Public Improvement Permit

Refer to the public improvements plan review checklist for details about what is required to submit for a public improvement permit.

Plans should be signed and sealed by a professional engineer licensed to practice in Kansas.

Public improvement permits are processed as digital submission e-reviews through ePLACE. Upload the required files for review. Attachments cannot be uploaded once the plans and applications have been accepted for review. Future attachments can be added when making a resubmittal request.

After plans are approved and all permit conditions are met, submit final administrative items, including bids, performance and maintenance bond, insurance certificates and contractor applications for approval. Approved construction plans will be available online as an attachment to the permit case.

City staff will notify applicants when the permit is issued.

Applicants can follow the permit process through ePLACE.

Contractors should refer to the Public Improvement Process Guidelines to assist in the administrative process of obtaining a permit.

Refer to the as-built grading plans for single-family residential developments. This allows City staff to prepare a code letter outlining the special conditions for each lot.

Developers and design engineers will be provided a copy of the code letter when lots are released for building permit applications.

View and Download As-Built Plans

Residential plot plans

Developers must submit plot plans for new single-family or duplex residential construction as part of the building permit application.

Before a building permit is issued, the City prepares a code letter for the subdivision phase that identifies any additional inspections required for grading, foundation investigations, floodplain conditions or drainage swale conditions unique to each lot.

Surveyors and builders should refer to the code letters to identify which lots are subject to these additional conditions for plot plan submittals.

Public improvement permit fees are five percent of the construction cost of the project.

Any final plat under consideration for the project must be approved and recorded, and permit fees must be paid before the City will issue a permit.

Additional fees for any of the following may apply:

• Floodplain development permit fee, $15.00
• Recording fees, as dictated by the Johnson County Register of Deeds
• Stormwater treatment facility performance surety, 1.25 times the total construction value of the stormwater treatment facility

Stormwater treatment facility maintenance surety, 50 percent of the total construction value of the stormwater treatment facility