By BECKY KISER
Hays Post

A rezoning request for a tract of land north of Reservation Road and east of Logan Drive is scheduled for a public hearing by the Hays Area Planning Commission on Mon., Aug. 20. The land is located southeast of Hays.

The rezoning request from Agriculture (A-L) to Residential Suburban (R-S) and Light Industrial (I-L) is for approximately 25 acres in the Extraterritorial Jurisdiction (ETJ), or three miles outside the Hays city limits. Four lots on the north side would be rezoned Residential Suburban. Three lots south of Reservation Road would be rezoned Industrial Light.

The property is an extension of a subdivision that was developed 12 to 15 years ago
known as the Big Creek Estates Addition, according to information provided to the Planning Commission.

There are several new homes within the subdivision where South View Drive is the primary residential road. No further road improvements are planned in the proposed plat for Big Creek Estates Second Addition.

There is a 25-foot buffer yard easement between the residential lots and the light industrial lots.

At four acres each, the proposed residential lots are larger than those in the developed subdivision and will have their own septic systems and water wells.

Property owner Doug Shaw, Ellis, is working with the Ellis County Environmental office to meet the requirements.

Water rights for the Industrial Light use is required to be approved through the Kansas Division of Water Resources.

The complete agenda is available here. The meeting starts at 6:30 p.m. Monday in Hays City Hall, 1507 Main.