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Planning staff present targeted updates to Topeka’s Land Use and Growth Management Plan 2040
Summary
Planning staff outlined proposed map and text updates to the Land Use and Growth Management Plan (2040), focusing on consistency with recent zoning changes, encouraging adaptive reuse of commercial sites for multifamily housing, and cleaning up annexation and node designations; commissioners asked for updated vacant‑land data.
City planning staff presented proposed updates to Topeka’s Land Use and Growth Management Plan (the future land use map and accompanying text) intended to align the plan with recent zoning code amendments and annexations and to encourage adaptive reuse of vacant or underused commercial properties for medium‑ and higher‑density residential uses.
Staff explained the future land use map is not a zoning map but is one of several factors considered in rezoning and conditional‑use decisions. Proposed text edits would update density references, add guidance…
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