In conformance with the provisions of K.S.A. 12-764, and any subsequent amendments, the following shall apply:

1. The rights of landowners of properties platted or subdivided for residential development shall be protected for use of said land for the intended residential purposes for a period of five (5) years from the time in which such property was first platted or subdivided, provided:

a. Verifiable evidence is presented showing the date in which said plat or subdivision of land was first created. Acceptable evidence shall be: signed and sealed certificates or plats of survey from a Registered Land Surveyor showing the several lots proposed to be created, either dated or dated and recorded with the Register of Deeds; recorded Restrictive or Protective Covenants for the development; recorded deeds conveying land; or recorded Affidavits of Equitable Interest on contracts for deed for said tracts of land.

b. Within said five (5) year period actual sales occur resulting in separate owners on the tracts of land.

c. The division of land was legally done in conformance with the then City of Cimarron Zoning Ordinance and Subdivision Ordinance.

2. Except for lots in a recorded plat, any remaining contiguous tracts of land within the area divided under this rule held in common ownership at the conclusion of said five (5) year period shall be considered an unplatted lot and subsequent divisions of said lot shall be in conformance with the Cimarron Subdivision Ordinance then in effect.

3. Properties divided or platted for any use other than agricultural or residential purposes shall not be permitted to develop or further develop except in conformance with this Ordinance and the City of Cimarron Subdivision Ordinance. Persons who obtain a validly issued permit under the previous Cimarron Zoning Ordinance shall be permitted to develop the property so long as the permit issued under the previous Cimarron Zoning Ordinance does not expire. Failure to start construction under said permit before the expiration of the permit shall not protect the owner from the provisions of this Ordinance or the Cimarron Subdivision Ordinance then in effect.

Cimarron City Code