Shawnee County approves major amendment to Higgins Ranch PUD to allow storage units and additional lots
The Shawnee County Commission approved Resolution No. 2025-102 to amend the Higgins Ranch PUD, removing certain commercial-use restrictions, allowing limited I-1 zoning for storage units, and replatting the property into three additional lots. The change replaces a requirement to connect to the Sherwood Sewer District with on-site wastewater systems and was approved 3-0 after a public hearing in which six neighbors voiced opposition.
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Shawnee County commissioners on Dec. 8 approved Resolution No. 2025-102 to amend the Higgins Ranch planned unit development, clearing the way to replat the site into three additional lots and to remove limitations on many C-2 and C-4 commercial uses. The change also creates an option for limited I-1 zoning strictly to allow storage units and removes a prior requirement to connect to the Sherwood Sewer District in favor of on-site wastewater systems permitted by Shawnee County Environmental Health.
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