The Overland Park Planning Commission voted 10-0 on Oct. 13 to approve a set of largely technical amendments to Framework OP, the city’s comprehensive plan update adopted last year, and recommended the item to the City Council.

Planning staff told the commission the changes are mainly corrections and clarifications after one year of using the plan. Staff described 30 proposed map and text edits, including 22 mapping corrections, minor definition refinements and a correction to the land-use character matrix. The package also updates the schedule for more substantive five-year reviews and integrates interactive links and formatting changes in the plan document.

Staff said the changes will not alter the plan’s strategic investment areas map and that most edits are to align mapping with surrounding uses or to fix errors. Notable edits cited by staff included: reclassifying several churches and schools into the traditional neighborhood character type, adjusting small areas from Innovation Flex Hub to suburban neighborhood due to access and topography, and expanding a 2.13-acre public park at 704th and Concert to reflect a city project.

Commissioners praised early implementation work and noted progress on related policy efforts. Staff reported 19 actions currently in progress across the plan’s 36 policies and highlighted ongoing projects: the Unified Development Ordinance update to align zoning with character areas, an updated economic development policy that references Framework OP, the city’s transportation planning work, natural resource and urban forest planning, and a “quality of life” dashboard in progress at the City Manager’s Office.

Commissioner Haynes moved approval of PLM-2025-69, including adoption of Planning Commission Resolution No. 119, and recommended the governing body adopt Ordinance OPCP-3490. The motion passed 10-0. Staff said the City Council will consider the item at its Nov. 3 meeting; staff encouraged interested residents to register to comment via the city’s online public-comment form.

Why it matters: Framework OP sets the city’s long-range land-use and character guidance. These first-year corrections and the schedule for more intensive five-year reviews are intended to fine-tune policy and inform the UDO update that will implement the plan’s character types.