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Warrenton aldermen split on multiple Highway 47 proposals; PUD and Dollar General plans fail, Veterans Parkway site plan approved
Summary
At the July 16, 2024 Warrenton Board of Aldermen meeting, the board voted down two Highway 47–area proposals (including a Dollar General plat and a planned unit development) and approved a separate Veterans Memorial Parkway site plan and a subdivision plat. Staff and P&Z testimony and public comment framed much of the debate.
Warrenton aldermen on July 16, 2024 rejected two planned developments tied to Highway 47 and approved a site plan for a tract on Veterans Memorial Parkway and a separate subdivision, moving the meeting into closed session afterward.
The board first read Bill 38-24, an ordinance approving the preliminary and final plat for the East Highway 47 Dollar General Subdivision. After the reading, roll-call votes recorded six “No” responses and the bill failed (6–0 on no's). A linked site-plan ordinance, Bill 39-24, to approve a site plan for property on the east side of Highway 47 north of Isabella Drive also failed on a 6–0 roll call.
During public comment before the votes, Elizabeth Lum of Amundsen Davis, counsel for DG Properties LLC, asked the board to treat the matter as an administrative review of a plat and site plan rather than a zoning decision. Lum said staff had reviewed the plat…
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