Same; definitions

12-742. Same; definitions. (a) When used in this act: (1) "Base flood" means a flood having a 1% chance of being equaled or exceeded in any one year; (2) "floodway fringe" means those portions of a flood plain outside of the boundaries of a regulatory floodway and within stream reaches where such a floodway has been established; (3) "flood plain" means land adjacent to a watercourse subject to inundation from a flood having a chance occurrence in any one year of 1%; (4) "governing body" means the governing body of a city in the case of cities and the board of county commissioners in the case of counties; (5) "manufactured home" means a structure which is subject to the federal manufactured home construction and safety standards established pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 5403; (6) "planning commission" means a city, county, regional or metropolitan planning commission; (7) "residential-design manufactured home" means a manufactured home on permanent foundation which has (A) minimum dimensions of 22 body feet in width, (B) a pitched roof and (C) siding and roofing materials which are customarily used on site-built homes; (8) "subdivision" means the division of a lot, tract or parcel of land into two or more parts for the purpose, whether immediate or future, of sale or building development, including resubdivision; (9) "subdivision regulations" mean the lawfully adopted subdivision ordinances of a city and the lawfully adopted subdivision resolutions of a county; (10) "zoning" means the regulation or restriction of the location and uses of buildings and uses of land; (11) "zoning regulations" mean the lawfully adopted zoning ordinances of a city and the lawfully adopted zoning resolutions of a county. (b) The provisions of this section shall become effective on and after January 1, 1992. History: L. 1991, ch. 56, § 2; July 1. Attorney General's Opinions: Cities and municipalities; planning and zoning; manufactured homes. 92-8. Protest petitions; city and county planning, zoning and subdivision regulations; mayor in mayor-council form of government not a voting member. 92-41. Chief executive/mayor of unified government of Wyandotte County is member of governing body for purposes of action on zoning ordinances. 1999-5. Previous | Next LEGISLATIVE COORDINATING COUNCIL General Policies 2026 Archived LCC Documents Archived LCC Meetings REVISOR OF STATUTES Archived Session Documents Archived School Finance Documents USEFUL LINKS Session Laws Kansas Administrative Regulations OTHER LEGISLATIVE SITES Kansas Legislature Administrative Services Division of Post Audit Research Department Contact Us PDF Help www.ksrevisor.gov 2026