Memorandum

City of Lawrence

City Attorney’s Office

 

TO:

TONI WHEELER, CITY ATTORNEY

 

FROM:

R. SCOTT WAGNER, MANAGEMENT ANALYST

 

CC:

JONATHAN DOUGLASS, CITY CLERK

 

Date:

NOVEMBER 19, 2012

 

RE:

CODIFICATION – 2013

 

 

The Code of the City of Lawrence was last recodified in January of 2011.  Staff recommends recodification to incorporate the ordinances since the code was last published.  The below table summarizes the ordinances adopted since the last codification which were substantive additions to the code and/or any changes made in the code during recodification.  Adoption of the attached authorization Ordinance 8825 is requested to be followed in coming weeks with an adoption ordinance.

 

The 2013 codification will also include updates to the various international family of codes.  City Attorney’s office staff has been working with Planning & Development Services in preparing the adoption ordinances for the 10 codes (see attached table).  These will be ready for commission consideration in December.

 

Chapter No.

Ordinance

No.

Description

Code Sections Effected

Adopted

1

8719

Amending Art. 20 – Joint Economic Development Council.

Ch. 1, Art. 20

8/28/12

3

8696

Legalizing Vietnamese pot bellied pigs.

3-104

3/13/12

3

8731

Amending chicken regulations.

3-501 et seq.

5/15/12

4 & 6

8634

Local changes to alcohol licenses and taxes.

4-107, 4-204, 6-108.1

6/21/11

5

8622

Changes to Electrical Code Board of Appeals.

5-1.233

3/29/11

5

8752

Changes to examination and licensing requirements.

5-1705,5-1706

6/26/12

6

8664

Changes to peddlers & transient merchants licensing.

Ch. 6, Art. 8

9/13/11

6

8665

Changes to special event permit licensing.

6-1502-1506

9/13/11

6

8571

Enacting mobile food vendor regulations.

Ch. 6, Art. 17

9/13/11

6

8692

Changes to rental registration ordinance.

Ch. 6, Art. 13

1/17/12

6

8691

Scrap Metal Dealer Registration.

Enacts Ch. 6, Art. 18

3/6/12

6

8754

Sidewalk sales permits.

Enacts Ch. 6, Art. 19

8/21/12

6

8780

Sidewalk dining licensing.

6-1202.1, 6-1202.4, 6-1202.9, 6-1202.11

9/25/12

9

8644

Amends solid waste service rates.

9-412.1- 9-412.4 & 9-413

8/9/11

9

8781

Amends solid waste service rates.

9-403, 9-404, 9-412.1- 9-412.4 & 9-413

9/4/12

10

8672

Added gender identity to human rights protections.

Various sections of Ch. 10

10/4/11

10

8750

Changes to disability protections.

Various sections of Ch. 10

6/26/12

12

8635

Changes to compensation for judge tempore.

12-103

6/21/11

12

8643

Court costs.

12-105

8/9/11

14

8639

Changes to allow picking of fruit on City owned property.

14-303

7/5/11

14

8810

Bans aerial luminaries.

14-707

10/16/12

17

8615

Amendments to STO regarding bicycle use.

17-114, 17-702

3/1/11

17

8630

Amendments to main trafficway designations

17-501.3

5/3/11

17

8636

Repeal of Section 4 of Ord. 8558 regarding seat belts.

17-119

6/21/11

17

8649

Adopts 2011 STO.

17-101

8/2/11

17

8725

Large Vehicle Parking

17-416.2

4/17/12

17

8749

Amendments to overweight truck parking.

17-902

6/26/12

17

8751

Amendments to DUI regulations.

17-104.11

6/26/12

17

8779

Adopts 2012 STO.

17-101

8/28/12

18

8709

Use of synthetic turf.

18-401, 18-402

3/6/12

19

8648

Amends water and sewer rates.

19-312 et seq.

8/9/11

19

8747

Amends location requirements for sewer mains, water meters for multiple dwelling units.

19-101, 19-214, 19-302.

8/21/12

19

8821

Amends wholesale water rates.

19-312

11/20/12

20

8606

Text amendments pertaining to boarding houses.

Various sections of Ch. 20

2/8/11

20

8631

Text amendment to allow action recreation as a special use in IG District.

20-403

5/17/11

20

8641

Changes to planned development overlay districts.

20-701

7/19/11

20

8675

Changes to 8th & Penn overlay district.

20-308, 20-310

10/18/11

20

8689

Defining occupancy limits, non RS districts.

Various sections of Ch. 20

1/17/12

20

8690

Subdivision regulations – division of property through certificates of survey.

Ch. 20

Art. 8

1/10/12

20

8693

Use of synthetic turf.

20-1009

3/6/12

20

8726

Minimum amount of structure needed for a .5 parking space per bedroom.

20-902

4/24/12

20

8718

Changes to uses in existing industrial districts.

Various sections of Ch. 20

4/24/12

20

8744

Amendments pertaining to community mental health facilities.

20-402, 20-403, 20-1770

6/12/12

20

8785

Amendments pertaining to uses in the Hospital (H) District.

Various sections of Ch. 20

9/11/12

Appendix B

8621

Franchise agreement with NextG Networks of Illinois

 

5/17/11