Kansas Statutes Annotated
K.S.A. § 12-685 (2026)
Designation of main trafficways
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12-685. Designation of main trafficways. The governing body of any city is hereby authorized and empowered to designate and establish, by ordinance as a main trafficway any existing or proposed street, boulevard, avenue or part thereof, within such city, the primary function of which is, or shall be, the movement of through traffic between areas of concentrated activity within the city or between such areas within the city and traffic facilities outside the city performing the function of a major trafficway. Such designation by the governing body shall be final and conclusive.
History: L. 1959, ch. 71, § 1; June 30.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 3
cases, 1995–1995 · leading case: Davis v. City of Leawood, 893 P.2d 233 (Kan. 1995).
Davis v. City of Leawood, 893 P.2d 233 (Kan. 1995). “In 1988, Leawood enacted an ordinance which designated 14 streets, including State Line Road, as “main traffic-ways” pursuant to K.S.A. 12-685. In March 1993, Hallbrook Farms Associates, L.”
McCarthy v. City of Leawood, 894 P.2d 836 (Kan. 1995). “1073C, which designated several streets, including 135th Street (K-150), as main trafficways pursuant to K.S.A. 12-685. In October 1989 Leawood adopted Ordinance No.”
Bauer v. City of Olathe, 894 P.2d 823 (Kan. 1995). “691 designating Pflumm Road as a main trafficway pursuant to K.S.A. 12-685. Resolution No. 90-1066 adopted the improvement district configuration, cost estimates, amount to be assessed to the district, method of assessment, and exemptions from the assessment proposed in the…”
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