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Planning Commission recommends approval for five‑story jail addition that would double bed capacity
Summary
Commissioners recommended approval of a major amendment to permit a five‑story addition to the Pennington County Jail that would add up to 600 beds, expanding capacity from 600 to 1,200; the project requests multiple exceptions including building height and fencing and will reduce on‑site parking while relying on adjacent county lots.
The Rapid City Planning Commission on March 6 recommended approval of a major amendment to the planned development overlay to allow an eastward expansion of the Pennington County Jail on St. Joseph Street that would add up to 600 beds, doubling the facility’s capacity from 600 to 1,200 beds.
Project scope and exceptions: Kip Harrington, Long Range Planning, described a five‑story addition that would contain officer stations, cells, program and recreation space, and flexible upper floors with roughly 110 to 148 beds per floor. The project requests exceptions including a zero‑foot setback for a sally port, allowance for fencing up to 12 feet in select internal locations (previous…
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