ORDINANCE NO.  8518

AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTION 17-303 OF THE CITY CODE CONCERNING PARKING METERS AND RATES.

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

Section 1.         Section 17-303 of the Code of the City of Lawrence, Kansas, 2009 Edition and amendments thereto, is hereby amended to read as follows:

17-303              METERS; COLOR DESIGNATION.

            As an additional means of designating parking meter zones the colors hereinafter set forth, shall indicate rates and hours as follows:

A)         All yellow meter heads indicate 15 (fifteen) minute zones that shall provide for 3 (three) minute parking for 5 (5 (five) cents, 6 (six) minute parking for 10 (ten) cents and 15 (fifteen) minute parking for 25 (twenty-five) cents.

(B)        All red posts indicate 30 (thirty) minute zones which shall provide for 6 (six) minute parking for (five) cents, 12 (twelve) minute parking for 10 (ten) cents and 30 (thirty) minute parking for 25 (twenty-five) cents.

(C)        All bronze posts indicate 2 (two) hour zones at a rate of 50 (fifty) cents per hours.

(D)        All dark green posts indicate 5 (five) hour zones at a rate of 50 (fifty) cents for 5 (five) hours.

(E)        All standard black posts indicate 10 (ten) hour zones at a rate of $1.00 (one dollar) for 10 (ten) hours.

(F)        All non-standard, decorative black posts, and all meters mounted on light posts, indicate zones and rates as marked.

Section 2.         Section 17-303 of the Code of the City of Lawrence, 2009 Edition, and amendments thereto, are hereby repealed, it being the intent to supersede those provisions with the provisions of this ordinance.

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.         This ordinance shall take effect and be in force effective upon its passage and publication once in the official city paper as provided by law.

PASSED by the Governing Body this _______ day of____________, 2010.

PASSED:

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                                                                                    Mike Amyx, Mayor

ATTEST:

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Jonathan M. Douglass, City Clerk

APPROVED AS TO LEGAL FORM:

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Toni Ramirez Wheeler   

Director of Legal Services