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Commission sends Youth Front rezoning back to planning after staff failed to notify all landowners; approves Evergy transmission rezoning
Summary
Linn County commissioners approved Evergy’s rezoning request for about 596 acres to support a transmission substation but sent a separate 257‑acre rezoning by Youth Front back to planning and zoning after finding not all landowners within the statutory 1,000‑foot notice area were mailed required certified notices.
The Linn County Board of Commissioners approved a rezoning request from Evergy Kansas Metro on Feb. 3 to rezone roughly 596.17 acres from agricultural to light industrial for public‑utility use, while sending a separate rezoning application for 257 acres from Youth Front back to the planning and zoning board after staff failed to mail required notices to all property owners within 1,000 feet.
Planning staff told the commission the Evergy application (Case USDashKS107DashLUDash2025Dash8) had been heard by the county planning and zoning board on Jan. 13, which voted unanimously to recommend approval. Jenny Cummings, planning staff, said notices were posted in the county newspaper on Dec. 24…
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