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DER2015-00007 - PROPOSED AMENDMENT TO EXPAND THE GARDEN PLAIN URBAN AREA OF INFLUENCE (DISTRICT 3).
Presented by: Dale Miller, Director, Metropolitan Area Planning Department.
RECOMMENDED ACTION: Adopt the findings of the Metropolitan Area Planning Commission, amend the Garden Plain Urban Area of Influence boundary as recommended by the MAPC, and authorize the Chairman to sign the resolution.
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Background: On Wednesday October 21, 2015, the Board of Sedgwick County Commissioners (BoCC) adopted an amendment (Resolution No. 185-2015) to the Wichita-Sedgwick County Unified Zoning Code (UZC) that abolished “zoning area of influence” (ZAOI) review authority and the ZAOI map. “Zoning area of influence” authority and its accompanying map were replaced with “urban areas of influence” (UAOI) review authority and an UAOI map. The UAOI map depicts the land that is subject to UAOI review. “Urban area of influence” authority permits certain development applications that deal with land use associated with properties located within the specifically defined geographic areas surrounding 17 of Sedgwick County’s cities to be presented for consideration and recommendation by the designated cities’ planning commissions. The UAOI boundaries for all 17 cities are shown on the Urban Area of Influence map (attachment 1). The City of Garden Plain is one of 17 Sedgwick County cities that was granted UAOI authority.
The City of Garden Plain has requested that its UAOI boundary be expanded from its current boundary (as depicted in blue on attachment 2) to an expanded area (shown in red on attachment 2) enclosed by West 6th Street South (north), South 263rd Street West (east), West 23rd Street South (south) and South 311th Street West (west). See the October 12, 2015, letter from Garden Plain (attachment 3). The overwhelming majority of the land included in the expansion area is farmland that is zoned RR Rural Residential.
The request would expand Garden Pl...
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