ORDINANCE NO.  8486

AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF LAWRENCE, KANSAS, AMENDING CHAPTER 16, ARTICLE 12, SECTION 16-1201 OF THE CODE OF THE CITY OF LAWRENCE, KANSAS 2009 EDITION, AND AMENDMENTS THERETO, PERTAINING TO ACCESS MANAGEMENT REQUIREMENTS FOR WEST 6TH STREET, (U.S. HIGHWAY 40), BETWEEN WAKARUSA DRIVE AND KANSAS HIGHWAY 10 (K-10); AND REPEALING THE EXISTING SECTION.

BE IT ORDAINED BY THE GOVERNING BODY OF THE CITY OF LAWRENCE, KANSAS: 

Section 1.  Chapter 16, Article 12, Section 16-1201 of the Code of the City of Lawrence, Kansas, 2009 Edition, and amendments thereto, is hereby amended and shall read as follows:

16-1201 ACCESS MANAGEMENT REQUIREMENTS FOR WEST 6TH STREET.

Access management for West 6th Street (U.S. Highway 40) between Wakarusa Drive and Kansas Highway 10 (K-10) shall be as follows: (Ord. 7465, Ord. 7534)

(A)       Upon the completion of the improvement of West 6th Street to a four lane divided arterial street, and any necessary access acquisition as may be required, no vehicular access shall be allowed to West 6th street between Wakarusa Drive and K-10 Highway (excepting the frontage road access on the north side of West 6th Street immediately east of K-10 Highway) except at the following designated points: Wakarusa Drive; the right-in-only and right-out-only access point on the south side of West 6th Street between Congressional Drive and Wakarusa at a location determined by the Kansas Department of Transportation; Congressional Drive, approximately 1/4 mile west of Wakarusa Drive; Queens Road, approximately 1/4 mile west of Congressional Drive; Stoneridge Drive, approximately 1/4 mile west of Queens Road; and George Williams Way, approximately 1/4 mile west of Stoneridge Drive.

(B)       No vehicular access shall be allowed from or onto the cross streets intersecting West 6th Street (George Williams Way, Fenceline Road, Queen Road, and Congressional Drive) between Wakarusa Drive and Kansas Highway 10 (K-10) within 350 feet north or south of the centerline of West 6th Street except for any platted street or authorized driveway authorized by the City of Lawrence prior to January 15, 2002, to be located 300 feet north or south of the centerline of West 6th Street (Ord. 7534).

(C)       In addition to the exceptions listed in subsection (A), a west-bound right-in-only and right-out-only access point on the north side of West 6th Street between George Williams Way and K-10 Highway shall be allowed subject to the necessary approvals of the City and the Kansas Department of Transportation including, but not limited to, that the frontage road access on the north side of West 6th Street immediately east of K-10 Highway allowed in subsection (A) shall be concurrently removed and replaced by the right-in-only and right-out-only access point on the north side of West 6th Street between George Williams Way and K-10 Highway.

Section 2.  The existing Chapter 16, Article 12, Section 16-1201 of the Code of the City of Lawrence, Kansas 2009 Edition, and amendments thereto, is hereby repealed it being the intent of this ordinance that its provisions supersede the repealed Code section.   

Section 3.  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 4.  Effective Date.  This ordinance shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage and publication as provided by law.

Passed by the Governing Body of the City of Lawrence, Kansas, this ____ day of January, 2010.

APPROVED:

Robert Chestnut, Mayor

ATTEST:

Jonathan M. Douglass, City Clerk

APPROVED AS TO FORM AND LEGALITY:

Toni Ramirez Wheeler, Director of Legal Services