Memorandum

City of Lawrence

Planning Department

 

TO:

Mayor and City Commission

FROM:

Planning Staff

CC:

Mike Wildgen, Dave Corliss, Debbie Van Saun

Date:

September 22, 2005

RE:

HOP District Plan Zoning Task Force Update

 

Background

At the May 10th City Commission meeting, the HOP District Plan was approved by the Commission and staff was directed to work with the neighborhoods to implement the recommendation of the plan.  At the May 31st City Commission meeting, a moratorium was put in place for the areas identified in the plan to be studied regarding land use and zoning incompatibilities.

Work Progress

 

Staff has met with each of the three neighborhood task forces (Hillcrest, Old West Lawrence, Pinckney) about the areas identified for further study in each of their neighborhoods.  It was discussed with each group what staff’s recommendations are for each of the areas, what the regulations for the different zoning districts are, and what the allowed uses are for each of the districts.  Each task force has discussed the recommendations and contacted affected property owners.  A status update for each group follows:

 

·         The Old West Lawrence task force is bringing their rezoning request to the City Commission on September 27th.  Attached is a letter from the neighborhood association recommending property be rezoned accompanied by a list of the properties and a map.

 

·         The Hillcrest task force will have an initiation request to the City Commission with rezoning recommendations next month, prior to the December Planning Commission deadline October 26th.

 

·         The Pinckney Neighborhood is still in the process of talking with the affected property owners in their area.  They plan on having an initiation request to the City Commission with rezoning recommendations next month, prior to the December Planning Commission deadline of October 26th. 

 

Action Request. 

 

Initiate the rezoning of the properties identified by the Old West Lawrence Neighborhood Association in the attached request.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

To the Lawrence City Commission:

 


The OWL / HOP Task force has met several times to discuss the directives of the HOP District Plan and the responsibilities it laid out for the Old West Lawrence (OWL) Neighborhood Association. We closely examined the zoning of Area 2 in the HOP District Plan. Working with Michelle Leininger, Neighborhood Planner with the City of Lawrence, we put together a specific recommendation of proposed zoning changes and the specific properties to be affected by them.

 

Subsequently, the task force sent letters to the owners of the specific properties affected informing them of the proposed changes, and notifying them of an open meeting which we conducted on September 12th.

We had productive discussions when we met Sept. 12th, in which affected property owner recommendations and concerns were heard and modifications to the recommendations were discussed.  These modifications met with the goals put forth in the HOP District Plan, have been reviewed by the City Planning Dept., and have been incorporated into the recommendations provided by the task force.

As a result of these efforts, the OWL / HOP Task force requests the initiation for rezoning of the specific properties indicated on the attached sheet.

We look forward to meeting with the Commission when you meet on September 27th.

Sincerely,



Malcolm Lodwick
President, OWL Neighborhood Association

20 September, 2005

 

Property Address

Owner

Owner Address

Current

Use

Current Zoning

Proposed

Zoning

704-704 1/2 Arkansas

Cavin, Lyman E. and Mary I

8127 Willowbrook St. / Wichita, KS  67207

Duplex

C-5

RO-1A

700 Arkansas

Radcliffe, Sue B.

1921 W. 5th St. / Lawrence, KS 66044

SFR

C-5

RO-1A

640 Arkansas

Big Eight Enterprises LC Attn Douglas W. Brenn

PO Box 754 / Lawrence, KS 66044

Apt.

C-5

RO-1

634-636 Arkansas

Linley, Michael R. and Sandra K.

PO Box 323 / Lawrence, KS 66044

Duplex

RM-1

RO-1

630-632 Arkansas

Martin, Paula B.

1514 Stratford Rd. / Lawrence, KS 66044

Duplex

RM-1

RO-1

628 Missouri

Laduke, Gary

630 Missouri St. / Lawrence, KS 66044

SFR

RM-1

RS-2

621 Maine

Collins, Corbet and M. Jean, C/O Jackson, Steven M. and Angela M.

621 Maine St. / Lawrence, KS 66044

SFR

RM-1

RS-2

623 Maine

Frater Properties LLC / Attn. Larry Northrop

1037 Vermont St. / Lawrence, KS 66044

SFR

RM-1

RS-2

616 Maine

Bryan, Grover L. and Dorothy J.

616 Maine St. / Lawrence, KS 66044

SFR

RM-1

RS-2

622 Maine

Bieker, James V. and Gayla B.

663 N. 1457 Rd. / Lawrence, KS 66049

SFR

RM-1

RS-2

626 Maine

Tompkins, Samuel

408 Sagamore Rd. / Excelsior Springs, MO 64024

SFR

RM-1

RS-2

619 Alabama

Botts, Pamela

619 Alabama St. / Lawrence, KS 66044

SFR

RM-1

RS-2

623-623 1/2 Alabama

MacGonagle, Elizabeth L.

623-623 1/2 Alabama St. / Lawrence, KS 66044

2 SFR

RM-1

RS-2

622 Alabama

Munsch, Robert D. and Mary A.

PO Box 1851 / Lawrence, KS 66044

SFR

RM-1

RS-2

624 Alabama

Munsch, Robert D. and Mary A.

PO Box 1851 / Lawrence, KS 66044

SFR

RM-1

RS-2

1015 6th St.

MRCU Midwest Regional

PO Box 12217 / Kansas City, KS 66112

Comm.

RO-2

O-1