Uniform Public Offense Code

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ORDINANCE 15-4667

INCORPORATING THE UNIFORM PUBLIC OFFENSE CODE BY REFERENCE

AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTION 11-101 OF THE CITY CODE, REGULATING PUBLIC OFFENSES WITHIN THE CORPORATE LIMITS OF THE CITY OF CHERRYVALE, KANSAS; INCORPORATING BY REFERENCE THE “UNIFORM PUBLIC OFFENSE CODE FOR KANSAS CITIES,” EDITION OF 2015.

BE IT ORDAINED by the Governing Body of the City of Cherryvale:

11-101. Incorporating uniform public offense code.

There is hereby incorporated by reference for the purpose of regulating offenses within the corporate limits of the City of Cherryvale, Kansas, that certain code known as the “Uniform Public Offense Code for Kansas Cities,” Edition of 2015, prepared and published by the League of Kansas Municipalities, Topeka, Kansas, save and except such articles, sections, part or portions as are hereafter omitted, deleted, modified, or changed. No fewer than three (3) copies of the Uniform Public Offense Code shall be marked or stamped “Official Copy as Adopted by Ordinance No. 15-4667,” with all sections or portions thereof intended to be omitted or changed clearly marked to show any such omission or change and to which shall be attached a copy of this ordinance, and filed with City Clerk to be seen 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 the ordinance shall be supplied, at the cost of the City, such number of Official copies of such Uniform Public Offense Ordinances, similarly marked, as may be deemed expedient.

REPEALED. All ordinances in conflict herewith are hereby repealed.

EFFECTIVE DATE. This ordinance shall be in full force and effect upon its publication in the official city newspaper.

PASSED AND APPROVED by the Governing Body of the City of Cherryvale, Kansas, this 21st day of September, 2015.

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John M. Wright, Mayor

ATTEST:

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Hillary Lawrence, City Clerk