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West Fargo approves Hope Lutheran rezoning but withholds immediate 6th Street access
Summary
After heated debate about pedestrian safety and traffic modeling, the commission approved rezoning and final plat for the Hope Lutheran addition with a development agreement condition that bars immediate access onto 6th Street West; the developer may request access later if the area east is platted.
The West Fargo City Commission on Oct. 6 voted to approve the second reading of the rezoning ordinance and the final plat for the proposed Hope Lutheran addition, but with a condition that denies immediate access to 6th Street West and allows the developer to request that access later if the area to the east is platted or developed.
Aaron Nelson, the city’s director of planning, summarized the request as a rezoning from agricultural to R-1A single-dwelling residential for a single roughly 12-acre lot and reviewed a commission-commissioned traffic study by Bolton and Mink that concluded "the existing roadway system is expected to accommodate traffic from the proposed church with minimal impacts," while recommending two mitigation measures: a turn…
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