(a) There is hereby incorporated by reference for the purposes of regulating public offenses within the corporate limits of the city that certain code known as the “Uniform Public Offense Code for Kansas Cities,” 39th edition published in 2023, prepared and published in book form by the League of Kansas Municipalities, Topeka, Kansas. One official copy of said Uniform Public Offense Code for Kansas Cities shall be marked or stamped “Official Copy as Adopted by Ord. 2111” and to which shall be attached a copy of this ordinance, 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 this section shall be supplied, at the cost of the city, such number of official copies of such Uniform Public Offense Code for Kansas Cities similarly marked, and as may deemed expedient.
(b) The governing body recognizes, accepts, and approves the prosecutorial discretion to be exercised by the City Attorney in prosecuting certain offenses set forth in the Uniform Public Offense Code for Kansas Cities and not others.
(Ord. 2111, passed 8-24-2023)
(a) Sections 10.5 and 10.6 of the Uniform Public Offense Code for Kansas Cities, as adopted by the city and as periodically amended, shall not apply to authorized agents of the city who are operating under a deer population control permit for municipalities issued to the city by the State Department for Wildlife, Parks and Tourism.
(b) Authorized agents of the city shall abide by local and state policies and regulations applicable for the deer population control permit for municipalities in order to be exempt from §§ 10.5 and 10.6 of the Uniform Public Offense Code for Kansas Cities.
(Ord. 1999, passed 9-10-2015)
(a) Failure to return library books.
(1) Generally. It is unlawful for any person to fail to return any book, newspaper, magazine, pamphlet, manuscript, article; art print, photograph, record, film or any other property owned by or consigned to the Kingman Public Library, to whom such material was delivered, after written notice to return the same within 30 days has been given to such person, provided, such notice shall be given after the expiration of the time which by the rules of the Library Board the book or other library material may be kept.
(2) Notice of materials to be returned. The notice required in division (a)(1) above shall be given by the librarian of the Kingman Public Library and shall be substantially as follows:
(A) The notice shall be in writing;
(B) Specifically state the violations alleged to exist or to have been committed;
(C) Specify that the person to whom the notice is issued shall have 30 days within which to correct the violations specified; and
(D) Be addressed to and served upon the holder of the library card used to gain possession or use of such material. The notice shall be deemed properly served upon the holder personally, or if the notice is served upon the holder personally, or if the notice is sent by certified mail to the most recent address listed on his or her application for a library card.
(3) Evidence of responsibility. In any prosecution charging a violation of division (a) above, proof that a particular individual was the registered holder of a particular library card which was issued to secure any book or any other library property shall constitute in evidence a prima facie presumption that the record holder of such library card was the person who utilized the same to secure a particular book or any other property of the Kingman Public Library at the point where and at the time when the violation is alleged to have occurred. The foregoing stated presumption shall apply only when the procedure as prescribed by division (a)(2) above has been followed.
(2010 Code, § 11-201)
(b) Identification when borrowing materials. It is unlawful for any person to do any one or more of the following acts:
(1) Give a fictitious name or address at the Kingman Public Library in order to obtain possession or use of any book or other property of the Kingman Public Library;
(2) To use a library card of another person without permission of such owner to secure possession of any book or other property of the Kingman Public Library; and
(3) To conceal his or her identity or place of employment or residence in any manner whatsoever in order to secure possession of any book, library card or any other property of the Kingman Public Library.
(2010 Code, § 11-202)
(a) Curfew; designated, violation and exception. It is unlawful for any person under 18 years of age to be in, about or upon any public street, alley, sidewalk, parking lot, park, playground or other public grounds, public places and public buildings or other places normally accessible to the general public for public use, whether on foot or in a vehicle or by any other means, after the hour of 10:30 p.m. and before the hour of 5:30 a.m. on the nights of Sunday through Thursday; and after the hour of 12:30 a.m. and before the hour of 5:30 a.m. on the nights of Friday and Saturday; provided, however, that such prohibition shall not apply to those persons who are accompanied by such person’s parent or legal guardian or to those persons who are en route, by the most direct and accessible route, from his or her home to an authorized place of employment or to those who are en route, by the most direct and accessible route, from an authorized place of employment, authorized place of entertainment, or authorized place of attendance to his or her residence; provided, further, that the term AUTHORIZED, as used in this section, denotes prior authorization by a parent or legal guardian.
(2010 Code, § 11-203)
(b) Violation permitted by parent or guardian. It is unlawful for any parent or legal guardian of any person under the age of 18 years to suffer, permit or allow such person to be in, about or upon any public street, alley, sidewalk, parking lot, park, playground or other public grounds, public places and public buildings, or other places normally accessible to the general public for public use, whether on foot or in a vehicle or by any other means, during the hours of curfew applicable to such person in violation of division (a) above.
(2010 Code, § 11-204)
(c) Authority by governing body to suspend. The governing body of the city, on specific occasions and in response to written requests submitted not less than seven calendar days prior to the occasion, shall have the authority to suspend by official proclamation published in the official city paper the hours of curfew stated in division (a) above.
(2010 Code, § 11-205)
(Ord. 1804, passed - -)
(a) The playing, using, operating or permitting to be used or operated any radio, musical instrument, phonograph, juke box, sound-amplifying device or other sound-producing transmitting or amplifying instrument or device, by whatever name known or designated, in such manner as to cast, emit or propel sound upon the public streets, avenues or highways of the city of the purposes of advertising or attracting the attention of the public to any business, enterprise, person, building or structure, is declared a public nuisance, and the same shall be prohibited.
(b) The playing, using operating or permitting to be played, used or operated, any radio, musical instrument, phonograph, jukebox, sound-amplifying device or other sound-producing, transmitting or amplifying instrument or device, by whatever name known or designated, in such manner as to cast, emit or propel sound upon the public streets, avenues or highways of the city, in pitch, volume or degree greater than is normally acceptable to the human ear or persons of normal hearing ability in the room, enclosure or near the vicinity of such instrument or device from which such sound is being produced or broadcast, is declared a public nuisance, and the same shall be prohibited.
(c) It is unlawful for the driver of any vehicle to use or operate or cause to be used or operated within the city any mechanical exhaust device (designed to aid in the excessive, loud or unusual or explosive) noise from the vehicle, also known as “engine braking”.
(d) Any person, firm or corporation violating any of the provisions of this section shall, upon conviction thereof, be fined in any sum not exceeding $100 or be imprisoned not to exceed 30 days, or be both so fined and imprisoned.
(Ord. 1948, passed 10-14-2010)
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