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INITIATE APPLICATION WITH METROPOLITAN AREA PLANNING DEPARTMENT FOR AMENDMENT OF THE WICHITA-SEDGWICK COUNTY UNIFIED ZONING CODE (UZC) REGARDING ZONING AREAS OF INFLUENCE.
Presented by: Robert W. Parnacott, Assistant County Counselor.
RECOMMENDED ACTION: Initiate application to remove Zoning Areas of Influence provisions from the Wichita-Sedgwick County Unified Zoning Code.
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Before 1985 certain cities exercised extraterritorial zoning jurisdiction outside their city limits. Since 1985, when county-wide zoning was adopted, cities in the County (except Eastborough, Viola and Wichita) have had ZAOI based on the zoning codes adopted by the County. No other county in Kansas is believed to have ZAOI; and ZAOI are not required by state statute.
For zoning cases in a city’s ZAOI, the case is heard by that city’s planning commission and any recommendations are forwarded to the Metropolitan Area Planning Commission (MAPC) for consideration and may be included in the recommendation made by the MAPC that is sent to the BoCC. If a city planning commission makes a negative recommendation (to deny the zoning application), the BoCC can only approve the zoning application by unanimous vote.
The proposed application for amendment of the zoning code will be as follows:
Complete Removal of Zoning Areas of Influence (ZAOI) - Code Changes Required
1) Non-substantive changes, e.g. updating table of contents if ZAOI are removed completely, re-numbering any sections necessary after complete removal
2) Delete following sections from the zoning code:
Article I:
G. ZONING AREAS OF INFLUENCE
In order to provide for review of zoning map amendment requests by the planning
commissions in the second and third class cities of Sedgwick County, the
Governing Body of the County has adopted and hereby maintains Zoning Areas of Influence around such communities.
1. Map adopted. The "Zoning Areas of Influence Map," originally adopted January
1, 1985, and amended from time to time, is he...
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