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Raytown delays Evergy substation expansion after waiver vote fails
Summary
Raytown aldermen held a public hearing on Evergy's request to expand a substation at East 50 Ninth Street and Woodson Road. Planning staff recommended approval with conditions; a motion to waive rules for an immediate second reading failed to meet the two-thirds threshold, so final action was scheduled for Jan. 21, 2025.
A public hearing at the Raytown Board of Aldermen's Jan. 7 meeting considered Evergy's application to expand an electrical substation at the southeast corner of East 50 Ninth Street and Woodson Road.
Planning staff presented the conditional use permit and recommended approval with conditions including a recorded 5-foot ADA-compliant sidewalk easement, an approved stormwater study, required landscaping and an 8-foot masonry screening wall (the applicant will build a 9-foot wall). "The applicant has complied with all of these requirements and I will add, while the requirement is for an 8 foot solid wall or fence they're doing a 9 foot, solid…
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