OFFICIAL NOTICE
CITY OF MCPHERSON, KANSAS
TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN AND TO ALL PERSONS INTERESTED:
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a public hearing will be held by the McPherson City Planning Commission on April 6, 2021 at 7:00 P.M. to consider the adoption of new Subdivision Regulations for the City of McPherson and an extraterritorial jurisdiction not exceeding three miles from the city limits. This hearing will be held in the Commission Room at the Municipal Center, 400 East Kansas Avenue, McPherson, Kansas.
The proposed Subdivision Regulations provide for the efficient and orderly location of streets, utilities and drainage facilities; extent and manner in which such on-site and off-site public improvements will be installed and guaranteed; reservation or dedication of land for open space, parks and other public sites; avoidance of water pollution, flooding and traffic accidents and the compatibility of lot arrangements through proper design standards; appointment of administrative officials and prescription of their duties; establishment of means for amending the Regulations; and enforcement of provisions by penalties and legal remedies. Administrative methods are established to process the approval of sketch plans, preliminary and final plats and lot splits whenever land is divided into lots and tracts for sale or transfer and not otherwise exempted.
By a copy of this notice, written notification of the City’s intent to adopt Subdivision Regulations for an extraterritorial jurisdiction will be provided to the McPherson County Board of Commissioners and Township Trustees of Jackson, McPherson, Empire, Groveland, King City, and Lone Tree townships as required by K.S.A. 12-743(a).
Copies of the proposed Subdivision Regulations are available to be reviewed from the City Clerk at the Municipal Center in McPherson, Kansas during regular business hours. Revisions from the previous model include corrections and inclusion of statutory requirements not in place at the time of previous adoption. A copy of the proposed Subdivision Regulations is also available online at the City’s website: https://www.mcpcity.com/Archive.aspx?ADID=186.
After hearing the views and wishes of the public, the Planning Commission may close the hearing and consider the adoption of the Subdivision Regulations and, if adopted, may be referred to the McPherson City Commission for consideration of approval to incorporate them as a model code into an Ordinance by reference. Said public hearing may be recessed and continued from time to time without further notice.