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Commissioners approve plat for rural water district tower, limit road dedication to 25 feet
Summary
Shawnee County commissioners approved a preliminary/final plat for CRWD No. 2 Tower 1 Subdivision and settled a planning commission split by accepting a 25-foot road-right-of-way dedication instead of 45 feet.
Shawnee County commissioners approved a combined preliminary and final plat on June 16 to create a single lot for the CRWD No. 2 Tower 1 Subdivision at 9525 Northwest 40 Sixth Street, adopting a reduced road-right-of-way dedication requested by the rural water district.
Joanie Thadani, director of the county planning department, told commissioners the tower parcel has existed for decades and lacks an official plat. Thadani said the item had split the planning commission 3-3 over a public works request that would have required a 45-foot dedication so the full section line would fall within the parcel. "The rural water district was requesting that they only need to dedicate an additional 25 feet of road right away," Thadani said, and staff recommended moving the matter to the board with the 25-foot dedication.
The planning commission’s failure to recommend approval reflected disagreement about whether to require the larger dedication. Thadani described other technical notes the planning staff asked for originally — including plat notes about a private driveway, a water main that could fall into future right-of-way if the road is enhanced, and a required minor amendment to the tower’s conditional use permit — and said those items could be handled administratively or at the time road improvements are proposed.
During the public hearing the applicant’s representative, Kramer of Kramer Consulting, answered technical questions about an onsite water line and its relationship to the proposed road dedication. No members of the public registered opposition. After closing the hearing, the commission voted 3-0 to approve the plat with the 25-foot road-right-of-way dedication as requested by the rural water district.
The board’s action approves the plat as presented and records that any future road enhancement that affects a water main or driveway would be addressed at the time of the improvement. The conditional-use minor amendment remains required before any building permits are applied for, according to planning staff.
