[Ord. No. 20-022, 3-20-2020]
A.
A Public
Health Emergency Order is any order issued by the County Executive
or Director of the County's Public Health Department pursuant to a
declared public health State of Emergency, including any and all amendments
thereto.
B.
In
order to enhance the public health and prevent the entrance and spread
of disease in St. Charles County, the provisions of this Chapter shall
apply in all unincorporated and incorporated parts of St. Charles
County.
C.
No
person shall knowingly violate a Public Health Emergency Order.
D.
Any
person who violates this Section is guilty of a misdemeanor. A separate
offense shall be deemed committed on each day a violation occurs or
continues.
E.
Enforcement
of this Section shall be the responsibility of the County Counselor's
Office.
F.
The
County Counselor's Office shall seek judicial enforcement of Public
Health Emergency Orders as required to ensure that they are carried
out to protect the public health and safety.
[Ord. No. 95-43 §§1—3, 3-30-1995]
A.
In
addition to those instances addressed by Sections 574.060, 575.030,
575.150, and 575.160, RSMo., it shall be unlawful for any person to
willfully fail or refuse to comply with any lawful order or direction
of a Law Enforcement Officer in the discharge of his official duties
or to hinder, obstruct, resist, or otherwise interfere with the discharge
of those duties.
B.
Penalties. Any person violating any regulation adopted under
this Section shall be adjudged guilty of a misdemeanor punishable
by a fine not to exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000.00), or by imprisonment
in the County Jail for a term not to exceed one (1) year, or by both
fine and imprisonment.
C.
Enforcement. Enforcement of this Section shall be the responsibility
of the St. Charles County Prosecuting Attorney.
[Ord. No. 93-186 §§1—6, 10-4-1993; Ord. No. 05-028 §1, 3-1-2005]
A.
Smoking In County Buildings. No person shall smoke or carry
a lighted cigar, cigarette, pipe or any other instrument used to burn
tobacco products in any building owned or operated by the St. Charles
County Government, including all existing buildings, all future buildings
and all buildings under construction.
B.
Smoking Outside County Buildings. No person shall smoke
or carry a lighted cigar, cigarette, pipe or any other instrument
used to burn tobacco products on County property within twenty (20)
feet in any direction of the primary public entrance to the County
Administration Building at 201 North Second Street, the Executive
Office Building at 100 North Third Street, the Courts Administration
Building at 300 North Second Street or the Justice Center at 301 North
Second Street all in St. Charles. In addition, such smoking shall
be prohibited on the stairway adjacent to the County Administration
Building. Such primary public entrances and the County Administration
Building stairway shall have signage designating the area where smoking
is prohibited.
C.
Removing, Destroying Or Vandalizing "No Smoking" Signs. It
shall be unlawful for any person to remove, destroy or otherwise vandalize
any sign which declares an area to be a no smoking area.
D.
Throwing Or Placing Lighted Objects. It shall be unlawful
for any person to place lighted or extinguished cigars, cigarettes,
and ashes onto any floor or any County building described in this
Section. It shall be unlawful for any person to throw any lighted
or extinguished cigars, cigarettes, and ashes from any window or door
of any County building described in this Section.
E.
Placarding. The County shall conspicuously display at least
two (2) signs per floor in each building where smoking is prohibited
reading "SMOKING IS PROHIBITED BY LAW" or "NO SMOKING" and containing
the universally-recognized no-smoking picture: a cigarette within
a red circle with a red slash mark through the middle of the circle.
The letters shall be in red or black print and be at least two (2)
inches in height.
F.
Penalty For Violating Provisions. Any person convicted of
violating any of the provisions of this Section shall be deemed guilty
of an ordinance violation and shall be punished by imprisonment for
a term of not more than one (1) year, or by a fine of not less than
fifty dollars ($50.00) nor more than one thousand dollars ($1,000.00),
or by both such fine and imprisonment.
G.
Enforcement. The enforcement of the provisions of this Section
shall be the responsibility of the Chief of Police and prosecution
shall be through the office of the County Counselor.
