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Editor's Note — Ord. no. 1148 §1, adopted February
9, 2005, repealed sections 215.010 — 215.020 and enacted new
provisions set out herein. Former sections 215.010 — 215.020
derived from Code 1999; CC 2000 §§11-101 — 11-102;
ord. no. 920 §1, 9-13-95; ord. no. 1014 §11-101, 6-27-01;
ord. no. 1102 §1, 12-10-03.
[Code 1999; CC 2000 §11-101; Ord. No.
1014 §11-101, 6-27-2001; Ord. No. 1102 §1, 12-10-2003; Ord. No. 1148 §1, 2-9-2005; Ord. No. 1213 §1, 10-11-2006; Ord. No. 1245 §1, 9-19-2007; Ord. No. 1280 §1, 10-15-2008; Ord. No. 1301 §1, 9-16-2009; Ord. No. 1329 §1, 8-18-2010; Ord. No. 1350 §§1 — 2, 7-20-2011; Ord. No. 1365 §1, 5-16-2012; Ord. No. 1369 §§1 — 2, 8-15-2012; Ord. No. 1385 §§1 — 2, 8-21-2013; Ord.
No. 1407 §§1 — 2, 9-17-2014; Ord. No. 1427 §§1 –
2, 9-16-2015; Ord. No.
1443 §§1 — 2, 9-21-2016; Ord. No. 1465 §§ 1
— 2, 8-16-2017; Ord. No. 1489, 9-19-2018; Ord. No. 1507, 10-16-2019; Ord. No. 1525, 10-21-2020; Ord. No. 1536, 10-20-2021; Ord. No. 1554, 9-21-2022; Ord.
No. 1593, 9-20-2023]
A.
There
is hereby incorporated by reference for the purpose of regulating
public offenses within the corporate limits of the City of Mission,
Kansas, that a certain code known as the "Uniform Public Offense Code,"
2023 Edition, prepared and published in book form by the League of
Kansas Municipalities, Topeka, Kansas, save and except such Articles,
Sections, parts or portions as are hereby omitted, deleted, modified
or changed. No fewer than three (3) copies of the Uniform Public Offense
Code shall be marked or stamped "Official Copy as Incorporated by
the Code of the City of Mission" with all Sections or portions thereof
intended to be omitted or changed clearly marked to show any such
omissions or change and to which shall be attached a copy of this
Chapter and filed with the City Clerk to be open to inspection and
available to the public at all reasonable hours. The Police Department,
Municipal Judge and all administrative departments of the City charged
with enforcement of the Ordinance shall be supplied at the cost of
the City such number of official copies of such Uniform Public Offense
Code similarly marked as may be deemed expedient.
[Ord. No. 1148 §1, 2-9-2005]
A.
It
shall be unlawful to make graffiti. "Graffiti" shall
mean any drawing, painting, writing, inscription, figure or mark regardless
of its content of the type which is commonly known and referred to
as graffiti which is written, drawn, painted, sprayed, scratched or
otherwise placed or affixed, regardless of the nature of the material
used, on any wall, window, rock, building or portion thereof, fence,
gate, sign, other structure, tree or other real or personal property,
either publicly or privately owned, and that is visible from any adjacent
public or private property or public right-of-way.
B.
Abatement Of Graffiti.
1.
It shall be unlawful for a property owner, representative or other
such person with control, occupancy or possession of real property
to maintain any graffiti.
2.
It shall be the responsibility of the owner, representative or other
such person with control, occupancy or possession of real property
to abate such graffiti by removing it or permanently covering it so
as not to be considered a nuisance.
3.
Abatement shall take place within ten (10) days of notice by the
Mission Codes Officer or Law Enforcement Officer.
4.
Notice shall be served in person on the property owner, representative
or other such person with control, occupancy or possession of real
property. If personal service fails after three (3) attempts, notice
shall be made by mail to the last known address of the property owner
of record with return receipt requested.
5.
If the owner fails to abate the graffiti after notice, the City may
abate the graffiti.
[Ord. No. 1148 §1, 2-9-2005]
It shall be unlawful to window peep. "Window peeping" is the going upon property owned or occupied by another without
such person's consent for the purpose of looking into any window,
door, skylight or other opening into a house, room or building.
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Editor’s Note: Former Section 215.025, Inhalation, Drinking,
Sniffing Chemicals, adopted 2-9-2005 by Ord. No. 1148 §1, was
repealed 9-21-2016 by Ord. No. 1443 §3.