CODE OF ORDINANCES CITY OF LEBANON, MISSOURI

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Published in 1985 by Order of the City Council

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OFFICIALS

of the

CITY OF LEBANON, MISSOURI

AT THE TIME OF THIS CODIFICATION

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Kenneth E. Cowan
Mayor

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Margaret Burtin
Louis A. Bealer
Richard V. Buck
Jane D. Yates
Hubert H. Pond
Stanley H. Allen
Lloyd G. Clark
William J. Wheeler
City Council

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Gary L. Smith
City Attorney

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Thomas J. O'Neil
City Counsellor

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Phyllis L. Richardson
City Clerk

CURRENT OFFICIALS

of the

CITY OF LEBANON, MISSOURI

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Lyle Anderson
Mayor

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Esther Hurney

Phillip Chastain

Cleo Crabtree

James White

Brian Anthony

Dennis Elmore

Chuck Jordan

Joseph Chastain

City Council

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Jon Morris
City Attorney

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David Wilhite
City Counsellor

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Chris Heard
City Administrator

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Mark Rector
Municipal Court Judge

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Laina Starnes
City Clerk

PREFACE

This Code constitutes a complete recodification of the ordinances of the City of Lebanon of a general and permanent nature.

Source materials used in the preparation of the Code were the 1967 Code and ordinances subsequently adopted by the City Council. The source of each section is included in the history note appearing in parentheses at the end thereof. The absence of such a note indicates that the section is new and was adopted for the first time with the adoption of the Code. By use of the Comparative Tables appearing in the back of this volume, the reader can locate any section of the 1967 Code and any subsequent ordinance included herein.

The chapters of the Code have been conveniently arranged in alphabetical order and the various sections within each chapter have been catchlined to facilitate usage. Footnotes which tie related sections of the Code together and which refer to relevant state laws have been included. A table listing the state law citations and setting forth their location within the Code is included at the back of this volume.

Numbering System

The numbering system used in this Code is the same system used in many state and municipal codes. Each section number consists of two component parts separated by a dash, the figure before the dash referring to the chapter number and the figure after the dash referring to the position of the section within the chapter. Thus, the first section of Chapter 2 is numbered 2-1 and the third section of Chapter 6 is 6-3. Under this system, each section is identified with its chapter and at the same time new sections or even whole chapters can be inserted in their proper place simply by using the decimal system for amendments. By way of illustration: If new material consisting of three sections that would logically come between Sections 3-2 and 3-3 is desired to be added, such new sections would be numbered 3-2.1, 3-2.2 and 3-2.3, respectively. New chapters may be included in the same manner. If the new material is to be included between Chapters 12 and 13, it will be designated as Chapter 12.5. Care should be taken that the alphabetical arrangement of chapters is maintained when including new chapters. New articles and new divisions may be included in the same way or, in the case of articles, may be placed at the end of the chapter embracing the subject, and, in the case of divisions, may be placed at the end of the article embracing the subject, the next successive number being assigned to the article or division.

Index

The general index of the Code has been prepared with the greatest of care. Each particular item has been placed under several headings, some of the headings being couched in lay phraseology, others in legal terminology, and still others in language generally used by municipal officials and employees. There are numerous cross references within the index which stand as guideposts to direct the user to the particular item in which he is interested.

Looseleaf Supplements

A special feature of this Code to which the attention of the user is especially directed is the looseleaf system of binding and supplemental servicing for the Code. With this system, the Code will be kept up-to-date periodically. Upon the final passage of amendatory ordinances, they will be properly edited and the appropriate page or pages affected will be reprinted. These new pages will be distributed to holders of copies of the Code, with instructions for the manner of inserting the new pages and deleting the obsolete pages. Each such amendment, when incorporated into this Code, may be cited as a part hereof.

The successful maintenance of this Code up-to-date at all times will depend largely upon the holder of the volume. As revised sheets are received, it will then become the responsibility of the holder to have the amendments inserted according to the attached instructions. It is strongly recommended by the publishers that all such amendments be inserted immediately upon receipt to avoid misplacing them and, in addition, that all deleted pages be saved and filed for historical reference purposes.

Acknowledgments

The publication of this Code was under direct supervision of George R. Langford, President, and Andrew D. Connally, Supervising Editor, of the Municipal Code Corporation, Tallahassee, Florida. Credit is gratefully given to the other members of the publisher's staff for their sincere interest and able assistance throughout the project.

The publishers are most grateful to Kenneth Cowan, Mayor; Thomas J. O'Neil, City Counsellor; Robert Mayfield, Municipal Judge and Phyllis Richardson, City Clerk, for their cooperation and assistance during the progress of the work on this Code. It is hoped that their efforts and those of the publishers have resulted in a Code of Ordinances which will make the active law of the city readily accessible to all citizens and which will be a valuable tool in the day-to-day administration of the city's affairs.

MUNICIPAL CODE CORPORATION
Tallahassee, Florida

ADOPTING ORDINANCE
BILL NO. 598
ORDINANCE NO. 3197

An Ordinance Adopting and Enacting a New Code for the City of Lebanon, Missouri, Establishing the Same; Providing for the Repeal of Certain Ordinances Not Included Therein; Providing for the Manner of Amending and Supplementing Such Code; and Providing When Such Code and This Ordinance Shall Become Effective.

Be It Ordained by the Council of the City of Lebanon, Missouri, as follows:

Section 1. The Code of Ordinances, consisting of Chapters 1 to 28, each inclusive, is hereby adopted and enacted as the "Code of Ordinances, City of Lebanon, Missouri," (referred to herein as the "Code") which Code shall supersede all general and permanent ordinances of the City adopted on or before May 29, 1984, to the extent provided in section 2 hereof.

Section 2. All provisions of the Code shall be in full force and effect from and after the date of passage and approval hereof and all ordinances of a general and permanent nature of the City, adopted on final passage on or before May 29, 1984, and not included in the Code or recognized and continued in force by reference therein, are hereby repealed from and after the effective date of the Code.

Section 3. The repeal provided for in section 2 hereof shall not be construed to revive or reinstate any ordinance or part thereof that has been repealed by a subsequent ordinance which is repealed by this ordinance.

Section 4. Unless another penalty is expressly provided, a violation of any provision of the Code, or any provision of any rule or regulation adopted or issued pursuant thereto, shall be punished by a fine not exceeding five hundred dollars ($500.00) or imprisonment in the City or County jail for a period not exceeding three (3) months, or both such fine or imprisonment, as provided in section 1-12 of the Code.

Section 5. Any and all additions and amendments to the Code, when passed in the form as to indicate the intention of the City to make the same a part of the Code, shall be deemed to be incorporated in the Code, so that reference to the Code shall be understood and intended to include the additions and amendments.

Section 6. In case of the amendment of any section of the Code for which a penalty is not provided, the general penalty, as provided in section 4 of this ordinance, and in section 1-12 of the Code, shall apply to the section as amended, or in case such amendment contains provisions for which a penalty, other than the aforementioned general penalty, is provided in another section in the same chapter, the penalty so provided in the other section shall be held to relate to the section so amended, unless the penalty is specifically repealed therein.

Section 7. All ordinances adopted after May 29, 1984, which amend or refer to like ordinances which have been codified in the Code, shall be construed as if they amend or refer to like provisions of the Code.

Section 8. This ordinance, and the Code adopted hereby, shall be in full force and effect from and after the date of its passage and approval.

PASSED AND APPROVED THIS 28th DAY OF OCTOBER, 1985.

	/s/ Keneth E. Cowan       Mayor

ATTEST:

	/s/ Phyllis Richardson       City Clerk

First Reading: September 23, 1985
Second Reading: October 14, 1985
Third Reading: October 28, 1985