Zoning, building permits and septic rules in Lyndon, Kansas

Lyndon’s own rules

• Local zoningPresent (with conditions)

  Land inside Lyndon city limits: Lyndon city adopts and administers its own zoning ordinance (Zoning Ordinance No. 865, 2025 edition).

  • Use or occupancy changes require a zoning certificate from the zoning administrator before the use is established.
  • Applies only inside Lyndon city limits; unincorporated Osage County land is not covered by this ordinance.

  “zoning ordinance no. 865 - 2025 edition effective may 15, 2025 zoning regulations zoning map 5.15.2025”

• Minimum lot sizeSpecified

  Single-family dwelling on a lot in the R-1 single-family residential district inside Lyndon city limits.

  • Lot width minimum 60 feet and depth minimum 100 feet also apply.
  • Nonconforming lots of record under section 20-101 may still receive a single-family dwelling under stated conditions.

  minimum lot area per family: >= 6000 square feet · minimum lot width: >= 60 feet · minimum lot depth: >= 100 feet

  “every dwelling hereafter erected, constructed, reconstructed, moved or altered shall provide a minimum lot area of 6,000 square feet per family.”

  One more reviewed finding on this topic

  • Specified — Single-family dwelling in the R-1B single-family residential district inside Lyndon city limits.

    “every dwelling hereafter erected, constructed, reconstructed, moved or altered, shall provide a minimum lot area of 5,000 square feet per family.”

• SetbacksSpecified

  Dwelling on a lot in the R-1 single-family residential district inside Lyndon city limits.

  • Front yard minimum 25 feet; side yard minimum 8 feet on each side; rear yard minimum 10 feet.

  front yard depth minimum: >= 25 feet · side yard minimum: >= 8 feet · rear yard depth minimum: >= 10 feet

  “the depth of the front yard shall be at least 25 feet. 3. side yard: there shall be a side yard on each side of a dwelling. no side yard shall be less than 8 feet. 4. rear yard: the depth of the rear yard shall be at least 10 feet.”

  One more reviewed finding on this topic

  • Specified — Dwelling on a lot in the R-1B single-family residential district inside Lyndon city limits.

    “the depth of the front yard shall be at least 25 feet. 3. side yard: there shall be a side yard on each side of a dwelling. the depth of the side yard shall be at least 8 feet. 4. rear yard: the depth of the rear yard shall be at least 10 feet.”

• Lot coverageDistrict specific

  Sites in the RP-2 planned multi-family residential district inside Lyndon city limits only; no lot coverage limit was found for R-1 or R-1B in the sections read.

  • Applies to RP-2 performance standards (section 14-103).

  maximum lot coverage: <= 60 percent

  “the maximum lot coverage shall be sixty percent (60%).”

• Building heightSpecified

  Buildings in the R-1 single-family residential district inside Lyndon city limits.

  maximum building height: <= 35 feet (and/or 2 1/2 stories)

  “buildings or structures shall not exceed 35 feet and/or 2 ½ stories in height.”

  One more reviewed finding on this topic

  • Specified — Buildings in the R-1B single-family residential district inside Lyndon city limits.

    “buildings or structures shall not exceed 35 feet and/or 2-1/2 stories in height.”

• Manufactured homesProhibited

  Mobile homes as defined in the Lyndon zoning regulations (factory-built units built before the federal manufactured home standards). This does not cover manufactured homes built to current federal standards, which were not confirmed in this research.

  • No mobile home may be moved, relocated, or placed on any property in Lyndon city, including within a manufactured home park or subdivision.
  • Mobile or manufactured homes may not be converted to storage, office, or other non-residential use.

  “no mobile home, as defined in this ordinance, shall be moved, relocated, or otherwise placed on any property within the city of lyndon, including within any manufactured home park or manufactured home subdivision.”

• Subdividing landRegulated (with conditions)

  Land divisions and plats inside Lyndon city limits under the city's subdivision regulations.

  • Lot splits, preliminary plats and final plats are subject to the city's subdivision regulations (Subdivision Ordinance No. 866).

  “subdivision ordinance no. 866 - 2025 edition effective may 15, 2025 subdivision regulations”

• Permit feesPublished

  Zoning and building-related permit and application fees for land inside Lyndon city limits.

  • Fee schedule is dated March 1, 2023 on the city's site; fee amounts in the PDF text extraction were not reliably aligned to line items, so no amounts are recorded here.

  “permit & application fee schedule effective march 1, 2023”

• Permit processPartial

  Zoning and permit process for land inside Lyndon city limits, through city hall.

  • The city site refers applicants to city hall for permits; the page gives no step-by-step process, so the process is only partially published.

  “permits, licenses & forms please call city hall for permit permit fee schedule”

Still unanswered

We looked and could not find an official answer yet. Silence is not permission; ask Lyndon or Osage County directly.

• Building permit — Building permit for new construction inside Lyndon city limits.
• Owner-builder exemption — Owner-builder exemption from contractor requirements inside Lyndon city limits.
• Building code adopted — Building code adopted for construction inside Lyndon city limits.
• Inspections — Building inspections for construction inside Lyndon city limits.
• Certificate of occupancy — Certificate of occupancy for new dwellings inside Lyndon city limits.

Each answer was extracted from an official source and independently re-checked against that source by a second reviewer. That is an evidence check, not legal advice. Rules change; confirm with the authority before you buy or build.