The Lee's Summit Planning Commission on May 22, 2025, approved its meeting agenda and a consent agenda that included approval of the May 8, 2025, action letter and the vacation of an easement for 47 Sixteenth Northeast (applicant PL2024-149, Nicholas Bennett).

The approvals were taken by roll call during the planning commission's regular session in Council Chambers; no members of the public spoke during the public comment period.

The commission cleared routine business quickly and spent roundtable time on committee reports. Planning Commissioner Terry Trafton reported on the Community Economic Development Committee, saying, “There was an ordinance that was moved forward to counsel around, brewing. I think that went to city council Tuesday night for first reading.” He also summarized a separate conversation: “We had a very lively conversation about chickens and the chicken ordinance in the city. I don't know if you're aware, but there is a chicken ordinance in the city that requires, you to not own, more than 6 chickens for production of eggs. And so there was a conversation around that.”

Commissioners also discussed liaison assignments to other city advisory groups. A commissioner asked whether city staff had requested additional planning-commission liaisons beyond the cultural commission; staff indicated an email about liaison assignments had been sent previously but no new formal liaison appointments were made during the meeting.

Actions taken at the meeting were procedural: approval of the meeting agenda and approval of the consent agenda (which contained the easement vacation on PL2024-149). The consent agenda item list included “2025-6974, approval of the 05/08/2025 planning commission action letter” and “TMP-3333 / PL2024-149, vacation of easement, 47 Sixteenth Northeast Freehold Drive, applicant Nicholas Bennett.” The meeting record shows the motions passed on roll call with all voting members recorded as voting in favor.

The meeting adjourned at 4:09 p.m.; commissioners noted the upcoming Memorial Day holiday. No formal direction was taken on the brewing or chicken ordinances by the planning commission itself; the brewing-related ordinance item was reported as having moved to the City Council for first reading, and the chicken-ordinance discussion was reported as likely to continue at council.

For readers: the planning commission is an advisory body that reviews land-use applications and provides recommendations to City Council; items that require ordinance changes or that affect citywide regulations proceed separately through council and public hearings.