ORDINANCE NO. 8725

AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF LAWRENCE, KANSAS CONCERNING LARGE VEHICLE AND RECREATIONAL VEHICLE PARKING, ENACTING SECTION 17-416.2 OF THE CODE OF THE CITY OF LAWRENCE, KANSAS, 2011 EDITION AND AMENDMENTS THERETO.

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

Section 1.  Chapter 17, Article 4, Section 17-416.2 of the Code of the City of Lawrence, Kansas, 2011 Edition and amendments thereto, is hereby enacted to read as follows:

17-416.2                        LARGE AND RECREATIONAL VEHCILE PARKING

(A) No motorized self-propelled camper, non-motorized travel trailer, recreational vehicle or vehicle or trailer or combination of vehicle and trailer which exceed eight (8) feet in width, or twenty (20) feet in length, or eight (8) feet in height shall be parked at anytime in the following locations except when actively loading and/or unloading or within the performance of a service to orupon property abutting the area where the vehicle is parked:

(1) Massachusetts Street, 11^th Street to South Park Street;

(2) South Park Street, Vermont Street to New Hampshire Street;

(3) Vermont Street, South Park Street to 11^th Street

(B)        Violation of this ordinance shall be punishable by a fine of $50.00. A new violation shall occur every 24 hours time being measured from the time the initial citation was issued. The second violation within a 10 day period shall contain written notice placed on the vehicle or trailer that any person who violates this ordinance three (3) times within a ten (10) day period is subject to having the vehicle immediately towed. The time shall be measured from date of offense to date of offense.

Section 2.       Enactment.     Chapter 17, Article 4, Section 17-416.2 of the Code of the City of Lawrence, Kansas, 2011 Edition and amendments thereto is hereby enacted. 

Section 3.       Severability.     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. Effective Date.     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 April, 2012.

                                                                                    PASSED:

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                                                                                    Robert J. Schumm, 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