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K.S.A. 12-741 et seq. — Municipal Planning and Zoning Enabling Act (KS)

Tracked preemption from the Kansas overlay bundle.

Overview

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Effective
1991-07-01
Sunset
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Authority
state
Scope
state:KS
Other Kansas preemptions
K.S.A. 12-769 through 12-775 — Military Installation Compatibility (Joint Land Use / AICUZ Zoning)K.S.A. 65-34,161 et seq. — Kansas Brownfields & Voluntary Cleanup ProgramTallgrass Prairie National Preserve & Flint Hills Physiographic Region — Federal & Cultural Landscape OverlayK.S.A. 65-171d — Concentrated Animal Feeding Operation (CAFO) RegulationK.S.A. 12-758(h) — Manufactured Housing Non-ExclusionK.S.A. 12-766 / 12-767 / 12-768 — Municipal & County Floodplain ManagementK.S.A. 75-2715 et seq. — Kansas Historic Preservation Act (KHS / SHPO review)K.S.A. 12-1770 et seq. — STAR Bonds & Tax Increment Financing
Primary-source summary
K.S.A. 12-741 et seq. — Municipal Planning and Zoning Enabling Act

Trigger predicate

When this evaluates true for a parcel, the law's preempted fields take precedence over base zoning.

city.governance_type ∈ {city_first_class, city_second_class, city_third_class, consolidated_city}

Preempted fields

4 fields on the base district schema are rewritten when the trigger fires.

FieldOpValueNote
zoning_ordinance.procedural_floorrequire12_741_compliantMunicipal zoning must be procedurally compliant with K.S.A. 12-741 through 12-774 — comprehensive-plan prerequisite (12-747), planning-commission recommendation, published notice, and governing-body action.
zoning_ordinance.enumerated_powersrequire12_755_compliantSubstantive zoning power (use, height, bulk, density, yard/setback, open space, parking) flows from the enumerated grant in K.S.A. 12-755; cities may not exercise authority beyond the enumeration.
zoning_ordinance.text_or_map_amendment_supermajorityrequire75pct_on_protest_petitionK.S.A. 12-753: a qualifying protest petition by adjacent owners controlling ≥20% of frontage requires a 3/4 supermajority of the governing body to adopt the amendment.
review_typerequire12_760_reasonableness_standardK.S.A. 12-760 governs judicial review of zoning decisions under the Golden v. City of Overland Park reasonableness factors.

Citation

Authority source
K.S.A. 12-741 through 12-774 (current codification; consolidating earlier 12-701 series, 1991)
§ K.S.A. 12-741 et seq. (enabling); 12-743 (declaration of policy); 12-747 (comp plan); 12-753 (amendments / protest); 12-755 (enumerated powers); 12-757 (CUP); 12-759 (BZA); 12-760 (judicial review)
https://kslegislature.org/li/b2025_26/statute/012_000_0000_chapter/012_007_0000_article/

Research notes

Procedural / framework overlay. Does not substantively preempt zoning fields, but a city ordinance that does not satisfy the procedural prerequisites (comp plan first; published notice; planning commission recommendation; protest-petition supermajority) is procedurally void. The 3-mile extraterritorial jurisdiction (ETJ) for cities is granted by K.S.A. 12-715b — cities may zone unincorporated territory within 3 miles of the city limits, subject to county concurrence in some scenarios.