Board of Johnson County Comm'rs v. City of Olathe

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Abbott, J.:

This is a zoning appeal case. The trial court reversed the City of Olathe’s decision to rezone the property in question from “AG” (agricultural) to “R-l” (single-family residential). This appeal followed.

The Milton R. Brown, Maynard H. Brown, and Ruth H. Brown Trust (Trust) owns approximately 94.31 acres of land on the southeast comer of 143rd Street and Pflumm Road located in the City of Olathe, Johnson County, Kansas. The land lies north of the Johnson County Executive Airport. If one pictures the half section of land a half mile east and…