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Commission amends recommendation for Fairlawn PUD: approves plan but asks council to bar semi-focused fuel facilities and weigh station
Summary
After extended public comment focusing on traffic, safety and neighborhood character, the Planning Commission voted to send the Fairlawn Acres PUD to the governing body with an amended recommendation: approval of the PUD master plan only if it excludes a truck weigh station and fueling facilities targeted to semitrucks.
After more than two hours of public testimony, the Topeka Planning Commission on July 21 voted to forward the Fairlawn Acres Planned Unit Development to the governing body with a specific amendment: the PUD recommendation should exclude a truck weigh station and any fueling facilities specifically targeted at semitrucks.
The item was remanded to the commission by the governing body with specific instructions to revisit three of the so-called Golden factors used in Kansas zoning law (character of the neighborhood; suitability of the property under current zoning; and relative gain to public health, safety and welfare). Staff and the applicant presented a revised concept plan that removed a truck scale and reduced some truck…
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