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• Review the County’s development regulations
during the five-year update/evaluation and
Appraisal Report to confirm that the County’s
current open space requirements are continuing
to meet the needs of County residents. The
County’s current development regulations
requires that “All proposed residential
development plats consisting of more than
20 acres shall be accompanied with an “area
recreation and open space plan.” The plan
shall address strategies to provide open space
and recreation to the residents of new housing
developments and methods for connecting
individual residential lots to common facilities.
The planning and development staff may waive
any or all parts of the open space/recreation plan
for rural subdivisions.”
• Pursue recommendations within the 2017 Big
Blue and Kansas River Floodplain Management
Plan including:
› Establishing a city and county development
coordination process

› Additional or revised stormwater detention
requirements
› Higher standard floodplain regulations
› Additional or revised erosion control and
water quality requirements.

92 | Plan Pottawatomie County 2040 Adopted - August 19, 2019