City of Leawood

"Architecture should speak of its time and place, but yearn for timelessness." - Frank Gehry

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City Hall

Interact Meetings

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Upcoming Meeting(s):

March 1, 2012 - Parkway Plaza Retirement Homes

Recent Meeting(s):

February 14, 2012 - Special Use Permit McDonald's 119th
January 3, 2012 - Special Use Permit LPD Wireless Tower
October 11, 2011 - Molle Toyota
September 8, 2011 - Leawood Justice Center
May 11, 2011 - Central State Beverage Facility
June 9, 2011 - Special Use Permit - 5290 W. 135th St.
June 9, 2011 - Special Use Permit - 10750 Lee Blvd.
June 15, 2011 - Park Place Building F Expansion
June 15, 2011 - Residence at Park Place
August 18, 2011 - Special Use Permit - 10750 Lee Blvd.

PURPOSE:

Citizen participation in the planning process is vital to its success. Maintenance of property values and protection of the quality of life that Leawood has long been known for is a common goal for both City Staff and Community residents.

INTERACT, Leawood's Citizen Participation Program, has been developed to both inform and involve neighboring residents with proposed development as it occurs. By identifying neighborhood concerns prior to the Public Hearing process, the INTERACT program specifically seeks to:

Ensure that both developers and citizens have ample opportunity early in the planing process to interface with one another and discuss neighborhood issues and perceived impact.
Open a dialogue between the applicant and affected neighborhoods to establish and early line of communication.
Facilitate the opportunity for citizens to learn about applications that may affect them and to encourage a forum for cooperative "damage control" at an early stage in the development review process.
Improve communication between the development community, citizens, and Leawood City Government.
Provide a process for sharing information that the City Planning Staff can consider in their application review process.

PROCESS:

Applicants seeking rezoning, preliminary or revised preliminary development plan approval, preliminary plat approval, or conditional/special use permit approval shall first request a pre-application meeting with City Planning staff.

The applicant is then informed of the Citizen Participation Program.
The applicant is required to send courtesy notification to residents within 500 feet of the proposed development and president(s) of adjacent and/or nearby homes associations(s) and submit proof of such notice to City Planning Staff either upon the filing of an application or within ten (10) days thereafter.
This notice is to provide an opportunity for neighbors in the general proximity to the proposed development to meet and confer with the applicant and attempt to resolve issues that may impact them.
The meeting shall be held within the City limits of Leawood.
The applicant shall file a written summary of the general content and comments generated at the contact meeting outlining concerns or issues raised by all parties, with an indication of issues that remain unresolved.
The summary will provide a basis for City Staff consideration and will become part of the written staff report to the Plan Commission and Governing Body.

FAILURE TO MEET ANY OF THE ABOVE REQUIREMENTS MAY DELAY AN APPLICATION FROM INITIAL CONSIDERATION BY THE PLAN COMMISSION, ULTIMATELY DELAYING THE ENTIRE REVIEW PROCESS.

Planning and Development staff members are available to both residents and the development community to answer questions about pending issues. We encourage interested parties to contact City Hall between the hours of 8:00 A.M. and 5:00 P.M. Monday through Friday.

City of Leawood