Material supplied by Women for City Living
The City of St. Louis has numerous ordinances and regulations designed to preserve and improve city neighborhoods. Knowledge of these regulations and where to direct complaints about violations may be helpful to our readers so we will publish such information from time to time.
Property owners must provide sealed metal rubbish containers for buildings containing more than four units. Occupants must provide their own containers in other residential buildings.
Property owners and tenants are subject to prosecution if they permit conditions, such as debris, garbage or rubbish which attract rats in alleys, yards or garages. The same applies to weeds more than 12 inches high on occupied or vacant ground; also to the burning of trash or garbage.
Property owners are responsible for the maintenance of sidewalks and for keeping clean one-half of the alley abutting their property. (Ed. note: If property owners, tenants, and passers-by, including youngsters, made it a habit to turn trash cans upright when needed and to pick up litter wherever they see it and stick it in a trash can, the whole neighborhood would look better for it.)
The City is responsible for trees on public property. Individual owners must trim trees and shrubs on their property.
Violations of these and other health ordinances or questions regarding public heath should be directed to: Health Division, Room 62, Municipal Courts Bldg., 1320 Market Street, St. Louis, Missouri 63103.
It is also helpful to write down the kind of violation, address at which it occurs, and date and direct it to your alderman and to the Skinker-DeBaliviere Community Council, Inc., 6008 Kingsbury, 63112.
Originally published in The Paper, March 1971.
Read this article in the original newspaper issue.
Original source: SD_Times1971_03.pdf, printed page 8.
