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INTRODUCED BY COUNCILMAN: SKAIN
ORDINANCE NO. 7 t
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF JEFFERSON, MISSOURI, RELATING TO
NUISANCES, PROVIDING FOR INSPECTION OF PREMISES AND NOTICE
TO ABATE, PROVIDING A PRESUMPTION OF RESPONSIBILITY AND FOR
THE ABATEMENT OF NUISANCES, AND FIXING A PENALTY.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF JEFFERSON,
MISSOURI, AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Nuisance defined. The accumulation or
existence upon any lot, parcel of ground, or land within the
city, of any putrid or uncured meat, pork, fish, fowel, decayed
vegetable matter or food of any kind, offal, manure or rubbish
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which, by decay or putrefication is, or may become, offensive
or detrimental to the health, safety or welfare of human beings
or animals shall constitute, and is hereby declared to be,
a nuisance.
Section 2. Nuisance defined. The accumulation or
existence upon any lot, parcel of ground, or land within this
city, of any wood, metal or other building materials, household
or business furnishings or equipment, abandoned motor vehicles, ,
clothing or other materials, cans, bottles, tires, rubbish
or trash, in such a manner as to constitute a harbour or
breeding ground for mosquitoes, flies, insects, rats, snakes
or other rodents shall constitute, and is hereby declared
to be, a nuisance.
Section 3. Inspection of Premises. The city marshall,
policemen, and health officer of this city, or his representa-
tive, are hereby authorized to enter upon any premises within
this city to determine if any nuisance described above exists
on the premises and to identify the parties reponsible
therefor.
Section 4. Notice to Abate. The health officer of the
city, or his representative, upon learning of the existence
of any nuisance described above, shall give written notice
to the parties causing or maintaining same to abate the nuisance
within a reasonable time to be specified in the notice.
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Such notice shall be served by the city marshal or any police-
man of the city. The person serving the notice shall make a
written return on a copy thereof, subscribe his name thereto
and return the same to the health officer. The return shall
state how, when, where and on whom the notice was served.
Such notice may be served by delivering same to the parties
to be notified, or by leaving a copy thereof, at the usual
place of abode of the person notified, with a member of the
family over the age of fifteen years, or by leaving a copy
thereof with the person in charge of the office of any partner-
ship, firm or corporation.
Section 5. Presumption to Apply. In any prosecution
for a violation of any of the provisions of Sections 1 or
2 of this ordinance, proof that the defendant or defendants
named in the information was or were at the time of the alleged
violation the owner(s) or occupant(s) of the premises described
in the information where the nuisance was alleged to exist,
shall constitute in evidence a prima facie presumption that
the defendant (s) named in the information caused the nuisance
specified therein.
Section 6. Penalty. Any person or persons, including
{Adolk every officer, agent of employee of any corporation, who shall
cause, maintain, or allow to exist any nuisance defined in
Sections 1 or 2 of this ordinance on any lot, parcel of ground,
or land owned or occupied by him or them within this city, and
who shall fail to abate or remove same within the time specified
in a notice to abate, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor,
and upon conviction shall be punished by a fine of not more
than one hundred dollars, and every day such nuisance is maintained
or allowed to exist shall constitute a separate and distinct
offense, punishable by a like fine .
Section 7 . Effective Date. This ordinance shall take
effect d be in force from and after its td assage and approval .
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N 0 T I C E
On the day of 196_, T inspected
property by
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Jefferson City, Missouri . Pictures of
the property were taken and the following conditions were
found to exist:
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These conditions constitute a nuisance under the terms
of Ordinance Number of the City of Jefferson, Missouri .
You are hereby directed to correct these conditions and abate
this nuisance in the following manner:
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Failure to correct the conditions noted above within
days from the service of this notice will subject you
to prosecution under Ordinance Number and a penalty of
not to exceed $100 .00 per day for each day that the conditions
of nuisance continue to exist.
Chester J. McKinney, Health Officer
Jefferson City, Missouri
RETURN OF SERVICE
I certify that I served the foregoing notice on the persons
to whom the notice was addressed on this day of
196_ by:
1. Delivering same personally on said person (s ) .
• 2. Leaving same at the usual place of abode of the
person(s) to whom the notice was addressed with a
member of the person(s ) family over the age of
fifteen (15) years.