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K.S.A. 19-2921 — County Agricultural-Use Exemption (KS)

Tracked preemption from the Kansas overlay bundle.

Overview

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Effective
1939-07-01
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. 12-766 / 12-767 / 12-768 — Municipal & County Floodplain ManagementK.S.A. 75-2715 et seq. — Kansas Historic Preservation Act (KHS / SHPO review)

Trigger predicate

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

AND
  • city.governance_type == county
  • parcel.is_bona_fide_agricultural_use == True

Preempted fields

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

FieldOpValueNote
base_districts[*].agricultural_use_regulationwaive—Counties may not zone bona fide agricultural uses on qualifying tracts. The exemption shields the use itself, not the structures incidental to it (counties may still apply building/setback rules to non-ag accessory structures).
review_typewaive_discretionary—Discretionary use review is not available against an agricultural use that qualifies under the statute's bona fide-use test.

Citation

Authority source
K.S.A. 19-2921
§ K.S.A. 19-2921
https://kslegislature.org/li/b2025_26/statute/019_000_0000_chapter/019_029_0000_article/019_029_0021_section/019_029_0021_k/

Research notes

Applies only to county zoning, not municipal zoning. The statute's specific acreage thresholds and 'bona fide agricultural use' test have been amended over time; confirm current threshold (historically a 20-acre rule) and use-qualification language against live statute before deploying in adjudication. Does not protect agritourism or value-added ag commerce (event venues, wedding barns) unless they qualify as ancillary to bona fide ag use under Kansas case law.