Tag: Neighborhood & Community Development

Politics

Development committee gets update on rewrite of outdated zoning

The Unified Government’s Neighborhood and Community Development standing committee denied a proposed storage facility that conflicted with the Northeast Area Master Plan, approved a batch of land bank applications and received updates on a comprehensive rewrite of the county’s 40-year-old zoning code during its Monday, Mar. 30 meeting. The committee […]

Politics

Wyandot tribe land bank transfer highlights committee meetings

In a potentially historic move, the Unified Government’s Neighborhood and Community Development Committee unanimously approved transferring three parcels of land to the Wyandot Nation of Kansas at its meeting Monday evening, a decision commissioners described as an opportunity to “help make history.” The land transfer, which passed 4-0, will provide […]