Memorandum

City of Lawrence

Legal Services Department

TO:	David L. Corliss, City Manager
FROM:	Toni Ramirez Wheeler, Director of Legal Services
CC:	Jonathan Douglass, Assistant to the City Manager
Date:	September 20, 2007
RE:	Ordinance No. 8180 – Adopting “The September 25, 2007 Edition of Chapter V – Building and Construction - of the Code of the City of Lawrence, Kansas”

Pursuant to K.S.A. 12-3009 et seq. and the Home Rule Authority of the City as granted by Article 12, § 5 of the Kansas Constitution, the City of Lawrence is authorized to adopt by ordinance and by incorporation by reference, any standard or model code or ordinance, regulation having the effect of law of a state officer, board or other agency, or statute, or portions thereof on any subject on which a city may legislate, which standard or model code or ordinance or state regulation is available in book or pamphlet form.  It is the intent of the City to make available “The September 25, 2007 Edition of Chapter V – Building and Construction - of the Code of the City of Lawrence, Kansas” in a pamphlet form which shall reflect the recommended changes to Chapter V of the City Code, including the adoption of the International Codes, as amended.  A summary of the recommended changes to Chapter V can be found in the memo from Barry Walthall. 

Staff recommends the adoption of Ordinance No. 8180, as appropriate.