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Ames Planning and Zoning Commission recommends alternative landscape plan for Furniture Mart site
Summary
The commission voted to recommend Alternative 1 — an alternative landscape plan for a proposed Furniture Mart on Southeast Fifth Street — citing added shrubs and trees and a stormwater filtration device; a resident urged added sidewalk connections. The measure now goes to City Council.
The Ames Planning and Zoning Commission on March 5 recommended that the City Council approve an alternative landscape plan for a proposed Furniture Mart at Southeast Fifth Street, following a staff presentation, applicant comments and public input.
Commissioners moved to recommend "Alternative 1," and the motion passed by voice vote; Commissioner Matthew Voss made the motion and Commissioner Julie Winter seconded. The commission did not record a roll-call tally in the meeting transcript; according to staff, the item will be considered by City Council later this month.
City planning staff told the commission the applicant has proposed shifting front-yard landscaping toward the west side of the parcel, adding extra shrubs and grasses, and relocating several parking-lot overstory trees away from…
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