The municipal enterprise «Service Center» manages various urban amenities located throughout Odessa.
Among these are 45 monumental art objects that are not part of the cultural heritage and 4 installations at the city entrances.
Additionally, the enterprise takes care of 27 fountains and 16 drinking fountains.
Every day, municipal workers start their morning by inspecting the assigned areas and objects to identify acts of vandalism and quickly address the consequences.
Over the past nine months, there have been approximately thirty incidents of vandalism affecting the facilities maintained by the «Service Center» specialists. The most common incidents include graffiti and various inscriptions on objects, damage to paving, equipment, and property of the enterprise, as well as intentional or accidental (during swimming) damage to fountain elements.
Specialists from the «Service Center» promptly rectify the consequences of vandalism, restore and repair damaged elements, and cover up inscriptions.
The Odessa City Council urges residents and visitors to treat municipal property with care. If you witness any acts of vandalism, please report it by calling: 102 (police).
Deliberate destruction and damage to municipal property entail 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 a period of one hundred twenty to two hundred forty hours, or correctional labor for up to two years, or restriction of freedom for up to three years, or imprisonment for the same term.
Article 296. Hooliganism
1. Hooliganism, i.e., gross violation of public order motivated by obvious disrespect for society, accompanied by exceptional 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 freedom for up to five years.
2. The same actions committed by a group of persons are punishable by restriction of freedom for up to five years or imprisonment for up to four years.
