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Planning commission forwards East 7th Street preliminary plat with fencing, traffic and single‑family recommendations
Summary
After neighbors raised concerns about density, road repairs and agricultural impacts, the commission voted to adopt staff findings for the East 7th Street preliminary plat (PP‑25‑02) and forward them to city council with amendments including 6‑foot block fencing on two sides, a recommendation that the development be single‑family, and pedestrian/traffic improvements.
The Benton City Planning Commission closed public testimony and voted to adopt staff findings for a preliminary plat on East 7th Street (PP‑25‑02) and to forward the measure to the city council with specific recommendations intended to limit neighborhood impacts.
Planner George described the application as a preliminary plat on an 11.51‑acre site at 1008 East 7th Street proposed to be divided into 39 residential lots under R‑2 medium‑density zoning. He told the commission that utilities will require extension (including a water line to be run up 7th Street from near the library), said about one acre of the parcel lies in the mapped 100‑year floodplain and reiterated that cultural and critical‑area reports will be required before…
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