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Plan Commission continues Forest Avenue vacation after neighbor objects, requests parking and equity details
Summary
Commissioners continued VA26001 — a proposed 30‑foot vacation of Forest Avenue near East Lancaster — after property owner Hugh Moore objected and asked for additional documents and verification of parking encroachment; the continuance passed with one dissent and a new hearing date was set for March 12, 2026.
The City Plan Commission on Feb. 12 voted to continue action on VA26001, a request to vacate 30 feet of Forest Avenue near East Lancaster (Council District 5), after extended public comment and commissioner questions about access, parking encroachments, and utility maintenance.
Staff said the vacation would leave a 50‑foot minimum public right of way (the city’s standard for a local street) while enabling the applicant, a funeral‑home business identified in the docket, to replat a portion of adjacent property for additional parking and a retail/monument‑sales use. Staff also noted sanitary sewer…
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