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Benton City planning panel approves multifamily project with drainage and erosion conditions after neighbor objections
Summary
The planning commission approved a conditional-use permit for multi-family housing at 11th Street and Karen Avenue, imposing conditions including a retaining wall, rock on the utility easement, landscaping and requiring the developer to finance a city-engineered catch basin after neighbors warned of runoff and ground instability.
BENTON CITY — Benton City’s Planning Commission approved a conditional-use permit for a multi-family development at the corner of 11th Street and Karen Avenue, imposing multiple conditions after neighbors raised persistent drainage and erosion concerns.
Planning Director George presented the application for Lot 2 of a previously short-platted parcel, saying the proposal would allow two-story multifamily buildings with eight paved off-street parking spaces on an 11,000-square-foot lot zoned R2 (medium-density residential). George told the commission the city authorized roughly $10,000 for an engineering survey to determine elevations and design needed stormwater improvements; the developer is required to finance and…
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