Memorandum

City of Lawrence

Planning Department

 

TO:

David L. Corliss, City Manager

FROM:

Sheila M. Stogsdill, Interim Planning Director

CC:

Debbie Van Saun, Assistant City Manager

Date:

December 18, 2006

RE:

TA-01-02-06:  Joint City/County Subdivision Regulations

 

 

This memo provides an overview of the revisions that have been made to the proposed Subdivision Regulations as a result of the Mayor’s subcommittee meeting last week.  The changes to the posted document are identified in red text or by strikethrough.  The table below provides the section numbers that include revisions and the edit notes from the revised document.

 

Section No. 20 -

Edit Notes

801(c)

Contextual concern.  Revised RE: Grant Eichhorn edit.

 

801(e)

Text added to be consistent with revisions to County Zoning Regulations and Access Management Resolution.  RE: Evan Ice edit.

 

804

Renamed ‘Conservation Cluster Developments’ to ‘Cluster Developments’.  RE:  Lisa Harris comment.

 

804(a)

Clarified minimum size for Cluster Development option.  RE:  Grant Eichhorn edits.

 

804(c)(2)(iii)

Revised text to indicate conservation easement will be conveyed to County and City and easement will expire within two years following annexation unless further action is taken by City or property owner.  Revised per committee discussion.

 

804(f)(4)&(5)

Application section amended to require same ‘Build Out Plan’ information as required in 20-805.  RE:  Grant Eichhorn, Lisa Harris, and Boog Highberger edits.

 

805(c)(2)(iii)

Revised text to indicate conservation easement will be conveyed to County and City and easement will expire within two years following annexation unless further action is taken by City or property owner.  Revised per committee discussion.

 

805(d)(5)

Universal change throughout document – ‘urban scale’ changed to ‘urban density’.  RE:  Grant Eichhorn & Lisa Harris edits.

 

806(a)

Revision to purpose statement.  RE:  Grant Eichhorn edits.

 

809

Title revised to clarify section.  RE:  Lisa Harris edits.

 

809(b)

Text changes & additions to clarify that residential subdivisions are not permitted beyond the city limits.  RE:  Lisa Harris & Charles Jones edits.

 

809(e)(2)(iv)

Clarify drainage plan applicability.  RE:  Lisa Harris edits.

 

809(i)(3)

Delete ability to have subdivision that is partly in city and partly in unincorporated areas.  RE:  Lisa Harris edits.

 

809(n)(2)

Clarify that residential subdivisions are not permitted in the unincorporated areas of the County.  RE:  Lisa Harris edits.

 

810(g)

Universal change to document.  All numbers changed to Arabic numbers except number one or at beginning of sentence.  Also all ‘percent’ were changed to ‘%’.  RE:  Evan Ice edits.

 

815(b)

Revised definition of ‘urban density’ and reference definition of ‘urban’.  RE:  Grant Eichhorn & Lisa Harris edits.