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Commission adopts UDO amendments to implement Kansas Senate Bill 418 for more by-right housing options
Summary
The Planning Commission recommended approval of UDO text amendments to implement Senate Bill 418: administrative 'by-right' housing approvals, streamlined rules for houses under 2,500 sq ft on 3,000-sq-ft lots, removal of certain minimum-dwelling-size and preliminary-plat public-hearing requirements, and allowance of single-family housing in multifamily districts with defined lot/setback standards.
Planning staff presented a package of Unified Development Ordinance amendments to align Overland Park code with Kansas Senate Bill 418, which took effect July 1. The changes create a by-right housing application path when proposed residential development meets zoning criteria, allow single-family houses up to 2,500 square feet to be constructed on 3,000-square-foot lots with specified setbacks (subject to code standards), and remove several procedural and minimum-dwelling-size restrictions.
Miss Hollara said staff had drafted new chapters (18.376 and 18.377) to implement the Buy Right Housing Act sections and proposed adjustments to notifications and subdivision procedures to streamline housing creation of smaller units. The Planning Commission's ordinance review committee reviewed the draft and recommended approval; on a full-commission vote the amendments were recommended 8–0. Staff noted private covenants or deed restrictions remain a separate legal matter and are not superseded by the city code change.
