§ 2-53. Commission districts; number; district boundaries; revision of boundary lines.

(a)

There shall be eight commission districts and two at-large districts. The districts from which the district commission members shall be nominated shall be comprised of the ward and precincts as follows:

District No.	Ward	Precincts
District No. 1	1	1
	2	1, 2, 3
	3	1, 2, 3
	10	1
	11	1, 2, 3, 5
	13	1, 2, 5
District No. 2	1	3
	4	1, 2, 3, 4,
	5	1, 2, 3, 4, 5,
	6	1, 2
District No. 3	7	1, 2, 3, 6, 7
	8	1, 2, 3, 4,
	12	1, 2, 3
District No. 4	1	2
	2	4, 5
	3	4
	9	1, 2, 3,
	10	2, 3, 4, 5
	11	4
District No. 5	11	9, 10, 11
	14	5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15
District No. 6	7	4, 5, 8, 9
	9	14
	12	4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10
	QC	1
District No. 7	9	10, 11, 12, 13
	11	12, 13
	ED 1	1
	ED 2	1
	BS 1	1
	BS 2	1
	BS 3	1
	BS 4	1, 2
	DE	1
District No. 8	9	4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9
	11	6, 7, 8
	13	3, 4, 6, 7, 8, 9
	14	1, 2, 3, 4

 

The northern at-large commission district shall consist of the wards and precincts of commission districts 1, 4, 5, and 8.

The southern at-large commission district shall consist of the wards and precincts of commission districts 2, 3, 6, and 7.

The district lines as hereinabove set forth shall be effective until such time as the district boundaries are reestablished in accordance with the provisions of this section 2-53.

(b)

In July of the year after completion of the decennial federal census, U.S. Decennial Census and every tenth year thereafter, the commission shall by resolution determine procedures to reestablish the district boundaries in accordance with the requirements of federal and state law so as to render each district as nearly equal in population as possible. The commission shall certify the boundaries to the election commissioner of Wyandotte County prior to December 31 of said year.

(c)

The boundary lines for the eight districts in which district commission members shall be nominated and elected shall be reestablished by the commission so as to:

(1)

Contain within each district the population which to the greatest extent feasible is equal to one-eighth of the total population of the unified government but in which under no circumstances shall be greater or less then one-eighth of the total population of the county by either more or less than two percent, based on the U.S. Decennial Census;

(2)

Maintain a reasonably compact and contiguous area in each district and avoid any noncontiguous zones or any unusually exaggerated extensions of boundary lines;

(3)

Follow election precinct lines as established by the election commissioner and be described in terms of wards and precincts contained in each district;

(4)

Avoid use of party affiliation or other partisan data; and

(5)

Maintain to the extent possible the integrity of a broadly cohesive area of interest.

(Code 1988, § 2-543; Res. No. R-1-97, § 3.03, 10-2-1997; R-100-01, § 1, 11-29-2001; Res. No. R-94-11, § 1, 12-1-2011)