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VAC2016-00038 - Request to vacate the plattor’s text to amend the uses allowed in a platted reserve on property generally located north of East Central Avenue on the east side of North 127th Street East (County District 1).
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Recommended Action: Follow the recommendation of the Metropolitan Area Planning Commission, approve the Vacation Order and authorize the necessary signatures.
The applicant, the Villas at Crestview Homeowners Association (HOA), is requesting the vacation of the plattor’s text to amend the uses allowed in the platted Reserve A, Villas at Crestview Addition. The plattor’s text states that Reserve A is to be used for: private drives, parking areas and open space, that all private drives are granted as fire lane easement and the west 30 feet is for an open space buffer. The HOA proposes to allow a wall and has provided a recorded Temporary Construction Easement and a recorded Permanent Wall Easement; Doc/Flm-Pg: 29608110 & Doc/Flm-Pg: 29608111, both recorded May 13, 2016. The Minneha Township has agreed to be responsible for the construction and maintenance of the proposed wall.
There are public water lines, water valves, water nodes, hydrants and stormwater inlets located in the subject reserve. There are a platted 10-foot wide easement, a platted 10-foot wide drainage easement and a platted 10-foot wide drainage and utility easement located in different portions of the subject reserve, which will remain in effect. The Villas at Crestview Addition was recorded June 18, 1970.
Alternatives: Not applicable.
Financial Considerations: Approved by Division of Finance; complies with Kansas Budget Law and Cash Basis Law
Not applicable.
Legal Considerations: Approved as to form and signed by County Counselor’s Office
The Board of County Commissioners is authorized by K.S.A. 58-2613, et seq. to grant petitions for vacation of platted streets, alleys, public easements and public reservations. The V...
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