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Commission recommends rezoning 40‑acre property to RR‑2.5; applicant presents concept plan
Summary
The Leavenworth County Planning Commission voted 8‑0 to recommend rezoning a roughly 40‑acre parcel (case DEV‑25‑104) from RR‑5 to RR‑2.5; the applicant presented a concept plan and staff said the rezoning is consistent with adjacent zoning to the south. BOCC will consider the request no earlier than Oct. 29, 2025.
The Leavenworth County Planning Commission unanimously recommended approval of a rezoning from RR‑5 to RR‑2.5 for the parcel identified in case DEV‑25‑104; the item will go to the Board of County Commissioners for consideration no earlier than Oct. 29, 2025.
Planning staff said the 40‑acre property at the address read into the record maps to RR‑2.5 uses immediately to the south and staff supports the request. “This area is also designated residential 2.5 acre RR2.5 zoning directly to the south of this parcel. Based on that and the additional review that staff provided in their staff reports, staff is supportive of this request,” planning staff said in the hearing.
Applicant Joe Herring, Herring Surveying, said the parcel contains multiple ponds, two houses and five ponds on site and that details such as whether the future lots would use a private or public road are to be determined later. He presented a concept plan to illustrate a possible layout and said the configuration will be refined in later submittals.
During discussion commissioners noted the concept plan was illustrative and that one lot may require an exception related to an existing concrete pad or barn area. The commission found the rezoning complies with the evaluation factors in the staff report and approved the recommendation by roll call vote, 8‑0. Per staff, the Board of County Commissioners will consider the rezoning no earlier than Oct. 29, 2025.
