During the past several decades the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) has become increasingly concerned about the impacts of conflicting land development patterns, often referred to as encroachment, adjacent to military installations. In 1985 the DoD instituted a cooperative process referred to as a Joint Land Use Study (JLUS) program to evaluate land use and development trends on property adjacent to active military facilities. A JLUS is normally initiated at military bases with aviation facilities after the completion of an Air Installation Compatible Use Zone (AICUZ) study that examines noise and other impacts associated with aviation activities. The JLUS is then used to identify actions that could be taken by the community and military installation to solve existing problems and prevent future ones.

In September 2004 the County of Sedgwick, Kansas received financial support from the Office of Economic Adjustment (a DoD agency) to initiate a Joint Land Use Study relating to McConnell Air Force Base. Located in Sedgwick County in south-central Kansas, McConnell AFB is part of the greater Wichita metropolitan area which is home to a number of aircraft manufacturing plants and other aircraft related industries. The team of RKG Associates, Inc. and Ricondo & Associates, Inc. was retained to assist the inter-jurisdictional partnership of the City of Derby, the City of Wichita, Sedgwick County, and McConnell AFB, under the coordinating efforts of the Wichita-Sedgwick County Metropolitan Area Planning Department (MAPD), in preparing this JLUS.

Document- Joint Land Use Study
Figures-
Figure 1: Study Area Base Map
Figure 2: Existing Mission Area
Figure 3: Maximum Mission Area
Figure 4: Existing Land Use
Figure 5: Subdivision Activity 1991-2004
Figure 6: Housing Construction 1991-2004
Figure 7: Existing Generalized Zoning
Figure 8: Future Land Use Growth Areas- 2030
Figure 9: Representative Aircraft Noise Contours
Figure 10: Existing Land Use Conflicts
Figure 11: Potentially Developable Land

New Zoning Districts
AFB, Air Force Base District
AFBP-O Air Force Base Protection Overlay District
IP-A Industrial Park - Airport District