ORDINANCE NO. 9292

AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF LAWRENCE, KANSAS, REPEALING CHAPTER XVII, ARTICLE 3, SECTION 17-312, CODE OF THE CITY OF LAWRENCE, KANSAS, 2015 EDITION, AND AMENDMENTS THERETO, AND ENACTING IN ITS PLACE CHAPTER XVII, ARTICLE 3, 17-312, PERTAINING TO PARKING METERS.

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

SECTION 1: Chapter XVII, Article 3, Section 17-312 of the Code of the City of Lawrence, Kansas, 2015 Edition, and amendments thereto, is hereby repealed.

SECTION 2: Chapter XVII, Article 3, Section 17-312 of the Code of the City of Lawrence, Kansas, 2015 Edition, and amendments thereto, is hereby enacted to read as follows:

17-312             PARKING IN THE 1100 BLOCKS OF MISSISSIPPI STREET AND INDIANA STREET.

(A)       It shall be unlawful and a violation of this Article for any person to cause, allow, permit, or suffer any vehicle registered in the name of or operated by such person to park overtime, exceeding the posted two-hour limit, in the 1100 blocks of Mississippi Street and Indiana Street without concurrently depositing in the appropriate parking meter the parking fee of $1.50 per hour. Violators of this subsection shall be prosecuted and adjudicated pursuant to Section 17-304 of this Article, except that:

(1)        The penalty for any violation of Sections 17-305 and 17-306 in the 1100 Blocks of Mississippi Street and Indiana Street shall be an assessment in the amount of $15.00, except that:

(a)        The penalty for any violation of Sections 17-305 or 17-306 committed by a habitual violator, as that term is defined at Section 17-417, and amendments thereto, shall be $75.00, plus any applicable court costs.

(b)        If a person fails to pay the $15.00 assessment within fourteen (14) days of the assessment becoming due, the violation shall be punished by an additional fine of $25.00, exclusive of court costs.

                        (B)      The provisions of Section 17-304 shall apply to this Section to the extent that they are not inconsistent with the preceding Subsection.

SECTION 3. If any section, sentence, clause, 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 part of this ordinance.

SECTION 4. This ordinance shall be in full force and effect 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 September 2016.

APPROVED:

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Mike Amyx

Mayor

ATTEST:

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Sherri Riedemann

City Clerk

APPROVED AS TO FORM:                   

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Toni R. Wheeler

City Attorney

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NOTICE TO PUBLISHER

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