City of St. Peters, MO Chapter 105 Elections

Article I Filing of Candidacy

Section 105.010 Candidates Prohibited From Entering City Hall Prior To Opening Time On First Day Of Filing.

[R.O. 2007 § 105.010; CC 1979 § 7-2(a); Ord. No. 854 § 1, 1-27-1984; Ord. No. 3214 § 1, 3-23-2000]

All candidates for elective offices in municipal elections are prohibited from entering the St. Peters City Hall on the opening filing date prior to opening time for filing of declaration of candidacy for any office. All candidates shall enter through the west entrance to City Hall and shall be received by the City Clerk or his/her designee, during normal business hours, in that order until filing closes. On the first day for filing only, the business hours for filing shall commence at 8:00 A.M. and end at 5:00 P.M.

Section 105.020 Order Of Candidates Names On Ballot.

[R.O. 2007 § 105.020; CC 1979 § 7-2(b); Ord. No. 854 § 2, 1-27-1984; Ord. No. 3214 § 1, 3-23-2000; Ord. No. 5494 § 1, 10-28-2010]

A. The order upon which the candidates' names for each office will appear on the ballot will be in the same order in which they pass through the west entrance of City Hall and are registered with the City Clerk.

1. Declarations of candidacy filed for any City office in any election held pursuant to the provisions of this Code shall be received by the City Clerk or his/her designee. The opening and closing dates for the filing of declarations of candidacy shall be in compliance with Section 115.127, RSMo., as amended.

2. No candidate's name shall be certified to the County election authority unless the candidate has filed a written "declaration of candidacy" and paid the appropriate filing fee to the City Clerk or his/her designee, as described in Section 105.030.

3. The declaration of candidacy shall be subscribed and sworn to before an official authorized to accept the declaration.

4. All candidates filing their declarations of candidacy shall personally file the declaration with the City Clerk or his/her designee.

Section 105.030 Filing Fee For Nominees For Public Office.

[R.O. 2007 § 105.030; Ord. No. 698 § 1, 12-19-1981; Ord. No. 1210 § 1, 12-11-1986; Ord. No. 7797, 4-27-2023]

At the time of filing, the nominee shall deposit with the City a non-refundable filing fee in the amount of one hundred dollars ($100.00).

Section 105.035 (Reserved) [1]

[1] Editor’s Note: Former Section 105.035, Candidates for Municipal Office –– No Arrearage for Municipal Taxes or User Fees Permitted, adopted and amended by R.O. 2007 § 105.035; Ord. No. 3820 § 1, 4-24-2003, was repealed 10-22-2015 by Ord. No. 6434 § 1.

Section 105.040 One Nominee For Each Office.

[R.O. 2007 § 105.040; Ord. No. 698 § 2, 12-19-1981]

No candidate for elected office in the City of St. Peters shall be a candidate for more than one (1) City elected office at any election.

Article II Wards

Section 105.050 City Wards.

[R.O. 2007 § 105.050; CC 1979 § 7-1; Ord. No. 1806 §§ 1 — 4, 9-26-1991; Ord. No. 3549 §§ 1 — 4, 10-25-2001; Ord. No. 6648 § 1, 10-13-2016; Ord. No. 7512, 9-23-2021]

A. From and after the first day of October, 2021, the City of St. Peters, Missouri, shall be divided into four (4) separate and distinct political wards, with two (2) aldermen for each ward, and the boundaries of those wards are hereby established as follows:

1. Ward I. All of the following four (4) parcels of land lying within the corporate limits of the City of St. Peters, Missouri, and more particularly described as follows:

a. Parcel 1: All the land north of Mexico Road.

b. Parcel 2: All the land south of Mexico Road and north of the northern property line of the Cottages at Wedgewood Subdivision and north of the northern boundary line for the Carrington Place and Brookmount Estates subdivisions, west of Spencer Road, and east of the western boundary line of the Ville Du Pre subdivision.

c. Parcel 3: All the land south of Mexico Road, west of South Church Street, east of the western border of Green Forest Estates subdivision, and north of the southern borders of the Green Forest Estates, Lakes of Devondale, and Crystal Lake Estates subdivisions.

d. Parcel 4: All the land west of the Green Forest subdivision, south of Mexico Road, and north of latitude 38 Degrees 46 Minutes 56 Seconds.

2. Ward II. All of the following three (3) parcels of land lying within the corporate limits of the City of St. Peters, Missouri, and more particularly described as follows:

a. Parcel 1: All the land south of Mexico Road, north of Willott Road, west of western boundaries of the Ville Du Pre and Carrington Place subdivisions, and east of Mid Rivers Mall Drive.

b. Parcel 2: All the land south of Mexico Road, west of Mid Rivers Mall Drive, and north of 38 Degrees 45 Minutes 49 Seconds north, except those parcels previously described as being in Ward I.

c. Parcel 3: All the land south of Willott Road, east of Mid Rivers Mall Drive, west of the eastern boundary of Hickory Ridge subdivision, and north of 38 Degrees 45 Minutes 49 Seconds north.

3. Ward III. All of the following five (5) parcels of land lying within the corporate limits of the City of St. Peters, Missouri, and more particularly described as follows:

a. Parcel 1: All the land south of Mexico Road, east of Jungermann Road to a point intersecting with the southern border of Tanglewood subdivision thence east down the southern border of Tanglewood subdivision and Laurel Park, thence south along the west border of McClay Valley subdivision to McClay Road, thence to Hackman Road.

b. Parcel 2: All the land south of Willott Road, west of Jungermann Road, north of the northern boundary of Country Creek subdivision and east of the eastern boundary of Crescent Hills subdivision.

c. Parcel 3: All the land west of Jungermann Road, north of Willott Road, east of Spencer Road, and south of Mexico Road.

d. Parcel 4: All the land east of the western border of Carrington Place subdivision, south of the southern borders of Drovers Crossing and Shadow Creek subdivisions adjacent to Carrington Place subdivision, west of Spencer Road, and north of Willott Road.

e. Parcel 5: All the land contained within the boundaries of Enwood, Springwood, and Hanover Crossing subdivisions.

4. Ward IV. All of the following three (3) parcels of land lying within the corporate limits of the City of St. Peters, Missouri, and more particularly described as follows:

a. Parcel 1: All the land contained within the boundaries of Crescent Hills, Country Creek, Mills Farm Estates, and Briarwick subdivisions.

b. Parcel 2: All the land south of Briarwick subdivision and south of the southern boundary of Parcel 1 of Ward III, and north of State Route 364, with northern limit of 38 Degrees 45 Minutes 49 Seconds north where there are no adjacent parcels.

c. Parcel 3: All the land south of State Route 364.

B. The map designated as the "City of St. Peters Aldermanic Ward Map, 2021," being on file in the office of the City Clerk, and as more particularly described in Subsection (A) above, is hereby adopted and approved and made a part of this Section by reference.

C. Wherever a ward dividing line is shown as a street, the dividing line shall be the center of such street.

D. Future annexations to the City shall be incorporated into the ward which is contiguous to the property being annexed.