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ZON2012-00032 and CON2012-00049 - SEDGWICK COUNTY ZONE CHANGE FROM SF-20 SINGLE-FAMILY RESIDENTIAL TO LI LIMITED INDUSTRIAL WITH A CONDITIONAL USE FOR MINING AND QUARRYING (SOIL EXTRACTION) GENERALLY LOCATED ON THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF 31ST STREET SOUTH AND 119TH STREET WEST. (DISTRICT 2)
Presented by: John Schlegel, Planning Director.
RECOMMENDED ACTION: Approve the zone change to LI, subject to platting within one year and the conditions of CON2012-00049; adopt the findings of the Metropolitan Area Planning Commission; direct staff to prepare an appropriate resolution after the plat has been approved and authorize the Chairman to sign the resolution.
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Background: The applicant is requesting LI Limited Industrial (“LI”) zoning with a Conditional Use for soil extraction (‘mining and quarrying’) on the SF-20 Single-Family Residential (“SF-20”) zoned unplatted 78-acre tract located on the northeast corner of 119th Street West and 31st Street South. The site currently has a single-family residence located on it surrounded by agricultural fields. The LI zoning district does not permit any residential uses. Approval of the request would make the existing single-family residence a non-conforming use.
The applicant owns another two tracts totaling 216-acres located south (across 31st Street South) and east of the subject site. These properties were approved for IP Industrial Park (“IP”) zoning (from SF-20), with a Protective Overlay (PO), contingent on platting; ZON2010-00039, with the unrecorded plats SUB2011-00011 and SUB2011-00012. The applicant also owns the (+/-) 130-acres IP zoned Sky West Addition, located southeast of the site; ZON2005-00018/PO #176 and ZON2006-00043/PO #183. All of these 346-acres appear to be agricultural fields. Per the Unified Zoning Code (“UZC”), the LI zoning district permits consideration of a Conditional Use for soil extraction, which the IP zoning district does not, thus the request for the LI zoning, instead of ...
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