There is hereby created a City plan commission consisting of
seven members, five of whom shall be electors of the City and two
of whom shall reside outside of, but within three miles of the corporate
limits of the City.
Within 30 days of the meeting at which this ordinance is adopted,
the Mayor shall, by and with the consent of the Council, appoint such
members, three to serve until the first regular meeting of the City
Council in the next succeeding month of May, two to serve until the
first regular meeting of the City Council in the second succeeding
month of May and two to serve until the first regular meeting of the
City Council in the third succeeding month of May. Thereafter, members
shall be appointed for terms of three years each. Vacancies shall
be filled by appointment for the unexpired term only. Members of the
commission shall serve without compensation for their service.
The members of the City planning commission shall meet at the
call of the Chairman and such other times as the commission may determine.
They shall select one of their members as chairman and one as vice-chairman
who shall serve one year and until their successor has been selected.
Special meetings may be called at any time by the chairman or in his
absence, by the vice-chairman. A majority of the commission shall
constitute a quorum for the transaction of business. The commission
shall cause a proper record to be kept at its proceedings.
Whenever the planning commission shall have adopted and certified
the comprehensive plan of the community or of one or more major sections
or districts thereof, then and henceforth no public improvement, public
facility or public utility of a type embraced within the recommendations
of the comprehensive plan or portion thereof shall be construed without
first being submitted to and being approved by the planning commission
as being in conformity with the plan. If the planning commission does
not make a report within 60 days, the project shall be deemed to have
been approved by the planning commission. In case the planning commission
shall find that any such proposed public improvement, facility or
utility does not conform to the plan, the commission shall submit
forthwith in writing the manner in which such proposed improvement,
facility or utility does not conform, to the governing body sponsoring
the same, and such governing body may, by a recorded vote of 3/4 majority
of its membership overrule the disapproval of the planning commission
and the plan for the area concerned shall be deemed to have been amended
and the planning commission shall make the necessary changes in the
plan to reflect the same.
Whenever any such regulations governing the subdivision of land
under the provisions of this act shall have been adopted the owner
or owners of any land located within the area governed by such regulations
subdividing the same into lots and blocks or tracts or parcels, for
the purpose of laying out any subdivisions, suburban lots, building
lots, tracts or parcels or any owner of any land establishing any
street, alley, park or other property intended for public use or for
the use of purchasers or owners of lots, tracts or parcels of land
fronting thereon or adjacent thereto, shall cause a plat to be made
which shall accurately describe dimensions thereof the location and
dimensions of all streets, alleys, parks or other properties intended
to be dedicated to public use, or for the use of, purchasers or owners
of lots, tracts or parcels of land fronting thereon or adjacent thereto
and every such plat shall be duly acknowledged by the owner or owners
thereof. All such plats shall be submitted to the City planning commission
or to the joint committee for subdivision regulation if such has been
formed, which shall determine if the same conforms to the provisions
of the subdivision regulations. If such determination is not made
within 60 days after the plat has been submitted for consideration,
such plat shall be deemed to have been approved and certificate shall
be issued by the secretary of the planning commission or joint committee
upon demand. If the planning commission or joint committee shall find
that the plat does not conform to the requirements of the subdivision
regulations, it shall notify the owner or owners of such fact. If
the plat conforms to the requirements of such regulations, there shall
be endorsed thereon the fact that it has been submitted to and approved
by the City planning commission or joint committee. The planning commission
or joint committee may establish a scale of reasonable fees to be
paid in advance to the secretary of the planning commission or joint
committee by the applicant for approval for each plat filed with the
planning commission or joint committee. No building permit shall be
issued for the construction of any structure upon any lot, tract or
parcel of land located within the area governed by the subdivision
regulations that has been subdivided, resubdivided or replotted after
the date of the adoption of such regulations by the governing body.
Any regulations adopted by a governing body with reference to subdividing
lots shall provide for the issuance of building permits on lots divided
into not more than two tracts without having to replat said lot, provided
that the resulting tracts shall not again be divided without replotting.
Such regulations shall contain procedure for issuance of building
permits on divided lots which shall take into account the need for
adequate street rights-of-way, easements, improvement of public facilities
and zoning regulations if in existence, shall provide for a procedure
which shall specify a time limit within which action shall be taken,
and shall further provide, where applicable, for the final decision
on the issuance of such building permit to be made by the governing
body, except as may be provided by law. The register of deeds shall
not file any plat as provided by law until such plat shall bear the
endorsement hereinbefore provided.
On or before the first Monday in July of each year the City
planning commission shall prepare and submit to the governing body
of the City its budget of expenditures for the ensuing budget year,
itemizing the expenses and amounts and the purpose. The City governing
body shall thereupon consider said budget and make such allowances
to the said City planning commission as it shall deem proper including
funds for the employment of such employees or consultants as the governing
body may authorize and provide and shall add the same to the general
budget of such City: Provided, That the governing body of any City
may, prior to the time that moneys are available under the budget
as herein provided, appropriate moneys for such purposes from the
general fund. The governing body may enter into such contracts as
it may deem necessary for the purposes of this act and may receive
and expend funds and moneys from the state or federal government or
from any other source for such purpose.
The rules of procedure governing requests for a zoning or rezoning
classification, ordinance or amendment, shall be as follows:
(a) Submission of Application:
(1)
Applicant shall attend a preliminary conference with the designated
representative of the Plan Commission for the purpose of reviewing
all submission requirements. Following said conference, applicant
will be furnished an application, a blank copy of which is made a
part of this ordinance and attached as appendix I.
(2)
Application form shall be completed and returned in duplicate
accompanied by a filing fee of $75, and an accurate sketch of the
land in question, drawn to a scale with scale depicted on a sheet
no less than 8 1/2 by 11 inches, showing adjacent tracts within
200 feet and the current ownership thereof.
(b) Public Notice by Plan Commission:
(1)
Following receipt of application the secretary of the Plan Commission
shall cause a notice of public hearing to be published once in the
official City newspaper at least 20 days prior to the scheduled hearing
date, excluding the date of publication.
(c) Public Notice by Applicant:
(1)
At least 10 days before the public hearing applicant must serve
notice of the hearing on all property owners, not mere occupants,
within 200 feet of the property proposed to be altered. Such mailed
notice shall be given by certified mail, return-receipt requested,
and shall be in the form of a letter explaining the proposed change.
Newspaper clippings of the publication notice shall be included.
(d) Submission Prior to Public Hearing:
(1)
The following items must be furnished the Plan Commission's
designated representative no less than 10 days prior to the public
hearing, at which time a conference will be held to determine technical
compliance:
a.
Preliminary Development Plan when required - as stated in the
ordinance governing the use district applicant is seeking. The required
plans shall be drawn to scale of one inch - 200 feet to clearly demonstrate
the proponents intent.
b.
Subdivision Plat (if platting also requested).
c.
Affidavit of mailing, duly notarized.
d.
Certificate of ownership prepared by a title insurance or abstract
company showing the names and the mailing addresses of all owners
within 200 feet of the property to be affected.
e.
Return receipts from certified mailing made by applicant are
requested. In no event shall return receipts be later than two days
prior to the public hearing.
f.
Certificate of ownership, contract to purchase or option contract
indicating the interest of applicant in and to the subject property.
(e) Public Hearings:
(1)
Following the publication period as required by law the Plan
Commission shall hold a public hearing at which applicant shall make
his presentation, including preliminary plans when required.
(2)
Any such hearing may, for good cause, in the discretion of the
Plan Commission, be continued for a definite time to be specified
in the record of the Plan Commission. Provided, however, that applicant
shall be responsible for mailing notices of continuance to all property
owners, not mere occupants, within 200 feet of the area proposed to
be altered at least 10 days prior to the continued hearing date and
furnishes an affidavit of mailing to the Plan Commission's designated
representative, prior to said continued date. Upon request of the
applicant to the secretary of the Plan Commission one continuance
may be granted of the public hearing before the Plan Commission and
one continuance may be granted for Council action on the Plan Commission
recommendation. Provided, however, that any such continuance requested
by applicant be made to a day certain and shall be for not less than
one month and that applicant give notice to all property owners within
200 feet of the property proposed to be altered in the same manner
previously set forth in this section.
(3)
Subsequent to the public hearing if the application and accompanying
documents are found to be in compliance with the intent of the requirements
set forth in the ordinance governing the use district applicant seeks
and is found to be in the public interest and welfare, the Plan Commission
shall by resolution recommend that the City Council provide for and
establish the zoning classification applied for, for the land covered
by the application and as bounded in the plat.
(f) Submission to the City Council:
(1)
Following a recommendation of approval or disapproval, the Plan
Commission's designated representative shall submit a copy of the
application and attachments to the City Attorney for incorporation
with and preparation of a Zoning Ordinance to be introduced for first
reading no later than the second City Council Meeting following the
date of the Plan Commission's resolution.
(2)
Following submission of the approved application to the City
Attorney, the City Attorney shall cause to be made and presented an
accurate written summary of the proceedings to the City Council for
action approving or disapproving the recommendation of the Plan Commission,
provided, however, the Council may for good cause continue its action
upon application or take the same under advisement for final decision
at another date, and in any case the record shall show the reason
for such continuance by the Council. In the event of continuance by
Council, the Plan Commission secretary shall mail notices of the continuance
to all property owners located within 200 feet of the area proposed
to be altered. The Council may, if in its judgment deemed advisable
for the best interest of the public and applicant, refer such application
hack to the Plan Commission for further consideration and public hearing,
upon publication notice of the time, place and purpose of such hearing,
such notice to be published in one issue of the official City newspaper
not less than five days prior to such hearing. Applicant shall not
be required to pay an additional filing fee in such rehearing proceedings
but will be charged the cost of printing the required publication
notice.
(3)
Recommendations for amendments, revision, change or appeal of
the Zoning ordinance, Zoning district Map and Rules or Regulations
may also be made by the Plan Commission by its own resolution or by
the City Council, providing same are first submitted to the Plan Commission
for hearing and recommendation. In either case, final action shall
be taken only following public hearing, publication of notice and
recommendation, favorable or otherwise, by the Plan Commission, in
the manner hereinbefore provided.
(4)
The Plan Commission and Council may in the process of rezoning
land, limit the use of said land to one specific use permitted in
the district to which said land is zoned or rezoned.
(g) Final Development Plan — Standards of Submission.
(1)
Upon approval of the Zoning change by the City Council and before
a building permit may be issued, the proponent, when required shall
submit to the Plan Commission for review and approval, a Final Development
Plan in conformance with the requirements of the use district applicant
is seeking. The Final Development Plan may be submitted separately
for the first and each successive stage of construction.
It shall be the responsibility of the Commission to determine
that each stage, or all, of the final development plan conforms to
the intent of the preliminary plan on which the zoning change was
made. The Commission, having reviewed the final development plan,
for any and all stages of the development, and finding that it conforms
to the intent of the preliminary plan, shall approve such plan and
recommend its approval to the City Council, and such plan shall be
filed for recording in the office of the City Clerk.
If, in the opinion of the Commission, the final development
plan fails to conform to the intent of the preliminary plan such final
development plan may be submitted to the Commission as an amended
preliminary plan, upon which the commission may, if it deems proper,
advertise and hold a public hearing. All subsequent procedure shall
be the same as for the original preliminary plan.
A final development plan prepared for each successive stage,
shall also be reviewed by the Commission and when approved shall be
submitted to the City Council for approval and, if approved by the
Council, shall be filed in the office of the City Clerk.
(2)
Applicant shall prepare and submit a schedule of construction
in one or more stages which construction shall begin within a specified
period, following the approval of the final development plan or any
stage thereof. Failure to begin the construction as scheduled shall
void the plan, as approved, unless a request for an extension of time
is made by the proponents to the Commission and City Council and approved
by both bodies. If for any reason, the plan is abandoned, or if the
construction is terminated during or after completion of any stage,
and there is ample evidence that further development is not contemplated,
the Commission may recommend to the City Council the rezoning of any
remaining portion of the district to a suitable classification.
(3)
After the final development plan has been approved and the rezoning
change made, and when in the course of carrying out this plan, adjustments
or rearrangements of buildings, parking areas, entrances, heights
or open spaces are requested by the proponents and such requests do
not conform to the standards established by the approved final development
plan such adjustments shall be approved by the Commission and the
City Council.
(4)
The plan shall meet the requirements as to use, height, open
spaces, off-street parking, methods of ingress and egress, and all
other criteria applicable to the appropriate requirements stated in
the ordinance governing the use district under which the land is zoned.
(5)
No building permit shall be issued for any construction until
the City Council has approved the final development plan covering
the applicable stage of development and until the Chief Building Official
and City Architect have reviewed the construction plans to be certain
they conform to the final development plan and the proponent makes
application for building permit as set forth in Section 113.0 in the
BOCA Code and other applicable sections as provided in City Ordinances.
(h) Adjustments or Changes in the Final Plan After Adoption by Ordinance.
(1)
After an area has been zoned, changes in the approved development
plan may not be made except through a new application to the City
Plan Commission and the City Council; however, minor building location
adjustments necessitated by unforeseeable circumstances may be approved
by the Board of Zoning Appeals, after report and recommendation from
the City Plan Commission, at a public hearing.
(i) Construction in Flood Prone Areas. The following procedures shall
govern all subdivision, zoning and rezoning applications for all areas
of the City in which there is danger of flooding and all areas presently
outside the City Limits of the City of Mission Woods, Johnson County,
Kansas, which may in the future be included in the planning and zoning
jurisdiction of the City as set forth in Section 12-707 to 12-725,
General Statutes of Kansas and all Amendments thereto, and Section
12-734, K.S.A. 1971 Supp. and all amendments thereto:
(1)
The Plan Commission, Building Official and City Council in reviewing
all subdivision, zoning and rezoning applications shall make findings
of fact and determine if:
a.
All such proposed developments are consistent with the need
to minimize flood damage.
b.
Adequate drainage is provided so as to reduce exposure to flood
hazards.
c.
Adequate drainage is provided so as not to increase the exposure
to flood hazards of adjacent lands.
d.
All public utilities and facilities are located, elevated, and
constructed so as to minimize or eliminate flood damage, these utilities
and facilities to include sewer, gas, electrical and water systems.
(2)
The Building Official, when reviewing applications for building
permits, including the plans and specifications for the proposed construction,
shall review all building permit applications to determine if the
proposed construction is consistent with the need to minimize flood
damage.
(3)
The Building Official shall review all building permit applications
determine if the site of the proposed construction is reasonably safe
from flooding and shall make recommendations for construction in all
locations which have flood hazards.
(4)
The Building Officials, in his review of all applications for
construction in flood hazard locations shall require the applicant
to provide in his plans and specifications, the following:
a.
Construction so as to prevent the flotation, collapse or lateral
movement of the structure or portions of the structure due to flooding.
b.
The use of construction materials and utility equipment that
are resistant to flood damage.
c.
The utilization of construction methods and practices that will
minimize flood damage.
d.
To provide adequate drainage in order to reduce exposure to
flood hazards.
e.
To locate public utilities and facilities on the site in such
a manner as to be elevated and constructed to minimize or eliminate
flood damage, such utilities and facilities including sewer, gas,
electrical, and water systems.