Butler County adopts comprehensive plan adding Flint Hills protection overlay

Jun 9, 2026

The Butler County Commission voted unanimously June 9 to adopt a revised comprehensive plan and a new goal directing large industrial and commercial projects away from the Flint Hills ecoregion, and discussed creating an overlay district to implement the policy.

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The Butler County Board of County Commissioners unanimously approved resolution PC-26-1 on June 9 adopting the county's updated comprehensive plan, including a late addition designated Goal 5.5 to protect the Flint Hills ecoregion from large-scale industrial and commercial projects.

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