Memorandum

City of Lawrence

Legal Services Department

TO:	David Corliss,  City Manager Toni Ramirez Wheeler, Director of Legal  Services
FROM:	John Jay Miller, Staff Attorney
CC:	Cynthia Boecker, Assistant City Manager Scott McCullough, Planning And Development Services Director Jonathan Douglass, Assistant to the City Manager
Date:	October 23, 2007
RE:	Ordinance No. 8193 –Amending the Subdivision Regulations for Lawrence and the Unincorporated Areas of Douglas County, Kansas by incorporating by reference the “Subdivision Regulations for Lawrence and the Unincorporated Areas of Douglas County, Kansas September 11, 2007 Text Amendments.”

Proposed ordinance 8193 incorporates by reference the text amendment changes to the joint “Subdivision Regulations for Lawrence and the Unincorporated Areas of Douglas County, Kansas December 19, 2006 Edition.”  Both the City Commission of Lawrence, Kansas and the Board of County Commissioners of Douglas County, Kansas have approved the text amendments. 

Pursuant to K.S.A. 12-3009 et seq., K.S.A. 12-3301 et seq. and the Home Rule Authority of the City as granted by Article 12, § 5 of the Kansas Constitution, the City of Lawrence is authorized to adopt by ordinance and by incorporation by reference, any standard or model code or ordinance, regulation having the effect of law of a state officer, board or other agency, or statute, or portions thereof on any subject on which a city may legislate, which standard or model code or ordinance or state regulation is available in book or pamphlet form. 

The “Subdivision Regulations for Lawrence and the Unincorporated Areas of Douglas County, Kansas September 11, 2007 Text Amendments” contains all of the approved text amendments and is attached for reference purposes. 

Staff recommends the adoption of Ordinance No. 8193, if appropriate.