St. Peters, MO Code Violation Reporting: Response Times (2026)

For a non-emergency nuisance under Section 215.030(B)(1), the Code Official first submits a written report with photographs to the City Administrator; if the City Administrator declares a public nuisance not requiring summary abatement, notice issues under Section 215.033. Section 215.030(B)(2) then gives the owner or possessor exactly ten days from the posting and mailing of that notice to remove and abate the nuisance, or to file a written statement or other proof with the Code Official showing abatement actions have already begun. The notice itself, under Section 215.033(B)(3), must state that a hearing is scheduled with the City Administrator on a date not sooner than ten days after the date of the notice letter, and under (B)(4) that proof of the commencement of abatement must reach the Code Official at least three working days before that hearing date.

Section 215.035(A) confirms the same ten-day floor for scheduling the hearing and lets the owner appear in person or by representative if sufficient proof of abatement was not timely filed. After a hearing finds a nuisance, Section 215.035(G) gives the owner or lien holder ten days from the issuance of the abatement order to file an appeal with the City Clerk to the Board of Aldermen, and Section 215.035(I) gives thirty days from that judgment to appeal further to Circuit Court before it becomes final.

For graffiti specifically, Section 215.040(D)(1) uses a parallel but separate ten-day clock: the owner has ten days from the notice to remove or paint over graffiti, or to request a hearing.