(a)   Criminal damage to property is by any means:

(1)   Intentionally injuring, damaging, mutilating, defacing, destroying, or substantially impairing the use of any property in which another has an interest without the consent of such other person; or

(2)   Injuring, damaging, mutilating, defacing, destroying, or substantially impairing the use of any property with the intent to injure or defraud an insurer or lienholder.

(b)   Criminal damage to property shall be a misdemeanor punishable by not more than thirty (30) days in jail and/or a fine not to exceed Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00).

(Ord. 838; Ord. 933; Code 2021)

(a)   Urinating/defecating in public prohibited. No person shall urinate or defecate in or upon any street, sidewalk, alley, plaza, park, public building, public property, private parking lot, or in any place open to the public or exposed to the public view. This section shall not apply to urination or defecation utilizing appropriate fixtures in any restroom or other facility designed for the sanitary disposal of human waste.

(b)   Exposing the genitalia of any person over the age of Five (5) years in a public place shall be prohibited. A public place shall be defined as any location where there exists no reasonable expectation of privacy, including, but not limited to lands owned by government entities.

(c)   Penalty. Any person convicted of a violation of this article shall be fined in a sum not to exceed $500 or may be confined for a period of time not to exceed 30 days or by both such fine and imprisonment.

(Ord. 934; Code 2021)

It shall be unlawful to smoke within, on, or about that facility known as Kluender Ballfield, unless otherwise posted by the City as a designated smoking area.

(a)   DEFINITIONS. The following words & phrases, whenever used in this section, shall have the following meanings:

(1)   “City” means the City of Yates Center, Kansas.

(2)   “Smoking” means inhaling, exhaling, burning or carrying any lighted cigar, cigarette, pipe or other tobacco product.

(b)   POSTING OF DESIGNATED SMOKING AREA SIGNS. A sign designating an area as a smoking area shall have lettering of not less than one inch (1”) in height.

(c)   ENFORCEMENT. The City Police Department shall ensure compliance with this section.

(d)   VIOLATIONS & PENALTIES.

(1)   It shall be unlawful for any person to smoke in any area where smoking is prohibited by the provisions of this section.

(2)   Any person who violates any provision of this section shall be guilty of a public offense, punishable by:

(A)  A fine not exceeding One Hundred Dollars ($100) for the first violation, plus applicable court costs;

(B)  A fine not exceeding Two Hundred Dollars ($200) for the second violation occurring within a one (1) year period of the date of the first violation, plus applicable court costs; and,

(C)  A fine not exceeding Five Hundred Dollars ($500) for the third and any subsequent violation occurring within a one (1) year period of the date of the first violation, plus applicable court costs.

(e)   SEVERABILITY. If any subsection, paragraph, sentence, clause or provision of this section, or any part hereof, or the application thereof to any person or circumstance, shall be held invalid by any court of competent jurisdiction, such invalidity shall not affect the validity or effectiveness of the other provisions hereof, and to this end the provisions of this section are declared to be severable.

(Ord. 1076; Code 2021)

(a)   Patrons fishing on the piers or otherwise occupying a pier shall not have permission to be on a pier once they have been asked to move off of the pier by the person or contractor mowing.

(b)   It shall be considered a criminal trespass under Section 6.7 of the Uniform Public Offense Code and punishable by the fine and court costs associated with this section.

(c)   The citation or Notice to Appear for a trespass under this section may be signed by a City Police Officer or by the contractor/person mowing the pier at the reservoirs that requested that the offending party move off of the pier.

(Ord. 1150; Code 2021)

(a)   It is unlawful for any person to publicly display the carcass of any animal on city-owned or public property.

(b)   “Animal” as used in this section is the same as “animal” as defined in Chapter 2 of this city code.

(c)   For the purpose of this section, “carcass” means the body of the animal, either as a part or as a whole, and either with the skin intact or removed. The skin of the animal, when removed from the animal, shall not be considered a part of the animal.

(d)   The provisions of subsection (a) do not apply to the display of the carcass of a animal at a fur market or the use of the carcass of an animal for educational or training purposes.

(e)   Any person violating this section shall be subject to a fine of $ 100.00 plus court costs.

(Ord. 1126; Code 2021)