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ZON2017-00028 AND CON2017-00029- County Zone Change From RR Rural Residential To SF-10 Single-Family Residential And LI Limited Commercial And Conditional Use To Permit Mining Or Quarrying, Specifically The Extraction And Removal Of Sand, And Rock Crushing For The Property Generally Located On The North Side Of West 53RD Street North And Approximately 1,000 Feet East Of K-96 Highway (District 4)
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Recommended Action: Approve the zone change and Conditional Use, subject to the conditions recommended by the Metropolitan Area Planning Commission (MAPC), adopt the findings of the MAPC and authorize the Chairman to sign the prepared resolution.
Background: The applicant is requesting a zone change from RR Rural Residential to SF-10 Single-Family Residential (SF-10) and LI Limited Industrial (LI), and a Conditional Use to permit mining or quarrying of sand, and rock crushing. The subject property is located on the north side of West 53rd Street North and approximately 1,000 feet east of K-96 Highway. The property is in unincorporated Sedgwick County, and abuts the City of Maize.
At the conclusion of sand extraction operation, the proposed SF-10 zoning district would allow the construction of approximately 50 single-family homes and a lake as shown on the redevelopment plan. The proposed LI zoning would create two, three acre industrial parcels on the frontage of the property. Please see the attached redevelopment plan related to the application.
The Conditional Use request would allow a sand extraction/mining operation and related gravel crushing on the site, as shown on the attached operational site plan. Details on the operation are as follows:
• The sand extraction operation and rock crusher would have daily hours of operation from 6:00 a.m. to sunset.
• The sand extraction/mining facility and rock crusher will be limited to a 15-year duration.
• Topsoil will be removed from the site...
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