K.S.A. 12-766 / 12-767 / 12-768 — Municipal & County Floodplain Management (KS)
Tracked preemption from the Kansas overlay bundle.
Overview
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Effective
1979-07-01
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. 12-741 et seq. — Municipal Planning and Zoning Enabling ActK.S.A. 12-758(h) — Manufactured Housing Non-ExclusionK.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
Trigger predicate
When this evaluates true for a parcel, the law's preempted fields take precedence over base zoning.
OR
city.is_in_nfip==Trueparcel.geometrygeographic matchparcel.geometrygeographic match
Preempted fields
3 fields on the base district schema are rewritten when the trigger fires.
| Field | Op | Value | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
review_type | require | floodplain_development_permit_required | Cities and counties with mapped SFHA must adopt and administer a floodplain-management ordinance meeting NFIP minimums; development in the regulatory floodplain requires a local floodplain-development permit reviewed against the ordinance and FEMA 44 CFR Part 60.3 criteria. |
base_districts[*].lowest_floor_elevation_ft | floor_at | BFE_plus_freeboard | Local ordinance (per state model) requires lowest floor of new/substantially improved residential structures at or above Base Flood Elevation; many Kansas cities adopt 1-foot freeboard or higher. Floodway development may not increase BFE per 44 CFR 60.3(d). |
review_type | require | KDAW_floodplain_permit_for_state_works | Kansas Department of Agriculture — Division of Water Resources (KDAW-DWR) administers the state floodplain program and reviews works altering the regulatory floodway under K.S.A. 12-768 and parallel water-resource statutes. |
Citation
Authority source
K.S.A. 12-766 (municipal floodplain authority); K.S.A. 12-767 (county floodplain authority); K.S.A. 12-768 (regulation, enforcement, state oversight)
§ K.S.A. 12-766 through 12-768
Research notes
State enabling statute paired with federal NFIP framework (44 CFR Parts 59-60). Most Kansas cities participate in NFIP; non-participation cuts off federal flood insurance and disaster assistance for property owners. KDAW-DWR is the state coordinating agency; FEMA is the federal regulator. Key Kansas floodplain risks: Kansas River corridor (Topeka, Lawrence, Manhattan); Arkansas River corridor (Wichita); Missouri River (Kansas City KS, Atchison, Leavenworth). Federal conflict check enabled because federal NFIP minimums set the floor on local ordinance content.