A. 
A person commits the offense of abandonment of an airtight or semiairtight container if he/she knowingly abandons, discards, or permits to remain on premises under his/her control, in a place accessible to children, any abandoned or discarded icebox, refrigerator, or other airtight or semiairtight container which has a capacity of one and one-half (1 1/2) cubic feet or more and an opening of fifty (50) square inches or more and which has a door or lid equipped with hinge, latch or other fastening device capable of securing such door or lid, without rendering such equipment harmless to human life by removing such hinges, latches or other hardware which may cause a person to be confined therein.
B. 
Subsection (A) of this Section does not apply to an icebox, refrigerator or other airtight or semiairtight container located in that part of a building occupied by a dealer, warehouse operator or repair person.
C. 
The defendant shall have the burden of injecting the issue under Subsection (B) of this Section.
D. 
The offense of abandonment of an airtight or semiairtight container is an ordinance violation.
A person commits the offense of littering if he/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.
A. 
A person commits the offense of unlawful disposition of a dead animal if he/she knowingly places or causes to be placed the carcass or offal of any dead animal:
1. 
Into any well, spring, brook, branch, creek, pond, or lake; or
2. 
On any public road or highway, river, stream, or watercourse or upon premises not his/her own for the purpose of annoying another or others.
A. 
A person commits the offense of tampering with a water supply if he/she purposely:
1. 
Poisons, defiles or in any way corrupts the water of a well, spring, brook or reservoir used for domestic or municipal purposes; or
2. 
Diverts, dams up and holds back from its natural course and flow any spring, brook or other water supply for domestic or municipal purposes, after said water supply shall have once been taken for use by any person or persons, corporation, town or city for his/her, their or its use.
B. 
The offense of tampering with a water supply is an ordinance violation.
[R.O. 2012 § 210.185; CC 1981 § 240.220; Ord. No. 216 §§ 1, 3 — 4, 11-14-1921; Ord. No. 337 §§ 1 — 2; Ord. No. 378 §§ 1 — 2; Ord. No. 946 §§ 1 — 5, 3-8-1993; Ord. No. 1070 §§ I — II, 6-15-2000]
A. 
It shall be hereafter unlawful to discharge fireworks, rockets, powder, firecrackers and/or other combustible materials within the City limits of the City of Portageville, Missouri.
B. 
The above provision shall not be enforced on the following days of each year: July 2 through July 5; December 23 through December 26; December 30 through January 1 of the subsequent new year.
C. 
The exceptions listed above shall not, however, allow the discharge of any fireworks of any kind after 10:00 P.M. except on December 31.
D. 
From and after the effective date of this Section (June 15, 2000), the following regulations shall apply to the application process and fees charged for selling fireworks in the corporate limits of the City of Portageville, Missouri:
1. 
No fireworks stand shall be built or maintained closer than one hundred (100) feet to any tanks used for the storage of motor vehicle fuel or any other explosive material.
2. 
Permits for sale of fireworks shall be of two (2) classifications, to wit:
a. 
A permanent permit shall be issued on an annual basis and shall be issued at a cost of one hundred dollars ($100.00) plus a merchant's license.
b. 
A temporary permit shall be issued for a stand to be operated between June 20 and July 10 of any year at a cost of one hundred dollars ($100.00) upon the issuance of a temporary merchant's license to the applicant and the deposit of fifty dollars ($50.00) with the City Clerk. Applications must be filed with the City Clerk no later than fourteen (14) days prior to the opening date of the stand — no exceptions will be made. The deposit of fifty dollars ($50.00) will be returned, providing the stand, signs, banners, trash and other litter from the operation of such temporary stand shall be cleaned up and the property restored to its condition prior to the operation of each stand, no later than 12:00 Midnight July 10 of each year. Upon forfeiture of the deposit of fifty dollars ($50.00), the Board of Aldermen may use the fifty dollars ($50.00) for the purposes of cleaning up said area and enforcing this Section. The holder of any temporary permit shall agree in the permit to be issued to him/her that an injunction may be issued against him/her enjoining the further use of said permit for violation of any of the rules and regulations of this Section or any other ordinance of the City of Portageville, Missouri, relating to the sale of fireworks.
3. 
Permits shall be issued only to holders of a valid Missouri sales tax number who shall register that number with the City Clerk prior to the issuance of a permit.
4. 
Smoking shall not be permitted within fifty (50) feet of any fireworks stand, nor shall the use of any other device or material creating a flame or a fire be used within fifty (50) feet of any fireworks stand.
5. 
The permittee shall place at least one (1) "No Smoking" sign posted on each side of the fireworks stand, which sign shall be unobstructed and shall be of such nature as to be readily seen and recognized and shall be in letters at least six (6) inches high.
6. 
No fireworks shall be discharged within three hundred (300) feet of any fireworks stand.
7. 
No fireworks stand shall be erected or permitted to be operated closer than fifty (50) feet to any building unless prior written approval is obtained from the Fire Chief of the City of Portageville, Missouri.
8. 
The front line of any temporary fireworks stand shall be at least thirty (30) feet from the edge of the nearest street on which it fronts.
9. 
Each fireworks stand shall have at least one (1) Class A fire extinguisher at the stand which shall be in good operating condition.
10. 
No fireworks shall be discharged on or fired across any street or roadway.
11. 
All fireworks stands shall be closed between the hours of 12:00 Midnight and 6:00 A.M.
12. 
No fireworks shall be fired or discharged in close proximity to any person, animal or property so as to endanger any such person, animal or property.
E. 
Any person who shall violate the terms of this Section shall be deemed guilty of an ordinance violation and upon conviction shall be fined not less than five dollars ($5.00) nor more than five hundred dollars ($500.00).
[R.O. 2012 § 210.195; CC 1981 § 240.230; Ord. No. 276 §§ 1 — 2, 1-6-1927]
It shall be unlawful for any person or persons to burn trash, lumber, leaves, straw or any other combustible material in any street, alley or vacant lot, except by special permission of the Chief of the Fire Department when such burning shall be done in screened metallic receptacles approved by him/her and under such proper safeguards as he/she may direct as to time and weather, provided that the Chief of the Fire Department may issue a general permit, by publication during certain seasons of the year, for the burning of leaves or other like material where conducted during daylight and with an adult in constant attendance.
[R.O. 2012 § 210.205; CC 1981 § 240.250; Ord. No. 278 §§ 1 — 4, 1-6-1927]
A. 
It shall be unlawful to store or keep any dynamite, nitroglycerin, giant powder or other explosives other than gunpowder in any storeroom, warehouse building or on any premises within the City limits.
B. 
Not more than five (5) pounds of gunpowder may be kept in closed metal canisters in a store or warehouse away from artificial heat or light, and not more than fifty (50) pounds of gunpowder may be kept in a magazine made of fireproof material or of wood covered with sheet iron and mounted on wheels, and kept securely locked except when necessarily opened for use by authorized persons, and not more than one thousand (1,000) blasting caps in a similar but separate magazine. Said magazines shall be conspicuously labeled in red letters at least four (4) inches high "EXPLOSIVES" and located within the building on the floor nearest the street level and within ten (10) feet of the street entrance.
C. 
Any person, firm or corporation who shall sell gunpowder shall obtain a permit from the Chief of the Fire Department who shall inspect the place where same is kept, and the dealer shall fully disclose to said Chief where same is kept both in the day and nighttime.