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Commission approves full driveway access on Twelfth Avenue; landowner to cover reinstallation costs if city later restores median
Summary
The commission approved removal of a raised median on Twelfth Avenue Northeast to permit full access to a salvage‑yard parcel, conditioned on the property owner’s agreement to waive certain protests and to assume the cost to reinstall a median in the future; the motion passed 3–2 after debate about safety and precedent.
The West Fargo City Commission on Monday approved a request to remove a raised concrete median on Twelfth Avenue Northeast to provide full driveway access to an adjacent salvage‑yard property, with conditions that the applicant waive certain protest rights and be responsible for the eventual cost of reconstructing the median if the city decides to re‑install it.
Aaron Nelson, Director of Planning and Zoning, explained the request concerns the property at 475 Twelfth Avenue NE, the site of what staff described in the packet as a salvage yard. Nelson said the existing driveway is right‑in/right‑out because of a raised median that extends roughly 350 feet east of the nearby…
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