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Planning staff recommend approval with stipulations for Metcalf 211 revisions and a medical-waste processing facility; planning items kept on action
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County planning staff presented three related Metcalf 211 land-use applications—a revised Phase 3 preliminary development plan, a final development plan and conditional use permit for a medical-waste processing facility, and a final plat to split the parcel—and recommended approval with stipulations; the commission kept the items on action for formal consideration.
Michelle Leininger, county planning staff, presented three related planning items for the Metcalf 211 industrial park: (1) a revised preliminary development plan for Metcalf 211 Phase 3, (2) a final development plan and conditional use permit (CUP) for a medical-waste processing facility (including outdoor truck storage), and (3) a final plat to split a 15.8‑acre parcel into a 5‑acre lot for the waste facility and a 10.8‑acre lot for storage uses.
Leininger said Phase 3’s revision reduces proposed covered and uncovered boat and RV storage and reallocates area to a contractor shop with outdoor storage, a warehouse and an office building; building square footage for the overall development decreased while the number of lots and parking stalls increased. For the medical-waste site she described a 1,200‑square‑foot office and an 8,000‑square‑foot warehouse where the applicant would unload, treat with an autoclave, compact and then load treated material for disposal at a standard landfill. Staff said the applicant indicated they would accept non‑placard regulated medical waste that excludes liquids, human waste, chemicals or narcotics and that no medical-waste materials would be stored outside or on trucks.
Leininger said the East Zoning Board recommended approval of the preliminary development plan, the final development plan and the CUP with stipulations: limit the CUP to non‑placard regulated medical waste, reduce the CUP term from 10 to 5 years, and require the applicant to meet with the fire district prior to issuance of an occupancy permit. Public commenters (two landscaping businesses) raised concerns about odor, trash, potential changes to the type of waste treated, property values and landscaping impacts from venting; staff and the applicant addressed many of those questions at the zoning‑board meeting.
Commissioner Brewer said the overall footprint and zoning of the industrial park will not change, only the lot configuration and uses within that footprint. Staff explained traffic and hours-of-operation differences (the medical‑waste facility would typically operate weekday service hours while nearby soccer fields have later‑day and weekend activity) and said overlap and conflicts are expected to be minimal. Commissioners asked whether inspections or complaint mechanisms apply; staff and commissioners noted that KDHE regulates and licenses medical-waste processing and that the county’s inspections are typically complaint‑driven for such uses.
Leininger said final development plans will be required for each lot before construction and that the zoning board recommended approval as recommended by staff. At the agenda review the commission kept the items on action for the next meeting rather than taking final action.
