ORDINANCE NO. 8243
RESOLUTION NO. _____
JOINT ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF LAWRENCE, KANSAS, AND RESOLUTION
OF THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF DOUGLAS COUNTY, KANSAS APPROVING AMENDMENTS
TO THE COMPREHENSIVE LAND USE PLAN HORIZON
2020 BY AMENDING CHAPTER SIX COMMERCIAL LAND USE, LAWRENCE-NEW
COMMERCIAL AREAS SECTION AND MAP 6-1 AND REPEALING THE EXISTING SECTION AND MAP.
WHEREAS, pursuant to K.S.A. 12-747,
a comprehensive plan or part thereof shall constitute the basis or guide for
public action to insure a coordinated and harmonious development or
redevelopment which will best promote the health, safety, morals, order,
convenience, prosperity and general welfare as well as wise and efficient
expenditure of public funds; and
WHEREAS, the City Commission of
Lawrence, Kansas and the Board of County Commissioners of Douglas County,
Kansas has adopted a comprehensive land use plan labeled Horizon 2020; and
WHEREAS, the Lawrence-Douglas County
Metropolitan Planning Commission on February 27, 2008, by Resolution No. 2008-03,
recommended the adoption of the amendment of the Lawrence-New Commercial Areas section
and Map 6-1 of Chapter 6 Commercial Land Use in Horizon 2020 ; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to the
provisions of K.S.A. Chapter 12, Article 7, K.S.A. 12-3009 to and including
12-3012, K.S.A. 12-3301 et seq., the
Home Rule Authority of the County as granted by K.S.A. 19-101a, and the Home
Rule Authority of the City as granted by Article 12, § 5 of the Constitution of
Kansas, the Board and the City are authorized to adopt and amend, by resolution
and ordinance, respectively, and by incorporation by reference, planning and
zoning laws and regulations.
NOW,
THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE GOVERNING BODY OF THE CITY OF
BE IT RESOLVED
BY THE BOARD OF
Section 1. The above recitals are incorporated by
reference as if fully set forth herein and shall be as effective as if repeated
verbatim.
Section 2. The Governing Bodies of the City of Lawrence,
Kansas and Douglas County, Kansas hereby find that the provisions of K.S.A. 12-747
concerning the amendment of comprehensive plans have been fully complied with
in consideration, adoption, and approval of and amendment to Horizon 2020.
Section 3. Pursuant to K.S.A. 12-747, the Governing Bodies
of Douglas County, Kansas and the City of Lawrence, Kansas do hereby amend Horizon 2020 by approving the
recommendation of the Planning Commission, amending Chapter 6 Commercial Land
Use contained in planning staff reports CPA-2007-8, CPA-2007-9 and CPA-2007-10 adopted
by the Planning Commission in Resolution No. 2008-03 on February 27, 2008.
Section 4. The
All new
commercial and office development shall occur in accordance with the plan
recommendations. New commercial, retail
and related uses shall be developed as a node with shared parking areas, common
access drives, and related design and appearance. Nodes shall be positioned and oriented to the primary street intersections
where they are located, avoiding a "strip" pattern as a result of
extension of commercial uses along
the streets from where the node originated.
Commercial nodes
include other important community services and facilities, such as satellite
post offices, police, fire and emergency services, religious facilities,
community centers and other services and institutions. Inclusion of these uses assists the
integration of the commercial area into the overall neighborhood, serving
multiple communities and service needs in a single location, and creating physically
distinctive use areas apart from traditional commercial areas.
The Comprehensive
Plan includes recommendations for the location of new commercial development.
As the community grows, it may be necessary to change the recommended
location of a Commercial Center(s) or not use a designated intersection for a
commercial uses. If there is a need to
move the recommended location of a
The Comprehensive
Plan does not support increasing the size or number of new Commercial Centers.
·
Neighborhood Commercial Centers
The Comprehensive
Plan recommends the following intersections as potential locations for new
Neighborhood Commercial Centers.
1.
E.
2.
Franklin Road (extended) and N
1300 Rd
1.
2.
E 1500 Rd and N 1100 Rd
3.
E 1000 Rd and N 1000 Rd
4.
E 1000 Rd and N 1200 Rd
5.
6.
W.
7.
E 800 Rd and at the potential east/west arterial 2
miles north of US US-40
8.
E 700 Rd and
9.
E 800 Rd and N 1750 Rd
10. E 1000 Rd and N
1750 Rd
11. E 1500 Rd and
These areas are
all intended for development as small, compact commercial nodes that provide
goods and services to the immediately adjoining neighborhood areas. They shall
be developed in a manner that is consistent with the goals, policies and
recommendations of the Comprehensive Plan.
·
Community Commercial Centers
(CC200)
The Comprehensive Plan recommends the following
intersection as potential location for a new CC200 Centers.
1.
E.
·
Community Commercial Centers (CC400)
The Comprehensive
Plan recommends the following intersections as potential locations for new
CC400 Centers.
1.
Eastern leg of the SLT and K-10 (southeast of the
intersection of E 1750 Rd and K-10)
2.
W.
3.
US-59 and N 1000 Rd
The development
of these nodes shall carefully follow the commercial goals and policies. Commercial development shall not occur in
advance of market conditions that would support such development, nor shall it
be permitted to occur in a manner that is contrary to adopted city
infrastructure plans.
·
Auto-Related Commercial Centers
The Comprehensive
Plan recommends the following intersections as potential locations for new
Auto-Related Centers.
1.
I-70 and K-10
2.
US-59/40 and I-70
3.
US-59 and K-10
·
Regional Commercial Centers
The need for development
of a new
Section 5. The New Commercial Areas section and Map 6-1 of Chapter
6 Commercial Land Use in Horizon 2020
are hereby repealed, it being the intention of this ordinance and resolution
that its provisions be substituted in place thereof.
Section 6. Severability. If
any section, clause, sentence, or phrase of this Joint Ordinance and Resolution
is found to be unconstitutional or is otherwise held invalid by any court of
competent jurisdiction, it shall not affect the validity of any remaining parts
of this Joint Ordinance and Resolution.
Section 7. This Joint Ordinance and Resolution shall be in
full force and effect upon its adoption by the Governing Bodies of the City of
Passed by the Governing Body of the City of
APPROVED:
_______________________
Sue Hack, Mayor
ATTEST:
_______________________________________
Frank S. Reeb, City Clerk
APPROVED AS TO FORM AND LEGALITY:
_______________________________________
Toni Ramirez Wheeler
Director of Legal Services
Adopted by the Board of County
Commissioners of Douglas County, Kansas, this ___ day of ________, 2008.
Board of
_______________________________
Bob
Johnson, Chair
_______________________________
Jere
McElhaney, Commissioner
______________________________
Charles
Jones, Commissioner
ATTEST:
__________________________________________
Jameson D.
Shew,
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