Neighbors worry that a plan to build a handful of homes near the border between Overland Park and Leawood will exacerbate flooding problems they say are already serious.
The rezoning request — dubbed Riva Ridge — would bring seven single-family homes to an undeveloped eight-acre property near the northwest corner of 127th Street and Nall Avenue, just south of Tomahawk Creek.
The project is infill development, which occurs when a developer builds something on a vacant property surrounded by completed development or on a plat that is underutilized…