Council approves final plat for Casey’s Subdivision No. 2 at U.S. 24 and South Park Drive

The City Council voted to approve the final plat for Casey’s Subdivision No. 2, generally located at the southwest corner of U.S. 24 (Highway 24) and South Park Drive, at its Aug. 18, 2025 meeting.

Planning staff told the council the project received unanimous Planning Commission approval. Staff said the developer added on-site underground stormwater storage intended to reduce runoff compared with existing conditions, and that the project includes a six‑foot wooden fence plus additional landscaping to respond to concerns from the adjacent Fall Creek Villas homeowners association. A city staff member said the fence meets city-code requirements.

Staff and the applicant’s civil consultant, Jeff Laubach, explained that direct access to U.S. 24 is controlled by a corridor-access-management agreement with the Kansas Department of Transportation, so the site will have no new access points on U.S. 24; full access to the site will be from the south. The project includes a private drive built to city standards with a cross-access easement to adjacent properties to allow future connectivity to the west.

Laubach said the new Casey’s will provide 5 pumps (10 fueling positions) compared with 7 pumps (14 positions) at the existing southwest store, and that the layout provides an additional 10 feet between the pumps and the front of the store (and another 5 feet between pumps and the curb line toward the street) to improve maneuver room.

The applicant submitted a lighting plan and a landscape plan; staff said the plans were revised in response to comments and that the lights will be LED with pole heights conforming to city requirements. City staff also described outreach to neighbors and said stormwater calculations were reviewed by the city engineer.

A motion to approve the final plat carried by voice vote; the record shows the typical “all in favor, say aye” with no roll-call tallies recorded in the transcript.