Memorandum

City of Lawrence

Department of Utilities

TO:	David Corliss, City Manager Cynthia Boecker – Assistant City Manager Diane Stoddard – Assistant City Manager
FROM:	Shelley Schupp, Project Engineer
CC:	Dave Wagner, Director of Utilities Philip Ciesielski, Assistant Director of Utilities – Technical Services Joe Rexwinkle, Planner
Date:	April 24, 2008
RE:	1500 E. 24^th Street (SP-03-18-08) Ordinance Variance Request for 13 proposed residential units.

Please include the following item on the City Commission consent agenda for consideration at the April 29, 2008 meeting:

Approval of the request by Chris Storm of Landplan Engineering, PA, on behalf of the applicant for 24^th Street Villas (SP-03-18-08), for a variance from City Code 19-214B which states, “a private sanitary sewer service line shall not be located in a City public utility easement for greater than 15 feet.”

The 24^th Street Villas project was previously approved as site plan SP-01-01-04 with public improvements for water main, sanitary sewer main, and sanitary sewer service lines. The service lines were constructed in public utility easement for more than 15 feet for twelve residential units. No buildings were ever constructed per this site plan; however, the public improvements were constructed to City standards and were accepted by the City Engineer on April 10, 2005.

The revised site plan SP-03-18-08 , shows the twelve previously proposed units (A-1, A-2, A-3, B-1, B-2, C-1, C-2, G-1, G-2, H-2, I-1, and I-2) with existing sanitary service lines located more than 15 feet in a public utility easement. The revised site plan also has one additional residential unit (H-1) that will require an additional sanitary service line located in the easement for more than 15 feet.

The Department of Utilities has reviewed the request and recommends that the variance be approved.

Action Request. Approve the request for a variance from City Code 19-214B which states, “a private sanitary sewer service line shall not be located in a City public utility easement for greater than 15 feet,” for 13 proposed residential units at 1500 E. 24^th Street (Buildings A-1, A-2, A-3, B-1, B-2, C-1, C-2, G-1, G-2, H-1, H-2, I-1, and I-2).