Harvey County, Kansas Comprehensive Plan

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1 Harvey County, Kansas Comprehensive Plan ADOPTED BY THE Harvey County Regional Planning Commission & Board of County Commissioners Pursuant to K.S.A Phillips & Associates Community Planning & Development Consultants Manhattan, Kansas

2 Harvey County, Kansas Comprehensive Plan LIST OF PARTICIPANTS & ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS HARVEY COUNTY COMMISSION Arch Conduff Bob Rodgers Jim Schierluy Max H. Graber, Chairman Ken Meier, Member Eugene Wendling, Member HARVEY COUNTY STAFF Craig Simmons, County Administrator Rod Compton, AICP, Planner HARVEY COUNTY REGIONAL PLANNING COMMISSION Robert Rodgers Barry Considine Don Lanzrath Carroll Clark John Stucky Cindy Swindler Max Gatz LuAlan Willems (Lu Willems) Jon Jenson Al Heine John Redinger Don Riggs George Torres AUGUST 10 TH PUBLIC WORKSHOP Paul DuBois Donald Horst Emily Ogle Lu Willems Jon R. Jenson Dan Rohr Fernand Loganbill Dick McGlachlin Darence & Melinda Munseli Rod Compton Leo DuBois Arthur Seymour Don Riggs Carroll L. Harder Kim Muir Stan Guhr Keith Sherwood Dick McCall Merril Harms Maurice Merirousley Barbara Andres Mel McAnulty Horace Toews Marvin Wedel Byron Warta Donald Busenitz Mason Short AUGUST 17 TH PUBLIC WORKSHOP MH Graber Sharon Allen Paul DuBois Merril Harms Leo DuBois Craig Clough Eugene Wendling Rod Compton Mary A Gatz ii

3 Mason Short Kim Muir Marvin Wedel Al Heine Stan Guhr Donald Lanzrath Jon R. Jenson Harvey County, Kansas Comprehensive Land Use Plan TABLE OF CONTENTS CHAPTER 1 VISION STATEMENT & GOALS Section 1.1 Introduction... 1 Section 1.2 Vision Statement... 1 Section 1.3 Visioning Exercise... 2 Section 1.4 Prioritization of Goals... 3 Section 1.5 Goals of the Comprehensive Plan... 4 CHAPTER 2 FUTURE LAND USE PLAN & POLICIES Section 2.1 Introduction... 6 Section 2.2 Agriculture, Open Space & Rural Preservation... 6 Section 2.3 Urban Fringe Management Section 2.4 I-135 Corridor Section 2.5 Equus Beds Aquifer CHAPTER 3 PLANNING ISSUES OF HARVEY COUNTY Section 3.1 Population Trends Section 3.2 Housing Trends Section 3.3 Rural Water Service Section 3.4 Environmentally Sensitive Areas Section 3.5 City Growth Plan & Policies Section 3.6 Existing Zoning & Land Use CHAPTER 4 PLAN IMPLEMENTATION Section 4.1 Agricultural & Rural Preservation Section 4.2 Urban Fringe Management iv

4 Section 4.3 I-135 Corridor Section 4.4 Equus Beds Aquifer APPENDIX... LIST OF MAPS Map 2.1 County Rural Preservation, Rural Transition, and Urban Fringe Areas Map 2.2 City of Sedgwick Urban Fringe and Rural Transition Area Map 2.3 City of Halstead Urban Fringe and Rural Transition Area Map 2.4 Cities of Newton and North Newton Urban Fringe and Rural Transition Area Map 2.5 City of Burrton Urban Fringe and Rural Transition Area Map 2.6 City of Walton Urban Fringe and Rural Transition Area Map 2.7 City of Hesston Urban Fringe and Rural Transition Area Map 2.8 Future Land Use of the I-35 Corridor Map 3.1 Harvey County FEMA Floodplain Boundary Map (Reserved) Map 3.2 Equus Beds Aquifer Boundary & Groundwater Management No LIST OF FIGURES Figure 2.1 Residential Cluster Development Figure 3.1 Harvey County Historic Population Figure 3.2 Population Projections of Persons 65 & Older, Figure 3.3 Harvey County Population Forecasts, Figure 3.4 Eqqus Beds Groundwater Management District No. 2 Boundary Map Figure 3.5 Removal of Eqqus Beds Water by Major Users, Figure 3.6 Change in Eqqus Beds Aquifer Level, LIST OF TABLES Table 2.1 Reasons For and Against the Development of the I-35 Corridor Table 3.1 Harvey County Population Counts, Table 3.2 Regional Benchmark Population Change, Table 3.3 City Population Change, Table 3.4 Southeast Harvey County Township Population Change, Table 3.5 Southwest Harvey County Township Population Change, Table 3.6 Harvey County Age Cohorts and Rate of Change, Table 3.7 Harvey County Estimated Age Groups, Table 3.8 Population Projects of Persons 65 and Older, Table 3.9 Harvey County Population Forecasts, Table 3.10 Major Strengths, Major Weakness, and Possible Opportunities Based on Harvey 59County Demographics Table 3.11 Harvey County Selected Factors and Benchmarks at a Glance Table 3.12 New Residential Construction, Table 3.13 Inventory of Buildable Residential Lots v

5 Table 3.14 Inventory of Water Systems Table 3.15 Inventory of Environmental Remediation Sties, vi