Memorandum
City of Lawrence
Planning & Development Services
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TO: |
Paul Patterson |
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FROM: |
David Guntert |
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CC: |
Sheila Stogsdill; Scott McCullough
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Date: |
September 11, 2008 |
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RE: |
Calculations for SUP-07-06-08 Protest Petition |
A petition was filed in the City Clerk’s Office on September 5th protesting the referenced special use permit. The petition does not 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 includes the parcels lying within 200’ of the subject property.
The total area of the real property represented by the fifty-seven (57) parcels captured within the required 200 feet notification distance from the property represented in the application is 11.732 acres. The protest petition was signed by owners of 15 parcels lying within the notification area. However, three (3) of these parcels can not be included in the petition calculations because the petition did not bear the signature of both record owners or it was signed by an individual whose name did not appear on the certified property ownership list from the county. The total area represented by the 12 parcels counted in the petition is 1.42 acres or approximately 12.1% of the real property within the 200 feet notification area. The petition is not valid because it is short of meeting 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 special use permit application.
The calculations for determining the validity of the petition are shown below:
Total Area of all Parcels w/in 200’
of the Property in the Request 11.732 acres
Total Area of Parcels inside the Buffer
Whose Owners are Protesting the
Request (12 Parcels) 1.42 acres
Percent of Total Parcel Area
in Protest Petition 1.42 acres/11.732 acres = 12.1%