ORDINANCE NO.  8867

AN ORDINANCE REGULATING TRAFFIC WITHIN THE CORPORATE LIMITS OF THE CITY OF LAWRENCE, KANSAS, AMENDING THE "STANDARD TRAFFIC ORDINANCE FOR KANSAS CITIES," EDITION OF 2012, AMENDING SECTION 17-119 AND ENACTING SECTION 17-119.1 OF THE CODE OF THE CITY OF LAWRENCE, KANSAS, 2011 EDITION AND AMENDMENTS THERETO PERTAINING TO MOTORCYCLE EQUIPMENT.

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

Section 1.         Section 17-119 of the Code of the City of Lawrence, Kansas, 2011 Edition, and amendments thereto, is hereby amended to read as follows; amending section 183 of the Standard Traffic Ordinance for Kansas Cities, edition of 2012.

17-119              AMENDMENTS TO STO; MOTORCYCLE HEAD LAMPS.

Section 183 of the Standard Traffic Ordinance is hereby changed to read as follows:

Sec. 183. Head Lamps.

(A) Every motorcycle and every motor-driven cycle shall be equipped with at least one head lamp which shall comply with the requirements and limitations of this article.

(B) Every head lamp upon every motorcycle and every motor-driven cycle shall be located at a height of not more than 54 inches nor less than 24 inches to be measured as set forth in subsection (b) of Section 145. (K.S.A. 8-1801)

(C) Any headlamp, required by this section, may be wired with a headlamp modulation system provided the headlamp modulation system complies with federal standards established by 49 C.F.R. § 571.108.

Section 2. Section 17-119.1 of the Code of the City of Lawrence, Kansas, 2011 Edition, and amendments thereto, is hereby enacted to read as follows amending section 186 of the Standard Traffic Ordinance for Kansas Cities, edition of 2012.

17-119.1            AMENDMENTS TO STO; MOTORCYCLE STOP LAMPS.

Section 186 of the Standard Traffic Ordinance is hereby changed to read as follows:

Sec. 186. Stop Lamps.

(A) Every motorcycle and motor-driven cycle shall be equipped with at least one stop lamp meeting the requirements of subsection (a) of Section 161 (K.S.A. 8-1721) and amendments thereto.

(B) Every motorcycle manufactured after January 1, 1973 shall be equipped with electric turn signals meeting the requirements of subsection (b) of Section 161 (K.S.A. 8-1721) and amendments thereto.  Motor-driven cycles may, but need not, be equipped with electric turn signals (K.S.A. 8-1804).

(C) In addition to the lamps otherwise permitted by this section, a motorcycle may be equipped with lamps on the sides thereof, visible from the side of the motorcycle but not from the front or rear thereof, which lamps, together with mounting or receptacles, shall be set into depressions or recesses in the body or wheel of the motorcycle and shall not protrude beyond or outside the body or wheel of the motorcycle.  The light source may emit only white, amber or red light without glare.

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 ____, 2013.

                                                                                    PASSED:

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                                                                                    Michael Dever, Mayor

ATTEST:

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Jonathan M. Douglass, City Clerk

APPROVED AS TO LEGAL FORM:

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Toni R. Wheeler, City Attorney

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NOTICE TO PUBLISHER

Publish one time and return one Proof of Publication to the City Clerk and one to the City Attorney.