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DR2017-02 - AMENDMENTS TO THE WICHITA-SEDGWICK COUNTY COMPREHENSIVE PLAN (ALL DISTRICTS).
Presented By: Dale Miller, Director Of the Metropolitan Area Planning Department.
RECOMMENDED ACTION: Adopt the resolution amending the Comprehensive Plan as recommended by the Metropolitan Area Planning Commission.
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Background:
The 2015 Wichita-Sedgwick County Comprehensive Plan - The Community Investments Plan included a 2035 Urban Growth Areas Map to portray the anticipated growth patterns of the cities of Sedgwick County. The map is not to be binding or prescriptive in nature, but to serve as a reasonable indication as to where the future extension of public municipal services and corporate limits could occur by the year 2035.
As part of the monitoring effort for the Comprehensive Plan the Advanced Plans Division has made an effort to communicate with each of the municipalities in Sedgwick County about their annexation and development activity and any changes regarding their directions for growth as well as contributing factors to that growth. These efforts are part of the annual urban growth area review process with the cities of Sedgwick County. To that end, three communities have asked for changes to their Urban Growth Areas as currently defined in the Comprehensive Plan.
Rationale for Requested Revisions to Garden Plain’s Urban Growth Area:
Garden Plain had their Area of Zoning Influence eliminated in 2015 and it was replaced by an Urban Area of Influence coinciding with the current Urban Growth Area in the 2035 Community Investments Plan.
An enlarged Urban Area of Influence was granted by the County Commission in April, 2016. This revision of the Urban Growth Area would be consistent with the expanded Urban Area of Influence.
Garden Plain has experienced increased annexation and development activity. They have a good relationship with developers in the proposed area of influence and want to continue maintaining the integrity of the ...
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