Johnson County Planning (Planning, Housing and Community Development)

Zoning and Land-Use Approvals: Conditional Use, Sign, Floodplain Development, Rezoning and Development Plan (unincorporated Johnson County)

A business locating in unincorporated Johnson County, outside any city, is subject to the county's zoning and subdivision regulations, which the county's Unincorporated Area page states the Board of County Commissioners adopted on March 17, 1994 and which govern the types of land uses permitted in each zoning district. Depending on the use and the site, the Planning Applications page lists the applications a business may need: a conditional use permit, a sign permit, a floodplain development permit, rezoning, a preliminary and final development plan or an administrative development plan, a special permit, and Board of Zoning Appeals cases. The page asks applicants first to confirm through its address search that the property is in the unincorporated area (a search that returns a city name means applying to that city's planning department) and to speak with the Planner on Duty and hold a Development Review Committee pre-application meeting. The application fees are in the Fee Schedule the page links; contact Planning at 913-715-2200 for the current amount. The Unincorporated Area page states that cities have similar zoning requirements for properties within their boundaries.