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Council approves Wally’s special-use permit after adding specified road improvements to conditions

5920285 · October 6, 2025
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Summary

The Independence City Council voted 7-0 to approve a special-use permit and a citywide UDO amendment to allow a large travel center at 4023 S. Nolan Road, after adding a condition naming South Nolan Road, Lynn Court Drive and Canterbury Place to the traffic-improvement obligations.

The Independence City Council on Oct. 6 approved a special-use permit and a change to the city’s Unified Development Ordinance that together allow a travel-center development known as Wally’s at 4023 South Nolan Road.

The council amended the special-use permit to require the applicant to “construct all improvements to the street network provided for in the recommendations of the traffic impact study, including but not limited to South Nolan Road, Lynn Court Drive, and Canterbury Place,” and then approved the ordinance 7-0.

The UDO amendment (ordinance 25-086) removed a citywide 750-foot separation rule for gasoline and motor-vehicle-repair uses within 400 feet of the interstate; the special-use permit (ordinance 25-087) grants site-specific approval to operate a gas station with more than…

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