• Implement the Johnson County Rural Comprehensive Plan and other relevant plans and policies.
• Improve user-friendliness through the use of clear, common sense language, graphics, tables, and flowcharts that make it easier to understand and interpret the regulations.
• Modernize the regulations using a community-based process, regulating what matters to the community without overregulating.
• Create regulations that reflect modern development methods, are tied to infrastructure capacity, and align with the planned growth of incorporated communities.
• Incorporate standards that are both predictable (people know what to expect from applications and future development) and flexible (there are opportunities to adjust standards to reflect on-the-ground realities.
• Reduce conflicts and inconsistencies between the regulations and other codes.
• Integrate best practices in planning and zoning from Kansas and around the nation, tailored to Johnson County.
• Ensure legally sound and defensible regulations that align with state statutes and federal law.

Throughout the course of this project, we will be asking the community for their ideas via surveys, public meetings, and the chance to comment on drafts of the Zoning Regulations. Check this page for the latest news and next opportunity to participate.

Open Houses

Johnson County residents are invited to participate in a series of public open house meetings to review and provide feedback on draft recommendations for the updated zoning regulations.

Each open house will be held in a come-and-go format with no formal presentation, allowing attendees to drop in at their convenience. The same information will be presented at both meetings, so participants may choose the date and location that best fits their schedule.

• Tuesday, Aug. 18: 6-8 p.m. at New Century Field House, 551 New Century Parkway, New Century, KS
• Thursday, Aug. 20: 6-8 p.m. at Stilwell United Methodist Church, 19335 S Metcalf Rd. Stilwell, KS