[HISTORY: Adopted by the City Commission
of the City of Parsons as §§ 15-504, 15-611, 15-802,
15-804 and 15-808 of the 1963 Code (§§ 15-40, 15-118,
15-119, 15-168 and 15-170 of the 1985 Code). Amendments noted where
applicable.]
[Last amended 11-20-2023 by Ord. No. 6550]
There is hereby incorporated by reference for the purpose of
regulating public offenses within the corporate limits of the City
of Parsons, Kansas, that certain uniform public offense ordinance
known as the "Uniform Public Offense Code for Kansas Cities," Edition
of 2023, prepared and published in book form by the League of Kansas
Municipalities, Topeka, Kansas. One copy of said Uniform Public Offense
Ordinance shall be marked or stamped "Official Copy as Adopted by
Ordinance No. 6550," 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 the 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.
[Added 3-4-2019 by Ord.
No. 6430]
A.
Section 5.7 of the Uniform Public Offense Code for Cities, 33rd Addition,
is hereby amended to read as follows:
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(a)
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It shall be unlawful for any person to:
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(1)
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Sell, furnish or distribute cigarettes, electronic cigarettes,
or tobacco products to any person under 21 years of age; or
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(2)
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Buy any cigarettes, electronic cigarettes, or tobacco products
for any person under 21 years of age.
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(b)
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It shall be a defense to a prosecution under this section if:
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(1)
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The defendant is a licensed retail dealer, or employee thereof,
or a person authorized by law to distribute samples;
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(2)
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The defendant sold, furnished or distributed the cigarettes,
electronic cigarettes, or tobacco products to the person under 21
years of age with reasonable cause to believe the person was of legal
age to purchase or receive cigarettes, electronic cigarettes or tobacco
products; and
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(3)
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To purchase or receive the cigarettes, electronic cigarettes,
or tobacco products, the person under 21 years of age exhibited to
the defendant a driver's license, Kansas non-driver's identification
card or other official or apparently official document containing
a photograph of the person and purporting to establish that the person
was of legal age to purchase or receive cigarettes, electronic cigarettes,
or tobacco products.
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(4)
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For purposes of this section, the person who violates this section
shall be the individual directly selling, furnishing or distributing
the cigarettes, electronic cigarettes, or tobacco products to any
person under 21 years of age or the retail dealer who has actual knowledge
of such selling, furnishing or distributing by such individual, or
both.
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(c)
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It shall be a defense to a prosecution under this subsection
if:
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(1)
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The defendant engages in the lawful sale, furnishing or distribution
of cigarettes, electronic cigarettes, or tobacco products by mail;
and
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(2)
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The defendant sold, furnished or distributed the cigarettes,
electronic cigarettes, or tobacco products to the person by mail only
after the person had provided to the defendant an unsworn declaration,
conforming to K.S.A. § 53-601 and amendments thereto, that
the person was 21 or more years of age.
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(d)
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As used in this section, "sale" means any transfer of title
or possession, or both, exchange, barter, distribution or gift of
cigarettes or tobacco products, with or without consideration.
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(K.S.A. Supp. 79-3302, 79-3321, 79-3322)
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Violation of this section shall constitute a Class B violation
punishable by a minimum fine of $200.
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B.
Section 5.6(a) of the Uniform Public Offense Code for Cities, 33rd
Addition, is hereby amended to read as follows:
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It shall be unlawful for any person:
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(a)
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Who is under 21 years of age to purchase or attempt to purchase
cigarettes, electronic cigarettes, or tobacco products.
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C.
This section shall be applicable to all future versions of the Uniform
Public Offense Code hereafter adopted by the Parsons City Commission.
It shall be unlawful for any person to post
or stick any handbill, showbill, advertisement, poster, sticker or
any other written or printed material upon any bridge, pole, fence,
building, vehicle or property of another, public or private, or print,
write or mark on any property without the consent of the owner thereof.
No person shall place any such bills or advertisements on the poles
of any utility company.
[Added 12-6-1965 by Ord. No. 3991 (§ 15-41
of the 1985 Code)]
A.
Littering is dumping, throwing, placing, depositing
or leaving, or causing to be dumped, thrown, deposited or left, any
refuse of any kind or any object or substance which tends to pollute,
mar or deface into, upon or about:
(1)
Any public street, highway, alley, road, right-of-way,
park or other public place, or any lake, stream, watercourse, or other
body of water, except by direction of some public officer or employee
authorized by law to direct or permit such acts; or
(2)
Any private property without the consent of the owner
or occupant of such property.
B.
Littering is a misdemeanor punishable by a fine of
not less than $10 or more than $500.
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State law reference — Similar provisions,
K.S.A. § 21-5815.
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It shall be unlawful for any person or persons
to place, dump or put the carcass of any dead animal, offal, filth,
refuse or garbage of any kind in, or in any manner whatever to pollute,
the waters of Labette Creek or any of its branches or tributaries
at any point or place within the distance of five miles above the
City waterworks dam or to keep and maintain any hog yard, feed lot
or yard, or slaughterhouse of any kind or character or deposit any
night soil or any decayed animal or vegetable matter in or so near
such stream or tributaries as to pollute the waters thereof.
It shall be unlawful for any person to dig,
remove, or carry away any earth, sand, gravel, brick, rock or sod
or to cut away any trees or shrubs from any public ground of the City
without the permission of the City Manager.
[Added 4-8-1981 by Ord. No. 5223 (§ 15-39
of the 1985 Code)]
A.
It shall be unlawful for any person or motor vehicle
to trespass in a private parking area adjacent to or near a business
establishment or organization offering goods or services of any nature
to the public after a specified time selected by the owner or operator
of the business or organization, provided that the private parking
area has been suitably marked as a "No Trespassing" area.
B.
For the purpose of this section a suitable marker
shall be one that contains the words "No Trespassing after (a specified
time)" or words of similar impact.
C.
Permission to be in said area by aforesaid owner or
operator shall be a defense to this section.
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State law reference — Criminal trespass,
K.S.A. § 21-5808.
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A.
No person shall perform such acts as will make him
a peeping tom on or about the premises of another or go upon the premises
of another for the purpose of becoming a peeping tom.
B.
"Peeping tom" as used in this section means one who
peeps through windows or doors, or other like places, situated on
or about the premises of another for the purpose of spying upon or
invading the privacy of persons spied upon without the consent of
the persons spied upon. It is not a necessary element of this offense
that the peeping tom be upon the premises of the person being spied
upon.
C.
A violation of this section is a Class B misdemeanor.
[Added 7-20-2009 by Ord.
No. 6191]
No person shall stand on or in proximity to a street or highway
for the purpose of soliciting contributions from the occupant of any
vehicle within the City limits of Parsons.
[Added 10-7-2013 by Ord.
No. 6296]
If any person shall be on a highway, street, sidewalk or in
a public place or public building within the City limits of Parsons
while under the influence of intoxicating liquor, narcotics or other
drug to the degree that he or she may endanger him or herself or other
persons or property, or annoy persons in his or her vicinity, he/she
shall upon conviction thereof be fined a sum not to exceed $100 or
be imprisoned not more than 10 days, or both. Public place and public
building shall not include a bar or restaurant where alcoholic beverages
and cereal malt beverages are served.
[Added 7-20-2009 by Ord. No. 6189]
Except where another penalty is provided, violation of this chapter shall constitute a Class B misdemeanor, punishable as provided in § 1-2 of this Code.
