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Timestamp: 2018-08-22 01:58:10
Document Index: 379886584

Matched Legal Cases: ['§ 215', '§ 215', '§500', '§8', '§5', '§8', '§5']

City of Sikeston, MO Nuisances
Ch 215 Art II Additional Public Nuisances
§ 215.020 Radio Interference.
§ 215.030 Electrical Interference — Enforcement.
Cross Reference—As to weeds, §§500.740 et seq.
Article II Additional Public Nuisances
Section 215.020 Radio Interference.
Section 215.030 Electrical Interference — Enforcement.
Any vehicle used for septic tank cleaning which does not meet the requirements of this Chapter of the Code of Ordinances of the City of Sikeston.
Unlicensed dumps and licensed dumps not operated or maintained in compliance with the ordinances of the City of Sikeston and the Statutes of the State of Missouri.
All other acts, practices, conduct, business, occupation callings, trades, uses of property and all other things detrimental or certain to be detrimental to the health of the inhabitants of the City of Sikeston.
Unlawful To Cause, Maintain Within City Or One-Half Mile Thereof. It is unlawful for any owner, lessee or occupant or any agent, servant, representative or employee of any such owner, lessee or occupant having control of any occupied lot or land or any part thereof in the City of Sikeston or within one-half (½) mile of the corporate limits of the City of Sikeston, Missouri, to cause, permit or maintain a nuisance on any such lot or land. Additionally, it is unlawful for any person or his/her agent, servant, representative or employee to cause or maintain a nuisance on the land or property of another with or without permission. Each day that a nuisance shall be maintained is a separate offense.
Abatement of nuisance—Abatement Officer. Whenever the Abatement Officer for the City shall ascertain or have knowledge that a nuisance exists on any premises in the City, he/she shall, by written notice, notify the persons occupying or having possession of said premises to abate or remove such nuisance within the time to be specified in such notice, not less than fifteen (15) days. Failure to abate such nuisance within the time specified within the notice or failure to pursue the removal or abatement of such nuisance without unnecessary delay, shall be deemed an ordinance violation.
The delivery of a true copy of the notice to the person(s) intended to be notified, or the leaving of a copy at his/her usual place of abode with some member of his or her family over the age of fifteen (15) years.
If service of such written notice is unable to be perfected by any of the methods described above, the Abatement Officer shall direct the City Clerk to cause a copy of the aforesaid notice to be published in a newspaper of general circulation in the County where the City is located, once a week for two (2) consecutive weeks and shall further cause a copy of the aforesaid notice to be left with the individual, if any, in possession of such property on which it is alleged such public nuisance exists, or if there is no individual in possession thereof, the Abatement Officer shall cause a copy of the notice to be posted at such structure, location or premises. The Abatement Officer may also determine from the Recorder of Deeds' office who the lienholder of the property, if any, as documented therein, is and cause a written notice to be served on such lienholder by United States mail return receipt.
Municipal Court may order abatement—cost of abatement by the City, how paid. If, upon a trial for the failure to abate such nuisance within the time specified within the notice or failure to pursue the removal or abatement of such nuisance without unnecessary delay, the judge of the Municipal Court shall find that a violation exists and that the defendant has had proper notice as provided in this Section and that the defendant has failed to abate the nuisance, the judge of the Municipal Court shall, in addition to the penalty for violating this Section, make an order directing the Abatement Officer to abate such nuisance forthwith and immediately report the expenses thereof to the City Clerk or officer in charge of finance who shall cause the certified cost to be included in a special tax bill or added to the annual real estate tax bill, at the collecting official's option, for the property and the certified cost shall be collected by the city collector or other official collecting taxes in the same manner and procedure for collecting real estate taxes. If the certified cost is not paid, the tax bill shall be considered delinquent, and the collection of the delinquent bill shall be governed by the laws governing delinquent and back taxes. The tax bill from the date of its issuance shall be deemed a personal debt against the owner and shall also be a lien on the property until paid.
Article II: Additional Public Nuisances
[R.O. 2009 §8.08.060; Prior Code §5-104(a)]
It is unlawful for any person to operate within the City any electrical apparatus generating or causing high frequency oscillations or any other electrical apparatus, device, machine or equipment which needlessly or unnecessarily causes interference with radio and/or television reception and when such interference can be reasonably prevented by means of repairs, adjustments, the installation of corrective appliances or other practicable alterations; all such equipment, apparatus, machines, lines and wiring shall be installed and maintained in such condition as to eliminate such interference.
[R.O. 2009 §8.08.080; Prior Code §5-104(c)]
The administration and enforcement of shall be entrusted to and imposed on the City Engineer and Department of Public Safety, whose duty it shall be to investigate complaints of radio and/or television interference, to locate the sources of such interference, to advise and make recommendations as to its elimination and who may issue orders for such repairs, adjustments or alterations, to be complied within a reasonable length of time, as shall be practicable and reasonably necessary to prevent the continuance of such interference.