ORDINANCE NO. 9578

AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF LAWRENCE, KANSAS, AMENDING CHAPTER XVII, ARTICLE 1, SECTION 17-105 OF THE CODE OF THE CITY OF LAWRENCE, KANSAS, 2018 EDITION, AND AMENDMENTS THERETO, PERTAINING TO RIGHT, LEFT AND U TURNS AT INTERSECTIONS, AND REPEALING EXISTING SECTION 17-108.

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

SECTION 1. Chapter XVII, Article 1, Section 17-108 of the Code of the City of Lawrence, Kansas, 2018 Edition, and amendments thereto, is hereby amended to read as follows:

17-108             AMENDMENTS TO STO; RIGHT, LEFT AND U TURNS AT INTERSECTIONS;                          OBEDIENCE TO.

Section 50.  Right, Left and U Turns in Intersections; Obedience To is amended to                       read as follows:

(A)       The City Traffic Engineer Manager or his or her designee is hereby authorized to determine those intersections at which drivers of vehicles shall not make a right, left or U turn, and shall place or cause to be placed proper signs at such intersections.  The making of such turns may be prohibited between certain hours of any day and permitted at other hours, in which event the same shall be plainly indicated on the signs or the signs may be removed when such turns are permitted.

            (B)       Whenever authorized signs are erected or temporarily displayed on a movable standard indicating that no right or left or U turn is permitted, no driver of a vehicle shall disobey the directions of any such sign.

SECTION 2. Section 17-108 of the Code of the City of Lawrence, Kansas, 2018 Edition and amendments thereto, is hereby repealed, it being the intent that the provisions of this ordinance supersede the repealed Code sections.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, 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 parts of this ordinance.

SECTION 4. This ordinance shall take effect and be in force after its passage and publication as provided by law.

PASSED by the Governing Body of the City of Lawrence, Kansas, this ____ day of December 2018.

APPROVED:

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Stuart Boley

                                                                                    Mayor

ATTEST:

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Sherri Riedemann

City Clerk

APPROVED AS TO FORM:

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Toni R. Wheeler

City Attorney