violation. The provisions of this Section shall apply to all cemeteries,
graveyards or burial grounds within this City and to all such burial
grounds within one (1) mile thereof belonging to the City or which
are or may be used for the interment or sepulchre of the inhabitants
of this City, whether belonging to the City or to any person, company,
corporation, church or association.
[R.O. 2012 § 210.700; CC 1981 § 235.100; Ord. No. 61 § 36, 11-17-1905]
Every person who shall open or attempt to open any grave or
other place of interment or sepulchre in any cemetery, graveyard or
burial ground over which the City of Portageville may exercise control
or has jurisdiction, as defined in the preceding Section, with intent
to remove the dead body or remains of any human being or to steal
the coffin or any vestment or other article or any part thereof interred
with such body shall, upon conviction thereof, be adjudged guilty
of an ordinance violation.
[R.O. 2012 § 210.710; CC 1981 § 240.040; Ord. No. 61 §§ 63 — 64, 11-17-1905]
A.
If any person shall in this City dig or cause to be dug or shall
make any excavation on or adjoining any street, avenue, thoroughfare
or other public place or shall dig any well, cistern or vault and
leaving the same open or exposed and without a sufficient fence or
other protection around it or shall suffer or permit any cellar door
or grating opening on any street, avenue or thoroughfare to be open
or in an unsafe or dangerous condition, whereby persons may be in
danger of falling in or over such cellar door or into such cellar
or vault, the person or persons so offending shall be deemed guilty
of an ordinance violation.
B.
Any public officer, person or contractor for public work who shall
in this City make an excavation in any street, avenue, alley, thoroughfare
or other public place and who shall not cause the same to be so enclosed
or protected as to prevent persons, animals or vehicles from falling
therein shall be deemed guilty of an ordinance violation.
[R.O. 2012 § 210.720; CC 1981 § 240.060; Ord. No. 61 § 66, 11-17-1905]
Any person who shall unlawfully and without permission of the
proper City authorities dig any ditch or make any excavation in or
upon any of the streets, avenues, sidewalks, gutters, alleys or other
public places within this City so as to endanger the safety of persons
or animals or so as to obstruct travel thereon shall be deemed guilty
of an ordinance violation.
[R.O. 2012 § 210.730; CC 1981 § 240.070; Ord. No. 61 § 67, 11-17-1905]
If any person shall climb upon, hold to or in any manner attach
himself/herself to any railway locomotive, engine or car while the
same is in motion or running through this City, he/she shall be deemed
guilty of an ordinance violation. This Section shall not apply to
any employee of the railroad company, nor to any passenger, nor to
any person who may be acting by permission or under the rules of said
company.
[R.O. 2012 § 210.740; CC 1981 § 240.120; Ord. No. 61 § 72, 11-17-1905]
Any person who shall remove, tear up or otherwise destroy or
injure any bridge, culvert, pavement or crosswalk in or upon any street,
avenue or alley of this City without having lawful authority so to
do, or who shall destroy, tear up or otherwise injure any sewer, gutter,
trench, ditch or channel dug, made or used for the purpose of carrying
off water or draining any street, avenue, alley or other place within
this City or shall fill or otherwise obstruct the free passage of
water through any such sewer, gutter, trench, ditch or channel shall
be deemed guilty of an ordinance violation.
[R.O. 2012 § 210.750; CC 1981 § 240.130; Ord. No. 61 § 73, 11-17-1905]
Any person who shall remove, destroy or render insecure any
barrier or guard erected about any excavation, as required by the
preceding Sections of this Chapter, or who shall extinguish, destroy
or remove any light or lamp placed at such excavation or shall aid
in or counsel any such removal, destruction or extinction shall be
deemed guilty of an ordinance violation.
[R.O. 2012 § 210.760; CC 1981 § 240.200; Ord. No. 61 § 90, 11-17-1905]
Any person or persons who shall engage in any game of baseball,
football or any other kind of ball game by means of throwing, pitching,
tossing, rolling or catching any baseball, football or any other kind
of ball in or upon any of the public streets, avenues, alleys, sidewalks
or thoroughfares of this City shall be deemed guilty of an ordinance
violation.
[R.O. 2012 § 210.770; CC 1981 § 245.020; Ord. No. 61 § 77, 11-17-1905]
Whoever shall within this City post or place any advertisements,
handbills or notices of any character on or upon any fence, wall,
bridge, telephone or utility pole, house or building without lawful
authority from the owner thereof to do so shall be deemed guilty of
an ordinance violation.
[R.O. 2012 § 210.780; CC 1981 § 245.040; Ord. No. 61 § 91, 11-17-1905]
Any person who shall use or cause to be used any part of any
street, avenue, alley, sidewalk, square or other highway in this City
for the piling of material while constructing, removing or repairing
any building and who shall fail within three (3) days after the removing,
repairing or constructing of said building is completed to remove
all such materials or remnants thereof so as to leave such street,
avenue, alley, sidewalk, square or other public highway clear and
in as good condition as found shall be deemed guilty of an ordinance
violation.
[R.O. 2012 § 210.790; CC 1981 § 245.070; Ord. No. 61 § 94, 11-17-1905]
If any person shall willfully obstruct, dam up or otherwise
interfere with any of the public sewers or ditches within this City
by placing any dirt, rubbish, any dead animal or other kind of material
or thing in said sewers or ditches thereby obstructing, damming up
or otherwise interfering with the free course of the water in said
sewers or ditches or shall willfully ride, lead or drive any horse
or other animal or drive any wagon, buggy or other vehicle into, along
or across any of said sewers or ditches, he/she shall be deemed guilty
of an ordinance violation.
[R.O. 2012 § 210.800; CC 1981 § 245.130; Ord. No. 286 §§ 1 — 4, 7-18-1927]
A.
Sign Boards And Billboards Prohibited Within Certain Limits. Any
person, firm or corporation, his/her, their or its agents or employees
who shall construct, erect or maintain or suffer or permit to be constructed,
erected or maintained on his/her premises any sign board, billboard
or any kind of board, fence, wall or structure to be used for advertising
purposes within fifty (50) yards of any dwelling house in the City
of Portageville, Missouri, shall be deemed and declared guilty of
an ordinance violation.
B.
Sign Boards Along Public Streets Declared A Public Nuisance. All
sign boards, billboards and any kind of board, fence, wall or structure
erected or maintained for advertising purposes along, on, adjoining
or within view of the public streets, alleys and highways within fifty
(50) yards of any dwelling house in the City of Portageville, Missouri,
are hereby declared to be public nuisance and the construction, erection
or maintenance thereof at any point within fifty (50) yards of any
dwelling house is declared to be an ordinance violation.
C.
Exception. Nothing in this Section shall be construed so as to prohibit
sign boards and billboards on private property outside the residential
district limits of the City of Portageville, Missouri, provided that
no such sign board, billboard, board of any kind, fence, wall or structure
to be used for advertising purposes shall be placed within the limits
of any public street, alley, road or highway in the City of Portageville,
Missouri.
[R.O. 2012 § 210.810; CC 1981 § 245.140; Ord. No. 628 §§ 1 — 5, 4-5-1960]
A.
Cotton hulls and other cotton gin refuse, as used in this Section,
shall mean hull, stem, faulty seed and lint which is discharged from
cotton gins in the ginning seed cotton and discarded as waste matter.
B.
All cotton hulls and cotton gin refuse, as above defined, which shall
hereafter be destroyed by fire on gin premises within the corporate
limits of the City of Portageville, Missouri, shall be burned in a
furnace, incinerator or a hull burner constructed a reasonable distance
from all gin buildings on said premises.
C.
Cotton hulls and other cotton gin refuse, as used in this Section,
shall be, if destroyed in a hull burner, destroyed by fire in a hull
burner constructed as follows: Said burner shall be constructed of
sheet iron, sheet metal, concrete or tile with solid walls or with
sparkproof doors and shall be not less than fifteen (15) feet high
from ground to top of burner, not less than fifteen (15) feet in diameter
if circular in form, or not less than twelve (12) feet each side if
built in square or parallelogram shape and shall have a metal screen
top of weave sufficiently small that large pieces of burning hulls
or refuse cannot pass through same.
D.
At all times hulls and other refuse are burning in said furnace,
incinerator or hull burner, the owner or manager of said gin shall
have in attendance an employee whose duty shall be to prevent fire
from escaping from said burner.
[R.O. 2012 § 210.820; CC 1981 § 245.150; Ord. No. 599 §§ 1 — 2, 5-7-1956]
It shall be unlawful for any person, group of persons, association,
partnership or corporation to obstruct any alley in the City of Portageville
or to erect, cause to be erected or maintain any fence, building or
structure of any kind, whether it be temporary or permanent, in any
alley within the City limits of the City of Portageville.
[R.O. 2012 § 210.830; Ord. No.
1168 §§ 1 — 2, 9-11-2006]
A.
Loud Sound Amplification Systems In Vehicles Prohibited.
1.
No person operating or occupying a motor vehicle on a street,
highway, alley, parking lot or driveway shall operate or permit the
operation of any sound amplification system from within the vehicle
so that the sound is plainly audible at a distance of fifty (50) or
more feet from the vehicle.
2.
For purposes of this Subsection, the term "sound amplification
system" means any radio, tape player, compact disc player, loudspeaker
or other electronic device used for the amplification of sound.
3.
For purposes of this Subsection, the term "plainly audible"
means any sound produced by a sound amplification system from within
the vehicle which clearly can be heard at a distance of fifty (50)
feet or more. Measurement standards shall be by the auditory senses
based upon direct line of sight. Words or phrases need not be discernible
and bass reverberations are included. The motor vehicle may be stopped,
standing, parked or moving on a street, highway, alley, parking lot
or driveway.
4.
It is an affirmative defense to a charge under this Subsection
that the operator was not otherwise prohibited by law from operating
the sound amplification system and that any of the following apply:
a.
The system was being operated to request medical or vehicular
assistance or to warn of a hazardous road condition.
b.
The vehicle was an emergency or public safety vehicle.
c.
The vehicle was owned and operated by the City or a gas, electric,
communications or refuse company.
d.
The system was used for the purpose of giving instructions,
directions, talks, addresses or lectures or transmitting music to
any persons or assemblages of persons in compliance with ordinances
of the City.
e.
The vehicle was used in authorized public activities such as
parades, fireworks, sports events, musical productions and other activities
which have the approval of the department of the City authorized to
grant such approval.
5.
Any ambulance, any officer of the law while engaged in necessary
public business or any vehicle of the City while engaged in necessary
public business shall be excepted from the terms and prohibitions
contained in this Section.
B.
Forfeiture Of Sound Amplification System And Vehicles — When.
1.
On the second or any subsequent finding of guilt to the prohibitions
contained in this Section involving the same defendant or sound amplification
system, the court, in addition to other penalties provided by law,
may order the forfeiture and confiscation of the sound amplification
system involved in the most recent offense.
2.
On the third or any subsequent finding of guilt to the prohibitions
contained in this Section involving the same defendant or vehicle,
the court, in addition to other penalties provided by law, may order
the forfeiture and confiscation of the vehicle involved in the most
recent offense.
[R.O. 2012 § 210.840; Ord. No.
1171 §§ 1 — 6, 5-7-2007]
A.
Findings — Purpose. The Board of Aldermen hereby finds that
the practice of cruising, as defined in this Section, has a negative
impact on the health, safety and economic welfare of the community
in the following respects:
1.
The driving of motor vehicles within certain areas of the community
in repetitive patterns for recreational purposes creates excessive
traffic congestion resulting in a higher incidence of moving and non-moving
motor vehicle accidents;
2.
Excessive traffic congestion delays the timely delivery of emergency
services within congested areas by Police, fire, ambulance and other
authorized emergency vehicles;
3.
Excessive traffic congestion impairs access to residential dwellings
located within and near congested areas, which may result in noise
disturbance and littering;
4.
Excessive traffic congestion impairs use of the public streets
for their ordinary and intended purpose of facilitating the movement
of vehicular traffic; and
5.
Excessive traffic congestion uses air pollution and generates
disturbances.
The purpose of this Section is to regulate the practice of cruising
within designated areas of the City in order to reduce traffic congestion,
air pollution and unnecessary noise.
B.
CRUISING
DESIGNATED AREA
TRAFFIC CONTROL POINT
Definitions. For the purposes of this Section, the following definitions
shall apply:
Driving a motor vehicle on a public street past a traffic
control point located within a designated cruising control area more
than twice within a two-hour period of time.
The area on First Street from Huffman Avenue to King Avenue, from First Street to Main Street on Delisle Avenue, from First Street to Main Street on King Avenue and such other areas as may be designated pursuant to Subsection (E) of this Section. The streets within a designated area shall be clearly marked with permanent fixed signs advising the public that vehicular traffic within the area is subject to regulation under this Section.
A led-position traffic
monitoring station located within a designated cruising control area,
as such stations may be established from time to time by the City
Police Department. Traffic control points shall be established so
as to monitor vehicular traffic moving in a single direction and monitoring
may be conducted only between the hours of 8:00 P.M. and 8:00 A.M.
C.
Cruising Prohibited In Designated Areas. It shall be unlawful for
any motor vehicle to be driven past a traffic control point located
in a designated cruising control area more than twice within any two-hour
period of time between the hours of 8:00 P.M. and 8:00 A.M. The passing
of a traffic control point by a motor vehicle for a third or successive
time within a two-hour period shall constitute cruising in violation
of this Section, and the operator of such motor vehicle at the time
the violation is committed shall be the responsible party.
D.
Exclusions. This Section shall not apply to government motor vehicles
being operated for authorized purposes within a designated cruising
control area or to privately owned commercial or emergency vehicles
being operated for legitimate business or emergency purposes within
a designated cruising control area. A violation of this Section shall
not be deemed to constitute a moving violation within the meaning
of Section 302.010(10), RSMo.
E.
Schedule Of Designated Areas. Upon the request of local citizens in which the Board of Aldermen concurs but that there is a negative impact on public health, safety and welfare caused by the practice of cruising on certain streets within the City, and upon the posting of permanent fixed signs in accordance with the definition of "designated area" in Subsection (B) of this Section advising the public that vehicular traffic within the designated area is subject to regulation under the cruising ordinance of the City, the provisions of this Section prohibiting cruising shall take effect. The City Clerk shall keep on file with the ordinance from which this Section is derived a schedule showing streets designated pursuant to this Section.
[Ord. No. 1245, 1-4-2016]
A.
A person, while in a public place, including streets and sidewalks
of the City of Portageville, shall be properly attired whenever he/she
appears in public view.
B.
Pants worn by any person, regardless of age, should be sized appropriately
and secured to prevent the pants from falling three (3) inches below
his/her hips causing exposure of the undergarment or bare skin of
the person.
