K.S.A. 19-3801

For the purpose of encouraging development in this state and subject to the provisions of K.S.A. 19-270 , the board of county commissioners of any county shall have the power, upon a proper petition being presented for that purpose, to incorporate, organize and enlarge industrial districts within such county in the manner provided by this act. The board of county commissioners shall not incorporate and organize or enlarge an industrial district when such industrial district is located entirely or in part within three miles of the nearest point on the city limits of any incorporated city located in the same county, unless the governing body of such city shall recommend by resolution that such petition be granted.