ORDINANCE
NO. 8423
AN
ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE
GOVERNING BODY OF THE CITY OF
Section 1.
Repeal of Prior Law. Sections 13-304, 13-304.1, 13-304.2,
13-304.3, 13-307, 13-308, 13-309, 13-310, 13-311, and 13-312 of the Code of the
City of Lawrence, Kansas, 2009 Edition, and amendments thereto, are hereby
repealed. Sections 13-305 and 13-305.1
of the Code of the City of Lawrence, Kansas, 2009 Edition and amendments
thereto, are hereby repealed, it being the intent to supersede those sections
with the amended versions contained in this ordinance. Except as provided above, no discretely
numbered subsections are amended or repealed by operation of this ordinance.
Section 2.
Section 13-305 of the Code of the City of Lawrence, Kansas, 2009 Edition
and amendments thereto is hereby amended to read as follows:
13-305 ALARM COMPANIES; LICENSE.
(A)
An
alarm company doing business in the City shall obtain a license from the City
Clerk. Application fee for the license
shall be $125.00 $300.00 for the first year and $62.50 $150.00
per year thereafter with an annual renewal date of January 1st of each
year. Each application for license shall
include the following information:
(1)
Address
and phone number of parent company.
(2)
Local
address and phone number of representative of the parent company.
(3)
State
sales tax number.
(4)
Brief
description of the nature of the company's business.
(5)
Current
list of the names of at least three (3) responsible persons to contact in an
event of an emergency regarding the systems the company is responsible for.
(6)
Arrests
or charges of offense other than minor traffic violations during the past five
(5) years.
(7)
List
of your company's alarm users.
(B)
Electrical
contractors licensed under Chapter V of the City Code Section 5-431
are exempt from alarm company license fee, but shall register with the City
Clerk.
(C)
It shall be unlawful for an alarm company to conduct
business in the City without the license provided for in this section.
Section 3.
Section 13-305.1 of the Code of the City of Lawrence, Kansas, 2009
Edition and amendments thereto is hereby amended to read as follows:
13-305.1
A
$31.25 $75.00 late charge will be to alarm companies who fail to
obtain a license within sixty (60) days after notification of the conditions of
this Article, or who are sixty (60) days delinquent in renewing a license.
Section 4.
Severability. If any section, clause, sentence, or phrase
of this ordinance is found to be unconstitutional or is otherwise held invalid
by any court of competent jurisdiction, it shall not affect the validity of any
remaining parts of this ordinance.
Section 5.
Effective Date. This ordinance shall take effect and be in
full force and effect following its adoption and publication as provided by
law.
Adopted this day
of ,
2009.
PASSED:
Robert Chestnut, Mayor
ATTEST:
Jonathan M. Douglass, City Clerk
APPROVED AS TO FORM AND LEGALITY:
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Toni Ramirez Wheeler, Director of Legal
Services