[Ord. No. 18-04, 12-27-2018]
A. A person commits the offense of abandonment of an airtight or semi-airtight
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 semi-airtight 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 semi-airtight 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 semi-airtight container
is an ordinance violation.
[Ord. No. 18-04, 12-27-2018]
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 County
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 County, or on any private real property owned by
another without the owner's consent.
[Ord. No. 18-04, 12-27-2018]
A. A person commits the offense of abandoning a vehicle, vessel, or
trailer if he/she knowingly abandons any vehicle, vessel, or trailer
on:
1.
The right-of-way of any public road or State highway;
2.
On or in any of the waters in this State;
3.
On the banks of any stream;
4.
On any land or water owned, operated or leased by the State,
any board, department, agency or commission thereof, or any political
subdivision thereof;
5.
On any land or water owned, operated or leased by the Federal
government; or
6.
On any private real property owned by another without his/her
consent.
B. For purposes of this Section, the last owner of record of a vehicle,
vessel, or trailer found abandoned and not shown to be transferred
pursuant to Sections 301.196 and 301.197, RSMo., shall be deemed prima
facie evidence of ownership of such vehicle, vessel, or trailer at
the time it was abandoned and the person who abandoned the vehicle,
vessel, or trailer or caused or procured its abandonment. The registered
owner of the abandoned vehicle, vessel, or trailer shall not be subject
to the penalties provided by this Section if the vehicle, vessel,
or trailer was in the care, custody, or control of another person
at the time of the violation. In such instance, the owner shall submit
such evidence in an affidavit permitted by the court setting forth
the name, address, and other pertinent information of the person who
leased, rented, or otherwise had care, custody, or control of the
vehicle, vessel, or trailer at the time of the alleged violation.
The affidavit submitted pursuant to this Subsection shall be admissible
in a court proceeding adjudicating the alleged violation and shall
raise a rebuttable presumption that the person identified in the affidavit
was in actual control of the vehicle, vessel, or trailer. In such
case, the court has the authority to terminate the prosecution of
the summons issued to the owner and issue a summons to the person
identified in the affidavit as the operator. If the vehicle, vessel,
or trailer is alleged to have been stolen, the owner of the vehicle,
vessel, or trailer shall submit proof that a police report was filed
in a timely manner indicating that the vehicle or vessel was stolen
at the time of the alleged violation.
C. The offense of abandoning a vehicle, vessel, or trailer is an ordinance
violation.
D. Any person convicted pursuant to this Section shall be civilly liable
for all reasonable towing, storage, and administrative costs associated
with the abandonment of the vehicle, vessel, or trailer. Any reasonable
towing, storage, and administrative costs in excess of the value of
the abandoned vehicle, vessel, or trailer that exist at the time the
property is transferred pursuant to Section 304.156, RSMo., shall
remain the liability of the person convicted pursuant to this Section
so long as the towing company, as defined in Chapter 304, RSMo., provided
the title owner and lienholders, as ascertained by the Department
of Revenue records, a notice within the time frame and in the form
as described in Subsection 1 of Section 304.156, RSMo.
[Ord. No. 97-13 §§A — D, 10-24-1997; Ord.
No. 05-19 §1, 12-22-2005; Ord. No. 18-04, 12-27-2018]
A. Purpose. For the purpose of promoting the public health and safety
and to insure that "911" is the official emergency number and that
no alternate numbers are promoted or advertised as emergency numbers
in Cass County.
B. Area Affected. All of Cass County.
C. Requirements And Regulations. No company, person, corporation or
any other entity may advertise and/or use a three (3) digit or seven
(7) digit phone number listed as an emergency number or emergency
medical number.
D. Penalties. Any person violating any provision of this Section is
guilty of a Class C misdemeanor and upon conviction shall be fined
not more than three hundred dollars ($300.00) and/or sentenced to
a term in the County Jail not to exceed fifteen (15) days.