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City of Chesterfield, MO
Wednesday, March 17, 2021
Chapter 215. Nuisances
Article I. Vegetation
Section 215.030. Public Nuisance Declared.
[CC 1990 § 20-3; Ord. No. 2498 § 1, 11-17-2008; Ord. No. 2679, 11-7-2011; Ord. No. 2704, 6-4-2012;
Ord. No. 2802, 7-21-2014]
A. Public nuisances of the City are hereby declared to be as follows:
1. Any act committed or suffered to be committed by any person, or any substance kept,
maintained, placed, or thrown upon any public or private premises which constitutes a hurt,
injury, inconvenience or danger to the health, safety or welfare of the public or residents and
occupants of the immediate vicinity as determined by the Director of Planning.
2. The above public nuisance declaration shall include, but not be limited to, the following:
a. Discharge of piped potable or non -potable water, including groundwater, stormwater, and
pool water, release of liquids, chemicals, oils, or substances upon any right-of-way,
including streets, alleys, tree lawns, sidewalks, bike trails, or in close proximity to natural
streams or neighboring premises that constitutes a hurt, injury, inconvenience or danger
to the health, safety, or welfare of the public or residents of the immediate vicinity. At a
minimum, piped residential downspouts or basement sump pumps shall be daylighted to
surface discharge at least ten (10) feet away from a neighboring property line.
b. Maintaining or permitting conditions that promote or allow mosquito, cockroach, flea, or
other insect infestations to develop upon a premises or in stagnant pools or
impoundments of water, that constitute a hurt, injury, inconvenience or danger to the
health, safety, or welfare of the public or residents of the immediate vicinity.
c. Emission of any offensive, noxious or toxic gas, effluvia or odor that constitutes a hurt,
injury, inconvenience or danger to the health, safety, or welfare of the public or residents
and occupants of the immediate vicinity.
d. Dead animal carcasses permitted to remain upon a premises for more than twenty-four
(24) hours.
e. Keeping, maintaining, or permitting animals of any kind, domestic or wild, upon a
premises in such a manner or condition that same constitutes a hurt, injury,
inconvenience or danger to the health, safety, or welfare of the public or residents or
occupants of the immediate vicinity.
f. Keeping, maintaining or permitting of trash, debris, garbage, rubbish, junk, decaying
vegetation or animal matter or other substance upon a premises constituting a hurt,
injury, inconvenience or danger to the health, safety or welfare of the public or residents
and occupants of the immediate vicinity.
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Failure to mow or cut turf grass or turf weeds to maintain a maximum height of not more
than ten (10) inches, or failure to control or remove listed (Section 215.070) nuisance
plants, invasive plants and noxious weeds in such a manner that constitutes a hurt,
injury, inconvenience or danger to the health, safety or welfare of the public or residents
and occupants of the immediate vicinity. Managed stands of native plants, ornamental
grasses, or shrubs, and cultivated agricultural crops, vegetable gardens or flower
gardens exceeding ten (10) inches in height are permitted provided they are maintained
free of turf weeds and grasses, nuisance plants, invasive plants and noxious weeds, are
kept at least four (4) feet from a property line, and do not impair sight distance, or
constitute a hurt, injury, inconvenience or danger to the health, safety or welfare of the
public or residents and occupants of the immediate vicinity.
h. Placement or dumping of dead plant material such as lawn clippings, weeds, leaves, tree
trunks, and tree branches in or near storm sewers, creeks, drainage swales, stream
banks, or steep slopes in such a manner that constitutes a hurt, injury, inconvenience or
danger to the health, safety or welfare of the public or residents and occupants of the
immediate vicinity. Erosion control devices such as silt fence, riprap, erosion control
blankets, check dams, or seed and mulch placed near creeks, in drainage swales, on
stream banks, or upon steep slopes, shall comply with the City of Chesterfield Erosion
Control Manual.
i. Any standing or fallen dead tree, dead tree limbs, dead shrubs, and trees that are more
than fifty percent (50%) dying, damaged, or diseased to constitute a hurt, injury,
inconvenience or danger to the health, safety, or welfare of the public or residents and
occupants of the vicinity. Removal of any dead or dying tree shall comply with the City of
Chesterfield Tree Manual.
Any unfenced in -ground swimming pool, any unsecured building or structure, or any
dilapidated or unsafe building, fence, retaining wall, or structure located upon any public
or private place or premises in such condition that same constitutes a hurt, injury,
inconvenience or danger to the health, safety or welfare of the public or the residents and
occupants of the immediate vicinity.
k. The use of light sources shall comply with the City of Chesterfield Lighting Code. Official
or approved emergency, construction, safety and warning lighting are generally
permitted.
I. Placement of a roll -off trash container on property for an uninterrupted period exceeding
ninety (90) consecutive days or positioned so as to create an obstruction for a roadway,
alley or sidewalk constituting an inconvenience or danger to the health, safety or welfare
of the public or residents and occupants of the immediate vicinity.
m. Any stormwater management facility located on any lot or land shall be declared a public
nuisance for failure to maintain the private stormwater management facility if it has
conditions impairing its proper operation, including, but not limited to, excessive
sediment, extensive ponding of water, rubbish and trash, noxious weeds or invasive
plants or nuisance plants exceeding ten (10) inches in height, or any material which is
unhealthy or impacts the proper operation of the private stormwater management facility.
n. Maintaining any partly dismantled, wrecked, dilapidated, abandoned or non -operative
automobile or other motor vehicle or parts thereof which are found upon any private
property and which are not housed in a garage, basement or other enclosed building or
except as authorized by Section 405.04.140(A)(14)(c)(5) of the Zoning Ordinance of the
City. Any motor vehicle or automobile or any elements thereof found disassembled upon
private property shall be considered to be dismantled, abandoned, wrecked or
dilapidated for the purpose of this Article when such automobile or other vehicle is found
lacking essential component parts which prevent it from being immediately operative
under its own power or which vehicle or automobile is not properly licensed.
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[CC 1990 § 18-146; Ord. No. 313 § 1, 6-19-1989]
3. Native plants, turf grass, ornamental grasses, or shrubs, including plants that are part of an
approved, designed private stormwater facility or MSD-approved guidance document do not
constitute a public nuisance.
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