OFFICIALS
OF THE
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Arthur J. McDonnell
Mayor
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Gary Biedenstein
Joseph E. Godi
Timothy E. Griffin
Gina Jaksetic
Iggy Yuan
Council Members
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Michael G. Brown
Chief Administrative Officer
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Betty Montaño
City Clerk
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John M. Hessel
City
Attorney
An Ordinance Adopting and Enacting a New Code of Ordinances of the City
of
Be It Ordained by the Council of the City of
Section 1. There having heretofore been published by the Municipal Code Corporation, law publishers, Tallahassee, Florida, a Code of Ordinances, same being in looseleaf binder and here and now present before the Council consisting of Chapters 1 to 25, each inclusive, is hereby adopted and enacted as the "Code of Ordinances, City of Kirkwood, Missouri," and shall be treated and considered as a new and original comprehensive ordinance which shall supersede all other general and permanent ordinances of the City passed on or before July 16, 1970, to the extent provided in Section 2 hereof.
Section 2. That all provisions of such Code shall be in full force and effect from and after the 2nd day of August, 1971, and all ordinances of a general and permanent nature of the City of Kirkwood, enacted on final passage on or before July 16, 1970, and not included in such Code or recognized and continued in force by reference therein are hereby repealed from and after the 2nd day of August except as hereinafter provided. No resolution of the City is hereby repealed.
Section 3. That the repeal provided for in Section 2 hereof shall not affect the following:
(a) Any offense or act committed or done or any penalty or forfeiture incurred or any contract or right established or accruing before the effective date of this ordinance;
(b) Any ordinance promising or guaranteeing the payment of money for the City, or authorizing the issuance of any bonds of the City or any evidence of the City's indebtedness or any contract or obligation assumed by the City;
(c) The administrative ordinances of the City, not in conflict or inconsistent with the provisions of such Code;
(d) Any ordinance fixing salaries of officers or employees of the City;
(e) Any appropriation ordinance;
(f) Any right or franchise granted by the Council of the City to any person, firm, or corporation;
(g) Any ordinance dedicating, naming, establishing, locating, relocating, opening, closing, paving, widening, vacating, etc., any street or public way in the City;
(h) Any ordinance establishing and prescribing the street grades of any street in the City;
(i) Any ordinance establishing or altering sewer districts, or providing for local improvements, or assessing taxes therefor;
(j) Any ordinance dedicating or accepting any plat or subdivision in the City, or providing regulations for the same;
(k) Any ordinance annexing property to the City;
(l) Any zoning ordinance of the City;
(m) Any ordinance fixing utility rates and charges;
(n) Any ordinance prescribing personnel rules or regulations not inconsistent with such Code;
(o) Any ordinance enacted after July 16, 1970.
Such repeal shall not be construed to revive any ordinance or part of an ordinance which is repealed by this ordinance.
Section 4. That whenever in such Code an act is prohibited or is made or declared to be unlawful or an offense or a misdemeanor by the Mayor and Council, or whenever in such Code the doing of any
act is required or the failure to do any act is declared to be unlawful by the Mayor and Council and no specific penalty is provided therefor the violation of any such provisions of such Code shall be punished as provided in Section 9 of this ordinance and Section 1‑8 of such Code.
Section 5. That any and all additions and amendments to such Code when passed in such form as to indicate the intention of the Mayor and Council to make the same a part thereof shall be deemed to be incorporated in such Code that reference to the "Code of Ordinances, City of Kirkwood, Missouri," shall be understood and intended to include such additions and amendments.
Section 6. That in case of the amendment by the Mayor and Council of any section of such Code for which a penalty is not provided, the general penalty as provided in Section 9 of this ordinance and Section 1‑8 of such Code shall apply to the section as amended; or in case such amendment contains provisions for which a penalty, other than the aforementioned general penalty is provided in another section in the same chapter, the penalty so provided in such other section shall be held to relate to the section so amended, unless such penalty is specifically repealed therein.
Section 7. That a copy of such Code shall be kept on file in the office of the City Administrator, preserved in loose‑leaf form or in such other form as the Council may consider most expedient. It shall be the express duty of the City Administrator, or someone authorized by said officer, to insert in their designated places all amendments and all ordinances or resolutions which indicate the intention of the Mayor and Council to make the same a part of such Code when the same have been printed or reprinted in page form, and to extract from such Code all provisions which from time to time may be repealed by the Council. This copy of such Code shall be available for all persons desiring to examine the same.
Section 8. That it shall be unlawful for any person to change or alter by additions or deletions, any part or portion of such Code, or to insert or delete pages or portions thereof, or to alter or tamper with such Code in any manner whatsoever which will cause the law of the City of Kirkwood to be misrepresented thereby. Any person violating this section shall be punished as provided in Section 9 of this ordinance.
Section 9. (a) Whenever in this ordinance or in any section of this Code of Ordinances or in any ordinance the doing of any act is required or is prohibited or is declared to be unlawful or a misdemeanor, and no specific fine or penalty is provided for a violation thereof, any person who shall be convicted of a violation of any such provision of the ordinance, the Code or any such ordinance shall, for each offense, be fined not less than five dollars ($5.00), nor more than one hundred dollars ($100.00) or be punished by imprisonment in jail not to exceed three (3) months or be punished by both fine and imprisonment.
(b) Each day's violation of, or failure, refusal or neglect to comply with, any provision of the Code or of any ordinance shall constitute a separate and distinct offense.
(c) This section shall not apply to any section of the Code or to any ordinance in which there is expressly provided a penalty for its violation, or for any offense, the penalty for the violation of which is fixed by statute.
Editor's note—It should he noted that subsequent to the adoption of this ordinance, § 1‑8, providing for general penalties, Was amended by Ord. No. 5533, § 1, adopted Sept. 21, 1972, to increase the penalty provisions from "not less than five dollars ($5.00), nor more than one hundred dollars ($100.00)" to "not less than five dollars ($5.00) nor more than five hundred dollars ($500.00)."
Section 10. That all ordinances or parts of ordinances in conflict herewith, are to the extent of such conflict hereby repealed.
Section 11. That this ordinance shall become effective on the 2nd day of August, 1971.
PASSED AND APPROVED this 10th day of June, 1971.
(Signed) Robert G. Reim
Mayor,
ATTEST:
(Signed) Max A. Durbin
City Administrator,
[CERTIFICATE]
I, the duly appointed, qualified and acting Deputy City Clerk of the City of Kirkwood, Missouri, do hereby certify the above and foregoing to be a true and correct copy of Ordinance No. 5407, passed and approved on the 10th day of June, 1971.
GIVEN under my hand and the seal of the City of Kirkwood, Missouri, this 11th day of June, 1971.
/s/Claire S. Christmann
Deputy City Clerk
(SEAL)
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Page
Officials of City at Time of Codification ........................................................................................ i
Ordinance Adopting Code............................................................................................................. ii
CODE OF ORDINANCES
Chapter
1. General Provisions........................................................................................................... 1-1
2. Administration.................................................................................................................. 2-1
Art. I. General Provisions.......................................................................................... 2-2
Art. II. City Council................................................................................................... 2-5
Div. 1. Generally.............................................................................................. 2-5
Div. 2. Meetings and Rules of Procedure.......................................................... 2-8
Div. 3. Ordinances............................................................................................ 2-11
Art. III. Mayor.......................................................................................................... 2-14
Div. 1. Generally............................................................................................... 2-14
Div. 2. Deputy Mayor....................................................................................... 2-16
Art. IV. Other Officials.............................................................................................. 2-17
Div. 1. Generally............................................................................................... 2-17
Div. 2. Qualifications......................................................................................... 2-18
Div. 3. Chief Administrative Officer................................................................... 2-19
Div. 4. City Clerk.............................................................................................. 2-21
Div. 5. City Comptroller..................................................................................... 2-23
Div. 6. City Treasurer....................................................................................... 2-23
Div. 7. Municipal Judge..................................................................................... 2-23
Div. 8. City Attorney......................................................................................... 2-24
Div. 9. City Engineer......................................................................................... 2-25
Div. 10. Building Commissioner............................................................................ 2-27
Div. 11. Health Commissioner.............................................................................. 2-27
Art. V. Fiscal Management......................................................................................... 2-28
Div. 1. Generally............................................................................................... 2-28
Div. 2. City Comptroller..................................................................................... 2-34
Div. 3. City Treasurer....................................................................................... 2-36
Art. VI. Purchasing.................................................................................................... 2-38
Div. 1. Generally............................................................................................... 2-38
Div. 2. Director of Purchasing........................................................................... 2-41
Div. 3. Formal Purchasing and Sales Procedures................................................. 2-44
Div. 4. Informal Purchasing and Sales Procedures.............................................. 2-45
Div. 5. Open Market Procedure......................................................................... 2-46
Div. 6. Purchases and Sales of Less than One Thousand Dollars......................... 2-47
Div. 7. Policy and Procedure for the Procurement of Architectural,
Engineering, Land Surveying Maintenance Services,
and Other Professional Services................................................. 2-48
Art. VII. Boards and Commissions.............................................................................. 2-51
Div. 1. Generally............................................................................................... 2-51
Div. 2. Planning and Zoning Commission............................................................ 2-52
Div. 3. Architectural Review Board................................................................... 2-54
Div. 4. Reserved............................................................................................... 2-56
Div. 5. Finance Committee................................................................................ 2-56
Div.
6.
Art.
3. Alcoholic Beverages........................................................................................................ 3-1
Art.
Art. II. Intoxicating Liquor......................................................................................... 3-2
Div. 1. Generally.............................................................................................. 3-2
Div. 2. Licenses............................................................................................... 3-5
Div. 3. Operations............................................................................................. 3-12
Art. III. Nonintoxicating Beer...................................................................................... 3-14
Div. 1. Generally............................................................................................... 3-14
Div. 2. Licenses................................................................................................ 3-15
Div. 3. Operations............................................................................................. 3-21
3½. Amusements.................................................................................................................... 3½-1
Art.
Art. II. Amusement Rides and Devices....................................................................... 3½-1
Art.
III. Amusement Devices and
4. Animals and Fowl............................................................................................................ 4-1
Art.
Art. II. Domestic Pets............................................................................................... 4-2
4½. Bicycles........................................................................................................................... 4½-1
5. Buildings, Construction and Housing.................................................................................. 5-1
Art.
Art. I½. Sign Code.................................................................................................... 5-3
Art. II. Property Maintenance Code............................................................................ 5-24
Art. III. Fences.......................................................................................................... 5-24
Art. IV. Appeals........................................................................................................ 5-29
Art. V. Floodway/Floodplain Management................................................................... 5-29
Art. VI. Fee Schedule................................................................................................. 5-48
6. Business Redevelopment.................................................................................................. 6-1
Art.
Art. II. Downtown Special Business District................................................................ 6-18
6½. Reserved......................................................................................................................... 6½-1
7. Elections.......................................................................................................................... 7-1
7½. Emergency Management.................................................................................................. 7½-1
8. Fire Prevention, Protection and Ambulance Fees................................................................. 8-1
Art.
Art. II. Fire Department............................................................................................. 8-5
Art. III. Ambulance Service Fee Schedule....................................................................... 8-6
9. Reserved.......................................................................................................................... 9-1
10. Garbage and Trash............................................................................................................ 10-1
Art. I. Solid Waste Control.......................................................................................... 10-1
Art.
Art. III. Littering....................................................................................................... 10-10
Art. IV. Complex Multifamily, Commercial or Industrial Collectors............................... 10-16
11. Reserved.......................................................................................................................... 11-1
12. Human Relations............................................................................................................... 12-1
Art.
Art. II. Human Rights Advisory and Awareness Commission........................................ 12-1
Art. III. Fair Housing Code......................................................................................... 12-3
12½. Landmarks Commission................................................................................................... 12½-1
13. Licenses and Business Regulations..................................................................................... 13-1
Art.
Art. II. Occupational Licenses Generally...................................................................... 13-1
Art. III. Licensing and Regulation of Certain Occupations............................................ 13-14
Div. 1. Massage Parlors and Establishments...................................................... 13-14
Div. 2. Contractor’s Business Licenses.............................................................. 13-20
Divs. 3, 4, 5. Reserved....................................................................................... 13-23
Div. 6. Reserved.............................................................................................. 13-23
Div. 7. Gasoline Dealers.................................................................................... 13-23
Div. 8. Horse-Drawn Carriages......................................................................... 13-24
Div. 9. Tow Trucks........................................................................................... 13-26
Div. 10. Itinerant Merchants, Peddlers and Solicitors........................................... 13-32
14. Motor Vehicles and Traffic................................................................................................ 14-1
Art.
Art. II. Administration and Enforcement...................................................................... 14-5
Div. 1. Generally............................................................................................... 14-5
Div. 2. Traffic Engineer..................................................................................... 14-7
Div. 3. Enforcement......................................................................................... 14-10
Div. 4. Traffic Violations Bureau....................................................................... 14-13
Art. III. Operation..................................................................................................... 14-14
Div. 1. Generally.............................................................................................. 14-14
Div. 2. Speed................................................................................................... 14-21
Div. 3. Right‑of‑Way........................................................................................ 14-21
Div. 4. Turning Movements............................................................................... 14-24
Art. IV. Accidents..................................................................................................... 14-25
Art. V. Traffic-Control Devices.................................................................................. 14-26
Art. VI. Parking........................................................................................................ 14-31
Art. VII. Motor Vehicles............................................................................................ 14-39
Div. 1. Generally.............................................................................................. 14-39
Div. 2. Licenses............................................................................................... 14-47
Art. VIII. Traffic Schedules....................................................................................... 14-49
15. Municipal Court................................................................................................................. 15-1
16. Nuisances......................................................................................................................... 16-1
17. Offenses‑Miscellaneous..................................................................................................... 17-1
Art.
Art. II. Disorderly and Similar Conduct...................................................................... 17-11
Art. III. Offenses Against Property............................................................................ 17-15
Art. IV. Offenses Against Public Decency.................................................................. 17-19
Art. V. Interference with Governmental Functions....................................................... 17-20
Art. VI. Weapons...................................................................................................... 17-21
Art. VII. Gambling..................................................................................................... 17-26
Art. VIII. Railroads................................................................................................... 17-27
Art. IX. Water Control and Land Disturbance Control.................................................. 17-28
18. Parks and Recreation........................................................................................................ 18-1
Art.
Art. II. Permits.......................................................................................................... 18-10
Art. III. Department of Parks and Recreation.............................................................. 18-13
Art. IV. Fees............................................................................................................. 18-13
18½. Pensions and Retirement.................................................................................................. 18½-1
Art.
I. City of
Art. II. City of
Pension Plan.................................................................................... 18½-41
19. Police............................................................................................................................... 19-1
Art.
Art.
Art. III. Police Department......................................................................................... 19-4
20. Streets and Sidewalks........................................................................................................ 20-1
Art.
Art. II. Sidewalks....................................................................................................... 20-2
Div. 1. Generally............................................................................................... 20-2
Div. 2. Repair of Hazardous Sidewalks............................................................... 20-2
Subdiv. A. ................................................................................................... 20-2
Subdiv. B. Permit and Technical Requirements.............................................. 20-6
Art. III. Encroachments.............................................................................................. 20-7
Art. IV. Excavations.................................................................................................. 20-10
Art. V. Curb Cuts...................................................................................................... 20-18
Art. VI. Safety Precautions for Obstructions, Excavations or Encroachments
in
Art. VII. Numbering Buildings.................................................................................... 20-25
Art. VIII. Grading...................................................................................................... 20-26
21. Taxation........................................................................................................................... 21-1
Art.
Art. II. Sales Tax....................................................................................................... 21-1
22. Trailers and Trailer Parks.................................................................................................. 22-1
Art.
Art. II. Trailer Camps................................................................................................. 22-1
23. Utilities............................................................................................................................. 23-1
Art.
Art. II. Administration of City Utilities.......................................................................... 23-2
Art.