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Indianola planners approve revised Pickard Commerce Park preliminary plat after safety, traffic questions
Summary
The Indianola Planning and Zoning Commission on Feb. 25 approved a revised preliminary plat for Pickard Commerce Park that increases lots from eight to 12. Commissioners heard traffic and safety concerns from nearby residents and reviewed a traffic memo concluding a signal is not warranted; a stop sign and trail realignment are planned.
The Indianola Planning and Zoning Commission on Feb. 25 unanimously approved a revised preliminary plat for Pickard Commerce Park that increases the number of lots from eight to 12.
The change — a roughly 50% increase in lots from the earlier plat — alters the southern portion of the site from four larger lots into eight smaller lots while leaving the northern four lots, the detention basin, utilities and landscape-buffer easements largely unchanged.
City staff described the revision as a "significant change" under local code that requires the plat to return to the commission and city council for approval. Jason Lund, an engineer with Steiner Associates representing Itown Investment Group LLC, told the commission that the developer eliminated one access point and realigned…
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