CHAPTER 3
OFFENSES AGAINST PUBLIC WELFARE
Sections:
8-3-101 Barbed Wire Fences.
8-3-102 Littering.
8-3-103 Sale or Possession of Intoxicating Liquors.
8-3-104 Discharging Firearms.
8-3-101 Barbed Wire Fences.
It is unlawful for any person to leave any unbaled barbed wire loose upon any lane, street, road, highway, or public place, or, in using barbed wire for fencing purposes, to permit the same to become loose or unfastened and allow it to so remain as to endanger the public.
(1968 Code 6-1-3; 1979 Code 8-2-1; renumbered by Ord. No. 25-92)
8-3-102 Littering.
(1) It shall be unlawful for any person to drop, throw, deposit, or discard, or permit to be dropped, thrown, deposited or discarded upon any City street, highway, park, recreation area or other public or private land, any glass, nails, tacks, wires, cans, barbed wire, boards, trash, or garbage, paper or paper products, or any similar substance which would render such property unsafe or unsightly without the permission of the owner or person having control or custody of the land.
(2) Any person removing a wrecked or damaged vehicle from a public road, highway, park, recreation area or other public or private land shall remove any glass or other injurious substance dropped upon the road or highway or in the park, recreation area, or other public or private land from such vehicle.
(3) It shall be unlawful to throw any lighted material from a moving vehicle.
(4) Each operator of a park, campground, trailer park, drive-in, restaurant, gasoline service station, shopping center, grocery store, parking lot, tavern parking lot, and parking lots of industrial firms, shall maintain sufficient litter receptacles on said premises to accommodate the litter that accumulates there.
(5) Any person convicted of violating this Section shall be liable to punishment by a fine in an amount not to exceed $299.
(Added in codification 1979; 1979 Code 8-2-5; renumbered by Ord. No. 25-92)
8-3-103 Sale or Possession of Intoxicating Liquors.
It shall be unlawful for any person, except as provided by the state statutes, to knowingly have in his possession any intoxicating liquor, or to manufacture, sell, keep, or store for sale, offer or expose for sale, import, carry, transport, advertise, distribute, give away, dispense, or serve intoxicating liquor.
(Statutory Authority UCA 10-8-42; 1968 Code 6-1-26; 1979 Code 8-2-6; renumbered by Ord. No. 25-92)
8-3-104 Discharging Firearms.
(1) Except as permitted by subsection (2) below, it shall be unlawful for any person within the limits of the City to discharge any rifle, gun, pistol, air gun, bean shooter, flipper, sling shot, or any other instrument which expels a projectile, except in self defense, or in the case of target shooting upon issuance of a permit by the Police Department.
(2) The Mayor may, upon recommendation of the Chief of Police, open any rural area of the City to hunting by proclamation and allow the discharge of firearms within that area for such purpose under the following conditions:
(a) The proclamation shall specify the area or areas in which hunting will be allowed.
(b) The proclamation may limit or restrict the type of firearms and ammunition which may be used in any area.
(c) The proclamation shall permit such hunting for a period not to exceed thirty (30) days and shall specify the days on which hunting is permitted.
(d) Nothing in this Section or in the proclamation shall be construed to allow hunting in any area or the use of firearms in any area where restricted by State law, and the proclamation shall contain a statement to that effect.
(e) The proclamation shall be posted at the City office and Police Department and shall be otherwise posted and published in the same manner as required for a City ordinance.
(f) The Mayor may include such other reasonable restrictions in the proclamation as the Mayor shall deem appropriate.
(Statutory Authority UCA 10-8-47 and 10-13-9; 1968 Code 6-1-10; 1979 Code 8-2-8; amended by Ordinance No. 11-90; renumbered by Ord. No. 25-92)