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Commission sends McConnell-area rezoning back to planning commission after base raises compatibility concerns
Summary
Sedgwick County commissioners returned a proposed rezoning near McConnell Air Force Base to the Metropolitan Area Planning Commission for further review after McConnell staff and several commissioners asked for clearer limits on uses — especially to rule out residential and other sensitive uses — and to formalize a protective overlay.
Sedgwick County commissioners on July 9 sent a proposed zoning change for about 40 acres west of South Rock Road back to the county planning commission for further study after McConnell Air Force Base and several commissioners asked for firmer limits on what can be built near base operations.
The county planning department had brought ZON-2025-17 forward after the Metropolitan Area Planning Commission (MAPC) voted 6–5 to recommend rezoning the property from Industrial Park Airport (IPA) to General Commercial (GC) with a custom protective overlay. MAPC’s recommendation would have allowed two additional industrial uses — outdoor storage and vehicle storage yard — while otherwise keeping uses similar to the IPA district. McConnell staff submitted comments after the MAPC meeting identifying uses it considers incompatible with base operations, and the commission voted to send the case back to…
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