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CHAPTER XVI. STREETS, SIDEWALKS AND RIGHT-OF-WAY ARTICLE 1. GENERAL PROVISIONS
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CHAPTER XVI. STREETS, SIDEWALKS AND RIGHT-OF-WAY

ARTICLE 1. GENERAL PROVISIONS

ARTICLE 2. SIDEWALK CONSTRUCTION AND REPAIR

ARTICLE 3. DRIVEWAYS

ARTICLE 4. EXCAVATIONS

ARTICLE 5. STORMWATER UTILITY AND MANAGEMENT

ARTICLE 6. WALLS, FENCES AND OTHER STRUCTURES

ARTICLE 7. MOVING OF STRUCTURES

ARTICLE 8. TEMPORARY USE OF RIGHT-OF-WAY

ARTICLE 9. USE OF RIGHT-OF-WAY

ARTICLE 9A. USE OF RIGHT-OF-WAY BY FRANCHISEES OF THE CITY OF LAWRENCE,
KANSAS

ARTICLE 10. RAILROADS

Article 11.

Requirements for Traffic Impact Study

ARTICLE 12. ACCESS MANAGEMENT


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ARTICLE 1. GENERAL PROVISIONS

16-101
DRIVING IN PUBLIC PARKS.
No person shall drive or ride, lead or permit any domestic animal or drive any vehicle
in any public park in the City except in and along especially prepared driveways
therefor. This Section shall not be construed to prohibit any person from permitting a
dog, cat or other small domestic animal in any portion of a public park when the
animal is on a leash in the control of such person. (Code 1979, 16-102)

16-102
REMOVING PORTIONS OF SIDEWALK; ACCUMULATIONS.
No person shall loosen or remove any plank, brick, block, or support from any
sidewalk or crosswalk or any curbing or gutter. This Section shall not apply to
persons making repairs on any such sidewalk, gutter, curb, or crosswalk, or any
person temporarily removing the same on account of building operations. No owner
or occupant of any lot or parcel of ground shall permit earth or other substances to
accumulate on the sidewalk along such property. (Code 1979, 16-103)

16-103
ANIMALS ON SIDEWALKS.
No person shall allow any animal to be ridden or driven upon any sidewalk. (Code
1979, 16-104)

16-104 HEDGE
FENCES.
No person owning or controlling any hedge fence bordering on any street or sidewalk
in this City shall permit the same to overhang and obstruct any sidewalk. (Code
1979, 16-105)

16-105 SIDEWALK
HAZARDS.
No owner of any property having a sidewalk adjacent thereto shall permit any plank,
brick, stone or segment of such sidewalk to be raised above the established level of
such sidewalk more than one-half (1/2) inch, in any manner which might catch the
foot of a pedestrian, or to permit any holes or depressions to occur in the sidewalk in
which a pedestrian might step or catch their foot in a manner to cause injury. (Code
1979,16-106)

16-106 Reserved.

16-107 Reserved.
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16-108
GUTTER DRAINAGE: OBSTRUCTIONS; CHANGES.
No person shall place anything in any street or alley, the effect of which is or might
be to interfere with the free flow of water along the drains or gutters placed in such
streets or alleys for the purpose of conducting water from one place to another along
such street or alley. Hot water heaters shall not be allowed for any future drive
entrance. Those existing hot water tanks shall be replaced when the ditches are
graded. No plastic pipes may be used.

Minimum diameter of pipes shall be fifteen (15) inches unless grade conditions
dictate otherwise and smaller diameter is specifically approved by the City Engineer
or his or her designated representative. Only riveted corrugated metal pipe, helical
welded corrugated metal pipe or well casings are approved drive entrances.

No person shall in any way change or interfere with the drainage of any street or
alley. (Ord. 5351, Sec. 1)

16-109
CHANGE IN STREET OR ALLEY GRADE.
No person shall in any way change or interfere with the grade of any street or alley
without the approval of the City Commission. (Code 1979, 16-111)

16-110
DRIVING ON UNFINISHED CONSTRUCTION.
No person shall walk upon, drive or ride over or across any pavement in course of
construction before the same has been opened for public travel or upon any
uncompleted grading or sidewalk construction which has not been opened for travel.
(Code 1979, 16-112)

16-111
INTERFERENCE WITH PROTECTIVE DEVICES AROUND CONSTRUCTION.
No person shall remove, throw down, run over or interfere with any barricades, lights
lanterns, signals or signs placed to guard and protect any grading, paving, sidewalk
or other construction work. (Code 1979, 16-113)

16-112
TEMPORARY STANDS AND RETAILING VEHICLES.
No temporary stands shall be allowed in the public streets or on the sidewalks
outside the line of areas, and the right is hereby reserved to the City to designate
certain streets or parts of streets upon which and the distance therefrom within which
no such stand or vehicle shall be permitted for the purpose of retailing goods. (Code
1979, 16-114)

16-113 NUMBERING
BUILDINGS.
The Codes Enforcement Manager, under the authority of the Board of
Commissioners, shall assign numbers to all buildings and dwellings in the City, and
shall have the power to determine the form, size and material of such numbers:
Provided, That it shall be the duty of the owner of each such building or dwelling to
affix the assigned numbers in a conspicuous place, so that such numbers may be
clearly read from the street. No person shall affix to or suffer to remain on any
building owned by him for more than three (3) days, a street number other than the
one designated for such building by the Codes Enforcement Manager. (Code 1979,
16-115)

16-114
STANDARDS FOR CURB CUTS

(A)
Two or more curb cuts shall not be permitted on lots where narrow
dimension on the abutting public right-of-way is less than 100 feet.

(B)
The curb cuts on corner lots shall be at least 25 feet from the intersection of
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the curbs of the adjacent streets extended.

(C)
Curb cuts on an interior tract shall have at least 20 feet between the throat
(straight portion) of the drive at the property line.
(D)
The City Commission may waive the provisions of this Section. (Res. No.
4668)

16-115
REMOVAL OF SNOW OR ICE FROM PUBLIC SIDEWALKS.

(A)
It shall be the responsibility of the property owner of record or the occupant
of property immediately adjacent to a public sidewalk on public right-of-way
to remove from the sidewalk any snow or ice which accumulates on such
sidewalk or obstructs such sidewalk within twenty-four (24) hours after the
ice forms or the snow ceases to fall thereupon, provided that where the ice
accumulated is of such character as to make removal thereof impossible,
the sprinkling or placement of sand thereon within the time specified for
removal in such a manner as to make such sidewalk safe for travel of
pedestrians shall be deemed compliance with the provisions of this section.
(Ord. 7456)

(B)
In the case of any property owner of record or occupant refusing or
neglecting to comply with the provisions of subsection (a), and after a
verified inspection of a public complaint of such non-compliance, inspection
personnel of the Department of Neighborhood Resources shall notify the
occupant of violation and if the occupant is not the property owner of record,
the Department shall mail a written notice of violation to the property owner
of record ordering the prompt removal of the snow or ice. Failure to remove
the snow or ice within five (5) days after notice of violation has been mailed
may result in the citation of the property owner of record or occupant
pursuant to subsection (C). (Ord. 7456)

(C)
Violation of the provisions of this ordinance shall be considered a municipal
offense and upon an adjudication of guilty, the violator shall be fined $20.00.
Each day of a continuing violation shall be deemed a separate offense.
(Ord. 7456)

16-116
MAINTENANCE OF DESIGNATED SIDEWALKS.
The City of Lawrence shall be responsible for all future maintenance, including snow
and ice removal, of the 8 foot wide sidewalk, the exposed aggregate adjacent to the
sidewalk, and the retaining walls to be constructed on the west side of Kasold Drive
from Bob Billings Parkway to Clinton Parkway and the 10 foot wide recreation path,
exposed aggregate and the retaining walls constructed on the west side of Kasold
Drive from Clinton Parkway to 31
st
Street in Lawrence, Kansas (Ord. 7978)


ARTICLE 2. SIDEWALK CONSTRUCTION AND REPAIR

16-201 SUPERVISION.
All sidewalk construction, reconstruction or repair within the City limits shall be done
with the approval of and under the supervision of the City Engineer or his or her
representative and according to plans and specifications approved by the City
Commission and on file in the City Clerk's office. (Code 1979, 16-201)

16-202
CONSTRUCTION: BONDS, PERMITS.
Persons proposing or requesting permission to construct, reconstruct or repair any
sidewalk within the City shall furnish to the City Clerk a surety bond sufficient to
insure the completion of the project. The amount of the bond will be set by the City
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Engineer. The bond may be waived by the City Eng