ORDINANCE NO.  8649

AN ORDINANCE REGULATING TRAFFIC WITHIN THE CORPORATE LIMITS OF THE CITY OF LAWRENCE, KANSAS, INCORPORATING BY REFERENCE THE "STANDARD TRAFFIC ORDINANCE FOR KANSAS CITIES," EDITION OF 2011, AMENDING SECTION 17-101 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.     Section 17-101 of the Code of the City of Lawrence, Kansas, 2011 Edition, and amendments thereto, is hereby amended to read as follows:

17-101                        STANDARD TRAFFIC ORDINANCE INCORPORATED.

There is hereby incorporated by reference for the purpose of regulating traffic within the corporate limits of the City of Lawrence, Kansas, the "Standard Traffic Ordinance for Kansas Cities," Edition of 2011, prepared and published in book form by the League of Kansas Municipalities, Topeka, Kansas, save and except such articles, sections, parts or portions as are omitted, deleted, modified or changed by Chapter 17 of the Code of the City of Lawrence, Kansas, 2011 Edition, and amendments thereto.  At least one copy of the Standard Traffic Ordinance shall be marked or stamped "Official Copy as Adopted by Ordinance No. “8649," with all sections or portions thereof intended to be omitted or changed clearly marked to show any such omission or change, and to which shall be attached a copy of the incorporating ordinance, and filed with the City Clerk to be open to inspection and available to the public at all reasonable hours.

Section 2. Section 17-101 of the Code of the City of Lawrence, Kansas, 2009 Edition, and amendments thereto, is hereby repealed, it being the intent that the provisions of this ordinance supersede the repealed Code sections.

Section 3.       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 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 Ramirez Wheeler       

Director of Legal Department