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Wichita County adopts subdivision regulations with change to prevent automatic acceptance of internal roads
Summary
Following committee work with developers and engineers, the Wichita County Commissioners Court adopted a new set of Wichita County Subdivision Regulations Jan. 28, 2025, amending Section 3.4 so the county will not automatically accept interior subdivision roads for maintenance.
The Wichita County Commissioners Court voted 5-0 on Jan. 28 to adopt the proposed Wichita County Subdivision Regulations, agreeing to remove language that would have automatically accepted internal subdivision roads for county maintenance.
Commissioners said the document is the product of a multi-stakeholder committee and emphasized the regulations are intended to apply only to formal subdivisions rather than to individual home sites in the unincorporated county. Commissioner Fincannon, who participated in the committee discussions, urged a specific change to section 3.4 and read the existing language aloud to illustrate his concern.
Fincannon read a portion of the existing draft: "Approval of developer's application and filing of the plat constitutes…
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