Wyandotte County, KS Ordinances (2026)

Sec. 22-128(a)(3) of the Unified Government Code limits portable, non-vehicular music or sound equipment used on public space or right-of-way to being audible no farther than 50 feet…

Sec. 22-128(b) sets an 8:00 p.m. to 7:00 a.m. quiet-hours standard: any noise-producing device that is plainly audible across a residential property line, or audible 50 feet or more…

Kansas City, Kansas bans keeping any animal whose excessive noise disturbs a neighborhood under Unified Government Code Sec. 7-215(a), defining a violation as noise loud or continuous…

Playing a car radio, tape player, TV, or sound amplifier loud enough to be heard more than 50 feet from the vehicle is unlawful anywhere in Wyandotte County under Sec. 22-125. A parade…

The Unified Government's general noise ordinance bans loud sound by a "plainly audible" or "reasonable person" standard rather than a decibel meter, but off-road motorcycles, dirt…

Wyandotte County has no chip mandate for ordinary pets, but an owner whose animal is convicted of being a dangerous animal must microchip it within ten days and register the chip with…

Wyandotte County makes it unlawful to own, possess, or keep any dog or cat over six months old that has not been spayed or neutered, unless the owner holds an unaltered-pet permit or a…

Kansas City, Kansas allows backyard hens and ducks outside farm zoning but caps every household at six birds and sets coop setbacks, while larger livestock like horses and goats are…

Kansas City, Kansas caps any residence at three dogs or three cats over 120 days old, or six of any combination, under Unified Government Code Sec. 7-212, unless the household is a…

Wyandotte County's Unified Government bans keeping wild or exotic animals as pets or for exhibition anywhere in Kansas City, Kansas under Sec. 7-13, with narrow exceptions for licensed…

Kansas City, Kansas classifies grooming shops as "commercial animal establishments" under Unified Government Code Sec. 7-1, and Sec. 7-14 requires every one to meet the city's zoning…

Kansas City, Kansas regulates dangerous dogs by documented behavior, not breed. Unified Government Code Sec. 7-216(d) explicitly bars declaring any animal dangerous based solely on…

Kansas City, Kansas bans letting any dog or other animal run at large under Unified Government Code Sec. 7-215(c), requiring a leash, secure fence, or another escape-proof restraint…

Kansas City, Kansas requires every cat to stay under its owner's control at all times under Unified Government Code Sec. 7-215(c)(7), treating a cat that repeatedly enters a…

A veterinary clinic or dog kennel cannot open in Wyandotte County/Kansas City, Kansas without a special use permit from the board of commissioners, listed by name in Code § 27-593(29)…

A detached storage shed, playhouse, or similar one-story accessory structure serving a one- or two-family home in Wyandotte County does not need a building permit as long as its floor…

Wyandotte County's Unified Government zoning code caps an accessory dwelling unit at half the finished square footage of the main house and bans placing one in the front yard. Sec…

Wyandotte County's zoning code defines a "primary" accessory dwelling unit as the one the property owner actually lives in, and only treats a property as owner-occupied if the owner is…

Sec. 22-128(a)(4) bans gathering in any party or crowd whose noise disturbs a residential area's peace, and lets a Kansas City, Kansas police officer order everyone present to disperse…

Anyone within Kansas City, Kansas city limits who urinates or defecates on a street, sidewalk, alley, public building, or on private property in open view of another person, when the…

Drinking or possessing an open container of alcohol on Wyandotte County streets, sidewalks, parks or other public property is unlawful under Sec. 4-7. Alcohol carried in public must…

Marijuana remains fully illegal to possess, control or use anywhere in Kansas City, Kansas and unincorporated Wyandotte County. Sec. 22-290 bans manufacturing, possessing, selling or…

Sec. 22-127 of the Unified Government Code makes aggressive panhandling a crime across Kansas City, Kansas and Wyandotte County. It bans blocking, touching or intimidating solicitation…

Wyandotte County makes it unlawful to loiter, loaf, wander, or stand idle in a public place, alone or with others, in a way that blocks a public street, sidewalk, or building and…

Skateboards, roller skates and coasters are banned from every county and city roadway except at marked crosswalks and on designated play streets, and can be barred from any sidewalk…

Wyandotte County/Kansas City, Kansas pedestrians who cross a street outside a marked or unmarked intersection crosswalk must yield the right-of-way to every vehicle on the roadway…

Sec. 22-129(b)(3) generally bans flying a drone over property you don't own without the occupant's consent, but specifically exempts city-owned parks: recreational operators may fly…

Sec. 22-129(b)(2) bans flying a recreational drone over any individual or any open-air event drawing more than 100 people unless both the venue's owner or operator and the event's…

Sec. 22-129 regulates recreational drone flights under 55 pounds in Wyandotte County/Kansas City, Kansas airspace, barring flights near non-consenting bystanders or over their property…

Sec. 22-129(c)(1) exempts FAA-licensed commercial drone pilots from Wyandotte County/Kansas City, Kansas's local UAV restrictions entirely, letting Part 107 certificate holders and…

Backyard fire pits and bonfires fall under Wyandotte County's open burning ban unless they're cooking fires or the operator gets prior written approval. Sec. 3-17(g) exempts…

Open burning of residential and nonresidential waste, refuse and salvage material is banned county-wide under Sec. 3-17, and any burning that creates a nuisance or safety hazard is…

Wyandotte County/Kansas City, Kansas only allows fireworks discharge from 9:00 a.m. to 11:00 p.m., July 2 through July 4, under Code § 15-93, and bans aerial devices like bottle…

No one may enter or stay in a Wyandotte County park outside its posted hours of operation. Sec. 25-44 lets the parks and recreation director set operating hours for each park and…

Wyandotte County's Unified Government enforces building, health, licensing, zoning and other code chapters through administrative citations under Code Sec. 2-651. A code officer must…

Camping on public property in Kansas City, Kansas and unincorporated Wyandotte County is a violation and public nuisance unless the Unified Government has issued a temporary permit…

Holding a public meeting in any Wyandotte County or Kansas City, Kansas park requires a written permit from the director of parks under Sec. 25-2. The permit must state the location…

A street fair, trade show, exposition, or promotional event on private or leased land anywhere in Wyandotte County/Kansas City, Kansas needs a special use permit from the board of…

A Wyandotte County business can convert one on-street parking space into a parklet for dining or sales, but only one per building, only within 20 feet of an intersection restriction…

No one may hold, join, or start a parade in the Unified Government of Wyandotte County/Kansas City, Kansas without a permit from the chief of police. Applications are due at least 30…

A Wyandotte County/KCK restaurant with a current occupation tax number needs no separate permit to run an outdoor café under UG Code § 27-621, but sidewalk seating still has to keep a…

In the Unified Government of Wyandotte County/Kansas City, Kansas, window signs may cover no more than 25% of a window's glazed area and never require a sign permit, but they still…

The Unified Government of Wyandotte County/Kansas City, Kansas treats political signs as a permitted "incidental sign" that needs a sign permit and must fit inside the…

Wyandotte County lets a sign facing a freeway or expressway grow larger and taller than the standard billboard limits. Sec. 27-735 doubles the height and area caps set in Sec. 27-734…

Digital billboards in Wyandotte County are allowed only on existing, legally established off-premises billboard structures, never on a newly built billboard. Sec. 27-734(g) lets an…

Wyandotte County doesn't run curbside yard-waste collection; instead residents dispose of leaves, brush and dead wood by permitted open burning during two set windows a year. Sec…

Sec. 8-432 limits storage pods, shipping containers, and roll-off dumpsters to one per business or residence, for no more than two non-consecutive months per year, and only on a…

Household garbage in Kansas City, Kansas and unincorporated Wyandotte County is collected only by the city's contracted collector, not by a resident's choice of hauler. Section 31-7 of…

Wyandotte County and Kansas City, Kansas fund curbside recycling through the mandatory solid waste services fee in Section 31-17 of the Unified Government code, not through a separate…

The Unified Government of Wyandotte County/Kansas City, Kansas fixes a strict curbside window for household garbage and trash: containers cannot go out before 4:00 p.m. the day before…

Dumping garbage, trash, or waste material on any street, alley, vacant lot, or body of water in Wyandotte County or Kansas City, Kansas is a misdemeanor under Section 31-12 of the…

Wyandotte County's code lets residents set out bulky household rubbish without a standard can, but only if it is bundled to spec. Section 31-6(a) of the Unified Government code caps…

Every permitted building project in Wyandotte County must stay open for inspection until each construction stage is approved, and Section 149 places the duty of keeping the work…

The Unified Government of Wyandotte County/Kansas City, Kansas bans knowingly renting out housing with deteriorated lead paint or other lead-bearing surfaces that create a lead poison…

Wyandotte County requires a building permit before anyone begins construction, alteration, repair, moving, demolition, or an occupancy change to a building, or before installing or…

Wyandotte County enforces electrical work under the NFPA 70 National Electrical Code, 2017 Edition, adopted by Section 8-125(a), and requires a permit before installing, altering, or…

Wyandotte County folds lead-paint safety directly into day care and child care center licensing. Section 17-35(c) requires the unified government health department to check for…

Wyandotte County's amended 2018 International Residential Code makes automatic fire sprinkler systems optional, not mandatory, for one- and two-family dwellings, townhouses, and…

Sec. 8-350 adopts the 2018 Uniform Plumbing Code by reference, covering permit issuance, fees, inspections, and plan review for plumbing work in Wyandotte County and Kansas City…

Every rental dwelling unit in Wyandotte County must be licensed, and the public officer must inspect it inside and out before a license issues, at a tenant's request, or when occupancy…

A Wyandotte County/Kansas City, Kansas renter can trigger a rental dwelling inspection by asking for one: the public officer must conduct an interior inspection whenever a lawful…

A residential fence in Wyandotte County must be built entirely on the owner's own lot: Section 8-224 bars any part of a fence from being constructed on an adjoining property, and…

In the Unified Government of Wyandotte County/Kansas City, Kansas, Sec. 8-225 bans barbed wire, sharp-pointed, and electrically charged fences in every residential district, plus any…

Sec. 8-196 of the Unified Government code makes it unlawful to build or substantially replace a fence over six feet tall without a permit from the building official. The application…

Sec. 8-223 caps open residential fences at four feet anywhere on the lot outside the sight-distance triangle, and allows six feet from the side of the house back to the rear line…

Wyandotte County exempts retaining walls under four feet from a building permit, per Sec. 8-25's adoption of 2018 IBC Section 124(a)(1). Taller walls, or ones holding back a surcharge…

Wyandotte County/Kansas City, Kansas requires a license from the license administrator before holding a garage sale, caps residents at two sales per rolling year, and limits each sale…

The Unified Government enforces a formal design overlay in the 47th and Mission Road Area, requiring new commercial buildings to meet street-oriented setback, sidewalk…

New and substantially improved residential and non-residential structures in Wyandotte County's mapped flood zones must elevate the lowest floor at least 18 inches above base flood…

Any development in a mapped A, AE, AO, or AH flood zone in Wyandotte County/Kansas City, Kansas requires a floodplain development permit before work starts, under Code § 27-550…

Anyone clearing, grading, or disturbing land in Wyandotte County/Kansas City, Kansas needs a land disturbance permit under Code § 8-613 before starting work, with erosion and sediment…

New development and redevelopment in Wyandotte County/Kansas City, Kansas must provide post-construction stormwater treatment under Code § 8-630, and owners of treatment facilities…

A home occupation in Wyandotte County/Kansas City, Kansas's residential districts cannot serve customers on the premises except on an irregular and incidental basis, per Code §…

Running a home occupation in Wyandotte County/Kansas City, Kansas's R-1 or R-2 districts requires a home occupation permit from the planning division under Code § 27-609(1), which…

Home occupations in Wyandotte County/Kansas City, Kansas's residential districts cannot post any exterior sign or advertising, and Code § 27-609(1)a even bars listing a home business…

The Unified Government of Wyandotte County/Kansas City, Kansas bars anyone from renting out a dwelling unit until the owner has obtained a rental license or filed a license application…

Sec. 8-432 requires any landlord who agrees to furnish heat to keep rented dwelling units, rooming units, dormitories, or guestrooms at least 68 degrees Fahrenheit in habitable rooms…

Wyandotte County/Kansas City, Kansas prohibits any tobacco retailer, including vape and e-cigarette shops, from selling tobacco products to anyone under 21. Retailers must check…

Any adult business operating in Wyandotte County, inside Kansas City, Kansas or in the unincorporated county, must hold an annual license from the Unified Government Board of…

Operating a massage establishment anywhere in Wyandotte County requires a license from the Unified Government under Sec. 20-2, and every individual massage therapist needs a separate…

The Unified Government caps pawnbroker licenses at seven and precious-metal-dealer licenses at 15 citywide, awarded through the license administrator with a $25 annual fee plus a $250…

Every secondhand or junk dealer location in the Unified Government needs its own license from the license department, backed by a $2,000 bond, plus a daily register of purchases…

In Wyandotte County/Kansas City, Kansas, a tow operator or property owner who removes a vehicle from private property without the driver's consent must notify the Kansas City, Kansas…

The Unified Government of Wyandotte County/Kansas City, Kansas bars its departments from denying services based on immigration status and directs the KCK Police Department not to…

Kansas City, Kansas and the rest of Wyandotte County cap weeds, grass, and uncultivated vegetation at eight inches tall, or 12 inches matted down, under Code §§ 8-534 and 8-535…

Owners of street trees and any tree overhanging a Wyandotte County right-of-way must prune branches to keep 13 feet of clearance above the street and 8 feet above the sidewalk, and…

Cutting down, digging up, removing, or injuring any tree or shrub on public ground, in a street, avenue, or alley within Wyandotte County is unlawful under Sec. 22-84. Anyone who runs…

Wyandotte County/Kansas City, Kansas requires every property owner, manager, lessor and renter to keep premises free of rats and rat harborage, using poisoning, fumigating, trapping or…

Wyandotte County's Unified Government names twelve invasive and noxious plants, from kudzu to multiflora rose, that count as unlawful weeds under Code § 8-534. Any of them growing on a…

The Unified Government of Wyandotte County/Kansas City, Kansas can placard any structure the public officer finds unfit for human habitation under Code of Ordinances § 8-451. Owners…

Wyandotte County's noise-disturbance ordinance specifically counts bass alone as enough to prove a violation: Sec. 22-128(d)(2) defines 'plainly audible' to include the sound of bass…

Restaurants, taverns, and vendors that set up tables, displays, or merchandise on a Wyandotte County sidewalk must leave a four-foot-wide pedestrian path clear at all times under Sec…

In the Unified Government of Wyandotte County/Kansas City, Kansas, the owner of the land adjacent to a public sidewalk, not the Unified Government, is responsible for keeping it…

Anyone in Wyandotte County or Kansas City, Kansas, including a landowner, who wants to build, dig, or place something in the public right-of-way needs a right-of-way permit first…

Sec. 8-432 requires any private pool, hot tub, or spa deeper than 24 inches to be surrounded by a barrier at least 72 inches tall, with self-closing, self-latching gates. Weakening or…

A backyard pool in the Unified Government of Wyandotte County/Kansas City, Kansas needs a building permit unless it is a prefabricated above-ground pool under 24 inches deep and under…

The Unified Government's traffic engineer designates residential permit parking areas only after residents petition with signatures from 60 percent of households and a traffic survey…

When the director of public works declares a snow parking emergency in Wyandotte County/Kansas City, Kansas, every vehicle on a street posted as a snow route must be off that street…

Kansas City, Kansas police may tow any vehicle left on a public street, alley or other Unified Government property for more than 48 hours, but only after posting a 48-hour tow-intent…

Wyandotte County/Kansas City, Kansas bans parking or standing any vehicle with a gross vehicle weight rating over three-quarters of a ton on a street, alley or private lot in a…

Wyandotte County/Kansas City, Kansas bars parking within 15 feet of a fire hydrant, 20 feet of a crosswalk, or in front of any driveway, and flatly prohibits stopping on sidewalks, in…

The Unified Government bars parking in any city-owned public parking lot in Wyandotte County/Kansas City, Kansas between 2:00 a.m. and 6:00 a.m. every day. Unified Government Code §…

Homeowners in Wyandotte County/Kansas City, Kansas may keep a recreational vehicle parked on their own private property in a residential district even though it exceeds the county's…

Commercial and delivery vehicles may stand at a curb marked for parallel parking to load or unload under UG Code § 35-489, but the space is a loading zone only where the Unified…

The Unified Government of Wyandotte County/Kansas City, Kansas splits electric micromobility into two device types, not the national Class 1/2/3 system. Electric-assisted bicycles…

Any company running a shared scooter or e-bike fleet in Kansas City, Kansas must sign an operating agreement with the Unified Government first, and every shared vehicle has to be…

Kansas City, Kansas riders must use an adjacent bike path once one is provided next to a roadway and are barred from the roadway itself at that point. On the road, cyclists ride as far…

Wyandotte County caps single-family homes in the R-1 district at two and one-half stories or 35 feet under Sec. 27-454(d)(1). Sec. 27-340 defines height as the vertical rise from…

In Wyandotte County's R-1 single-family district, Sec. 27-454 sets minimum setbacks of 25 feet from the front lot line, 7 feet on an interior side yard, 25 feet on a corner side yard…

Wyandotte County caps any detached accessory building, garage, shed, or carport in a single-family or two-family district at 1,000 square feet and 30 percent of the required rear yard…

A Wyandotte County short-term rental only qualifies for the lighter administrative-review track if the owner is physically on-site for the entire guest stay and stays reasonably…

A Wyandotte County short-term rental operating under a special use permit must prove at least $1,000,000 in liability insurance covering the whole property before the unified…

Every Wyandotte County short-term rental must provide 'sufficient on-site, off-street parking,' with the amount decided case-by-case by the director of planning under Sec…

Property owners running a short-term rental in Wyandotte County/Kansas City, Kansas must collect and remit every lodging and hotel tax owed under state and local law, per Sec…

Wyandotte County judges every short-term rental's standing by how it responds to neighbor complaints, counting police visits for 'disturbances of the peace,' complaints about parties…

A Wyandotte County short-term rental operating under a special use permit is capped by UG Code § 27-623(c)(1) at one rental unit per single-unit building, two units in a building of…

Renting out any part of a residential building short-term in Wyandotte County requires either a lighter administrative review for an actively owner-occupied property or a special use…

Wyandotte County's Unified Government can designate a local historic landmark purely on cultural grounds. Sec. 27-147 lets the landmarks commission recommend any site, building or…

Wyandotte County's A-G agriculture district shields farmland from encroaching development. Sec. 27-452 protects agricultural use from "premature or disorderly intrusion by urban land…

Inside the 47th and Mission Road Area Design Review Overlay District, Wyandotte County requires every exterior commercial light to be full cut-off with a non-adjustable head aimed…

Illuminated and digital billboards in Wyandotte County must go dark on a curfew and stay under a strict brightness cap. Sec. 27-726(d) shuts off signs within 250 feet of a residential…

Wyandotte County caps light spilling onto residential neighbors at one foot-candle measured at the property line. Sec. 27-699(b)(9) also requires parking-lot, sign, and structure…

Mobile food vending in the Wyandotte County/KCK public right-of-way is confined to areas adjacent to non-residential zoning districts; UG Code § 32-188(b) bars trucks from local or…

Food trucks and pushcarts vending in the Wyandotte County/KCK public right-of-way, meaning the sidewalk or curb, may only operate 8:00 a.m. to 11:00 p.m. Sunday through Thursday and…

A mobile food unit cannot sell on any Wyandotte County street, sidewalk, park or right-of-way without an owner's license issued through the Unified Government's license division. The…

The Unified Government of Wyandotte County/Kansas City, Kansas levies an 8% transient guest tax on gross receipts from sleeping accommodations at hotels, motels, short-term rentals…

Under Unified Government Code § 27-609(5)(b), rooftop solar collectors installed as an accessory use in the R-1, R-1(B), R-2, and R-2(B) residential districts cannot extend more than…

Street trees planted in the Wyandotte County/Kansas City, Kansas right-of-way must clear the pavement by 3.5 to 4 feet, avoid overhead wires by 22 feet, and stay off the approved…

Every business operating in the Unified Government of Wyandotte County/Kansas City, Kansas is assigned a NAICS code by the license administrator to set its occupation tax rate…