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Code of the City of Galena, KS

Code of the City of Galena, Kansas

PREFACE

This volume contains the Code of the City of Galena, Kansas, 2015. As expressed in the adopting ordinance, the code supersedes all ordinances passed before March 23rd, 2015, which are not included herein or recognized as continuing in force by reference thereto. The code was prepared by the staff of the League of Kansas Municipalities, the Galena City Attorney, and Galena city officials under the authority of Sections 12-3014:3015 of the Kansas Statutes Annotated.

This code is arranged in chapters, articles, and sections in a manner similar to the Kansas Statutes Annotated arrangement. Headnotes and footnotes are included; however, these do not constitute a part of the code and no implication or presumption of intent or construction is to be drawn therefrom.

Any section of this code may be amended by ordinary ordinance by reference to the code section number as follows:

“Section 1-105 of the Code of the City of Galena is hereby amended to read as follows: (the new provisions shall then be set out in full).”

A new section of the code may be added by ordinary ordinance as follows:

“The Code of the City of Galena is hereby amended by adding the following section(s) (or article or chapter): (the new provision(s) shall be set out in full).”

All sections, articles, or chapters may be repealed by ordinary ordinance as follows:
“Section 1-105 (or article or chapter) of the Code of the City of Galena is hereby repealed.”

The user’s attention is directed to the Governing Body Handbook, published by the League of Kansas Municipalities, as a source of general information and as an index to the pertinent sections of the Kansas Statutes Annotated.

An index is included in this volume, and the user’s attention is also directed to indexes that may appear in standard codes incorporated by reference in this Code.

PREPARED AND PUBLISHED BY
THE LEAGUE OF KANSAS MUNICIPALITIES
Nicole Proulx Aiken, Legal Counsel

TABLE OF CONTENTS

NOTE: Selecting a chapter heading will download a PDF of that specific chapter in the code book.  You can download a searchable PDF of the entire “Code of the City of Galena, Kansas” here.

CHAPTER I. ADMINISTRATION

Article 1. General Provisions
Article 2. Governing Body
Article 3. Officers and Employees
Article 4. Personnel Policy and Employee Benefits
Article 5. Oaths and Bonds
Article 6. Open Records
Article 7. Investment of Public Funds
Article 8. Funds

– CHAPTER II. ANIMAL CONTROL AND REGULATION

Article 1. General Provisions
Article 2. Dogs and Cats
Article 3. Pit Bull Dogs
Article 4. Other Animals

– CHAPTER III. BEVERAGES

Article 1. General Provisions
Article 2. Cereal Malt Beverages
Article 3. Alcoholic Liquor
Article 4. Private Clubs
Article 5. Drinking Establishments
Article 6. Caterers
Article 7. Temporary Permits
Article 8. Special Event CMB Permits
Article 9. Keg Registration

– CHAPTER IV. BUILDINGS AND CONSTRUCTION

Article 1. Fire Limits
Article 1A. Standard Building and Structural Codes Incorporated
Article 2. Building Code
Article 3. Electrical Code
Article 4. Plumbing Code
Article 5. Natural Gas Hook-Ups
Article 6. Dangerous Structures and Demolition of Buildings
Article 7. Structures Unfit for habitation
Article 8. Abandoned Mine Shafts
Article 9. Moving Buildings
Article 10. Numbering Buildings
Article 11. Contractors
Article 12. Signs and Billboards
Article 13. Adult Care Homes

– CHAPTER V. BUSINESS REGULATIONS

Article 1. General Regulations and Licenses
Article 2. Pawnbrokers
Article 3. Garage Sales
Article 4. Junkyards
Article 5. Mobile Home Parks
Article 6. Pool and Billiard Halls
Article 7. Solicitors, Canvassers, Peddlers
Article 8. Scrap Metal Dealer Registration

– CHAPTER VI. ELECTIONS

Article 1. City Elections
Article 2. Voting District Map

– CHAPTER VII. FIRE

Article 1. Fire Department
Article 2. Fire Prevention
Article 3. Interlocal Cooperation
Article 4. Fireworks
Article 5. Open Burning

– CHAPTER VIII. HEALTH AND WELFARE

Article 1. Health Nuisances
Article 1A. Environmental Code
Article 2. Weeds
Article 3. Junked Motor Vehicles on Private Property
Article 4. Fair Housing
Article 4A. Minimum Housing Code
Article 5. Emergency Medical Services
Article 6. Waste Vehicle Tires
Article 7. Rodent Control
Article 8. Insurance Proceeds Fund
Article 9. Assistance to Other Jurisdictions

– CHAPTER IX. MUNICIPAL COURT

Article 1. General Provisions

– CHAPTER X. POLICE

Article 1. Police Department
Article 2. Auxiliary Police
Article 3. Property in Police Custody

– CHAPTER XI. PUBLIC OFFENSES

Article 1. Uniform Public Offense Code
Article 2. Local Regulations
Article 3. Sale of Methamphetamine Precursors

– CHAPTER XII. PUBLIC PROPERTY

Article 1. Cemeteries
Article 2. Library
Article 3. City Parks
Article 4. City Landfill
Article 5. Swimming Pool

– CHAPTER XIII. STREETS AND SIDEWALKS

Article 1. Sidewalks
Article 2. Streets
Article 3. Trees and Shrubs

– CHAPTER XIV. TRAFFIC

Article 1. Standard Traffic Ordinance
Article 2. Local Traffic Regulation
Article 3. Hazardous Materials
Article 4. Work-Site Utility and Small Vehicles

– CHAPTER XV. UTILITIES

Article 1. General Provisions
Article 2. Water
Article 3. Sewers
Article 4. Solid Waste
Article 5. Water Conservation

– CHAPTER XVI. ZONING AND PLANNING

Article 1. City Planning Commission Board of Zoning Appeals
Article 2. Zoning Regulations
Article 3. Mobile Home Placement Guidelines
Article 4. Flood Plain Zoning
Article 5. Subdivision Regulations

– APPENDIX A. CHARTER ORDINANCES

– APPENDIX B. FRANCHISES

 

Ordinances Passed after Codification in 2015.

Ord. 2015-01 Repealing Sec. 1-303 Ch. 1 Art. 3

Ord. 2015-02 Codification

Ord. 2015-03 Refuse Collection Fees

Ord. 2015-05 Utility Deposits

Ord. 2015-06 Vacating Alley

Ord. 2015-07 Standard Traffic

Ord. 2015-08 Public Offense Code

Ord. 2015-09 Rezoning 808 Bellevue

Ord. 2015-10 Vacating Alley

Ord. 2015-11 Vacating Street

Ord. 2015-12 Rezoning 1701 S. Main

Ord. 2015-13 Repealing Zelliken Fund

Ord. 2016-01 Pay Scale

Ord. 2016-02 Kansas Gas Franchise

Ord. 2016-03 Court Costs

Ord. 2016-04 Kansas Gas Franchise

Ord. 2016-05 Pay Scale

Ord. 2016-06 Kansas Gas Franchise

Ord. 2016-07 Uniform Public Offense Code

Ord. 2016-08 Standard Traffic

Ord. 2016-12 Vacating Alley

Ord. 2016-13 Vacating Alley

Ord. 2017-01 Election Exemption

Ord. 2017-02 Vacating Alley

Ord. 2017-03 Pay Scale

Ord. 2017-04 Uniform Public Offense

Ord. 2017-05 Main Street Main Trafficway

Ord. 2017-06 Standard Traffic

Ord. 2017-07 Public Offense Code

Ord. 2017-08 Annexing Land

Ord. 2017-09 GOB Series 2018

Ord. 2017-10 Vacating Alley

Ord. 2018-04 Water Rates

Ord. 2018-05 Pay Scale

Ord. 2018-07 Uniform Offense Code

Ord. 2018-08 GOB Series 2018A

Ord. 2018-09 GOB Series 2018B

Ord. 2018-10 Rezoning

Ord. 2018-11 Rezoning

Ord. 2018-12 Vacating Alley

Ord. 2018-13 Vacating Alley

Ord. 2018-12a Vacating Spelter Ave.

Ord. 2018-14 Rezoning 1711 E 21st St.

Ord. 2019-01 Refuse Collection Rates

Ord. 2019-02 Pay Scale

Ord. 2019-03 Cereal Malt Beverage

Ord. 2019-05 Historic Preservation

Ord. 2019-07 Rezoning

Ord. 2019-08 Excessive Noise

Ord. 2019-09 Uniform Offense Code

Ord. 2019-10 Standard Traffic

Ord. 2019-12 Rezoning 1211 E 7th St.

Ord. 2019-13 Vacating Hill Street

Ord. 2019-14 Rezoning 511 Euclid

Ord. 2019-15 Rezoning 2300 S Main

Ord. 2020-01 Pay Scale

Ord. 2020-03 Bidding Requirements

Ord. 2020-04 Debt Collections

Ord. 2020-05 Amounts Set Up in Each Fund

Ord. 2020-06 Replacing Sec. 1-203 of Ch. 1 Art 2

Ord. 2020-07 Rural Housing Incentive

Ord. 2020-08 Uniform Offense Code

Ord. 2020-09 Standard Traffic

ORD. 2020-10 1210 MADISON REZONE

ORD. 2020-11 903 E 15TH REZONE

Ord. 2020-12 Parking and Rec Vehicles

ORD. 2020-13 Housing Incentive

Ord. 2021-03 Rezoning

Ord. 2021-04 Grave Site Fees

Ord. 2021-05 STO Ordinance

Ord. 2021-06 Public Offense Code

Ord. 2022-01 Pay Scale

Ord. 2022-03 Building Codes

Ord. 2022-04 Uniform Public Offense Code

Ord. 2022-05 Standard Traffic Ordinance

Ord. 2022-06 Camping, Loitering, Panhandling

Ord. 2022-07 314 SHORT REZONE

ORD. 2022-08 WATER RATES – DID NOT PASS

Ord. 2022-09 Street Vacate

ORD. 2022-10 VACATING LINCOLN STREET

Ord. 2022-11 Street Vacate

Ord. 2022-12 Refuse Collection Rates

Ord. 2022-13 Sewer Rates

Ord. 2022-14 Water Rates

Ord. 2023-01 Pay Scale

ORD. 2023-02 LAND BANK

ORD. 2023-03 REVITALIZATION PLAN

ORD. 2023-04 KDHE LOAN AGREEMENT

Ord. 2023-05 Vacate Street

Ord. 2023-06 Rezoning

Ord. 2023-07 16th Street Speed Limit

ORD. 2023-08 SPEC EQUIP FUND

ORD. 2023-09 SENIOR CITIZENS FUND

ORD. 2023-10 1511 GALENA AVE REZONE

ORD. 2023-11 STO

ORD. 2023-12 UPOC

Ord. 2023-13 Jake Brakes

Ord. 2023-14 STO AMENDMENT

Ord. 2024-01 Water Drought

Ord. 24-02 Vacate Alley

Ord. 2024-03 Standard Traffice Ordinance

Ord. 2024-04 Uniform Public Offense Code

Ord. 2024-05 Rezoning 2103 Joplin

Ord. 2024-06 Fee Schedule

Ord. 2024-07 Vacate Alley

Ord. 2024-08 Vacate Street