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Leawood planning commission continues landscaping ordinance amendment and related case to March 25
Summary
At its Feb. 25 meeting the City of Leawood Planning Commission continued two cases, including an amendment to section 16-4-7.3 on landscaping requirements remanded to the governing body; staff said legal and planning staff are revising language and expect to return the item in March.
The City of Leawood Planning Commission on Feb. 25 continued two pending cases to its March 25 meeting, including Case 12-24, an amendment to Section 16-4-7.3 addressing landscaping requirements that staff said has been remanded to the governing body for further review.
The commission announced the continuances during the regular meeting; a planning staff member told commissioners that city legal counsel and planning staff are working through revisions to the ordinance language and expect to present the updated material at the March meeting. "Our legal department and planning staff are still working through some language on that, so we hope to have that to you at the March meeting," the staff member said.
Commissioners did not debate the merits of the landscaping language at the Feb. 25 meeting. The record shows the two cases were postponed to March 25 for further action; no final votes or ordinance adoptions occurred. The transcript identifies the first continued item as Case 12-24, described as a "Leawood ordinance amendment to section 16-4-7.3, landscaping requirements." The second continued item was identified in the meeting as "Case 6116-24 Reserve" (case number and details as spoken in the meeting). The commission did not provide additional details about the reserve case at the Feb. 25 meeting.
Planning staff did not provide a revised ordinance text or a new draft schedule at the Feb. 25 meeting beyond the commitment to return the item in March. Commissioners and staff indicated the item had been remanded to the governing body, but the commission did not take formal action on the substance of the landscaping standards at this meeting.
The commission's next regular meeting is scheduled for March 25, when both continued cases will return for additional review and possible action. For applicants and members of the public tracking these items, the commission noted that staff expects to circulate updated materials once the legal review is complete.
