The Master Plan reflects what we, the Overland Park community, want the city to be in the future. It is a policy guide that describes the city's aims for directing future land development.
The plan has been divided into chapters in an Adobe Acrobat PDF format (download the free reader here.)
Introduction
Topics include:
- Why do we have a Master Plan?
- What is the city's Master Plan?
- How is the Master Plan used?
- Why does the Master Plan sometimes change?
Future
Development Plan (1.69MB)
Topics include:
- Introduction
- The assumptions of the plan
- Future Development Plan categories
- Residential
- Rural Policy Area
- Growth Policy Area
- Transition Area
- Commercial
- Mixed-Use
- 151st Street Corridor Design Concept Plan
- Office
- Hotels and Motels
- Light Industrial/Business Park
- Industrial
- Public and Semipublic
- Parks, Recreation and Open Space
- Proposed Elderly Development
- Street Network
- Greenway Linkages Plans
- Comparing the Plan Map With the Zoning Map
- Comparing the Plan Categories With Zoning Categories
- Comparing the Plan Map Categories With Existing Land Uses
- Relationship With the Master Plan Text
- Proposed Changes to be shown on the Mid-Year 2007 Master Plan Maps
- Update of the plan
Study
Areas (3.22MB)
Topics Include:
- Introduction
- Description
- Study area reports by year, location and map change
Community
Policy Issues
Topics Include:
- Introduction
- Current Status
Plan
Policies
Topics include:
- Introduction
- Plan Policy Resolutions Index
- Plan Policy Resolutions by subject
Specific
Plans
Topics include:
- Introduction
- Specific Plans Map
- Vision Metcalf
- Blue Valley Study Area Future Land Use Plans and Goals
- 151st Street Corridor Design Concept Plan
- The Blue Valley Plan - Urban Fringe Area
Amendment
Process
Topics include:
- Introduction
- The Master Plan Amendment Process
Resolutions
and Ordinances
Topics include:
- Certification of the Annual Amendments to the 2008 Master Plan
- A Resolution Adopting the Annual Amendments to the 2008 Master Plan (Planning Commission Resolution No. 102)
- An Ordinance Adopting the Overland Park, Kansas, 2008 Master Plan and Repealing City of Overland Park Ordinance OPMP-2744 (Ordinance No. OPMP 2758)
For more information about the Master Plan, email Mary Hunter, senior planner, or John Rod, manager of Community Planning and Services.