A. 
A person commits the offense of abandonment of an airtight or semi-airtight container if he or she knowingly abandons, discards, or permits to remain on premises under his or 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.
A person commits the offense of littering if he or 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 or 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 or her own for the purpose of annoying another or others.
A. 
A person commits the offense of tampering with a water supply if he or 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. 2008 § 210.165; Ord. No. 93 § 41, 5-23-1970]
Open and abandoned excavations upon property lying within the City are deemed to be attractive and dangerous nuisances to children and to be, in other respects, a menace to the public health and safety. Therefore, it shall be unlawful for any owner or lessee of such property to cause an excavation to be made thereon in connection with any lawful construction project and thereafter to abandon such project without completely filling or completely covering the excavations thus made. Whenever it shall appear that the project, in connection with which an excavation was either wholly or partially made, has been abandoned, and that such excavation has not been completely filled or completely covered, the Board of Aldermen shall cause a written notice to be served upon the owner or lessee of such property, either personally or by registered mail, calling attention to the existence of such excavation, the apparent abandonment of the project in connection with which the same was made and directing that the excavation be completely filled or completely covered, within a period of thirty (30) days from the date of such notice.
[R.O. 2008 § 210.205; R.O. 2004 § 205.140; Ord. No. 807 §§ 1 — 5, 12-6-1994; Ord. No. 1490, 7-15-2019]
A. 
Definitions. The following words and terms shall, for the purposes of this Section and as stated elsewhere in this Code, have the meanings shown herein:
BONFIRE
A fire built in the open air for warmth, entertainment or celebration.
OPEN BURNING
The burning of any materials wherein products of combustion are emitted directly into the ambient air without passing through a stack or chimney from an enclosed chamber. For the purpose of this definition, a "chamber" shall be regarded as enclosed when, during the time combustion occurs, only apertures, ducts, stacks, flues or chimneys necessary to provide combustion air and permit the escape of exhaust gas are open.
RECREATIONAL FIRE
An outdoor fire utilized to cook food for human consumption.
B. 
Allowable Burning. Open burning shall be allowed without prior notification to the Code Official for recreational fire, highway safety flares, smudge pots and similar occupational needs.
C. 
Permit Required. Any open burn larger than fifty-five-inch diameter will require a permit from the City of Pevely, which can be acquired from the City of Pevely at City Hall.
D. 
Attendance. Any open burn shall be constantly attended until the fire is extinguished. All fires must take place in a confined space such as a fire pit and not in any open area of land without the proper permits. No open burn shall be within one hundred (100) feet of all streams, rivers, ponds, lakes and any other body of water.
E. 
Prohibited Materials. Missouri State regulation prohibits any waste generated by a business, trade, industry, salvage, or demolition operation unless it is untreated or vegetative wood waste. Wastes that may not be burned include, but are not limited to, tires, carpet, used oil, asphalt roofing materials, rubber products, hazardous materials, Styrofoam™, plastics, petroleum-based products, durable goods, treated wood, any asbestos-containing material, and any other material deemed hazardous by the Code Official.
F. 
Penalty. It shall be unlawful and an ordinance violation any person to violate any provision of this Section. Any person convicted of a violation of this Section shall be punished as provided for in Chapter 100, Article III, of this Code.