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City staff backs rezoning 20.52 acres for future library, duplexes; traffic, sidewalks to be handled at final plan

3782497 · May 23, 2025
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Staff recommended rezoning roughly 20.52 acres from R-1 to CO (non-retail business) to allow a future Cass County Public Library site and duplexes; Planning and Zoning recommended approval 5–1. Commenters asked the city to require sidewalks and ADA access during the final development plan stage.

City planning staff recommended the Board of Aldermen approve a rezoning of about 20.52 acres from single-family residential (R-1) to non-retail business (CO) to allow a future Cass County Public Library and potential duplex housing; the Planning and Zoning Commission recommended approval 5–1 and staff recommended approval with the condition that a final development plan be submitted and approved before any development-related permits are issued.

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