ORDINANCE NO. 9612

 

AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF LAWRENCE, KANSAS, AMENDING CHAPTER 18, ARTICLE 4, SECTION 18-402 OF THE CODE OF THE CITY OF LAWRENCE, KANSAS, 2018 EDITION, AND AMENDMENTS THERETO, PERTAINING TO SYNTHETIC TURF, AND REPEALING EXISTING SECTION 18-402.

 

 

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

 

 

SECTION 1. Chapter 18, Article 4, Section 18-402, of the Code of the City of Lawrence, Kansas, 2018 Edition, and amendments thereto, is hereby amended to read as follows:

 

18-402             SYNTHETIC TURF DISFAVORED. 

 

(a)        All synthetic turf installed within the City prior to the effective date of this ordinance March 10, 2012, shall be deemed, in accordance with the terms of this Code, an approved use, provided that such synthetic turf shall be maintained and replaced as necessary to comply with the approved landscape plan for the property and other provisions of the City Code.

 

 (b)       After the effective date of this ordinance March 10, 2012, no synthetic turf shall be installed within the City unless:

 

  (1)      it is of limited, small-scale use; and

 

  (2)      after application is made for such use to the Lawrence-Douglas County Planning Department, such use is specifically approved by the City Commission Planning Director. Any person aggrieved by the decision of the Planning Director may appeal that decision to the Board of Zoning Appeals in accordance with Sections 20-1311 and 20-1402 of the City Code, as amended.

 

SECTION 2. Existing Section 18-402 of the Code of the City of Lawrence, Kansas, 2018 Edition and amendments thereto, is hereby repealed in its entirety, it being the intent of the Governing Body that the provisions of this ordinance supersede it.

 

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 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 _________, 201_.

 

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