ORDINANCE NO. 8639

AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF LAWRENCE, KANSAS CONCERNING PLANTS, AMENDING SECTION 14-303 OF THE CODE OF THE CITY OF LAWRENCE, KANSAS, 2011 EDITION AND AMENDMENTS THERETO.

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

Section 1.  Chapter 14, Article 3, Section 14-303 of the Code of the City of Lawrence, Kansas, 2011 Edition and amendments thereto, is hereby amended to read as follows:

14-303             CRIMINAL DAMAGE TO PROPERTY; HARMING PLANTS.

No person shall willfully injure or destroy any plant, tree, vine, or flower, the property of another, standing on or attached to the land of another, or shall pick, destroy, or carry away therefrom or in any way interfere with any part of the flowers or fruit thereof; except that this section shall not prohibit the picking or carrying away of the ripe fruit of any tree, plant, or vine on any property owned by the City of Lawrence; provided, however, that no ripe fruit of any tree, plant or vine located in a public right-of-way or leased to another party shall be so picked or carried away.

Section 2.  Chapter 14, Article 3, Section 14-303 of the Code of the City of Lawrence, Kansas, 2011 Edition and amendments thereto is hereby repealed, it being the intent to replace said section with the contents herein.

Section 3.       This ordinance shall take effect and be in force upon its passage and publication once in the official city paper as provided by law.

ADOPTED by the Governing Body this _______ day of July, 2011.

                                                                                    PASSED:

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                                                                                    Aron E. Cromwell, Mayor

ATTEST:

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Jonathan M. Douglass, City Clerk

APPROVED AS TO LEGAL FORM:

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Toni R. Wheeler         

Director, Legal Department