Kansas Statutes 3-705. Procedure for adoption of zoning regulations
Terms Used In Kansas Statutes 3-705
- Airport: means any area of land or water designed and set aside for the landing and taking-off of aircraft and utilized or to be utilized in the interest of the public for such purposes, and also means any military airfield. See Kansas Statutes 3-701
- Airport hazard: means any structure or tree or use of land which obstructs the airspace required for the flight of aircraft in landing or taking-off at any airport or is otherwise hazardous to such landing or taking-off of aircraft. See Kansas Statutes 3-701
- Political subdivision: means those now or hereafter authorized by the laws of this state to acquire, operate, maintain or regulate an airport or airports, acting singly or jointly, and also means those within or partly within fifty thousand (50,000) feet of a military airfield control tower. See Kansas Statutes 3-701
(1) Notice and hearing. No airport zoning regulations shall be adopted, amended, or changed under this act except by action of the governing body of the political subdivision or subdivisions in question, after a public hearing in relation thereto, at which parties in interest and citizens shall have an opportunity to be heard. At least fifteen days’ notice of the hearing shall be published in an official paper, or a paper of general circulation, in such political subdivision or subdivisions.
(2) Airport zoning commission. Prior to the initial zoning of any airport hazard area under this act, the political subdivision or subdivisions which are to adopt the regulations shall appoint a commission, to be known as the airport zoning commission, to recommend the boundaries of the various zones to be established and the regulations to be adopted therefor. Such commission shall make a preliminary report and hold public hearings thereon before submitting its final report, and the governing body of the political subdivision or subdivisions shall not adopt airport zoning regulations until the final report of such commission is received. Where a city planning commission or comprehensive zoning commission already exists, it may be appointed as the airport zoning commission.