Enhancing Public Transport Stops in Odessa
The municipal enterprise «City Roads» oversees 1012 public transport stops in the city.
Specialists regularly carry out sanitation cleaning of the surrounding area, repair and restore bins, benches, and pavilions, as well as wash and paint them.
Since the beginning of the year, the enterprise has replaced glass walls at stops covering nearly 163 sq.m. Additionally, roofs have been repaired at 17 stops and benches at 37. Repairs have been made to 91 waste bins, with 99 stops and 512 bins painted.
Unfortunately, the issue of vandalism remains a significant problem. Almost daily, vandals leave graffiti, break benches, tear out bins along with concrete, and smash the glass walls of the stops. Stops are also damaged due to traffic accidents.
The Odessa City Council once again calls on residents and visitors to treat city property with care. Intentional damage to municipal property can lead to criminal liability.
Responsibility 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 a period of 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, which involves gross violation of public order with evident 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.
2. The same actions committed by a group of individuals are punishable by restriction of liberty for up to five years or imprisonment for up to four years.
