CHARTER ORDINANCE NO. 138

A CHARTER ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF WICHITA, KANSAS, EXEMPTING THE CITY OF WICHITA, KANSAS FROM THE PROVISIONS OF KANSAS STATUTES ANNOTATED CHAPTER 12, ARTICLE 22 "PARKING STATIONS" AND FROM CHAPTER 13, ARTICLE 13c "MUNICIPAL PARKING AUTHORITY"; PROVIDING SUBSTITUTE AND ADDITIONAL PROVISIONS ON THE SAME SUBJECTS RELATING TO THE ESTABLISHMENT OF PARKING DISTRICTS WITHIN THE CITY OF WICHITA, KANSAS; PROVIDING FOR THE ISSUANCE OF GENERAL OBLIGATION SPECIAL ASSESSMENT BONDS TO FINANCE THE CONSTRUCTION OF PARKING FACILITIES TO BE LOCATED WITHIN PARKING DISTRICTS; THE AUTHORITY TO PURCHASE OR ACQUIRE BY EMINENT DOMAIN PARKING FACILITIES TO BE LOCATED WITHIN PARKING DISTRICTS; THE AUTHORITY TO OPERATE AND MAINTAIN PARKING FACILITIES WITHIN PARKING DISTRICTS; AND THE AUTHORITY TO LEASE PARKING FACILITIES TO BUSINESSES LOCATED WITHIN A PARKING DISTRICT.

BE IT ORDAINED BY THE GOVERNING BODY OF THE CITY OF WICHITA, KANSAS, AS FOLLOWS:

SECTION 1. Exemption from Kansas Statute Annotated. The City of Wichita, Kansas, a Council-Manager City of the first class, by the power vested in it by Article 12, Section 5, of the Constitution of the State of Kansas, hereby elects to exempt itself from, and makes inapplicable to it the provisions of Kansas Statutes Annotated Chapter 12, Article 22 "Parking Stations" and Chapter 13, Article 13c "Municipal Parking Authority" and amendments thereto, and provides substitute and additional provisions as hereinafter set forth in this charter ordinance. Such referenced provisions are either enactments or a part thereof which are applicable to this city, but are not applicable uniformly to all cities.

SECTION 2. Title of Charter Ordinance. This Charter Ordinance may be referred to as the City of Wichita, Kansas Parking District Ordinance.