Memorandum

City of Lawrence

Legal Services Department

TO:	David Corliss,  City Manager
FROM:	John Jay Miller, Staff Attorney
CC:	Debbie Van Saun, Assistant City Manager, Sheila Stogsdill, Interim Director of Planning , Toni Wheeler, Director of Legal Services
Date:	March 7 2007
RE:	Temporary Special Events Permit Ordinance

Staff is proposing enacting a Temporary Special Events Permit ordinance to allow the City to regulate the location and time frame of temporary special events on private property within the City, such as clothing sales and other promotional activities.  The previous City ordinance regulating special events was not included in the adoption of the new Land Development Code and the proposed ordinance will remedy the omission.

This will be an administrative ordinance as part of Chapter VI, Business Licenses, Taxes and Regulations and is consistent with what the City of Lawrence has done in the past with Special Events.  The City is proposing an increase in the administrative review fee from $10.00 to $50.00 and an increase in the review fee for events requiring City Commission approval from $25 to $100.00.  The permit will be issued by the Planning Department.  The ordinance replaces the currently existing Christmas Tree Sales in, Chapter 6, Article 15 of the Code of the City of Lawrence.   

Staff recommends approving the ordinance. The proposed ordinance is attached.