Public Transport Stops: Vandalism Issues
The Municipal Enterprise «City Roads» manages 884 public transport stops, including 605 with pavilions and 279 without. The company's specialists perform sanitary cleaning, repair and restoration of bins, benches, and stop pavilions, including washing and painting them.
Unfortunately, the issue of vandalism persists. Since the beginning of the year, there have been 9 recorded acts of vandalism.
Almost daily, unknown individuals leave graffiti, break benches, damage bins, and shatter glass walls of stop complexes. Additionally, public transport stops are occasionally damaged due to traffic accidents.
The Odessa city council once again appeals to residents and visitors to treat the community's property with care. Intentional damage to municipal property results in criminal liability.
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Liability for Damage to Municipal Property
Criminal Code of Ukraine
Article 194. Intentional Destruction or Damage to Property
1. Intentional destruction or damage to someone else's property causing significant harm is punishable by a fine of up to fifty (850 UAH) non-taxable minimum incomes of citizens, or community service for 120 to 240 hours, or correctional labor for up to two years, or restriction of liberty for up to three years, or imprisonment for the same term.
Article 296. Hooliganism
1. Hooliganism, meaning gross violation of public order with apparent disrespect for society, accompanied by special audacity or exceptional cynicism, is punishable by a fine from five hundred (8500 UAH) to one thousand (17000 UAH) non-taxable minimum incomes of citizens, or arrest for up to six months, or restriction of liberty for up to five years.
