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Council approves special permit for garden center near Highway 77 despite neighbor safety concerns
Summary
The council approved a special permit 7–0 to allow a garden center on the east side of North 56th Street between Bluff and Waverly, after neighbors raised concerns about shared driveway access, runoff, dust and traffic onto 70 mph Highway 77.
The Lincoln City Council on Jan. 27 approved, by a 7–0 vote, a special permit (24009) allowing a garden center to operate on property east of North 56th Street between Bluff Road and Waverly Road. The project was appealed by a neighboring property owner but the council acted as if the application were new and voted to approve the permit with conditions recommended by the Planning Commission.
Jason Schwenk, who appealed the planning commission decision, said his property has shared access with the proposed site and that he feared trucks and customers would use his private drive. "I'm opposed to the whole thing," Schwenk told the council, citing safety concerns on Highway 77 (a 70‑mph road), runoff onto his property and…
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