Vacant Lee's Summit lots must be kept mowed under 10 inches and free of debris. Foreclosed, vacant homes must be registered with the City under the abandoned-property program.
The Property Maintenance Code applies weed limits to undeveloped land: areas within 50 feet of the edge of pavement of a public roadway, or within 50 feet of a property line adjacent to residential or commercial use, must be kept free of weeds or plant growth over 10 inches (Section 302.4). For vacant houses, Section 312 requires a lender to inspect within 15 days of a notice of default and register the property within 10 days if it is vacant, keeping it secured and maintained. The City can abate conditions and lien the costs against the property.
Failure to mow or register triggers notice and abatement; the City mows or secures the property and bills the owner, with Property Maintenance Code fines of $50 to $500 per offense.
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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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