Memorandum

City of Lawrence

Planning & Development Services

TO:	Sandra Day
FROM:	David Guntert
CC:	Sheila Stogsdill; Scott McCullough
Date:	July 9, 2008
RE:	Calculations for Z-04-09-08 Protest Petition

The protest petitions (attached) filed in the City Clerk’s Office on July 8, 2008 pertaining to the referenced rezoning request contain enough signatures of the record owners of property in the required notification area to constitute a valid protest petition.  The property owner notification area covers the parcels lying within 1000’ of the zoning request since the subject property is an island of incorporated land recently annexed into the City of Lawrence. 

The total area of the real property represented by the eighteen (18) parcels captured within the required 1000 feet notification distance is 271.437 acres. The protest petition was signed by owners of 14 parcels lying within the notification area.  The total area represented by these parcels is 206.009 acres or approximately 75.89 % of the real property within the notification area.  The petition is valid because it bears a higher percentage than the minimum 20% required by Code to constitute a valid protest petition. 

The attached map illustrates the properties within the protest area whose owners are protesting this rezoning request. 

The calculations for determining the validity of the petition are shown below:

Total Area of all Parcels w/in 1000’

of the Property in the Rezoning Request               271.437 acres

Total Area of Parcels inside the Buffer

Whose Owners are Protesting the

Rezoning Request (14 Parcels)                           206.009 acres

Percent of Total Parcel Area

in Protest Petition                                             206.009 acres/271.437 acres = 75.89%