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Planning Board recommends amendment for hammer mill at South 60th despite neighborhood opposition
Summary
The Planning Board recommended a major amendment to allow scrap and salvage operations and a hammer mill (U Pull It) at 5940 S. 60th St., voting 7–0 after extended public comment raising air, water, noise and permitting concerns; staff conditioned approval with nine report requirements and noted state and local permits.
The Omaha Planning Board on a unanimous vote recommended a major amendment to a special use permit to allow scrap and salvage operations, including a hammer mill, at 5940 South 60th Street, despite hours of public opposition about environmental and health risks.
Opponents told the board they fear airborne contaminants, water runoff into nearby Papio Creek, noise and heavy truck traffic. Thomas White of Nebraska Forward Fund summarized neighborhood concerns, saying the site “began without 1 permit” and that city enforcement orders “were ignored,” and warned that the air-permit notice “does not say this site will not emit harmful toxins.” Other residents and…
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