ORDINANCE NO. 9584

AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF LAWRENCE, KANSAS, AMENDING CHAPTER XVII, ARTICLE 1, SECTION 17-401 OF THE CODE OF THE CITY OF LAWRENCE, KANSAS, 2018 EDITION, AND AMENDMENTS THERETO, PERTAINING TO LOADING, UNLOADING AND SPECIAL ZONES, AND REPEALING EXISTING SECTION 17-401.

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

SECTION 1. Chapter XVII, Article 1, Section 17-401 of the Code of the City of Lawrence, Kansas, 2018 Edition, and amendments thereto, is hereby amended to read as follows:

17-401             LOADING, UNLOADING AND SPECIAL ZONES.

(A)       Whenever any appropriate sign shall be authorized by ordinance to be placed along any street or highway of the City giving notice of any special use of the roadway adjacent thereto for the loading or unloading of merchandise or passengers or the standing of taxicabs, buses or for other authorized purposes, it shall be unlawful for any person to refuse or fail to comply with such sign.

(A)       No person shall park any vehicle within a loading zone except for the purpose of loading or unloading the vehicle and then only for such length of time as is reasonably necessary to load or unload the vehicle, in no case for longer than thirty (30) minutes. 

(B)       No person shall park any vehicle within a taxicab stand or bus loading zone except for the purpose of immediate loading or unloading of passengers.  The restriction shall not apply to taxicabs parked in areas designated as taxicab stands or buses parked in areas designated as bus loading zones.

(C)       Any police officer is hereby authorized to remove or cause to be removed any vehicle illegally parked in any loading zone, bus zone, or taxicab stand authorized by ordinance. 

SECTION 2. Section 17-401 of the Code of the City of Lawrence, Kansas, 2018 Edition and amendments thereto, is hereby repealed, it being the intent that the provisions of this ordinance supersede the repealed Code sections.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