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Commission adopts new Entertainment (ENT) zoning district language, forwards to council
Summary
Planning staff and commissioners advanced a new Entertainment (ENT) zoning district to streamline large amusement and entertainment developments; the commission voted 7–0 to recommend the UDO text and will forward it to the City Council in February.
The Bonner Springs Planning Commission voted unanimously to recommend adoption of a new Entertainment (ENT) zoning district language in the unified development ordinance. Staff framed the change as a tool to reduce repetitive variance requests and repeated rezoning steps for large amusement or entertainment projects.
Staff said the ENT district is not for a single development but provides a standardized set of dimensional and use standards for projects that meet minimum acreage requirements (staff proposed 15 acres). The draft includes tailored rules for building heights (hotels up to 10 stories / 100 feet), ride heights (up to 120 feet or up to 300 feet when transparency thresholds are met for roller-coaster-type structures), aerial displays (defined and capped at 400 feet in line with FAA considerations), adjusted parking-row limits (increasing from 12 to 24 spaces between islands for large parking fields) and a table of allowable uses adapted to serve entertainment complexes.
Staff said the district was developed after reviewing similar zoning codes elsewhere, including standards used in Branson, Missouri, and to incorporate input from recent work sessions and a proposed Mattel Adventureland concept previously discussed for the area. Commissioners noted they have reviewed the draft for months through work sessions and open hearings.
The commission approved the UDO language as written by a 7–0 vote and directed staff to forward the ordinance language to the City Council for consideration in February.
