Memorandum
City of Lawrence
City Attorney’s Office
TO: |
TONI WHEELER, CITY ATTORNEY
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FROM: |
R. SCOTT WAGNER, MANAGEMENT ANALYST
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CC: |
JONATHAN DOUGLASS, CITY CLERK
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Date: |
NOVEMBER 19, 2012
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RE: |
CODIFICATION – 2013
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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 |
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5/17/11 |