Planning staff presents conditional-use permit for Wolf Creek driving range; zoning board recommended approval

A conditional-use permit application for a private golf driving range and a 4,300-square-foot hitting shed at Wolf Creek Golf Course was presented to the Johnson County Board of County Commissioners during an agenda review March 27.

Planning staff said the proposal covers a driving range and hitting shed on roughly 43 acres of a 74.57-acre property at 18845 Lack Minh, zoned rural, and would carry a five-year term. Zoe Brown of the Planning Department said the applicant had requested revision of a prior stipulation concerning demolition of a house and barn; those structures, she said, are in use by maintenance staff and the applicant asked to retain them. Brown said the Eastern Consolidated Zoning Board returned the item with unanimous approval and planning staff recommended approval to the board.

The application includes design details intended to complement the existing Wolf Creek clubhouse, minimal site lighting, 40-inch bollard path lighting near the hitting shed and wall-mounted, downward-facing LED lights over shed doors. Proposed hours are 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. in summer and 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. in winter. Brown said the application meets minimum infrastructure requirements and the stated conditions of approval.

Commissioners asked no substantive policy questions during the agenda review. Commissioner Allenbrand commented positively about the private facility and its appearance. No final board action was recorded at the March 27 agenda review; the item was presented for consideration at the upcoming BOCC meeting on April 3 and staff recommended the BOCC adopt the zoning board’s recommendation.

The March 27 presentation summarized the applicant’s requested change to the demolition stipulation and the zoning board’s unanimous approval; no formal BOCC vote on the CUP is recorded in the agenda-review transcript.