University Daily Kansan / Thursday, April 14, 1988
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Planning board rejects zoning request for mall
By Christine Martin
Kansan staff writer
After months of discussing and hearing public comment on the suburban mall proposals, the Commission clapped with relief for the adjournment of their last meeting on the mall issue.
The Lawrence-Douglas County Planning Commission last night voted unanimously to recommend denial of the last of the three suburban mall rezoning requests.
The issue now will go before the Douglas County Commission for final action.
Clinton Parkwa and Wakarusa Drive in southwest Lawrence. The proposal was submitted by Warmack to, a Fort Smith, Ark., developer.
The Planning Commission denied approval of the Warmack proposal, which called for a 77-acre site at
In February, the commission voted unanimously to recommend denial of the Collier proposal, which was for a 55-acre site at Highway 40 and Wakarusa Drive in west Lawrence. The proposal was submitted by Ed Kovacs, a Lawrens attorney, also will go before the County Commission.
In March, the Planning Commission recommended denial of the Jacobs, Visconsi and Jacobs proposal, which called for a 61-acre site at Iowa Street and Armstrong Road
in south Lawrence. The proposal was submitted by a Cleveland developer.
The Lawrence City Commission voted against the JVJ proposal Tuesday.
The report dealt mainly with how a suburban mall would affect downtown Lawrence businesses, traffic, nearby properties and wildlife.
On all three proposals, the Planning Commission studied and amended a report from the planning staff that recommended that the commission deny approval of the three proposals.
Planning commissioner Dave Evans said if the Warmack proposal were approved, major road improvements would be necessary.
Parking rules to get hearing
By Donna Stokes
Kansan staff writer
A public hearing on proposed changes on visitor and residence hall parking regulations will be tomorrow at 3 p.m. in the Pine Room of the Kansas Union
If the recommendations are approved, they will eliminate the privilege allowing visitors two free parking tickets a year, will provide visitors courtesy permits for no more than three hours and will restrict parking at Joseph R. Pearson Hall to hall residents only.
Under the recommended changes:
■ visitors parking on campus longer than three hours would be charged $1 from 7 a.m. to 1 p.m., $1 from noon to 5 p.m., or $2 for the day. They also would have the option to pay 25 cents an hour, parking only at long-term meters.
- visitors would not be allowed to park in residence hall lots without a permit for one hour during weekdays.
- the JRP parking lot would be changed from use by all students with a residence hall permit to JRP use only.
- restrictions in residence hall lots, including JRP lots, would be removed weeks from 5 p.m. Fridays to 7 a.m. Mondays.
Edwyna Gilbert, associate dean of the college of Liberal Arts and Sciences, is the Board of Regents designated chairman for the hearing. She said that no
more than five inquiries about the changes had reached her. The proposed changes are required to have a public hearing before the Rezents will pass them.
"Those people just expressed an interest in knowing that the climate is going to change, or I know that the office is going to support the plan."
"There haven't been any complaints yet, but we'll just have to wait and see what happens at the hearing."
The changes have passed the University Senate Executive Committee and University Council and must go to the Board of Regents for final approval. If a viable recommendation is made, it will be hearing, the recommendation will be tabled for this year.
Donna Hultine, assistant director of parking, said that debate about the temporary parking lot proposed to be between Robinson Center and the Computer Center might be fair game for the hearing but that she wouldn't know for sure until tomorrow morning.
"There isn't an assurance yet that the lot is going in," she said. "I haven't heard people talk about the green space issue, but I haven't heard any extremely strong emotions voiced.
"Some people have also suggested that the lot, if put in, should be a yellow zone instead of red, because the construction on the parking garage will put two yellow zones out of service."
The parking garage will be north of Allen Field House.
walked through the crowds shouting, "Get your Jayhawks skirts, only $6."
Downtown businesses also appeared to be enjoying the economic benefits of the parade. The line into Penny Annie's Sweet Shoppe, 845 Massachusetts St., spilled into the street as people waited to buy ice cream and popcorn.
they were going to have a parade, I came down a day early. The whole U.S. is excited about this."
Crowd
Some elementary school students from Wakarua Valley set up a lemonade stand on the sidewalk. But their 50 cent-a-cup business was not the only thing on their minds.
"I'm going to try to get Danny Manning's autograph," one of the boys said.
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