Zoning Map Revisions.
The Zoning Map, by State
Statute, is a portion of the Zoning Regulations and requires adoption at the
time of new Zoning Regulations. The new Development Code is written so that
existing districts are converted to new district categories by virtue of
adoption & approval of the new Zoning Regulations. However, there are some
areas that require individual initiation due either to their being no similar
district in the existing regulations or no comparable district in the new regulations.
On July 9th, staff
took to the Planning Commission’s mid-month meeting a set of seven revisions to
the Zoning Map that require individual initiations to comply with the new
Development Code. These seven requests covered:
- Initiation
of city and county owned properties that are appropriate for rezoning to
the GPI and OS categories in the new Development Code.
- Initiation
of property included in the LMH master plan for rezoning to the “H”
(Hospital) zoning district category.
- Initiation
of Kansas University Primary Campus property and Haskell Indian Nations
University Campus property to the “U” (University) zoning district
category.
- Initiation
of property within the city that retained the “A” county zoning
designation upon annexation to the new “UR” (Urban Reserve) zoning
district category.
- Conversion
of existing Planned Unit Developments [PUDs, PRDs, PCDs, and PIDs] to new
their new, individual, zoning designations. Associated with these “carry
over” designations is a PUD table of permitted uses for each district.
- Initiation
of portions of central neighborhoods in Lawrence with platted lots
measuring between 5,000 and 6,999 square feet in area, that are currently
non-complying with the lot area and lot width requirements in the RS-2
zoning district, to RS5. Areas included in this initial rezoning request
are areas of contiguous blocks of owned and developed lots 5,000 to 6,520
square feet.
- Initiation
of the thirteen locations in the city zoned “CP” (Commercial Parking)
District to a district compatible with their uses, since the CP district
category is not carried forward into the new Development Code.
In August, the Planning Commission initiated public
hearings for these seven sets of map revisions. Items 1-5 were initiated for
public hearings at their November 17th, when the Commission will
receive the City/KU Agreement referred to them by the City Commission. At the
December meeting, the Planning Commission will consider the zoning map
amendments for the CP and RS-2 to RS5 areas.