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Planning commission recommends rezoning for Godfrey office; KDOT entrance and drainage conditions required
Summary
The Shawnee County Planning Commission recommended approval of a rezoning request for a roughly 3-acre parcel on the US‑40 frontage road in Dover Township to allow a small family office, subject to a drainage report, a Kansas Department of Transportation entrance permit, and applicant maintenance of the access road.
The Shawnee County Planning Commission recommended approval of rezoning case Z2502 for Darren and Maya Godfrey, voting unanimously to forward the request to the Board of County Commissioners with conditions.
The commission27s action would amend the zoning classification on a roughly 3-acre parcel on the US Highway 40 frontage road at NW Carlson Road in Dover Township from RA‑1 (agricultural/residential) to ONI (office/industrial). Planning and zoning administrator Harim Perez told the commission the applicant plans a small, family-operated general office building with administrative functions and an expected 3 to 4 employees; staff characterized the proposal as a low-impact use that would not generate high traffic volumes.
Staff recommended approval subject to three conditions: submission of a Category 8 drainage report to Public Works for review and approval; an entrance permit from the Kansas Department of Transportation (KDOT); and the applicant27s responsibility for supplemental maintenance of the access/frontage road, "including placing rock as needed," because KDOT will maintain the frontage road only to the extent required for field access.
Dover Township treasurer Susan Aiken spoke in opposition, expressing concern that the state has previously sought to turn short frontage roads back to townships and asking what guarantee the township would have against inheriting road maintenance. Applicant Darren Godfrey said the KDOT entrance-and-usage documentation written as part of the permit specifies that he will maintain the frontage road up to his entrance and that he has agreed to do gravel/snow/cleanup maintenance. Planning staff clarified that KDOT's comments to staff characterized the frontage road as maintained "only to the extent required for a field access road" and that the county has no authority to bind KDOT on long-term maintenance or prevent future changes in KDOT27s maintenance decisions.
After commissioners discussed the item, a motion to approve the rezoning request subject to the three staff conditions carried unanimously on roll call. The vote record shows the commissioners present voted "yes"; the item was recommended for approval and will be heard by the County Commission on Monday, July 7 at 9 a.m.
The decision before the planning commission was limited to the zoning amendment and the conditions described above; any future changes to the frontage road's ownership or KDOT's maintenance policy would be handled between KDOT, the township, or the county outside of this rezoning proceeding.
