On July 1, 2025, the Fargo Planning Commission voted to approve a conditional-use permit to allow household living in the LC (Limited Commercial) zoning district at 1201 Westrac Drive South. The permit allows a mixed-use development proposed by Scribe Properties and includes a condition limiting maximum density to 38 units per acre.

Chelsea Leverson of the Department of Planning and Development presented the item and described the proposed preliminary site plan: ground-floor parking, approximately 2,100 square feet of commercial space, 37 one-bedroom apartment units and on-site amenity space. "Staff's recommendation is for approval with the condition that the maximum density allowed be 38 units per acre," Leverson said.

The property, described in staff materials as the former Borrowed Bucks Roadhouse site just north of 13th Avenue South and adjacent to a Dairy Queen, is zoned LC. Staff reported receiving two inquiries that raised no concerns. Earlier on the agenda, an appeal of an administrative decision for a small facilities alternative access plan for the same property (agenda item D1) had been withdrawn; staff said there would be no presentation on the withdrawn appeal.

The commission opened the public hearing; no members of the public spoke and the hearing was closed. A motion to approve the conditional-use permit consistent with the staff report was moved and seconded, and the roll call vote recorded yes votes from Chaudhry; Hess; Moes; Glide; Schmidt; Betlock; Stauffrin; Rosenberg; and Tausage. The motion carried and the permit was approved.

Because the action was limited to approving the conditional use and setting maximum density, no site plan or building permit was approved at the hearing. Notices about the appeal process were displayed on the meeting screen per staff; any appeal would follow the procedures described in staff materials.