Harvey County, Kansas Comprehensive Plan ADOPTED BY THE Harvey County Regional Planning Commission & Board of County Commissioners Pursuant to K.S.A 12-747 Phillips & Associates Community Planning & Development Consultants Manhattan, Kansas
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
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... 11 Section 2.4 I-135 Corridor... 31 Section 2.5 Equus Beds Aquifer... 44 CHAPTER 3 PLANNING ISSUES OF HARVEY COUNTY Section 3.1 Population Trends... 46 Section 3.2 Housing Trends... 61 Section 3.3 Rural Water Service... 65 Section 3.4 Environmentally Sensitive Areas... 68 Section 3.5 City Growth Plan & Policies... 74 Section 3.6 Existing Zoning & Land Use... 77 CHAPTER 4 PLAN IMPLEMENTATION Section 4.1 Agricultural & Rural Preservation... 82 Section 4.2 Urban Fringe Management... 83 iv
Section 4.3 I-135 Corridor... 84 Section 4.4 Equus Beds Aquifer... 85 APPENDIX... LIST OF MAPS Map 2.1 County Rural Preservation, Rural Transition, and Urban Fringe Areas... 24 Map 2.2 City of Sedgwick Urban Fringe and Rural Transition Area... 25 Map 2.3 City of Halstead Urban Fringe and Rural Transition Area... 26 Map 2.4 Cities of Newton and North Newton Urban Fringe and Rural Transition Area... 27 Map 2.5 City of Burrton Urban Fringe and Rural Transition Area... 28 Map 2.6 City of Walton Urban Fringe and Rural Transition Area... 29 Map 2.7 City of Hesston Urban Fringe and Rural Transition Area... 30 Map 2.8 Future Land Use of the I-35 Corridor... 37 Map 3.1 Harvey County FEMA Floodplain Boundary Map (Reserved)... 72 Map 3.2 Equus Beds Aquifer Boundary & Groundwater Management No. 2... 73 LIST OF FIGURES Figure 2.1 Residential Cluster Development... 17 Figure 3.1 Harvey County Historic Population... 48 Figure 3.2 Population Projections of Persons 65 & Older, 2000-2020... 55 Figure 3.3 Harvey County Population Forecasts, 2000-2020... 57 Figure 3.4 Eqqus Beds Groundwater Management District No. 2 Boundary Map... 66 Figure 3.5 Removal of Eqqus Beds Water by Major Users, 1981-1993... 67 Figure 3.6 Change in Eqqus Beds Aquifer Level, 1940 1998... 69 LIST OF TABLES Table 2.1 Reasons For and Against the Development of the I-35 Corridor... 31 Table 3.1 Harvey County Population Counts, 1890-1990... 48 Table 3.2 Regional Benchmark Population Change, 1980 1990... 49 Table 3.3 City Population Change, 1980 1998... 50 Table 3.4 Southeast Harvey County Township Population Change, 1980 1990... 51 Table 3.5 Southwest Harvey County Township Population Change, 1980-1990... 51 Table 3.6 Harvey County Age Cohorts and Rate of Change, 1980 1990... 53 Table 3.7 Harvey County Estimated Age Groups, 2000 2020... 54 Table 3.8 Population Projects of Persons 65 and Older, 1990 2020... 56 Table 3.9 Harvey County Population Forecasts, 2000 2020... 57 Table 3.10 Major Strengths, Major Weakness, and Possible Opportunities Based on Harvey 59County Demographics... 59 Table 3.11 Harvey County Selected Factors and Benchmarks at a Glance... 60 Table 3.12 New Residential Construction, 1990 1998... 62 Table 3.13 Inventory of Buildable Residential Lots... 64 v
Table 3.14 Inventory of Water Systems... 65 Table 3.15 Inventory of Environmental Remediation Sties, 1997... 71 vi