Memorandum

City of Lawrence

Planning and Development Services

TO:	Diane Stoddard, Interim City Manager
FROM:	Mary Miller, Planner
DATE:	November 24, 2015
RE:	Items requested to be referred back to the Planning Commission for reconsideration

Background

The Planning Commission considered the following items at their June 23, 2014 and voted to forward them to the City Commission with a recommendation for denial.

A-14-00161       Annexation request for approximately 99.7 acres located south of N 1750 Road and east of K10.

A-14-00163       Annexation request for approximately 15 acres located north of Rock Chalk Park

CPA-14-00005   Comprehensive Plan Amendment to the Farmer’s Turnpike Plan

Z-14-00165       Rezoning request for approximately 13.3 acres southwest of N 1750 Road and E 902 Road from A (County Agricultural) District to IL (Limited Industrial) District.

Z-14-00164       Rezoning request for approximately 75.4 acres located southeast of N 1750 Road and E 902 Road from A (County Agricultural) District to RS7 (Single-Dwelling Residential) District.

Z-14-00162       Rezoning request for approximately 25.2 acres located southwest of N 1750 Road and E 902 Road from A (County Agricultural) to RS5 (Single-Dwelling Residential) District.

Z-14-00204       Rezoning request for approximately 0.8 acres located southeast of N 1750 Road and E 902 Road from A (County Agricultural) to RS7-FP (Single-Dwelling Residential with Floodplain Management Regulations Overlay) District

The applicant requested that the items be deferred to allow time for the applicant and property owner to consider options to address concerns raised by the Planning Commission. The applicant has revised the rezoning requests based on the Planning Commission’s comments and requests that they be returned to the Planning Commission for reconsideration before being forwarded to the City Commission. (Figure 1)

Action

Receive the applicant’s request and refer the items listed above to the Planning Commission for reconsideration of the items, as revised.

Figure 1. 2014 proposed rezonings

Figure 2. 2015 proposed revised rezonings