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Shawnee County approves rezoning for Window Design expansion near Silver Lake
Summary
The Shawnee County Board of County Commissioners approved Resolution 2025-43 to rezone a parcel east of Silver Lake from RA-1 to I-1 so an existing Window Design business can expand; the approval includes conditions for drainage, platting and a KDOT entrance permit.
Shawnee County commissioners on June 9 approved a rezoning request that will allow an existing Window Design business east of the city of Silver Lake to expand.
Joni Fedani, director of the county planning department, told commissioners the request—Resolution 2025-43—would amend a parcel’s zoning from RA-1 (rural/agricultural) to I-1 (light industrial) adjacent to the business’s current I-1 parcel. "We are here today for a public hearing on resolution 2025-43 to amend the zoning district classification from RA-1 to I-1," Fedani said.
The change will let the owner of Window Design build warehouse and light manufacturing buildings; Fedani said the site also could permit RV parking and storage units in the future, both allowed uses in the I-1 district. Joshua Blinsky of SBB Engineering, representing the applicant, confirmed the property currently uses a private well and an on-lot septic system.
The rezoning required mailed notice to property owners within 1,000 feet in the county (and a smaller radius within the city). Fedani said the county sent 13 letters and received no written responses; no one appeared to oppose the request at the planning commission or at the county public hearing. The planning commission held a public hearing May 12 and voted 4–0 to recommend approval; Fedani noted two commissioners were absent and one vacancy existed at that meeting.
Commissioner Aaron Mays moved to open and then close the public hearing and to approve the resolution with staff recommendations; Commissioner Kevin Cook seconded the approval. The motion passed 3–0.
The commissioners’ approval included conditions recommended by staff: submission of a drainage report to public works for review and approval, completion and approval of a final plat prior to any development, and obtaining an entrance permit from the Kansas Department of Transportation for access to the state-maintained highway in front of the property. Fedani said county mapping shows the parcel outside Silver Lake city limits and cautioned that city zoning maps displayed in the packet may not reflect Silver Lake’s internal zoning.
Why it matters: changing RA-1 to I-1 alters what uses are allowed on the parcel and clears the way for industrial expansion by an existing local business. The conditions attached to approval (drainage, plat, KDOT permit) are standard measures the county requires before construction begins.
The planning department said final plat application materials will return to the county for separate review and approval before any development occurs.
