Title 7 - Health and Sanitation

7.04.160 Purpose and Findings.

1. A.
   The purpose of the Nuisance and Unsafe Structures Enforcement Act is to provide reasonable controls restricting and prohibiting the allowance of nuisances and unsafe structures to exist on property within the City of Overland Park; to declare that certain conditions constitute public nuisances or unsafe structures, which are unsightly, are a menace and dangerous to health of the inhabitants of the City, or of any residential or commercial area and the residents thereof, and are offensive to the general public health, safety, and welfare of the community; to provide a method of enforcement of this Act; to provide procedures to notify property owners or those in control of real property that a violation exists and to allow for self-abatement by such person; to provide property owners or those in control of real property notification and an opportunity to be heard concerning violations of the Act; to provide administrative procedures to allow the City to direct the abatement of violations; to provide a method of assessment or collection of costs for abatement by the City; to declare that the existence of such violations are unlawful; and to provide penalties for enforcement through the Municipal Court system.
2. B.
   The Governing Body of the City of Overland Park, Kansas, hereby finds that the allowance of nuisances and unsafe or dangerous structures, as defined herein, on private property or adjacent rights-of-way or easements are public nuisances which are unsightly, a menace dangerous to the health of the inhabitants of the City, or of the residential or commercial area and the residents thereof, and are offensive to the general public health, safety, and welfare of the community. Such nuisances or unsafe structures promote conditions which cause disease, pollution; proliferation of rats, vermin, mosquitoes, and snakes; the spread of fire; a harmful environment for transients and to the community as a result of transient use; harmful attractions for children; creates short and long-term impacts on the area including the diminution of property values and the integrity of the neighborhood; and interferes with the orderly development of property in the City.

(History: Ord. NU-1382 §1, 86)

Effective on: 1/1/1901