GENERAL PROVISIONS

Kansas City Code ch. 1

in effect

Kansas City Code § 1-1 Title and scope.

Sec. 1-1. - Title and scope. This Code shall be known and may be cited as the "Code of Ordinances, City of Kansas City, Missouri," or simply as "the Code of Ordinances" or "the Code," and shall be treated and considered as a new and comprehensive original ordinance which shall completely supersede the Administrative Code and Code of General Ordinances, 1967, and all other general ordinances passed by the council, except such as are by reference thereto expressly saved from repeal or continued in force and effect for any purpose. This revision, for the purpose of prosecution in the municipal court, may be cited as "Code of Ordinances." (Code of Gen. Ords. 1967, § 1.1)

Kansas City Code § 1-2 Severability of Code.

Sec. 1-2. - Severability of Code. It is hereby declared to be the intention of the council that the sections, paragraphs, sentences, clauses and phrases of this Code are severable, and, if any phrase, clause, sentence, paragraph or section of this Code shall be declared invalid or unconstitutional by the valid judgment or decree of any court of competent jurisdiction, such invalidity or unconstitutionality shall not affect any of the remaining phrases, clauses, sentences, paragraphs and sections of this Code, since such provisions would have been enacted by the council without the incorporation in this Code of any such invalid or unconstitutional phrase, clause, sentence, paragraph or section. (Code of Gen. Ords. 1967, § 1.2)

Kansas City Code § 1-3 Amendments to Code.

Sec. 1-3. - Amendments to Code. Any addition or amendment to this Code, when passed in such form as to indicate the intention of the council to make the addition or amendment a part of this Code, shall be deemed to be incorporated in this codification so that reference to the Code of Ordinances, City of Kansas City, Missouri, shall be understood as including them. All ordinances hereafter passed shall have a title indicating the nature and object thereof. (Code of Gen. Ords. 1967, § 1.3)

Kansas City Code § 1-4 Administrative copies of Code to be kept by director of records.

Sec. 1-4. - Administrative copies of Code to be kept by director of records. (a) The director of records shall keep two copies of the Code of Ordinances, City of Kansas City, Missouri. These copies shall be so preserved by the director of records that any and all amendments to or general ordinances affecting such codification will be shown by appropriate notes. The purpose of this provision is to ensure the maintenance in the office of the director of records of two master copies of the codification in which shall be shown any and all changes which have taken place since the publication thereof. (b) In determining whether or not any ordinances hereafter passed, or any part thereof, shall be noted in the copies of the codification so preserved by the director of records, and in determining the form of any such note and its location, if any doubt arises, the director of records shall be guided by the advice of the city counselor or his assistants. (Code of Gen. Ords. 1967, § 1.4)

Kansas City Code § 1-5 Reprints or digests of provisions of Code or ordinances.

Sec. 1-5. - Reprints or digests of provisions of Code or ordinances. No officer or employee of the city shall issue, mail or distribute as a publication of the city or any officer, department or branch of the city government any book, pamphlet, leaflet, card, circular or other printed matter purporting to contain excerpts or quotations from this codification or purporting to give the law on any subject to the public, either as a reprint of any ordinance or other legislative enactment, or as a digest, interpretation, resume, condensation or explanation of the ordinance or other legislative enactment, without first submitting such book, pamphlet, leaflet, card, circular or other printed matter or portion of the printed matter which purports to give the law to the director of records for examination and approval as to form and as to whether or not the law is correctly stated therein. (Code of Gen. Ords. 1967, § 1.5)

Kansas City Code § 1-6 Numbering of sections of ordinances.

Sec. 1-6. - Numbering of sections of ordinances. Each section of ordinances enacted by the council shall be appropriately numbered. (Code of Gen. Ords. 1967, § 1.6)

Kansas City Code § 1-7 Supplements to Code.

Sec. 1-7. - Supplements to Code. (a) The revision clerk is hereby authorized and directed to cause to be printed from time to time looseleaf supplements of ordinances of the city which are of a general nature. Such supplements shall contain the following: (1) An analysis of chapters which will include section numbers and titles of new ordinances. Repealed sections of the codification shall be shown and appropriately designated and listed as repealed. (2) A complete, true and correct copy of general ordinances passed subsequent to December 9, 1993, absent formal parts. (b) The supplement provided for in this section shall be numbered and arranged in the same order as the Code of Ordinances, City of Kansas City, Missouri. (Code of Gen. Ords. 1967, § 1.7)

Kansas City Code § 1-8 Revision committee.

Sec. 1-8. - Revision committee. A revision committee is hereby established, to consist of two members of the city council and three members of the administrative staff, all to be appointed by and to serve at the pleasure of the mayor. The duties of the committee shall be to consult with and advise the revision clerk on all matters relating to the preparation and publication of the supplements to this Code, including but not limited to the format, binding and arrangement thereof. (Code of Gen. Ords. 1967, § 1.8)

Kansas City Code § 1-9 Printing of general ordinances.

Sec. 1-9. - Printing of general ordinances. For the purpose of maintaining and keeping the Code of Ordinances, City of Kansas City, Missouri, and the supplements thereto current, the revision clerk is hereby authorized and directed to cause all ordinances of a general nature to be printed quarterly for the purpose of insertion in the supplements. Such ordinances shall be printed on the same size page and with the same type and ink that is to be used in printing this Code. (Code of Gen. Ords. 1967, § 1.9)

Kansas City Code § 1-10 Definitions and rules of construction.

Sec. 1-10. - Definitions and rules of construction. (a) In the construction of this Code and of all ordinances, the following definitions and rules of construction shall be observed, unless it shall be otherwise expressly provided in any section or ordinance, or unless inconsistent with the manifest intent of the council, or unless the context clearly requires otherwise: Charter. The term "the Charter" means and refers to the Charter of Kansas City, Missouri, adopted by the people at a special election held on February 24, 1925, and the amendments thereto. City. The term "the city" means the City of Kansas City, State of Missouri. Code of Ordinances. The term "Code of Ordinances" means the Code of Ordinances, City of Kansas City, Missouri, being part II of this publication. Codification. The term "codification" or "this codification" refers to the Code of Ordinances, City of Kansas City, Missouri, being part II of this publication. Computation of time. The time within which an act is to be done shall be computed by excluding the first and including the last day, and, if the last day is Sunday or a legal holiday, that day shall be excluded. Council. The term "the council" means the council of Kansas City, Missouri. County. The term "the county" means Jackson County, Clay County, or both. Delegation of authority. Whenever a provision or section appears requiring an officer or the head of a department of the city to do some act, it is to be construed to authorize the officer or head of the department to designate, delegate and authorize subordinates to perform the required act, unless the terms of the provision or section designate otherwise. Gender. When any subject matter, party or person is described or referred to by words importing the masculine, females as well as males, and associations and bodies corporate as well as individuals, shall be deemed to be included. Intangible personal property. The term "intangible personal property" includes all personal property except tangible personal property as defined in this section. Joint authority. Words importing joint authority to three or more persons shall be construed as authority to a majority of such persons. Month. The term "month" means a calendar month. Municipal correctional institution. The term "municipal correctional institution" means a correctional facility as designated by the director of neighborhood and community services pursuant to an inmate housing agreement. Any reference within this Code to a municipal correctional institution, municipal jail or other municipal facility designated for incarceration or imprisonment of persons convicted of city ordinance violations shall be deemed to mean a municipal correctional institution or correctional facility. Number. When any subject matter, party or person is described or referred to by words importing the singular number, the plural and separate matters and persons and bodies corporate shall be deemed to be included. Oath. The term "oath" shall be construed to include an affirmation in all cases in which, by law, an affirmation may be substituted for an oath, and in such cases the terms "swear" and "sworn" shall be equivalent to the terms "affirm" and "affirmed." Owner. The term "owner," applied to a building or land, includes any part owner, joint owner, tenant in common, joint tenant or tenant by the entirety, of the whole or a part of such building or land. Person. The term "person" includes a corporation, firm, partnership, association, organization and any other group acting as a unit as well as individuals. It shall also include an executor, administrator, trustee, receiver or other representative appointed according to law. Whenever the term "person" is used in any section of this Code prescribing a penalty or fine, as to partnerships or associations, the term shall include the partners or members thereof, and, as to corporations, shall include the officers, agents or members thereof who are responsible for any violation of such section. Personal property. The term "personal property" includes both tangible and intangible personal property, as defined in this section. Preceding; following. The terms "preceding" and "following" mean next before and next after, respectively. Property. The term "property" includes real and tangible personal property. Public way. The term "public way" includes any street, alley, boulevard, parkway, highway, sidewalk or other public thoroughfare. Real property. The terms "real property," "premises," "real estate" and "lands" shall be deemed to be coextensive with lands, tenements and hereditaments. Sidewalk. The term "sidewalk" means the portion of the street between the curbline and the adjacent property line, intended for the use of pedestrians. Signature. Where the written signature of any person is required, the proper handwriting of such person or his mark shall be intended. State. The term "the state" means the State of Missouri. Street. The term "street" means and includes any public way, highway, street, avenue, boulevard, parkway, alley or other public thoroughfare, and each of such words shall include every other of them. Tangible personal property. The term "tangible personal property" includes goods, chattels and all similar personal property except intangible personal property as defined in this section. Tenant. The term "tenant" or "occupant," applied to a building or land, includes any person who occupies the whole or a part of such building or land, whether alone or with others. Time. Words used in the past or present tense include the future as well as the past and present. Writing. The terms "writing" and "written" include printing, lithographing or other modes of representing words and letters. Year. The term "year" means a calendar year. (b) All general provisions, terms, phrases and expressions contained in this Code shall be liberally construed in order that the true intent and meaning of the council may be fully carried out. (Code of Gen. Ords. 1967, § 1.10; Ord. No. 090712, § 1, 8-27-09)

Kansas City Code § 1-11 Catchlines of sections.

Sec. 1-11. - Catchlines of sections. The catchlines of the several sections of this codification printed in boldface type are intended as mere catchwords to indicate the contents of the section and shall not be deemed or taken to be titles of such sections, or any part of the section, nor, unless expressly so provided, shall they be so deemed when any of such sections, including the catchlines, are amended or reenacted. This section shall not apply, however, to sections in chapter 40 regulating licenses where each heading or catchline specifies the type of license. (Code of Gen. Ords. 1967, § 1.11)

Kansas City Code § 1-12 Use of Code as evidence.

Sec. 1-12. - Use of Code as evidence. Any printed copy of the Code of Ordinances, City of Kansas City, Missouri, containing a printed certificate of the mayor and the director of records as to the correctness of such codification shall be received in evidence in any court for the purpose of proving the Charter and ordinances therein contained, the same and for the same purpose as the original ordinances, minutes or journals would be received. (Code of Gen. Ords. 1967, § 1.12)

Kansas City Code § 1-13 Territorial application of ordinances.

Sec. 1-13. - Territorial application of ordinances. (a) The provisions, regulations and requirements of the Code of Ordinances, City of Kansas City, Missouri, and all amendments thereto, and all ordinances hereafter enacted, shall have effect and be in force and shall extend and apply to all persons, objects, things and subjects within the corporate limits of the city, as the corporate limits now are or may hereafter be established, and in addition thereto within all public grounds and other public property owned or operated by the city, outside the corporate limits thereof, whether such property is so owned or operated on the date of passage of this Code or may hereafter be so owned or operated; provided that the terms and provisions of this Code concerning sanitary laws and nuisances shall, in addition to such corporate limits, have effect and be in force and shall extend to all persons, objects, things and subjects within the limits specified in this Code, respectively, and in addition thereto within the territorial limits of public grounds and other public property owned or operated by the city outside the corporate limits. (b) Any acts of commission or omission, which if done or performed within the territorial limits of the city would constitute violations of any section of the Code of Ordinances, City of Kansas City, Missouri, and any amendments thereto, and all ordinances hereafter enacted, are hereby declared to be violations of such ordinances when done or performed within the territorial limits of property owned or operated by the city, outside the corporate limits thereof, and the police officers and the municipal courts of the city are hereby authorized and directed to enforce the Code and all amendments thereto, and all ordinances hereafter enacted, with respect to public grounds and other public property within the territorial limits of property owned or operated by the city, with the same effect as though such acts were done or performed within the corporate limits of the city. (Code of Gen. Ords. 1967, § 1.13)

Kansas City Code § 1-14 Recording and publishing ordinances.

Sec. 1-14. - Recording and publishing ordinances. The director of records shall forthwith file in his office all original ordinances and all resolutions which have become laws and shall record the ordinances and resolutions in well-bound books provided for that purpose by the city; provided that no ordinance shall be recorded until it shall have become a law. He shall also make a written index of the subject of each ordinance and resolution, and its number and date of becoming a law, together with the record and page where found, and shall preserve the index in his office. He shall also have all ordinances, when the respective ordinance so directs, or when required by law, and in no other case, published in the newspaper doing the city printing for the number of times specified by the council at the time the ordinance is passed or as may be required by law. Such publication shall be directly after such ordinances become laws. (Code of Gen. Ords. 1967, § 1.14)

Kansas City Code § 1-15 Newspaper publications.

Sec. 1-15. - Newspaper publications. All matters required by the Charter or ordinances to be published shall be published in the newspapers doing the city printing, if there is such, and, if there is no existing contract with any newspaper for such city printing, then in any daily newspaper published in the city. (Code of Gen. Ords. 1967, § 1.15)

Kansas City Code § 1-16 Effect of repeal of ordinance.

Sec. 1-16. - Effect of repeal of ordinance. (a) No offense committed or failure to do any act or duty required by any ordinance or resolution, no tax, fee or license due the city, and no right or proceeding begun, or fine, penalty or forfeiture incurred, previous to the time when the provision of such ordinance or resolution shall be repealed, shall be affected, released or in any way discharged by such repeal; but the trial, conviction and punishment of all such offenses and failures and the recovery and collection of such taxes, fees, licenses, fines, penalties and forfeitures shall be had, prosecuted, recovered and received as fully in every respect as if such provisions had remained in force and effect. (b) When any ordinance repealing another ordinance, or a provision of this Code, shall itself be repealed, such repeal shall not constitute a revival of such other ordinance or provision, unless it is expressly so provided. (Code of Gen. Ords. 1967, § 1.16)

Kansas City Code § 1-17 General penalty; continuing violations.

Sec. 1-17. - General penalty; continuing violations. (a) General penalty. Whenever in any section of this Code or in any ordinance the doing of any act is required or is prohibited or is declared to be unlawful or an ordinance violation, and either no specific fine or penalty is provided for a violation thereof or a specific penalty of imprisonment for more than six months is provided therefor, any such specific penalty provided by any such section or ordinance notwithstanding, any person who shall be convicted of a violation of any such provision of this codification or of any such ordinance shall, for each offense, be fined not less than $1.00 and not more than $500.00 where no specific fine is provided, or the fine so specifically provided where so provided, or be punished by imprisonment in the municipal correctional institution, not to exceed six months, or be punished by both fine and imprisonment. (b) Continuing violations. Each day's violation of, or failure, refusal or neglect to comply with, any provision of this codification or of any other ordinance shall constitute a separate and distinct offense. (c) Limitation on applicability. This section shall not apply to any section of this Code or to any ordinance in which there is expressly provided a penalty for its violation of imprisonment for a term not in excess of six months. (d) Enhanced minimum fine. Notwithstanding subsection (c) of this section, the following enhanced minimum fine shall apply to every section of this Code, or other ordinance, unless expressly exempted: (1) Requirements. If a person does all of the following, the minimum fine for the underlying offense shall be no less than $300.00: a. Commits a violation of this Code or any ordinance. b. Intentionally selects the person against whom the violation as noted by subsection (d)(1)a. of this section is committed or selects the property which is damaged or otherwise affected by the violation as noted by subsection (d)(1)a. of this section because of the actor's belief or perception regarding the race, color, religion, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or disability of that person or the owner or occupant or that property, whether or not the actor's belief or perception was correct. (2) Application. This section provides for the enhancement of the penalties applicable for the underlying violation. The court shall find the existence of each requirement specified in subsection (d)(1) of this section. (3) Exception. This section does not apply to any violation if proof of race, color, religion, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or disability, or proof of any person's perception or belief regarding another's race, color, religion, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or disability, is required for a conviction of that offense. (e) Enhanced penalty for hate-motivated offenses. (1) Notwithstanding subsection (a) of this section, for all violations listed in section 38-61 which the city believes to be knowingly motivated because of race, color, religion, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or disability of the victim or victims, the city may seek a sentence enhancement of up to 60 days to run consecutive with a conviction of an underlying offense. (2) The court shall assess punishment in all cases in which the city pleads and proves any of the motivating factors listed in this section. (Code of Gen. Ords. 1967, § 1.17; Ord. No. 38541, 7-17-70; Ord. No. 930916, 8-12-93; Ord. No. 231032, § 1, 1-11-24)

Kansas City Code § 1-18 Computation of sentences.

Sec. 1-18. - Computation of sentences. (a) Any person who shall have been convicted of any violation of any ordinance of this city, and who shall have been sentenced for such violation to a term of confinement, shall receive as credit toward the service of such term of confinement all time spent by him in the custody of the city at the municipal correctional institution while awaiting trial for such violation. The court's order committing such person to the custody of the city at the municipal correctional institution shall state whether such person was confined in city custody at any place other than the municipal correctional institution and the number of days of such confinement, if any, which days the court shall credit as time served. This subsection applies only to those persons being held in city custody, in lieu of posting bond, pending trial for such ordinance violation, and does not apply to those persons who have already been sentenced to a term of confinement for some other offense and are being held for that reason. (b) Multiple sentences of confinement imposed at the same time under the ordinances of this city shall run concurrently unless the court, at sentencing, shall direct that one or more of the sentences shall run consecutively. (c) If under the ordinances of this city more than one sentence of confinement is imposed at the same time and the court does not direct they run consecutively, then credit for time served in city custody shall be applied to each such sentence. (d) If under the ordinances of this city more than one sentence of confinement is imposed at the same time and such sentences are to run consecutively, then credit for time served in city custody shall be applied only to the first sentence to be served. (e) Multiple sentences of fines, court costs or both under the ordinances of this city are cumulative, and upon failure to pay such cumulative fines, costs or both, except when indigency is claimed and determined by the court, such fines, court costs or both shall be satisfied by consecutive terms of confinement and such terms shall not be served concurrently with sentences of confinement. (f) Whenever a sentence under the ordinances of this city consists of both a term of confinement and a fine, the term of confinement shall be served as directed by the court, and upon completion of such term of confinement the fine and costs if any shall become due. Upon failure to pay such fine, costs or both, except when indigency is claimed and determined by the court, such fine, costs or both shall be satisfied by a consecutive term of confinement, except that under no circumstances shall a person be confined for a period of time exceeding the maximum period of confinement provided by the ordinance for the violation of which he shall have been so sentenced. Any such fine, costs or portion thereof remaining unsatisfied by reason of this section shall remain a legal obligation due from such person to the city, collectible by the city by any lawful means. (g) If a sentence of confinement under the ordinances of this city is vacated and a new sentence is imposed for the same offense, the new sentence shall be calculated as if it had commenced at the time the vacated sentence was imposed, and all time served under the vacated sentence shall be credited against the new sentence. (h) If a person is confined at the time of sentencing in some correctional facility other than the municipal correctional institution, the sentencing judge may, in his discretion, allow any new sentence of confinement under the ordinances of this city to run concurrently with such other confinement. (i) Any part of a day in city custody shall count as a full day for the purposes of this section. (Code of Gen. Ords. 1967, § 1.17.1; Ord. No. 38714, 9-18-70; Ord. No. 51283, 4-25-80)

Kansas City Code § 1-19 Attempt to commit an offense.

Sec. 1-19. - Attempt to commit an offense. (a) Every person who, with the purpose of committing an offense prohibited by this Code, shall do any act which is a substantial step toward the commission of such offense, shall be guilty of an attempt to commit an offense. (b) For purposes of this section, the term "substantial step" means conduct which is strongly corroborative of the firmness of the actor's purpose to complete the commission of the offense. (c) It is no defense to a prosecution under this section that the offense attempted was, under the actual attendant circumstances, factually or legally impossible of commission, if such offense could have been committed had the attendant circumstances been as the actor believed them to be. (d) Any person, upon conviction of an attempt to commit an offense, shall, in cases where no provision is made by ordinance for the punishment of such attempt, be punished by fine, by imprisonment, or by both fine and imprisonment, not exceeding, however, the maximum fine, imprisonment or both, which may be lawfully imposed upon a conviction of the offense so attempted. (Code of Gen. Ords. 1967, § 1.17.2; Ord. No. 51159, 1-4-80)

Kansas City Code § 1-20 Amendment of section subject to penalty.

Sec. 1-20. - Amendment of section subject to penalty. In case of the amendment of any section of this Code or of any ordinance containing provisions for which a penalty is provided in another section thereof, the penalty so provided in such other section shall be held to relate and apply to the section so amended, whether reenacted in the amendatory ordinance or not, unless otherwise specifically provided therein. (Code of Gen. Ords. 1967, § 1.18)

Kansas City Code § 1-21 Offenses having two penalties.

Sec. 1-21. - Offenses having two penalties. In all cases where the same offense is made punishable by different clauses or sections of this Code or of any ordinance, now or hereafter becoming a law, the city, in a prosecution based thereunder, may elect under which clause or section to proceed; but not more than one recovery shall be had against the same person for the same offense. (Code of Gen. Ords. 1967, § 1.19)

Kansas City Code § 1-22 Disposition of fines and costs.

Sec. 1-22. - Disposition of fines and costs. All fines and costs collected for the violation of any provision of this Code shall be turned into the city treasury to the credit of the general fund. (Code of Gen. Ords. 1967, § 1.20)

Kansas City Code § 1-23 Report of accidents to city counselor—Generally.

Sec. 1-23. - Report of accidents to city counselor—Generally. It shall be the duty of the chief of police to cause police officers and other police employees under his control to make written reports of all accidents coming to their knowledge caused by the dangerous or defective condition of any street, bridge, sidewalk or other highway, or by the act of any employee of the city, or in any case where there may be liability on the part of the city for damages. Such reports shall state the time and place of the accident, the name and residence of the injured party, the extent of the injury, the names of witnesses to the accident, and all other facts obtainable in regard to it, and shall be delivered by the chief of police to the city counselor. (Code of Gen. Ords. 1967, § 1.21)

Kansas City Code § 1-24 Same—Forms; duties of other officers.

Sec. 1-24. - Same—Forms; duties of other officers. The city counselor shall prepare blank forms for use in reporting accidents covered by section 1-23. He may request the assistance of the city engineer in the preparation of maps and other data, and the assistance of the director of health in obtaining reports upon any person involved in such accident, and it shall be the duty of such officials to render such assistance. (Code of Gen. Ords. 1967, § 1.22)

Kansas City Code § 1-25 Ordinances saved from repeal.

Sec. 1-25. - Ordinances saved from repeal. Nothing contained in this Code or the ordinance adopting this Code shall be construed to repeal or otherwise affect the following: (1) Any offense or act committed or done or any penalty or forfeiture incurred or any contract or right established or accruing before the effective date of this Code. (2) Any ordinance promising or guaranteeing the payment of money for the city or authorizing the issuance of any bonds of the city or any evidence of the city's indebtedness, or any contract or obligation assumed by the city. (3) Any appropriation ordinance. (4) Any right or franchise granted by the council to any person, firm or corporation. (5) Any ordinance dedicating, naming, establishing, locating, relocating, opening, closing, paving, widening, vacating or in any way affecting any street or public way in the city. (6) Any ordinance establishing and prescribing the street grades of any street in the city. (7) Any ordinance providing for local improvements or assessing taxes therefor. (8) Any ordinance dedicating or accepting any plat or subdivision or easement in the city. (9) Any ordinance establishing traffic regulations for specific streets or portions thereof, not inconsistent with this Code. (10) Any ordinance annexing property to the city, or providing for the boundaries of the city. (11) Administrative ordinances not in conflict or inconsistent with the Code. (12) Ordinances approving and confirming rules and regulations adopted pursuant to ordinances contained in this Code. (13) All ordinances which constitute or contain contracts or agreements between the city and another person, firm, corporation, public utility, city, county or other governmental agency or authority. (14) All ordinances of special or limited application as distinguished from general ordinances which prescribe rules or regulations for the government of the city and its inhabitants. (15) Any zoning ordinance, including chapter 65 of the 1956 Revised Ordinances, not inconsistent with this Code. (16) Any ordinance levying taxes, not in conflict or inconsistent with the provisions of this Code. (17) Sections 1.26 through 1.33 of the 1967 Code of General Ordinances. (18) Any ordinance enacted after September 15, 1994. The repeal provided for in this ordinance adopting this Code shall not be construed to revive any ordinance or part of an ordinance which is repealed by this Code. (Code of Gen. Ords. 1967, § 1.25; Ord. No. 34494, 10-13-67)

Source: City of Kansas City, Missouri, Code of Ordinances, Charter and Zoning and Development Code (Municode Library, library.municode.com)URL: https://library.municode.com/mo/kansas_city/codes/code_of_ordinances?nodeId=PTIICOOR_CH1GEPRFetched: 10/28/2026