The Park City City Council on Tuesday approved a zoning reclassification and a related special-use permit that would allow bulk fuel storage on one of two lots located south of 70 Seventh Street North and east of Broadway Avenue.

The council voted 7–0 to adopt Ordinance 12-17-2025 to rezone two lots from I-1 (Light Industrial) to I-2 (Heavy Industrial) and then approved Ordinance 12-18-2025, a special-use permit that would allow bulk fuel storage on one of those lots under specific conditions.

The planning commission recommended the rezoning and special use 6–0, and staff said the council’s approvals include a protective overlay that limits other uses on the rezoned parcels back to I-1 uses, while permitting only a single lot to be developed for bulk fuel storage. Zoning Administrator Russ Avey told the council the overlay was intended “so we don't want two pieces of property shown on your screen with heavy industrial uses. We just want the one bulk storage heavy industrial use.”

The special-use approval is conditioned on the project meeting state and federal technical standards. "This special use was also conditioned upon, of course, being developed in conformance with KDHE as well as the Kansas Fire Marshal's standards for bulk fuel storage, as well as any other local, state and federal regulations they would need to comply with," Avey said.

Council members asked for clarification that the application rezoned two lots so the applicant could choose between them; staff confirmed the applicant sought two options at time of application and the permit would ultimately allow bulk storage on only one selected lot.

The rezoning ordinance cites the city's zoning regulations as the authority for the change; the special-use approval documents the planning commission's recommendation and the conditions required for compliance with health and safety regulators.

The council's votes were roll-call and unanimous. The ordinance and special-use approvals finalize local land-use permissions; if the applicant pursues the project, it must follow the conditions imposed and obtain any required permits from KDHE, the Kansas Fire Marshal and other agencies.

Less-critical details: the applications were filed by Prather (land owner) and Munn's Property LLC (contract buyer), and staff noted one existing business, Kansas Trailer Sales and Service, already occupies property on the eastern edge of the subdivision.

A formal file of the ordinances and the protective overlay will be added to the city record and will guide any subsequent permit reviews or inspections.