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BILL NO. ~;~ 0 0 AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 5.72 OF THE UNWERSITY CITY MUNICIPAL CODE, RELATING TO SELF-SERVICE LAUNDRIES AND DRY CLEANING ESTABLISHMENTS, BY REPEALING SECTION 5.72.020 THEREOF, RELATING TO HOURS WHEN ESTABLISHMENTS MAY BE OPEN, AND ENACTING IN LIEU THEREOF A NEW SECTION TO BE KNOWN AS ASECTION 5.72.020 HOURS WHEN ESTABLISHMENTS MAY BE OPEN," THEREBY AMENDING SAD SECTION SO AS TO AUTHORIZE THE CITY COUNCIL AND CITY MANAGER TO SET EXTENDED HOURS OF OPERATION; CONTAINING A SAVING CLAUSE AND PROVDING A PENALTY. BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF UNIVERSITY CITY, MISSOURI, AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Chapter 5.72 of the University City Municipal Code, relating to self-service laundries and dry cleaning establishments, is hereby amended by repealing Section 5.72.020 thereof, relating to hours when establishments may be open, and enacting in lieu thereofa new section to be known as "Section 5.72.020 Hours when establishments may be open," thereby amending said section so as to authorize the City Council and City Manager to set extended hours of operation; so that said section, as so amended, shall read as follows: Section 5.72.020 Hours when establishments may be open. It is unlawful for any laundry or laundromat establishment; as herein defined, to remain open after the hour of 11:59 p.m. or to reopen before 7:00 a.m. of the following day, except that for part or all of a current license year the City Council may authorize a laundry or laundromat establishment to be open during some or all of said prohibited hours if the City Council finds: 1) that such extended hours will not result in noise or litter violations of this code, or create a nuisance; and 2) the laundry or laundromat establishm'ent is at least 100 feet in all directions from any residential lot, or a supporting petition is signed by two-thirds of the residential owners and two- thirds of the residential tenants within 100 feet. If the City Council has authorized extended hours for a laundry or lauridromat establishment for part or all of a license year, the City Manager may authorize extended hours for that laundry or laundromat establishment for part or all of any subsequent license year provided the City Manager has first made the same findings required of the City Council for the initial year or part thereof. C. Any extended hours authorized by this section shall be indicated on the license and shall be permitted only during that license year or part thereof.