Memorandum

City of Lawrence

City Clerk’s Office

TO:	David L. Corliss, City Manager
FROM:	Diane M. Bucia, Acting City Clerk
DATE:	May 5, 2015
RE:	Sidewalk Dining License Public Hearing

KC Smoke Burgers has applied for a Sidewalk Dining & Hospitality License at 1008 Massachusetts Street.  The applicant was unable to provide the required written statements from all adjoining property owners and tenants expressing a lack of objection to the proposed sidewalk dining and hospitality uses. In order to approve the license, the City Commission must hold a public hearing to determine whether to issue the sidewalk dining and hospitality license.

The applicant and adjacent property owners have been notified of the public hearing date as required by City Code (6-1206C).

ACTION:      Hold a public hearing and consider approving a sidewalk dining and hospitality license for KC Smoke Burgers located at 1008 Massachusetts Street. Submitted by Firas Abdul Hakeem, KC Smoke Burgers, LLC.  Find that it is within the public’s interest to approve the hospitality license for 1008 Massachusetts Street, if appropriate.