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Council overrides planning commission, approves neighborhood-office zoning for 37th Street site after traffic, density debate
Summary
After more than an hour of debate about traffic, neighborhood buffering and resident outreach, the Wichita City Council voted 6-1 on Feb. 3 to override the planning commission and rezone a roughly 7.5-acre parcel on West 37th Street from single-family to neighborhood office (NO), a change that limits multifamily intensity and requires a supermajority because protests exceeded the 20% threshold.
The Wichita City Council voted 6-1 on Feb. 3 to rezone a parcel on the south side of West 37th Street from SF-5 (single-family) to NO (neighborhood office), overriding the Metropolitan Area Planning Commission’s earlier recommendation for GO (General Office).
Scott Bridal of the planning department told the council the request to change SF-5 to GO would allow medical office and multifamily uses; MAPC had approved GO 8-1 while the District Advisory Board recommended NO 5-3. Bridal said 29 protests were received, totaling about 21% of the protest area, which under state law requires a supermajority of six of seven votes to approve any zone change.
Council member Johnston, who represents the district, moved…
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