Title VII, CITIES, TOWNS AND VILLAGES

71.367. Deviations authorized, when. — Deviations from the standards set forth in section 71.365 may be permitted where conformance to such standards is impractical or physically impossible and where the method, material and dimension used in lieu thereof does not create a hazard…

71.370. Contracts for fire protection between incorporated cities. — Any incorporated city in this state having a fire department may contract to furnish fire protection to any other incorporated city or cities in this state, whether or not such other incorporated city or cities …

71.380. Fire protection contracts. — Any two or more incorporated cities wishing to take advantage of sections 71.370 to 71.390 may, by ordinance duly enacted in each of such cities, agree upon the terms upon which such fire protection shall be furnished, and such agreement may, …

71.390. Payments under contracts. — Payments contracted for under sections 71.370 and 71.380 shall be made from any funds of the city available for such purpose. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 7407) Prior revision: 1929 § 7255

71.400. Cities may maintain joint fire departments. — Any two or more cities, towns or incorporated villages, whether of the same class or not and whether contiguous or not, may enter into a joint contract to acquire, install and operate a fire department for the joint benefit an…

71.410. Joint contract — validity. — The contract mentioned in section 71.400, to be valid, shall be authorized by ordinance passed by the council, board of aldermen or board of trustees of the contracting parties, which ordinances shall be uniform in their provisions, and prescr…

71.420. Joint fire department committee — duties. — The joint fire department so installed, as aforesaid, shall be managed by a joint fire department committee consisting of one member from each of the contracting parties, which shall prescribe such rules and regulations, and app…

71.430. Joint fire department — use of building. — The building to be erected as herein provided may be used jointly for such other municipal purposes as may be provided by ordinance passed by each of the contracting parties. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 7394) Prior revision: 1929 § 7…

71.440. Joint fire department — cost of maintenance, how met. — 1. For the purpose of paying its share of the cost of any of the expenditures herein authorized, exclusive of annual cost of maintenance, any city, town or incorporated village which may have entered into a joint con…

71.450. Joint fire department — bond election — tax increase. — The question shall be submitted in substantially the following form: Shall the joint fire departments of ______ and ______ incur indebtedness, evidenced by the issuance of bonds, in the amount of ______ dollars, and …

71.470. Joint fire department — issuance of bonds — imposition of tax. — If it appears from the returns of such question that the constitutionally required percentage of the voters of such municipality were in favor of incurring such indebtedness, the council, board of aldermen o…

71.480. Joint fire department — denomination and form of bonds. — The bonds to be issued, as provided in section 71.470, shall be in denominations of one hundred dollars or some multiple thereof, and shall be payable to bearer not later than twenty years from their date, and shal…

71.490. Joint fire department — bonds, notice of sale. — The city treasurer of the municipality issuing such bonds, or such other officer as may be designated by ordinance, if there be no city treasurer, under the direction of the council, board of aldermen or board of trustees s…

71.500. Joint fire department — bonds to be registered. — The bonds to be issued under sections 71.400 to 71.510 shall be registered in the office of the state auditor in the manner prescribed by law. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 7401) Prior revision: 1929 § 7250

71.510. Joint fire department — use of moneys from bonds. — The moneys derived from such bonds shall be deposited in the city treasury and be paid out for the purposes for which the bonds were issued in such manner as may be provided by ordinance. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 7402) Pr…

71.520. Certain privileges granted to public utilities. — Any city, town or village in this state may by ordinance authorize any person, or any company organized for the purpose of supplying light, heat, power, water, gas or sewage disposal facilities, and incorporated under the …

71.525. Condemnation of property of public utility or rural electric cooperative, restrictions, conditions — limitation. — 1. Except as provided in subsection 2 of this section, no city, town or village may condemn the property of a public utility, as defined in section 386.020, …

71.527. Annexation, provision of cable television services. — Where a city annexes property which, prior to the annexation, was provided cable television services by any other party, such city or any person granted a franchise from the city to provide such services shall not prev…

71.530. Municipalities may contract for utilities — approval by majority of voters required, when. — Any city, town or village may contract with any corporation organized under the laws of Missouri, or doing business as a foreign corporation in the state of Missouri, for the purp…

71.540. Municipal water supply — contracts. — It shall be lawful for any incorporated city, town or village in this state to enter into a contract separately or in conjunction with any other incorporated city, town or village, or cities, towns or villages, or with any private cor…

71.550. Water supply contract — voter approval. — Before any contract as authorized in section 71.540 shall be entered into with any private corporation by any incorporated city, town or village, or cities, towns and villages in this state, said contract shall be approved by a ma…

71.560. Use of streets for railway purposes — petition of property owners. — The municipal assembly, city council or board of trustees of any incorporated city in this state shall have no power to grant the use of, or the right to lay down any tracks in any street of the city, to…

71.570. Street railways — powers of municipality limited. — The legislative authority of no incorporated town or city of this state shall have the power to grant to any person or corporation the right to construct and operate on, over or under any street or alley of any incorpora…

71.580. Proceedings before granting of franchise to street railroads. — Before granting any franchise for constructing and operating any elevated, underground or other street railroad on, over or under any street or alley of any incorporated town or city, the authorities of such …

71.590. Condemnation of property for street railways — ascertainment and payment of damages — procedure. — 1. Before taking or damaging any property in the construction of a railroad under such franchise, the corporation shall cause to be ascertained and determined the damages th…

71.600. Damages defined. — "Damages" in sections 71.570 to 71.600 are hereby defined to be the depreciation in the value of the property that may result from the construction and operation of the proposed railroad. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 7309) Prior revisions: 1929 § 7158; 1919 …

71.610. Imposition of tax on business, when. — 1. No municipal corporation in this state shall have the power to impose a license tax upon any business, avocation, pursuit or calling, unless such business, avocation, pursuit or calling is specially named as taxable in the charter…

71.611. Certain villages prohibited from imposing a license tax in excess of $10,000 per license. — Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, after March 31, 2004, no village with less than one thousand three hundred inhabitants shall impose a license tax in exc…

71.620. Imposition of tax or license fee on certain professions prohibited — imposition of tax or fee prohibited unless business office maintained — limitation on business license tax amount in certain villages. — 1. Hereafter no person following for a livelihood the profession o…

71.625. License tax, payment, when deemed timely — municipal corporations, interest and penalties on delinquencies to apply. — 1. The timely payment of a license tax due to any municipal corporation in this state, or any county pursuant to section 66.300, which is delivered by Un…

71.630. Imposition of tax on producer prohibited, when. — No incorporated city, town or village in this state shall have power to levy or collect any tax, license or fees from any farmer, or producer or producers, for the sale of produce raised by him, her or them, when sold from…

71.640. Tax for band fund authorized. — Any city not within a county, any city, village or town having a population of less than twenty-five thousand and any city having a population of more than thirty-five thousand located in any county of the first class contiguous to a county…

71.650. Tax for band fund — limitations. — 1. The mayor and council, board of aldermen or board of trustees may levy a tax of not more than one-half mill on each one dollar assessed valuation on all property in such city, village or town, or, when initiated by a petition signed b…

71.660. Discontinuance of tax for band fund, procedure. — A petition, signed by at least ten percent of the voters, may at any time be presented asking that the following question be submitted: Shall the tax for the creation of a "band fund" be discontinued? and if a majority of …

71.670. Band fund — expenditures — contract with band. — All moneys received from such levy shall be paid into a special fund to be known as the "band fund", and no moneys shall be appropriated out of such fund until the mayor and council, board of aldermen or board of trustees s…

71.675. No class action suits permitted for enforcement or collection of business license taxes imposed on telecommunications companies. — 1. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, no city or town shall bring any action in federal or state court in this state…

71.680. Garbage and refuse collection and disposal, contracts for — disposal facilities, acquisition, bond issue and contracts. — 1. In addition to their other powers for the protection of the public health, each city of the second, third, or fourth class of this state, and each …

71.690. Garbage disposal — ordinances authorized. — Such cities may pass all ordinances necessary for the carrying into effect of the powers granted in section 71.680. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 7430) Prior revision: 1929 § 7277

71.700. Water supply — authorization to regulate and license. — All cities in this state have power and authority to regulate and license and to levy and collect license tax on all springs, wells or other sources of water supply from which water is sold to the public or offered o…

71.710. Water supply — protection of sources. — Such cities shall have the power and authority by ordinance to provide for the protection of all springs, wells or other sources of water supply described in section 71.700 from contamination or danger of contamination. ­­-------- (…

71.715. Sewerage service charges may be imposed, how collected — use of proceeds. — 1. The governing body of any municipality which has provided common sewers may by ordinance establish just and equitable charges or rents for the use of the sewers to be paid by persons who discha…

71.720. Milk — regulation — inspection. — All cities and towns in the state shall have power, by ordinance, to license and regulate milk dairies and the sale of milk, and provide for the inspection thereof. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 7355) Prior revisions: 1929 § 7204; 1919 § 8646; …

71.760. Smoke nuisance — penalty. — The emission or discharge into the open air of dense smoke within the corporate limits of any city of this state is hereby declared to be a public nuisance. The owners, lessees, occupants, managers or agents of any building, establishment or pr…

71.770. Smoke nuisance — enforcement of penalty. — All cities to which the provisions of section 71.760 are applicable are hereby empowered to enact all necessary or desirable ordinances, not inconsistent with the provisions herein, nor the constitution, nor any general law of th…

71.780. Nuisances — expense of suppression, how paid. — The legislative or governing bodies of cities organized under the general statutes or special charters shall have, and they are hereby granted, the power to suppress all nuisances which are, or may be, injurious to the healt…

71.790. Special business districts, how established — dissolution in the city of Springfield. — The governing body of any city may establish special business districts in the manner provided hereafter, and upon establishment each such district shall be a body corporate and politi…