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Commission divided over road right-of-way; preliminary/final plat for Rural Water District No. 2 advances to BCC with smaller dedication
Summary
The Shawnee County Planning Commission was split on whether to require a 45-foot right-of-way dedication along NW 40 Sixth Street for a Rural Water District No. 2 plat; the commission failed to recommend the staff’s 45-foot standard and the plat will move to the Board of County Commissioners with the applicant’s 25-foot dedication.
The Shawnee County Planning Commission considered preliminary and final plat P 2501 for Rural Water District Number 2’s “Tower 1” parcel, which would create a 0.86-acre legal lot containing a water tower and an accessory building. The commission split on a staff recommendation that the applicant dedicate a 45-foot right-of-way from the road center line on Northwest 40 Sixth Street; the plat will proceed toward the Board of County Commissioners with the 25-foot dedication the applicant proposed.
Planning staff advised the commission that Public Works requested an additional dedication measured as 45 feet from the center line of the road, consistent with a 90-foot overall right-of-way for a major collector (45 feet on each side). The applicant, represented by Ben Kramer…
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