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TITLE 1 - General Provisions
TITLE 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS
1.01 Code Adoption
1.04 General Provisions
1.08 Right of Entry for Inspection
1.12 General Penalty
1.16 Ward Boundaries (Repealed)
1.20 Official Newspaper (Repealed)
1.24 Citations for Violations
TITLE 2 - Administration and Personnel
TITLE 2 - ADMINISTRATION AND PERSONNEL
2.09 City Manager/Governing Body
2.12 Arboretum\Botanical Garden Board (Repealed)
2.13 Downtown Development Review Board (Repealed)
2.14 Business Improvement District for Downtown
2.15 Planning Commission (Repealed)
2.16 Arts Commission (Repealed)
2.17 Landmarks Commission
2.18 City Manager
2.21 Personnel
2.22 Code of Ethics
2.24 City Attorneys - Assistant Special Attorneys (Repealed)
2.27 City Treasurer
2.33 Municipal Court
2.36 Public Works (Repealed)
2.39 Traffic Engineer (Repealed)
2.42 Building Code Engineer (Repealed)
2.48 Health Director (Repealed)
2.51 Director of Parks & Recreation (Repealed)
2.60 Compensation of Officers and Employees
2.63 Transportation Expenses
2.64 Youth Diversion
2.66 Police Department
2.69 Benefit Districts - Professional Services (Repealed)
2.70 Land Bank
TITLE 3 - Revenue and Finance
TITLE 3 - REVENUE AND FINANCE
3.04 Tax Levy (Repealed)
3.08 Capital Improvement Fund (Repealed)
3.10 Purchase of Supplies
3.12 Change Funds
3.16 Petty Cash Funds
3.20 Special Improvement Fund
3.24 Public Interest Expenditures
3.28 Investment of Idle Moneys
3.32 Administrative Costs - Charges
3.36 Temporary Notes (Repealed)
3.40 Claims Against Officers and Employees
3.44 Sales Tax Exemptions - Filing of Certificate
TITLE 4 - RESERVED
TITLE 4 - RESERVED
TITLE 5 - Business Licenses and Regulations
TITLE 5 - BUSINESS LICENSES AND REGULATIONS
5.04 Business and Occupations Tax (Repealed)
5.05 Adult Businesses
5.06 Alarm Systems
5.08 Amusement Enterprises
5.12 Cereal Malt Beverages
5.16 Christmas Tree Sales
5.20 Private Clubs, Drinking Establishments and Caterers
5.24 Coin-operated Amusement Devices
5.28 Drive-in Restaurants
5.36 Explosives and Blasting Agents
5.38 Smokeless Propellants, Primers & Black Powders
5.40 Fireworks
5.44 Garage Sales
5.46 Juvenile Dance Halls
5.48 Alcoholic Liquor
5.50 Massage Therapy
5.51 Oil and Gas
5.52 Pawnbroking
5.56 Public Transportation Vehicles
5.60 Sales on Public Rights-of-Way
5.64 Solicitors
5.68 Solid Waste, Collection and Transportation (Repealed)
5.70 Transient Merchants
5.72 Payday and Title Loan Businesses
TITLE 6 - Animals
TITLE 6 - ANIMALS
6.04 Licensing and Registration of Dogs and Cats
6.08 Control & Impoundment of Domestic Animals
6.09 Animal Welfare
6.10 Dangerous Animals
6.12 Injured or Diseased Animals
6.14 Beekeeping
6.15 Horses, Mules, Donkeys and Other Equines
6.16 Enforcement - Penalties
TITLE 7 - Health and Sanitation
TITLE 7 - HEALTH AND SANITATION
7.01 Code Enforcement - Generally
7.04 Nuisances - Generally
7.08 Noise
7.10 Swimming Pool Regulations - Public and Semi-public
7.12 Eating and Drinking Establishments
7.16 Trees and Shrubs
7.20 Weeds
7.22 Vehicle Use, Parking and Storage
7.22.030 Recreational Vehicles Illustration A
7.24 Signs on Public Rights-of-Way (Repealed)
7.26 Property Maintenance Code
7.28 Immediate Hazards
7.32 Rat Control
7.36 Trash Storage and Disposal
7.40 Garbage and Prohibited Burning (Repealed)
7.44 Trash Haulers and Truck Beds (Repealed)
7.45 Collection of Recyclable and Compostable Materials Act
7.48 Privy Vaults (Repealed)
7.52 Septic Tanks (Repealed)
7.54 Excavation, Grading & Drainage
7.56 Air Pollution (RESERVED)
7.58 Stormwater Pollution to Storm Sewers and Surface Waters
TITLE 8 - Human Rights
TITLE 8 - HUMAN RIGHTS
8.04 Human Rights Commission
8.08 Fair Housing
TITLE 9 - RESERVED
TITLE 9 - RESERVED
TITLE 10 - Parks and Recreation
TITLE 10 - PARKS AND RECREATION
10.04 Municipal Swimming Pools
10.06 Golf Courses
10.08 Park Regulations
10.10 Community Centers
10.12 Arboretum
TITLE 11 - Peace, Morals and Safety
TITLE 11 - PEACE, MORALS AND SAFETY
11.04 General Provisions
11.08 Offenses Against Persons
11.12 Offenses Against Property
11.16 Offenses Affecting Records, Currency, Written Instruments and Securities
11.20 Crimes Affecting the Administration of Justice
11.24 Crimes Against Public Morals and Decency
11.28 Offenses Against the Public Peace
11.32 Advertisements and Publications
11.36 Animals and Nuisances (Repealed)
11.40 Buildings and Properties (Repealed)
11.44 Lotteries, Slot Machines and Gambling
11.48 Intoxicating Liquor
11.52 Cigarettes (Tobacco)
11.56 Miscellaneous Offenses
11.60 Machine Guns and Other Firearms
Public Offense Code Index
TITLE 12 - Traffic
TITLE 12 - TRAFFIC
12.04 Overland Park Traffic Ordinance (including Table of Contents and Index)
12.08 Vehicle Operator's License - Minors
12.12 Truck Routes
12.16 Parades
12.20 Towing Regulations
12.21 Private Towing Regulations
TITLE 13 - Streets and Sidewalks
TITLE 13 - STREETS AND SIDEWALKS
13.01 Public Works Insurance and Surety Requirements
13.015 Definitions (REPEALED)
13.02 Materials, Material Tests, and Inspections
13.03 Street Construction Standards
13.04 Street Construction Standards (Repealed - See Chapter 13.03)
13.05 Street Lighting
13.08 Sidewalk Construction and Repair
13.10 Public Street, Streetlighting and Sidewalk Requirements
13.12 Construction on Rights-of-Way
13.16 Street Name Signs
13.20 Soil Erosion
13.24 Dumping Materials on Streets
13.28 Main Trafficways (Removed during recodification)
13.32 Federal and State-aided Highway Construction (Removed during recodification)
13.36 Public Improvements (Removed during recodification)
13.40 Street Name Changes (Removed during recodification)
13.44 Street Grade Changes (Removed during recodification)
13.48 Vehicle Weight Limits on Bridges
13.50 Cable Services Code
13.60 Natural Gas Service Code
TITLE 14 - RESERVED
TITLE 14 - RESERVED
TITLE 15 - Public Improvements
TITLE 15 - PUBLIC IMPROVEMENTS
15.04 Sanitary Sewer System - Connections
15.06 Stormwater Management Program and Utility
15.08 Storm Sewers - Repealed
15.09 Stormwater Detention - Repealed
15.10 Stormwater Management Program - Standards and Permitting
TITLE 16 - Buildings and Construction
TITLE 16 - BUILDINGS AND CONSTRUCTION
16.02 Building Code Fees (Repealed)
16.04 Building Code - Adopted (Repealed)
16.05 One and Two Family Dwelling (Repealed)
16.06 Model Energy Code (Repealed)
16.07 Property Maintenance Code (Repealed)
16.08 Plumbing (Repealed)
16.09 Sewage Disposal (Repealed)
16.100 Building Code
16.105 Existing Building Code
16.110 Residential Code For One- & Two-Family Dwellings
16.12 Mechanical Code (Repealed)
16.120 Fire Code
16.13 Multi-Family Energy Standards (Repealed)
16.130 Plumbing Code
16.14 Fire Prevention (Repealed)
16.140 Mechanical Code
16.15 Flammable Liquids (Repealed)
16.150 Fuel Gas Code
16.16 Electrical Code Amendments (Repealed)
16.160 Electrical Code
16.170 Energy Conservation Code
16.180 Private Sewage Disposal Code
16.190 Property Maintenance Code (International)
16.20 Unsafe Buildings (Repealed)
16.200 Erosion and Sediment Control
16.210 Stormwater Treatment
16.24 Structure Moving (Repealed)
16.28 Disclosure Requirements (Repealed)
16.30 Wood Roof Regulations (Repealed)
TITLE 17 - RESERVED
TITLE 17 - RESERVED
TITLE 18 - Unified Development Ordinance
TITLE 18 - Table of Contents
TITLE 18 - Index
TITLE 18 - UNIFIED DEVELOPMENT ORDINANCE
18.100 General Provisions
18.110 Rules of Interpretation and Definitions
18.120 Administration
18.130 Permits and Certificates of Occupancy
18.140 Applications and Procedures
18.150 Zoning Districts
18.160 A Agricultural District
18.170 RE Residential Estates District
18.174 RP-OE Planned Open Space Estate Residential District
18.176 RP-OS Planned Open Space Single-Family Residential District
18.180 R-1 Single-family Residential District and RP-1 Planned Single-family Residential District
18.190 R-1A Small-lot Single-family Residential District and RP-1A Planned Small-lot Single-family R
18.195 RP-1N Planned Single-Family Infill Residential District
18.200 R-2 Two-family Residential District and RP-2 Planned Two-family Residential District
18.210 R-3 Garden Apartment District and RP-3 Planned Garden Apartment District
18.220 RP-4 Planned Cluster Housing District
18.230 RP-5 Planned Apartment House District
18.240 RP-6 Planned High-rise Apartment District
18.245 PRN Planned Residential Neighborhood District
18.250 C-O Office Building District and CP-O Planned Office Building District
18.260 C-1 Restricted Business District and CP-1 Planned Restricted Business District
18.270 C-2 General Business District and CP-2 Planned General Business District
18.275 MXD Planned Mixed Use District
18.280 C-3 Commercial District and CP-3 Planned Commercial District
18.290 BP Business Park District
18.300 M-1 Industrial Park District and MP-1 Planned Industrial Park District
18.310 M-2 General Industrial District and MP-2 Planned General Industrial District
18.320 MS1 Main Street District 1
18.322 MS2 Main Street District 2
18.324 SFD Santa Fe District
18.326 MD Metcalf District
18.328 DND Downtown Neighborhood District
18.330 CBD Central Business District
18.340 DD Downtown District
18.350 MHP Mobile Home Park District
18.360 Floodplain Zoning Ordinance
18.365 Stream Corridor Requirements
18.370 Special Uses
18.380 Special Events
18.390 Accessory Uses and Structures
18.395 Communications Facilities
18.400 Thoroughfare Right-of-way Exaction Process
18.410 Nonconforming Situations and Vested Rights
18.420 Height and Area Exceptions
18.430 Parking and Loading Regulations
18.440 Signs
18.442 K-150 Corridor Area of Special Control
18.450 Landscaping and Screening
18.460 Subdivisions and Lot Splits
18.470 Vacation of Streets and Reservations
TITLE 19 - Charter Ordinances
Charter Ordinance Index
Charter Ordinance List by Ordinance Number
CHARTER ORDINANCE NINETEEN (REPEALED BY CH. ORD. NO. TWENTY-EIGHT)
CHARTER ORDINANCE NO. EIGHT (REPEALED BY CH. ORD. NO. TWENTY-SEVEN)
CHARTER ORDINANCE NO. EIGHTEEN
CHARTER ORDINANCE NO. EIGHTY (Repealed by Charter Ord. No. Eighty-Eight)
CHARTER ORDINANCE NO. EIGHTY-EIGHT
CHARTER ORDINANCE NO. EIGHTY-FIVE
CHARTER ORDINANCE NO. EIGHTY-FOUR (Section 2.3 repealed by Ch. Ord. No. Eighty-Six; Section 2.5 repe
CHARTER ORDINANCE NO. EIGHTY-NINE
CHARTER ORDINANCE NO. EIGHTY-ONE (Repealed by CH. ORD. NO. EIGHTY-FOUR)
CHARTER ORDINANCE NO. EIGHTY-SEVEN (REPEALED BY CHAPTER 204 OF THE 2005 SESSION LAWS OF KANSAS, EFFE
CHARTER ORDINANCE NO. EIGHTY-SIX
CHARTER ORDINANCE NO. EIGHTY-THREE (Repealed by Ch. Ord. No. Ninety-Two)
CHARTER ORDINANCE NO. EIGHTY-TWO (Repealed by Chapter 201 of the 2005 Session Laws of Kansas)
CHARTER ORDINANCE NO. ELEVEN
CHARTER ORDINANCE NO. FIFTEEN (REPEALED BY CH. ORD. NO. FORTY-FIVE)
CHARTER ORDINANCE NO. FIFTY (RETIRED BY COMMITTEE ACTION)
CHARTER ORDINANCE NO. FIFTY-EIGHT (REPEALED BY CH. ORD. NO. SIXTY-FIVE)
CHARTER ORDINANCE NO. FIFTY-FIVE
CHARTER ORDINANCE NO. FIFTY-FOUR (REPEALED BY CH. ORD. NO. SEVENTY-SEVEN)
CHARTER ORDINANCE NO. FIFTY-NINE (DID NOT TAKE EFFECT)
CHARTER ORDINANCE NO. FIFTY-ONE (SECTION 2 REPEALED BY CH. ORD. NO. Sixty-One; REPEALED BY CH. ORD.
CHARTER ORDINANCE NO. FIFTY-SEVEN
CHARTER ORDINANCE NO. FIFTY-SIX
CHARTER ORDINANCE NO. FIFTY-THREE
CHARTER ORDINANCE NO. FIFTY-TWO
CHARTER ORDINANCE NO. FIVE (REPEALED BY CH. ORD. NOS. FOURTEEN AND FIFTEEN)
CHARTER ORDINANCE NO. FORTY (REPEALED BY CH. ORD. NO. EIGHTY-FOUR)
CHARTER ORDINANCE NO. FORTY-EIGHT (REPEALED BY CH. ORD. NO. FIFTY-ONE)
CHARTER ORDINANCE NO. FORTY-FIVE (REPEALED BY CH. ORD. NO. NINETY)
CHARTER ORDINANCE NO. FORTY-FOUR (SECTION 2 AMENDED BY CH. ORD. NO. SIXTY; REPEALED BY CH. ORD. NO.
CHARTER ORDINANCE NO. FORTY-NINE (REPEALED BY CH. ORD. NO. SEVENTY-SIX EFFECTIVE 4/7/2003)
CHARTER ORDINANCE NO. FORTY-ONE
CHARTER ORDINANCE NO. FORTY-SEVEN (REPEALED BY CH. ORD. NO. SEVENTY-SEVEN)
CHARTER ORDINANCE NO. FORTY-SIX (REPEALED BY CH. ORD. NO. SEVENTY)
CHARTER ORDINANCE NO. FORTY-THREE (REPEALED BY CH. ORD. NO. EIGHTY-FOUR)
CHARTER ORDINANCE NO. FORTY-TWO (REPEALED BY CH. ORD. NO. SEVENTY)
CHARTER ORDINANCE NO. FOUR (REPEALED BY CH. ORD. NO. THIRTY-FOUR)
CHARTER ORDINANCE NO. FOURTEEN (REPEALED BY CH. ORD. NO. FIFTEEN)
CHARTER ORDINANCE NO. NINE (REPEALED BY CH. ORD. NO. TWENTY)
CHARTER ORDINANCE NO. NINETY
CHARTER ORDINANCE NO. NINETY-ONE
CHARTER ORDINANCE NO. NINETY-THREE
CHARTER ORDINANCE NO. NINETY-TWO
CHARTER ORDINANCE NO. ONE: (Section 2 repealed by Ch. Ord. No. One-C, Section 4 repealed by Ch. Ord.
CHARTER ORDINANCE NO. ONE-A (REPEALED BY CH. ORD. NO. THIRTY-FOUR)
CHARTER ORDINANCE NO. ONE-B (REPEALED BY CH. ORD. NO. TWELVE)
CHARTER ORDINANCE NO. ONE-C (REPEALED BY CH. ORD. NO. TWENTY-FIVE)
CHARTER ORDINANCE NO. SEVEN (REPEALED BY CH. ORD. NO. TWENTY-ONE)
CHARTER ORDINANCE NO. SEVENTEEN (None)
CHARTER ORDINANCE NO. SEVENTY (Sec 2 Repealed by CH. ORD. NO. NINETY-ONE)
CHARTER ORDINANCE NO. SEVENTY-EIGHT (Repealed by CH. ORD. NO. EIGHTY-FOUR)
CHARTER ORDINANCE NO. SEVENTY-FIVE (Repealed by Chapter 201 of the 2005 Session Laws of Kansas)
CHARTER ORDINANCE NO. SEVENTY-FOUR (Repealed by Chapter 201 of the 2005 Session Laws of Kansas)
CHARTER ORDINANCE NO. SEVENTY-NINE
CHARTER ORDINANCE NO. SEVENTY-ONE
CHARTER ORDINANCE NO. SEVENTY-SEVEN (Repealed by CH. ORD. NO. EIGHTY-FOUR)
CHARTER ORDINANCE NO. SEVENTY-SIX (Repealed by CH. ORD. NO. EIGHTY-FOUR)
CHARTER ORDINANCE NO. SEVENTY-THREE (Repealed by CH. ORD. NO. EIGHTY-FOUR)
CHARTER ORDINANCE NO. SEVENTY-TWO (Repealed BY CH. ORD. NO. EIGHTY)
CHARTER ORDINANCE NO. SIX (REPEALED BY CH. ORD. NO. NINE)
CHARTER ORDINANCE NO. SIXTY (REPEALED BY CH. ORD. NO. NINETY-THREE)
CHARTER ORDINANCE NO. SIXTY-EIGHT (Repealed BY CH. ORD. NO. SEVENTY-EIGHT)
CHARTER ORDINANCE NO. SIXTY-FIVE
CHARTER ORDINANCE NO. SIXTY-FOUR (REPEALED BY CHAPTER 204 OF THE 2005 SESSION LAWS OF KANSAS, EFFECT
CHARTER ORDINANCE NO. SIXTY-NINE
CHARTER ORDINANCE NO. SIXTY-ONE (REPEALED BY CH. ORD. NO. SIXTY-SIX)
CHARTER ORDINANCE NO. SIXTY-SEVEN
CHARTER ORDINANCE NO. SIXTY-SIX
CHARTER ORDINANCE NO. SIXTY-THREE (REPEALED BY CH. ORD. NO. SEVENTY-TWO)
CHARTER ORDINANCE NO. SIXTY-TWO
CHARTER ORDINANCE NO. TEN (Proposed - Withdrawn )
CHARTER ORDINANCE NO. THIRTEEN (Sections 4 and 5 repealed by Ch. Ord. No. Twenty-Eight, Section 6 re
CHARTER ORDINANCE NO. THIRTY (REPEALED BY CH. ORD. NO. FORTY-FOUR)
CHARTER ORDINANCE NO. THIRTY-EIGHT
CHARTER ORDINANCE NO. THIRTY-FIVE
CHARTER ORDINANCE NO. THIRTY-FOUR (Repealed by CH. ORD. NO. EIGHTY-FOUR)
CHARTER ORDINANCE NO. THIRTY-NINE (REPEALED BY CH. ORD. NO. FORTY-SIX)
CHARTER ORDINANCE NO. THIRTY-ONE (REPEALED BY CH. ORD. NO. SIXTY-SEVEN)
CHARTER ORDINANCE NO. THIRTY-SEVEN
CHARTER ORDINANCE NO. THIRTY-SIX
CHARTER ORDINANCE NO. THIRTY-TWO (REPEALED BY CH. ORD. NO. SIXTY-THREE)
CHARTER ORDINANCE NO. THREE (Section 2 repealed by Ch. Ord. No. Forty-Three, Section 3 repealed by C
CHARTER ORDINANCE NO. THREE, A (REPEALED BY CH. ORD. NO. FIFTY-TWO)
CHARTER ORDINANCE NO. TWELVE (Section 5 repealed by Ch. Ord. No. Twelve-A; REPEALED BY CH. ORD. NO.
CHARTER ORDINANCE NO. TWELVE- A (REPEALED BY CH. ORD. NO. THIRTEEN)
CHARTER ORDINANCE NO. TWENTY (REPEALED BY CH. ORD. NO. THIRTY-TWO)
CHARTER ORDINANCE NO. TWENTY-EIGHT (REPEALED BY CH. ORD. NO. THIRTY-FOUR)
CHARTER ORDINANCE NO. TWENTY-FIVE (REPEALED BY CH. ORD. NO. THIRTY-FOUR)
CHARTER ORDINANCE NO. TWENTY-FOUR (REPEALED BY CH. ORD. NO. THIRTY)
CHARTER ORDINANCE NO. TWENTY-ONE
CHARTER ORDINANCE NO. TWENTY-SEVEN (REPEALED BY CH. ORD. NO. EIGHTY-THREE)
CHARTER ORDINANCE NO. TWENTY-SIX (REPEALED BY CH. ORD. NO. THIRTY-THREE)
CHARTER ORDINANCE NO. TWENTY-THREE (REPEALED BY CH. ORD. NO. TWENTY-SIX)
CHARTER ORDINANCE NO. TWENTY-TWO (REPEALED BY CH. ORD. NO. THIRTY-SIX)
CHARTER ORDINANCE NO. TWO (Sections 2 and 3 repealed by Ch. Ord. No. Six.; REPEALED BY CH. ORD. NO.
CHARTER ORDINANCE SIXTEEN (REPEALED BY CH. ORD. NO. THIRTY-FOUR)
CHARTER ORDINANCE THIRTY-THREE (REPEALED BY CH. ORD. NO. SEVENTY-ONE)
CHARTER ORDINANCE TWENTY-NINE (Proposed - Withdrawn.)
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