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Douglas County approves site plan to reopen Franklin Cemetery at North 1400 Road
Summary
The Douglas County Board of Commissioners on March 12 approved a site plan for Franklin Cemetery at 1668 North 1400 Road, allowing renewed burials and new access from Venture Park Drive via a city right-of-way license, subject to recorded conditions and required setbacks.
The Douglas County Board of Commissioners voted 5-0 on March 12 to approve a site plan for Franklin Cemetery at 1668 North 1400 Road, an approximately 10-acre rural parcel outside the Lawrence city limits.
The county planner said the property, long used as a cemetery with burials dating to about 1914–1918, had not been active for decades but is being reopened because the church’s in-town cemetery is nearing capacity. Mary Miller, city–county planner, told commissioners the proposal changes the cemetery’s access point to avoid direct access onto a divided four-lane principal arterial (East 203rd/20th Street) and instead uses an undeveloped right-of-way and Venture Park Drive.
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