Lee's Summit declares certain wild and dangerous animals off-limits and prohibits keeping them within the city except under narrow exceptions. Plastic caging for deadly or venomous reptiles is banned outright.
Section 5-6 of Lee's Summit's animal code declares a list of animals to be dangerous and prohibits keeping or harboring them within the city except as narrowly allowed. The code also bars the use of plastic in cages or structures used to house deadly, dangerous, or poisonous reptiles. These local rules run alongside Missouri's dangerous wild animal law, MO Rev. Stat. §578.023, which requires anyone keeping a large cat, bear, wolf, or similar dangerous wild animal to register it with local law enforcement. Owners of prohibited species face confiscation and are liable for any harm caused by an escaped animal.
Keeping a prohibited dangerous animal can bring confiscation, fines, and criminal charges, and the owner remains liable for injuries or damage caused by an escaped animal.
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Lee's Summit does not regulate residential holiday decorations and requires no permit for them. Any holiday-related yard signs follow the city's temporary-si...
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Lee's Summit treats garage-sale signs as temporary signs. Stake signs are limited to 3 square feet each and 12 square feet total per property, must sit on pr...
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Lee's Summit allows political and other noncommercial signs on private property with no permit. Under the Unified Development Ordinance, temporary stake sign...
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Lee's Summit runs no general rental-registration or landlord-licensing program for long-term residential rentals. There is no citywide rental permit or per-u...
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Lee's Summit has no just-cause eviction law; state law governs. Landlords may end a month-to-month tenancy with one month's written notice under RSMo 441.060...
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Lee's Summit has no rent control and cannot enact one. Missouri's RSMo 441.043 preempts local rent regulation, so landlords charge market rents and may raise...
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