In accordance with the provisions of K.S.A. 12-757, the Planning Commission and the Governing Body may recommend and approve a lesser change in zoning districts without re-publication of a notice or re-distribution of notices to property owners when such change is more restrictive than the district which is applied for as shown on the table below; provided, however, that such recommendation and approval shall not be for a lesser classification than the existing zoning district. If the applicant at the Governing Body meeting, at which a zoning amendment is being considered, desires to amend the application and/or the Governing Body desires to consider a "lesser" zoning change, then such a proposed change shall be returned to the Planning Commission for reconsideration and further recommendation to the Governing Body without further publication or notice.
For the purposes of this section, zoning classifications of lesser change shall be as shown below, based on descending order of use restriction:
(a) Most restrictive.
(1) "A-L" Agriculture District.
(2) "R-L" Residential Low-Density District.
(3) "R-M" Residential Medium Density District.
(4) "R-H" Historic Townsite Residential District.
(5) "R-1" Single-Family Dwelling District.
(6) "R-2" Two-Family Dwelling District.
(7) "R-3" Multiple-Family Dwelling District.
(8) "C-S" Highway Service District.
(9) "C-2" General Commercial District;
(10) "I-1"Light Industrial District.
(11) "I-2"Heavy Industrial District.
(b) Least restrictive. Because of the highly specialized purposes of the "F-P" Floodplain; "PUD" Planned Unit Development; "M-H" Manufactured Home; "M-P" Manufactured Home Park; "P-I” Public and Institutional; "C-1" Retail Business; "C-3" Adult Entertainment and "I-P" Industrial Park Districts, they are not included in the table of lesser zoning changes, and are excluded from designation through the lesser change provisions.