Banzer v. City of Wichita

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Lockett, J.:

This is an appeal of a decision in the Sedgwick County District Court in which the court found that the City of Wichita had the statutory authority under K.S.A. 12-520 for annexation of ten tracts of land and that the procedure followed by the City in sequentially annexing the property was in accordance with statutory authority.

In November of 1980, the Board of City Commissioners of Wichita, Kansas, (City Commission) directed the Metropolitan Area Planning Department (Planning Department) to prepare a report identifying properties eligible…