ORDINANCE NO. 9036

AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF LAWRENCE, KANSAS, REZONING APPROXIMATELY 1.8 ACRES FROM               IG-UC (GENERAL INDUSTRIAL-URBAN CONSERVATION OVERLAY) DISTRICT TO IL-UC (LIMITED INDUSTRIAL-URBAN CONSERVATION OVERLAY) DISTRICT AND AMENDING THE CITY’S “OFFICIAL ZONING DISTRICT MAP,” INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE INTO THE CITY CODE AT CHAPTER 20, ARTICLE 1, SECTION 20-108 OF THE CODE OF THE CITY OF LAWRENCE, KANSAS, 2013 EDITION, AND AMENDMENTS THERETO.

BE IT ORDAINED BY THE GOVERNING BODY OF THE CITY OF LAWRENCE, KANSAS:

SECTION 1. The base zoning district classification for the following legally described real property, situated in the City of Lawrence, Douglas County, Kansas, to-wit:

LOT 1, BLOCK B, FINAL PLAT 8^TH AND PENNSYLVANIA NEIGHBORHOOD REDEVELOPMENT IN THE CITY OF LAWRENCE, DOUGLAS COUNTY, KANSAS

is hereby changed from IG-UC (General Industrial-Urban Conservation Overlay) District to      IL-UC (Limited Industrial-Urban Conservation Overlay) District, as such district is defined and prescribed in Chapter 20 of the Code of the City of Lawrence, Kansas, 2013 Edition, and amendments thereto.

SECTION 2. The rezoning granted in Section 1, supra, in addition to being subject to the general conditions established in Chapter 20 of the Code of the City of Lawrence, Kansas, 2013 Edition, as amended, is also subject to the following special conditions:

(a)        In this District, the following uses, classified under the City Code as Financial, Insurance, and Real Estate Office uses, are hereby prohibited:

(i)         Payday advance or other short term loan businesses, defined generally as establishments that make small consumer loans, usually backed by a postdated personal check or authorization to make an electronic debit against an existing financial account, where the check or electronic debit is held for an agreed-upon term, or until the loan recipient's next payday, and then cashed or electronically debited unless the loan recipient repays the loan and reclaims the check or the electronic debit authorization.

(ii)        Car title loan businesses, defined generally as establishments that make small consumer loans that leverage the equity value of an automobile or other vehicle as collateral, where the title to such automobile or other vehicle is unencumbered and owned free and clear by the loan recipient and where failure by the loan recipient to repay the loan or to make interest payments thereon grants to the establishment the right to take possession of the automobile or other vehicle.

(b)       The Fast Order Food, Drive-In use shall be permitted in this District only with approval of a Special Use Permit.  

SECTION 3. The “Official Zoning District Map,” which is adopted and incorporated into the City Code by reference at City of Lawrence, Kan., Code § 20-108 (July 1, 2013), is hereby amended by showing and reflecting thereon the new zoning district classification for the subject property as described in more detail in Section 1, supra.

SECTION 4. If any section, sentence, clause, or phrase of this ordinance is found to be unconstitutional or is otherwise held invalid by any court of competent jurisdiction, it shall not affect the validity of any remaining parts of this ordinance. 

SECTION 5.  This ordinance shall be in full force and effect from and after its passage and publication as provided by law.

PASSED by the Governing Body of the City of Lawrence, Kansas, this ____ day of September, 2014.

 APPROVED:

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Mike Amyx

Mayor

ATTEST:

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Diane Trybom

Acting City Clerk

APPROVED AS TO FORM AND LEGALITY:                   

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Toni R. Wheeler

City Attorney

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