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Riley County approves final plat for isolated homesite called Greater Dow Estates
Summary
Riley County commissioners approved a final plat and residential-use designation for a 9.3-acre isolated homesite from a 79-acre parent tract, with riparian and reduced agricultural buffers and required agricultural protection easement.
Riley County commissioners on Sept. 22 approved a final plat and a residential-use designation for an isolated homesite named Greater Dow Estates, allowing a non‑agricultural residence on a 9.3‑acre portion of a 79‑acre parent tract.
County planning staff said the tract is bisected from the parent parcel by a first‑order stream and associated riparian area, which qualifies it under the county’s isolated‑homesite rules. The applicant, Brady Dow, is proposing a new entrance off Fairview Church Road and would be required to obtain an entrance permit from the county and to record an agricultural protection easement with the final plat.
Planning staff told commissioners the planning board had no objections and approved two requested reductions in the required agricultural buffer: from 200 feet to 125 feet along the western and southern boundaries and from 200 feet to 100 feet along the eastern boundary, citing an existing tree line and a 50‑foot waterway that frames the adjacent field. Staff recommended the commission acknowledge the final plat and accept easements, rights‑of‑way and licenses shown on the plat.
The county planner noted the site is outside the 1% annual‑chance floodplain and sits on the outer edge of the Fort Riley land‑use planning zone; Fort Riley’s installation operational noise management plan was referenced in staff materials but representatives had not commented on this petition.
Commissioners moved, seconded and voted to adopt Resolution 092225 approving the final plat of Greater Dow Estates, accepting dedicated easements and finding the submission met the minimum requirements of the Riley County Land Development Regulations.
The approval leaves the parcel’s zoning as agricultural; the residential use designation allows a single non‑agricultural dwelling to be established on the isolated tract while the surrounding farmland remains in production. The county will enforce riparian‑buffer protections noted on the plat.
Questions raised during the staff presentation related to buffer delineation, public‑notice boundaries and required easements; planning staff said those items were reflected in the final plat notes and deed restrictions.
