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After heated hearing, Manhattan commissioners send contested rezoning back to planning board for clearer findings
Summary
Following hours of testimony from neighbors and the applicant and a prior court remand, the commission voted unanimously to return the rezoning of 300 N. 11th St. and 1020 Leavenworth to the Manhattan Urban Area Planning Board for reconsideration with direction to specify denial criteria, after an override attempt failed.
The Manhattan City Commission on Sept. 16 reconsidered a contested rezoning request for two properties—300 North 11th Street and 1020 Leavenworth—that had been remanded by a court for procedural errors in an earlier city review. The planning board had recommended denial (vote 2–3–1), the commission previously overrode that denial, and the case was later returned to the commission for reconsideration following a legal challenge.
City attorney Katie Jackson reviewed the remand history and advised the commission on the three statutory options available: (1) adopt the planning board denial (requires minimum of three votes), (2) override the planning board and approve the rezoning…
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