ORDINANCE NO.     7906              

                        AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF LAWRENCE, KANSAS

                        AMENDING THE STANDARD TRAFFIC ORDINANCE FOR

KANSAS CITIES, 2004 EDITION, ENACTING SECTIONS 17-103.1 AND 17-107.2 OF THE CODE OF THE CITY OF LAWRENCE, KANSAS, 2003 EDITION AND AMENDMENTS THERETO.

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

Section 1.  Section 17-103.1 of the Code of the City of Lawrence, Kansas, 2003 Edition, and amendments thereto is hereby enacted to read as follows:

17-103.1        AMENDMENTS TO STO.  DEFINITIONS.  Section 1 is amended to include the following words and phrases:

Circular Intersection.  An intersection that has an island or other area not designed for the operation of vehicular traffic, generally circular in design, located in the center of the intersection. 

Roundabout.  A circular intersection characterized by channelized approaches and yield control of entering traffic.  A roundabout encompasses the area bounded by the outermost curb line or, if there is no curb, the edge of the pavement, and includes crosswalks on any entering or exiting roadway.

Traffic Calming Circle.  An uncontrolled circular intersection without channelized approaches or splitter islands.

Section 2. Section 17-107.2 of the Code of the City of Lawrence, Kansas, 2003 Edition, and amendments thereto is hereby enacted to read as follows:

17-107.2        AMENDMENTS TO STO; ONE-WAY ROADWAYS, ROUNDABOUTS AND TRAFFIC CALMING CIRCLES.  Section 45 is amended to read as follows:

Sec. 45.      One-Way Roadways, and Rotary Traffic Islands, Roundabouts, and Traffic Calming Circles.

a) When official traffic control devices indicate that vehicular traffic shall proceed in one direction upon any highway, roadway, part of a roadway or specific lanes a vehicle shall be driven only in the direction designated at all or such time as shall be indicated by such device.

b) A vehicle passing around a rotary traffic island through a roundabout shall be driven only to the right of such the center of the island circular intersection.

c) Whenever practicable a vehicle intending to turn left at a traffic calming circle shall drive to the right of the center of the circular intersection until reaching the desired street, however, a vehicle may make a left-turn in front of the center of the intersection after yielding the right-of-way to pedestrians and all traffic lawfully using the intersection, or to traffic so close to the intersection as to constitute an immediate hazard.

Section 3.  This ordinance shall be effective and be in force upon its passage and publication in the official city newspaper.

PASSED by the governing body this  day of , 2005. 

                                                                        Dennis Highberger, Mayor

ATTEST:

Frank S. Reeb, City Clerk

Approved as to form and legality:

David L. Corliss, Assistant City Manager

  and Director of Legal Services