[Ord. No. 157 §1, 6-3-1993; Ord. No. 164 §§1 — 2, 8-12-1993; Ord. No. 1600 §12, 1-18-2017]
A. 
It shall be unlawful for any person, corporation or entity to cause or allow the generation of any noise from commercial or industrial activities between the hours of 8:00 P.M. and 5:30 A.M., which noise is of a volume sufficient to be heard off of the premises where generated and sufficient to disturb the peace of any person off of the premises where such noise is generated.
B. 
The term commercial or industrial noise for the purpose of this Section shall include, but not be limited to, trash collection, plant operations, machine operations and operations of motor vehicles.
It shall be unlawful to discharge into the air, upon land or upon any waterway any concrete or cement or any concrete or cement dust or waste to the extent that it collects upon any object, land or waterway within the City limits of the City of Cottleville.
[Ord. No. 2074, 4-19-2023]
A. 
Definitions. For purposes of this Section, the following terms shall have the meaning set forth below:
ALARM NOTIFICATION
Any notification intended to summon the police to the alarm site.
ALARM SYSTEM
Any device or system that emits, transmits, or relays a signal intended to summon, or that would be expected to summon, police services of the City of Cottleville. Excluded under this definition include:
1. 
Automobile alarms, unless the vehicle is permanently located at a site;
2. 
An internal alarm designed to alert only the inhabitants of the building; and
3. 
Department approved systems designed to track stolen money or property.
DEPARTMENT
The City of Cottleville Police Department, including its officers and employees.
FALSE ALARM
Any alarm notification to the Department through mechanical failure, malfunction, improper installation, or through the negligence of the person in control of the alarm system or his/her/its agents or employees without any unlawful entry or attempted unlawful entry. For the purposes of this Section, the following alarms are excluded from this definition:
1. 
Those occurring during electrical storms, tornados, blizzards, and other severe weather;
2. 
The intermittent disruption or total disruption of the telephone circuits beyond the control of the alarm company and/or person in control, with the burden of proof to establish such event occurred placed on the person in control of the alarm system;
3. 
Electrical power disruption or failure; or
4. 
While the alarm or alarm system is being altered or repaired and after proper prior notification to the Department when such repair was to occur.
FALSE ALARM WARNING LETTER
A written notice sent by the Department via certified mail, return receipt requested, informing the person in control of an alarm system that a false alarm has occurred, including a description of the consequences of repeated false alarms.
PERSON
Any individual, corporation, partnership, association, organization, limited liability company, government body or similar entity.
PERSON IN CONTROL OF AN ALARM SYSTEM
A person who, by control of an area served by alarm system, has the authority to investigate and determine the cause of any false alarm(s) and prevent such false alarm(s) from occurring. This person may or may not be the property owner.
B. 
The person in control of an alarm system shall be subject to penalties depending upon the number of false alarms emitted from an alarm system within a single calendar year based upon the following schedule:
1. 
For the first, second, third, and fourth false alarms, the Department shall issue a false alarm warning letter.
2. 
For a fifth false alarm, the Department shall issue a false alarm warning letter and require the person in control of the alarm system to, within fifteen (15) days of receipt of the warning letter, submit a report describing the efforts to discover and eliminate the cause or causes of the false alarm. The person in control of the alarm system shall also be required to pay a fine of twenty-five dollars ($25.00).
3. 
For a sixth false alarm, and each false alarm that occurs thereafter, the Department shall issue a false alarm warning letter and require the person in control of the alarm system to, within fifteen (15) days of receipt of the warning letter, submit a report describing the efforts to discover and eliminate the cause or causes of the false alarm. The person in control of the alarm system shall also be required to pay a fine of fifty dollars ($50.00).
C. 
Each and every false alarm to which a police response is made shall be considered a separate false alarm regardless of the frequency of such alarms, and the Department may track each time a false alarm occurs for purposes of enforcing this Section. On January 1 of each calendar year, the total number of false alarms aggregated against each person in charge of an alarm shall be reset.
D. 
Alarm notifications caused by actual criminal conduct with evidence of a criminal offense attempt or because of a medical emergency shall not be counted as a false alarm.
E. 
Any fine imposed pursuant to this Section shall be paid within thirty (30) days of the issuance of notice of such fine. Each day a fine remains unpaid beyond the initial thirty (30) day period shall constitute a separate violation.