Soulard Star Directory 2027

✯ SOULARD STAR DIRECTORY | 2027 34 continued on page 38 CITY ORDINANCES EVERYONE SHOULD KNOW The city of St. Louis has numerous ordinances concerning health, safety, property and keeping the peace. The following are some of the ordinances most likely to be of interest to neighborhood residents. This is intended as a general guide, not legal advice.Although ordinances are adopted throughout the year, the Code is only updated twice a year. For the current law, consult the Revised Code of the City of St. Louis and recently enacted city ordinances at stlouis-mo.gov. AUTOMOBILES ANDVEHICLE NOISE • Unreasonably loud, disturbing or unnecessary noise is prohibited.The excessive or prolonged sounding of a vehicle horn is prohibited except when reasonably used as a warning of danger. (§15.50.010, §15.50.020) • A radio, music player or other sound-producing device in a motor vehicle may not be operated when the sound is clearly audible to people other than the occupants of the vehicle.A vehicle may be subject to seizure and impoundment when sound from the vehicle is plainly audible more than 75 feet away. (§15.50.031, §15.50.032, §15.50.033) • A vehicle that is in such poor repair, improperly loaded or operated in such a manner that it creates loud and unnecessary grating, grinding, rattling or other noise is prohibited. (§15.50.050) ALCOHOL • Drinking alcoholic beverages in a park, public building, street, sidewalk, alley, highway, parking lot, thoroughfare or other public place is generally prohibited unless authorized by the Excise Commissioner or otherwise allowed by ordinance. (§14.05.010) LITTER AND TRASH • Litter may not be thrown, deposited or allowed to accumulate on sidewalks, parkways, gutters, streets, alleys or other public places except in authorized receptacles. (Chapter 11.18) • Property owners and occupants are responsible for keeping their property free of litter and debris. (Chapter 11.18) • Littering from a motor vehicle is prohibited. (Chapter 11.18) NOISE • Creating unreasonably loud, disturbing or unnecessary noise is prohibited. (§15.50.010) • On private property, radios, televisions, audio systems, musical instruments and similar devices may not be played louder than necessary for convenient, normal hearing by people on the property who are voluntarily listening. (§15.50.030) • On public property, radios, music players and audio systems generally may not be operated so that they are plainly audible more than 75 feet from the source. Certain lawful events are excepted. (§15.50.030) PEACE DISTURBANCE • It is unlawful to disturb the peace of others through noisy, riotous, disorderly, violent or tumultuous conduct, loud and unusual noises, certain offensive conduct or language calculated to provoke a breach of the peace, or fighting or assaulting another person in a public place. (§15.46.030) PETS • Animals, birds or fowl may not be kept in a manner that causes frequent or prolonged noise that disturbs people nearby. Noise that can be distinctly heard more than 100 feet from its source is considered excessive. (§15.50.040) • Dogs and cats must be vaccinated against rabies and registered as required by the city. (Chapter 10.04) • Dogs and cats must be leashed and securely held by a responsible person when off the owner’s property, except in city-designated dog exercise parks.Animals may not be allowed to roam freely on public streets, parks or other public places or on another person’s property. (Chapter 10.04) • Anyone owning, keeping or harboring a pet is responsible for removing and properly disposing of feces left by the animal on public or private property. (Chapter 10.04)