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Leawood City Code
Chapter I - Administration
- Article 1. General Provisions
- Article 2. Governing Body
- Article 3. City Administrator
- Article 4. Officers and Employees
- Article 5. Personnel Regulations
- Article 6. Leawood Arts Committee
- Article 7. Fees
- Article 8. Miscellaneous Funds
- Article 9. Public Building Commission – REPEALED
- Article 10. Records Management Program
- Article 11. Land Bank
Chapter II - Animal Control
- Article 1. General Provisions
- Article 2. Dogs and Cats
- Article 3. Livestock and Fowl
- Article 4. Animal Control Officer
- Article 5. General Penalties
- Article 6. Beekeeping
Chapter III - Beverages
- Article 1. Cereal Malt Beverages
- Article 2. Alcoholic Liquor
Chapter IV - Building and Construction
- Article 1. Administration
- Article 2. Building Code
- Article 3. Electrical Code
- Article 4. Plumbing Code
- Article 5. Mechanical Code
- Article 6. Fuel Gas Code
- Article 7. Reserved for Future Use
- Article 8. Energy Conservation Code
- Article 9. Residential Code
- Article 10. Swimming Pool, Spa, and Hot Tub Code
- Article 11. Abatement of Dangerous Buildings Code
- Article 12. Insurance Proceeds Fund
Chapter V - Business Licenses and Regulations
- Article 1. General Regulations and Licenses
- Article 1A. Adult Employee Permits
- Article 1B. Pawnbrokers and Precious Metals Dealers
- Article 2. Solicitors, Canvassers, Peddlers, Transient Merchants
- Article 3. Repealed
- Article 4. Commercial Use of Streets – Repealed by Ord. No. 2041C
- Article 5. Massage Establishments and Massage Therapists
Chapter VI - Elections
- Article 1. City Election; City Officers
- Article 2. Wards
Chapter VII - Fire Protection
- Article 1. Fire Department
- Article 2. Fire Prevention
Chapter VIII - Health and Welfare
- Article 1. Environmental Sanitary Regulations
- Article 2. Health and Welfare Nuisances
- Article 3. Inoperable Vehicles
- Article 4. Cost Recovery from Environmental Releases
- Article 5. Property Maintenance
Chapter IX - Municipal Court
- Article 1. General Provisions
- Article 2. Traffic Offenses
Chapter X - Police Department
- Article 1. Department Regulations
- Article 2. Property in Police Custody
Chapter XI - Public Offenses
- Article 1. Uniform Offense Code
- Article 2. Local Provisions
- Article 3. Nuisance Alarm Systems
- Article 4. Proclamation of Emergency
- Article 5. Signs
- Article 6. Drugs
- Article 7. Premise Identification
- Article 8. Lighting Nuisance
- Article 9. Smoking Ordinance
- Article 10. Alarm Systems
- Article 11. Non-Discrimination
Chapter XII - Public Property
- Article 1. Parks and Recreation Advisory Board
- Article 2. Park Regulations
- Article 3. Recreation Commission
- Article 4. Park Impact Fee
- Article 5. Leawood Golf Course Impact Fee
- Article 6. Public Art Impact Fee
Chapter XIII - Street and Sidewalks
- Article 1. General Provisions
- Article 1A. Sidewalks
- Article 2. Streets
- Article 3. Use of Occupancy
- Article 4. Trees and Shrubs
- Article 5. 135th Street Corridor Impact Fee
- Article 6. South Leawood Transportation Impact Fee
Chapter XIV - Traffic
- Article 1. Standard Traffic Ordinance
- Article 2. Local Traffic Regulations
- Article 3. Parking
- Article 4. Reserved
- Article 5. Impoundment of Motor Vehicles
- Article 6. Parade Regulations
Chapter XV - Utilities
- Article 1. Leawood Sanitary Sewer System
- Article 2. Private Sewage Disposal System
- Article 3. Storm Sewers
- Article 4. Solid Waste
- Article 5. Stormwater Management
- Article 6. Illicit Discharge
- Article 7. Post Construction Stormwater Runoff Control
Chapter XVI - Zoning and Planning
- Article 1. Zoning Regulations
- Article 2. Repealed by Ord. No. 1966C
- Article 3. Board of Zoning Appeals [BZA] – Repealed
- Article 4. Subdivision Regulations – Repealed
Appendix A. - Charter Ordinances
- Charter Ordinance No. 1
- Charter Ordinance No. 2
- Charter Ordinance No. 3
- Charter Ordinance No. 4
- Charter Ordinance No. 5
- Charter Ordinance No. 6
- Charter Ordinance No. 7
- Charter Ordinance No. 8
- Charter Ordinance No. 9
- Charter Ordinance No. 10
- Charter Ordinance No. 11
- Charter Ordinance No. 12
- Charter Ordinance No. 13
- Charter Ordinance No. 14
- Charter Ordinance No. 15
- Charter Ordinance No. 16
- Charter Ordinance No. 17
- Charter Ordinance No. 18
- Charter Ordinance No. 19
- Charter Ordinance No. 20
- Charter Ordinance No. 21
- Charter Ordinance No. 22
- Charter Ordinance No. 23
- Charter Ordinance No. 24
- Charter Ordinance No. 25
- Charter Ordinance No. 26
- Charter Ordinance No. 27
- Charter Ordinance No. 28
- Charter Ordinance No. 29
- Charter Ordinance No. 30
- Charter Ordinance No. 31
- Charter Ordinance No. 32
- Charter Ordinance No. 33
- Charter Ordinance No. 34
- Charter Ordinance No. 35
- Charter Ordinance No. 36
- Charter Ordinance No. 37
- Charter Ordinance No. 38
- Charter Ordinance No. 39
- Charter Ordinance No. 40
- Charter Ordinance No. 41
- Charter Ordinance No. 42
- Charter Ordinance No. 43
- Charter Ordinance No. 44
Appendix B. - Franchises
- Article 1. Kansas City Power & Light Company
- Article 2. Electric Street Lights – EXPIRED
- Article 3. Traffic Control- EXPIRED
- Article 4. Kansas Gas Service
- Article 5. SWB Telephone Company, d/b/a/AT&T
- Article 6. Time Warner [formerly Telecable of Overland Park, Inc.]
- Article 7. Blue Valley School District Franchise
- Article 8. MCImetro Access Transmission Service LLS [f/n/a Brooks Fiber Communications of Missouri, Inc.]
- Article 9. tw telecom of Kansas city IIc, [f/n/a Xspedius Communications, LLC]
- Article 10. Axon Telecom – Right-of-Way
- Article 11. AboveNet Communications, Inc., [f/d/b/a Metromedia]
- Article 12. Surewest Kansas Licenses, LLC [f/d/b/a Everest Midwest Licensee, LLC]
- Article 13. Zayo Group, LLC, [f/d/b/a American Fiber Systems]
- Article 14. Qwest Communications Corporation
- Article 15. Sprint Communications Company, L.P.
- Article 16. XO Kansas, Inc.
- Article 17. Telcove Investment, LLC
- Article 18. Extenet Systems, Inc.
- Article 19. Unite Private Networks, LLC.
- Article 20. Mobillitie, LLC.
- Article 21. Teleport Communications America, LLC.
- Article 22. Verizon Wireless [VAW], LLC.