[Ord. No. 645, 12-14-1983; CC 2000 §11-209]
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 public view. This Section shall not apply to urination or defecating utilizing appropriate fixtures in any restroom or other facility designed for the sanitary disposal of human waste.
[Ord. No. 755 §1, 11-23-1988; CC 2000 §11-210]
A. 
Declaration. It is declared that the protection and preservation of the home is the keystone of democratic government; that the public health and welfare and the good order of the community require that members of the community enjoy in their homes and dwellings a feeling of well-being, tranquility and privacy and when absent from their homes and dwellings, carry with them the sense of security inherent in the assurance that they may return to the enjoyment of their homes and dwellings; that the practice of picketing before or about residences and dwellings causes emotional disturbance and distress to the occupants; obstructs and interferes with the free use of public sidewalks and public ways of travel; that such practice has as its object the harassing of such occupants; and without resort to such practice full opportunity exists and under the terms and provisions of this Section will continue to exist for the exercise of freedom of speech and other constitutional rights; and that the provisions hereinafter enacted are necessary for the public interest to avoid the detrimental results herein set forth and are enacted by the Governing Body of the City.
B. 
Picketing Residence Or Dwelling Unlawful. It is unlawful for any person to engage in picketing before or about the presence or dwelling of any individual in the City.
[Ord. No. 1121 §§1 — 2, 7-28-2004; Ord. No. 1366 §1, 6-20-2012]
A. 
It shall be unlawful for any person to make, continue, maintain or cause to be made or continued any excessive, unnecessary, unreasonable or unusually loud noise or any noise which either annoys, disturbs, injures or endangers the comfort, repose, health, peace or safety of others within the City of Mission.
B. 
It shall be unlawful for any person to use, operate or permit the use or operation of any electronic device, radio receiving set, television, musical instrument, phonograph or other machine or device for the producing or reproducing of sound in such manner as to disturb the peace, quiet and comfort of the neighboring inhabitants or at any time with louder volume than is necessary for convenient hearing for the person or persons who are in the room, vehicle or chamber in which such machine or device is operated and who are voluntary listeners thereto. "Neighboring inhabitants" shall include persons living within or occupying residential districts of single- or multiple-family dwellings and shall include areas where multiple-unit dwellings and high-density residential districts are located.
C. 
No person shall congregate because of, participate in, or be in any party or gathering of people from which sound emanates of a sufficient volume so as to disturb the peace, quiet or repose of persons residing in any residential area. No person shall visit or remain within any residential dwelling unit wherein such party or gathering is taking place except persons who have gone there for the sole purpose of abating said disturbance. A Police Officer may order all persons present in any group or gathering from which such sound emanates, other than the owners or tenants of the dwelling unit, to immediately disperse in lieu of being charged under this Section. Owners or tenants of the dwelling unit shall immediately abate the disturbance and, failing to do so, shall be in violation of this Section.
D. 
Prima Facie Violation. It shall be a violation of this Section for anyone to operate any tools, equipment, vehicle, electronic device, instrument, television, phonograph, stereo, machine, or other noise or sound-producing device, in such a manner as to be plainly audible at an adjacent property line, or for fifty (50) or more feet in the case of multiple-family dwelling, during the following hours:
1. 
Sunday night through Friday morning between the hours of 10:00 P.M. and 7:00 A.M.;
2. 
Friday night between the hours of 11:00 P.M. and 7:00 A.M.; and
3. 
Saturday night between the hours of 11:00 P.M. and 8:00 A.M.
E. 
Exemptions. Sounds emanating from the following shall be exempt from the provisions of (A) through (D) above:
1. 
Emergency vehicles;
2. 
Public safety vehicles;
3. 
Emergency activities of the Fire or Police Department;
4. 
Emergency activities of any utility company; and
5. 
Public works vehicles and activities.
F. 
Penalty. Any violation of this Section shall have penalties as provided under the general penalty provision of the Code of the City of Mission, Section 100.100 as follows:
1. 
A fine not to exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000.00); or
2. 
Imprisonment for not more than one hundred eighty (180) days; or
3. 
Both such fine and imprisonment not to exceed (1) and (2) above.
[Ord. No. 1521, 7-15-2020]
A. 
For the purposes of Section 215.112, the following words and phrases shall mean:
UNMANNED AIRCRAFT SYSTEM or UAS
An aircraft that meets the following requirements: (1) is operated without the possibility of direct human intervention from within or on the aircraft, and (2) weighs less than fifty-five (55) pounds at the time of operation, including the weight of any payload or fuel.
OPERATE
To pilot, steer, direct, fly or manage a UAS through the air. The term "operate" includes managing or initiating a computer system which pilots, steers, directs, flies, or manages a UAS.
B. 
It shall be unlawful to operate a UAS in a manner that causes the UAS to trespass on public or private property, without the consent of the person or entity that controls the property. Notwithstanding the previous sentence, a UAS may be operated in a City of Mission, Kansas City-owned park if the operator complies with all other provisions of this Section, this Code of the City of Mission, and other Federal and State laws, regulations, and other legal requirements.
C. 
It shall be unlawful to operate a UAS in a reckless or careless manner which endangers, causes a reasonable risk of harm, or causes actual harm to persons, property, or animals.
D. 
It shall be unlawful to use a UAS to observe, view, photograph, record audio, or record video of a person in a place where such person has a reasonable expectation of privacy.
E. 
It shall be unlawful to operate a UAS over or near any open-air event where there is an actual or anticipated group of one hundred (100) persons or more without possessing a Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Part 107.39 waiver and obtaining written permission from the organizer of such event.
F. 
The following persons, entities, professions, and uses are exempted from the provisions of this Section, so long as they conform with FAA requirements under 14 CFR Part 107:
1. 
Law Enforcement personnel and any group or person from which Law Enforcement personnel request assistance;
2. 
Fire Department personnel or any group or person from which Fire Department personnel request assistance;
3. 
City of Mission, Kansas, employees or agents acting within the scope of official City of Mission, Kansas, business;
4. 
Members of the media, so long as they do not interfere, endanger, or compromise any Law Enforcement efforts;
5. 
Utility companies; and
6. 
Real estate marketing or inspection services.
G. 
Any violation of this Section shall have penalties as an unclassified violation as follows:
1. 
A fine not to exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000.00); or
2. 
Imprisonment for not more than one hundred eighty (180) days; or
3. 
Both such fine and imprisonment not to exceed Subsections (G)(1) and (2) above.
[Ord. No. 1610, 8-21-2024]
A. 
For the purpose of Section 215.113 the following words and phrases shall mean:
NUISANCE PARTY
A social gathering of five (5) or more people on residential property that results in any of the following occurring at the site of the gathering, on neighboring property, or on an adjacent public street:
a. 
Unlawful sale of, furnishing, possession or consumption of alcoholic beverages; or
b. 
Unlawful use or possession of marijuana or any drug or controlled substances; or
c. 
Any activity that would constitute a violation of any of the provisions of Section 215.111 of the Mission Municipal Code pertaining to disturbing the peace; or
d. 
Conduct which constitutes assault and battery; or
e. 
Property damage; or
f. 
Littering; or
g. 
Outdoor urination or defecation in a place open to public view; or
h. 
The standing or parking of vehicles in a manner that blocks driveway access, or which would prevent an emergency vehicle from passing; or
i. 
Conduct that threatens injury to persons or damage to property; or
j. 
Trespassing on adjacent or adjoining property; or
k. 
Indecent exposure; or
l. 
Setting of fireworks; or
m. 
Discharging firearms.
PERMIT
To give permission to or allow by silent consent, by not prohibiting, or by failing to exercise control.
B. 
It shall be unlawful for any owner or person having the right to possession of any residential premises, whether individually or jointly with others, to cause or permit a social gathering on the premises to become a nuisance party.
C. 
It shall be unlawful for any person not domiciled at the site of the nuisance party to fail or refuse to leave the premises immediately after being told to leave by a Police Officer.
D. 
Continuation of a nuisance party an hour or more after an order to disperse has been given by Police shall constitute a separate violation of Section 215.113.