LV COUNTY KS 2026-11-10

The Leavenworth County Planning Commission meeting (Nov. 11, 2026; the meeting title references Nov. 10) considered subdivision requests and a proposed zoning and subdivision-regulation amendment for data centers. The commission approved exceptions and recommended plat actions for several subdivisions. For a proposed 23-lot development, it approved the required lot-dimension exception 5–0 and recommended the plat 4–1; one commissioner objected that the proposal did not conform to the future land-use plan. No contracts, vendor selections, purchasing decisions, or other procurement activity were identified.

The principal discussion concerned revisions to the county’s planned industrial technical district rules for data centers, including data-center size categories, nuclear power, noise limits, and decommissioning and financial-security requirements. Public commenters proposed stricter requirements, including defined cleanup standards and daytime/nighttime sound ceilings. The commission did not decide the proposed amendments; it voted 5–0 to table action until Nov. 19 at 6 p.m. for staff and legal review. Staff stated that a moratorium on new data centers remains in effect while the regulations are pending.