December 20, 2005

 

Landplan Engineering

Attn: Tim Herndon

1310 Wakarusa Drive

Lawrence, Kansas 66049

 

Re:     Bauer Farm Items

          I. Dec. Item 15A [Z-03-17-05] Rezoning of 8.23 acres from PRD-2 to PCD-2

          II. Dec. Item 15B [Z-07-48-05] Rezoning of 18.94 acres from PCD-2 to PCD-2  

          III. Dec. Item 15C [PDP-03-02-05] Preliminary Development Plan

          IV. Oct. Item 7A [Z-03-16-05] Rezoning of 2.59 acres from PRD-2 to POD-1

                   

Dear Mr. Herndon,

The Lawrence-Douglas County Metropolitan Planning Commission at their meeting on Monday, December 12, 2005 took the following action on Bauer Farm:

I. December Item 15A [Z-03-17-05] Rezoning of 8.23 acres from PRD-2 (Planned Residential Development) to PCD-2 (Planned Commercial Development) District. On a 7-3 vote, the Planning Commission forwarded to the City Commission a recommendation for approval subject to the following:

  1. Approval of a Preliminary Development Plan, including approval of a downstream wastewater analysis per Section 21-706(d).
  2. Filing of a Final Plat for the property at the Register of Deeds Office.
  3. No building permit will be issued until the W. 6th Street Project is substantially completed.
  4. No one structure shall be larger than 50,000 gross square feet of space.
  5. There will be no more than 62,000 gross square feet of retail commercial space in the PCD-2 portion of the Planned Unit Development.
  6. Provision of the same use restrictions applied to Bauer Farm PCD-2 [Z-07-48-05], heard in conjunction with this request.

 

 

II. December PC Item 15B [Z-07-48-05] Rezoning of 18.94 acres from PCD-2 to PCD-2 (Planned Commercial Development – restricted uses) District to PCD-2 (Planned Commercial Development – with modifications to restricted uses) District. On a 6 to 4 vote, the Planning Commission forwarded to the City Commission a recommendation for approval, subject to the following:

  1. Approval of a Preliminary Development Plan, including approval of a downstream wastewater analysis per Section 21-706(d).
  2. Filing of a Final Plat for the property at the Register of Deeds Office.
  3. No building permit will be issued until the W. 6th Street Project is substantially completed.
  4. No one structure shall be larger than 50,000 gross square feet of space.
  5. There will be no more than 62,000 gross square feet of retail commercial space in the PCD-2 portion of the Planned Unit Development.
  6. The permitted list of use per Ordinance No. 7756, as modified, be included as part of the rezoning ordinance (List of Bauer Farm PCD-2 Use Restrictions as recommended by Planning Commission December 12, 2005).

 

Item III. December PC Item 15C [PDP-03-02-05] Preliminary Development Plan for Bauer Farm On a 7-3 vote, the Planning Commission voted to forward to the City Commission a recommended for approval subject to the following conditions which were presented by the applicant’s agent (strikethrough = deleted by Planning Commission, underlined = added by Planning Commission):

1.      Provision of KDOT approval of a right-in-only on W. 6th Street between Champion and Wakarusa or a revised Preliminary Development Plan removing same.

2.      Reconfigure Champion Lane to connect more directly to Overland Drive. Revise Traffic Study to reflect revised plan.

3.      Revise Drainage Study per City Stormwater Management Coordinator’s approval.

4.      Completion of downstream wastewater analysis per City Policy.

5.      Provision of allowed uses on face of development plan according to approved list from October 24 PC meeting with drive-thru pads limited to two banks and four other uses four drive-thrus, one or more of which would be a bank.

6.      Provision of draft covenants and restrictions and property owner association guidelines, including architectural elements/patterns, for review and response by Planning Office.

7.      Approval of requested four Waivers and three modified Subdivision Design Standards for:

Lot Size, Setback for Front, Side and Rear Lots, Alleyways, Street-width, Offset Streets.

“B – Starter Homes”, lot widths of 35’ x 100’ lot depths. Footprint dimensions of townhouses of 20’ x 40’.

 

2a. 30 feet commercial peripheral to 10’ setbacks on W. 6th Street, 17’ setback on Wakarusa Drive, 10’ setback on Overland Drive, and 10’ setback on Folks Road;

2b. 35 feet residential peripheral to 10’ setbacks on Overland Drive, 10’ setbacks on Folks Road, and 16’ setbacks on W. 6th Street; and

2c. No peripheral boundary setback between the PUD areas within Bauer Farm.  

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         

3a. Distances less than 10’ between the “A” Custom Homes and “B” Starter Homes and between the Cottages above the “A” garages and the “B” Starter Homes; and

3b. Residential front yard setbacks of approximately 10 feet, and side and rear yard setbacks less than 10 feet; providing the structures are designed to meet the building code requirements for zero setback.

 

Commercial building setback as close as 10’ on W. 6th Street, 17 feet on Wakarusa Drive, and 10’ on Champion Lane (if the northern leg is not vacated or depending upon relocation of Champion Lane).

 

Local streets intersecting opposite sides less than 125 feet.

 

Alleyways within the residential areas of the subdivision.

 

Local private street widths of 20 feet B-B (back-of-curb to back-of-curb).

 

8.      Elimination of 50’ Setback by text amendment by City Commission, BZA variance on the setback or revised PDP to include the setback.

9.      Agreement not to protest formation of benefit districts for signalization and/or geometrics at the following sites:

    1. 6th and Champion;
    2. Overland and Wakarusa; and
    3. Folks and Overland.

 

10.  Revised PDP to include estimated phasing and schedule of construction.

11.  Provision of notes regarding ADA and accessibility.

12.  Proposed Future Phase Hotel/Convention Center area not to allow commercial retail uses.

 

The above three items are tentatively scheduled to be heard by the City Commission on their regular agenda of January 10, 2006.  In addition to the above items, the Bauer Farm Rezoning from PRD-2 to POD-1 [Z-03-16-05], which was previously deferred from the City Commission meeting as requested by the applicant, would also be heard in conjunction with the Bauer Farm items. 

 

If you have any questions, please contact me at 832-3153.

 

Sincerely,

 

 

Paul Patterson

City/County Planner

 

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