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Riley County approves rezoning of 4.8-acre Wildcat Township parcel for single-family home
Summary
The Riley County Commission voted to approve Resolution 050125 to rezone an unplatted 4.8-acre tract from agricultural to single-family residential, with reduced agricultural buffers and a site plan that notes Fort Riley noise considerations.
Riley County commissioners on May 1 approved Resolution 050125 to rezone an unplatted 4.8-acre tract in Wildcat Township from agricultural (AG) to SF-1, single-family residential, clearing the way for a replacement house on the property.
Planning staff presented the request from Carson and Shelby Lang, saying the tract — west of Tuttle Creek Boulevard and south of North 40 Eighth Street — had been vacant since about 2018 after a house on the parcel burned. “The staff recommends that the Board of County Commissioners approve the request to rezone the subject property from AG agricultural district to SF-1 single family residential, as it has been determined that it is in conformance with the comprehensive plan and meets the requirements of the Riley County Land Development Regulations and Riley County Sanitary Code,” the presenter told the commission.
The county’s staff analysis found the parcel consistent with the Manhattan Urban Area Comprehensive Plan (2015) and the broader Vision 2025 county plan. The property scored in the upper end of the “moderate for development” range on the county’s LISA evaluation. The site plan accompanying the rezoning shows the lot will be served by rural water and an on-site wastewater lagoon; Riley County Fire District No. 1 is the nearest fire provider, within five road miles at the Tuttle Creek station.
Because of adjacent agricultural operations, the Planning Board approved reduced agricultural buffers for the lot: a reduction from 200 to 50 feet along the west property line and from 200 to 100 feet along the south property line. Planning staff said the reductions were intended to provide protection for anticipated nearby pasturing and farm practices while allowing habitation on the lot.
The record also notes the parcel lies inside Fort Riley’s installation planning area. Planning staff cited a recorded “notice of potential noise impacts in Fort Riley, Kansas military installation” from Aug. 17, 2020, and said Fort Riley’s 2015 installation noise-management plan generally considers housing and similar noise-sensitive uses acceptable within the identified land-use planning zone.
Commissioners moved and seconded the resolution; the motion carried and commissioners signed the resolution following the vote.
The approval includes the site plan and the reduced-buffer conditions documented on the site plan. The planning presenter said no variances or conditional uses were associated with this application and that appeals and BOTA scheduling for other county valuation matters were separate items on the agenda.
The county clerk was directed to assign the numerical resolution number for the file and post the approved site plan and the recorded notice language to the county land records as applicable.
