Terms Used In Kansas Statutes 12-750

  • Joint committee: Committees including membership from both houses of teh legislature. Joint committees are usually established with narrow jurisdictions and normally lack authority to report legislation.
  • Joint resolution: A legislative measure which requires the approval of both chambers.
  • planning commission: means a city, county, regional or metropolitan planning commission;

    (7) "residential-design manufactured home" means a manufactured home on permanent foundation which has (A) minimum dimensions of 22 body feet in width, (B) a pitched roof and (C) siding and roofing materials which are customarily used on site-built homes;

    (8) "subdivision" means the division of a lot, tract or parcel of land into two or more parts for the purpose, whether immediate or future, of sale or building development, including resubdivision;

    (9) "subdivision regulations" mean the lawfully adopted subdivision ordinances of a city and the lawfully adopted subdivision resolutions of a county;

    (10) "zoning" means the regulation or restriction of the location and uses of buildings and uses of land;

    (11) "zoning regulations" mean the lawfully adopted zoning ordinances of a city and the lawfully adopted zoning resolutions of a county. See Kansas Statutes 12-742

  • Property: includes personal and real property. See Kansas Statutes 77-201

(a) If the governing body of a city proposes to adopt subdivision regulations affecting property lying outside of the city and governed by subdivision regulations of the county, a copy of the city’s proposal shall be certified to the board of county commissioners or if at any time subsequent to the adoption of regulations governing the subdivision of land by the city planning commission, the board of county commissioners shall designate an area for such purposes which shall include lands lying within the area governed by subdivision regulations of the city, the board of county commissioners shall certify a copy of such resolution to the governing body of the city and regulations governing the subdivision of land within the area designated by the city shall be adopted and administered in the manner hereinafter provided. Within 60 days after the date of the certification of the resolution by the board of county commissioners or the governing body of the city, there shall be established by joint resolution of the board of commissioners and governing body, a joint committee for subdivision regulation which shall be composed of three members of the county planning commission to be appointed by the chairperson of the county planning commission and three members of the city planning commission to be appointed by the chairperson of the city planning commission and one member to be selected by the other six members. Such joint committee shall have such authority as provided by law for county planning and city planning commissions relating to the adoption and administration of regulations governing the subdivision of land within the area of joint regulation. Regulations adopted by the county or city and in effect at the time of the certification of such resolution by the board of county commissioners or the governing body of the city shall remain in effect until new regulations shall have been adopted by the joint committee or for a period not exceeding six months from and after the date of the certification of such resolution. The provisions of this section shall not apply to any city and county jointly cooperating in the exercise of planning and zoning under the provisions of this act.

(b) The provisions of this section shall become effective on and after January 1, 1992.