{"id":90731,"date":"2025-04-16T09:39:24","date_gmt":"2025-04-16T15:39:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.kcnonline.com\/wp\/?p=90731"},"modified":"2025-04-16T09:39:27","modified_gmt":"2025-04-16T15:39:27","slug":"harper-ordinance-no-g-442","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.kcnonline.com\/wp\/2025\/04\/16\/harper-ordinance-no-g-442\/","title":{"rendered":"Harper: Ordinance No. G-442"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>ORDINANCE NO. G-442<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">AN ORDINANCE RELATING TO THE FAILURE TO COMPLY AND PENALTIES FOR VIOLATION OF CHAPTER 22-THE ENVIRONMENTAL CODE AND CHAPTER 28-HEALTH AND WELFARE, AMENDING SECTIONS 22-23, 22-162 AND 28-25 OF THE CITY CODE OF THE CITY OF HARPER, KANSAS.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">BE IT ORDAINED BY THE GOVERNING BODY OF THE CITY OF HARPER:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">SECTION 1: That Section 22-23 of the City Code of the City of Harper, Kansas be amended to read as follows:&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Sec. 22-23. &#8211; Penalty<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The public officer may file a complaint in the municipal court against any person found to be in violation of section 22-82; provided, however, that such person shall first have been sent a notice as provided in section 22-54 and that the person has neither alleviated the conditions causing the alleged violation nor requested a hearing before the governing body within the time periods specified in section 22-54. Upon such complaint in the municipal court, any person found to be in violation of section 22-82 shall, upon conviction, be punished by a fine of $100, and upon second conviction of such a violation occurring within three years $500, and upon third conviction of such a violation occurring within three years $1,500, or by imprisonment, for not more than 30 days, or by both such fine and imprisonment. For the purposes of this article, a separate offense shall be deemed committed on each day during or on which such violation is permitted to exist. &nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">SECTION 2: That Section 22-162 of the City Code of the City of Harper, Kansas be amended to read as follows:&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Sec. 22-162. \u2013 Failure to comply; penalty.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Should the person fail to comply with the notice to abate the nuisance or request a hearing, the enforcing officer may file a complaint in the municipal court of the city against such person and upon conviction of any violation of provisions of section 22-156, be fined in an amount of $100, and upon second conviction of such a violation occurring within three years $500,&nbsp; and upon third conviction of such a violation occurring within three years $1,500, or be imprisoned not to exceed 30 days or be both fined and imprisoned. Each day during or on which a violation occurs or continues after notice has been served shall constitute an additional or separate offense. &nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">SECTION 3: That Section 28-25 of the City Code of the City of Harper, Kansas be amended to read as follows:&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Sec. 28-25. \u2013 Failure to comply; penalty.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Should the person, corporation, partnership or association fail to comply with the order to abate the nuisance or request a hearing, the enforcing officer may file a complaint in the municipal court of the city against such person, corporation, partnership or association and upon conviction of any violation of provisions of section 28-19, be fined in an amount of $100, and upon second conviction of such a violation occurring within three years $500, and upon third conviction of such a violation occurring within three years $1,500, or be imprisoned not to exceed 30 days or be both fined and imprisoned. Each day during or on which a violation occurs or continues after notice has been served shall constitute an additional or separate offense. &nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">SECTION 4: That sections 22-23, 22-162 and 28-25 of the City Code of the City of Harper, Kansas, is hereby amended.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">SECTION 5: This ordinance shall take effect and be in full force from and after its publication in the Harper Advocate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Passed by the City Council on this 14th day of April, 2025.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Approved by the Mayor on this 14th day of April, 2025.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">__________________________<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Eric Latta, Mayor&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">ATTEST:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">(SEAL)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">______________________________<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Tiffany M. Cooperrider,&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">City Clerk<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">APPROVED AS TO FORM:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">______________________________<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Philip W. Unruh<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ORDINANCE NO. G-442 AN ORDINANCE RELATING TO THE FAILURE TO COMPLY AND PENALTIES FOR VIOLATION OF CHAPTER 22-THE ENVIRONMENTAL CODE AND CHAPTER 28-HEALTH AND WELFARE, AMENDING SECTIONS 22-23, 22-162 AND 28-25 OF THE CITY CODE OF THE CITY OF HARPER, KANSAS. BE IT ORDAINED BY THE GOVERNING BODY OF THE CITY OF HARPER: SECTION 1: [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8371],"tags":[8517],"class_list":["post-90731","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-publicnotices","tag-harper"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.kcnonline.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/90731","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.kcnonline.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.kcnonline.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.kcnonline.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.kcnonline.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=90731"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.kcnonline.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/90731\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.kcnonline.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=90731"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.kcnonline.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=90731"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.kcnonline.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=90731"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}