Ellisville's City Council meet Wednesday and some of the final decisions surrounding a potential Walmart will go to a vote.
Walmart continues to take up the majority of the Ellisville City Council's agenda for its meeting Sept. 5. On the table are reports from last week's Planning and Zoning Commission meeting, at which positive recommendations were made for the preliminary and final plats of a contested Walmart development. The commission also voted to push through a temporary moratorium, preventing redevelopment for at least the next six months on a lot adjacent to where the Walmart would stand. Public hearings will be held on both the moratorium and the final plat, preceding a council decision on the legislation. Also up for vote is Walmart's conditional use permit, on a second reading from its first appearance on last month's agenda. Approval of this …
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City Attorney Paul Martin said the only way the plats could be denied is if the plans failed to comply with city ordinances.
A temporary moratorium halting redevelopment on the lot neighboring a potential Walmart development, as well as a preliminary plat and final plat for the Walmart, received unanimous positive recommendations from the Ellisville Planning and Zoning Commission. The items were on the agenda for a special P & Z meeting Aug. 29, highlighting a public hearing on the moratorium. The temporary, 180-day moratorium would mark RPA2 -- a lot of land at the southwestern corner of Manchester and Kiefer Creek Roads -- without the ability to redevelop without approval via a request for proposal (RFP) process during that time. Ada Hood, Ellisville director of planning and community development, said an RFP for the area was in the draft process, adding that …
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4:10 pm on Wednesday, September 5, 2012
Who is going to appeal? The city attorney said that Article 9 was "not defensible" adding that "his obligation to defend the city's charter was outweighed by the constitution." (I know how much you like quotes.) All of the other defendents were dismissed from the case. There is no one left to carry your torch. more ›