The Municipal Enterprise «Service Center» is responsible for maintaining numerous urban improvement objects located throughout Odesa.
Among these are 45 art objects that are not part of the cultural heritage, as well as 4 urban improvement elements at city entrances.
The enterprise also services 27 fountains and 16 drinking water complexes in Odesa.
Every day, municipal workers conduct inspections of the facilities and areas to identify acts of vandalism and promptly address them.
In the first nine months of this year, about thirty acts of vandalism were recorded on objects maintained by the «Service Center». The most common incidents include graffiti, damage to paving, and vandalism to fountain elements caused by bathing.
Specialists from the «Service Center» quickly respond to acts of vandalism, repairing damaged elements and painting over graffiti.
The Odesa City Council urges residents and visitors to treat community property with care. If you witness vandalism, please report it by calling: 102 (police).
Deliberate destruction and damage to municipal property is subject to 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 another's property that causes significant harm is punishable by a fine of up to fifty (850 UAH) non-taxable minimum incomes, community service for a period of 120 to 240 hours, corrective 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, i.e., gross violations of public order motivated by blatant disrespect for society, accompanied by particular audacity or exceptional cynicism, is punishable by a fine from five hundred (8500 UAH) to one thousand (17000 UAH) non-taxable minimum incomes, or imprisonment 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.
