The Sunset Hills Planning and Zoning Commission heard petitions for a new communications tower for emergency services and redesigned plans to replace the shuttered Bob Evans on S. Kirkwood Road with a Petro Mart.
The Sunset Hills Planning and Zoning Commission heard petitions for a new communications tower for emergency services and redesigned plans to replace the shuttered Bob Evans on S. Kirkwood Road with a Petro Mart.
A crowd of concerned residents packed the Sunset Hills meeting room to protest both a new emergency communications tower planned for 4580 S. Lindbergh and a new Petro Mart to replace the long closed Bob Evans restaurant at 1430 S. Kirkwood Road. Emergency Communications Tower A representative from Cellective Solutions petitioned the planning and zoning commission for a conditional use permit for a 190-foot telecommunications tower that will be part of an updated St. Louis County Emergency Communications network. The proposed location was in the parking lot of the South County Health Center, next door to Two Heart Banquet Center on S. Lindbergh. Cathy Ely was one of four residents who complained to the P&Z commission about the tower. Ely …
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Mile 277, Holiday Inn, and Shell were among Lindbergh Boulevard businesses who spoke against the traffic changes that would come with a new gas station and convenience store just south of Interstate 44.
Mile 277, Holiday Inn, and Shell were among Lindbergh Boulevard businesses who spoke against the traffic changes that would come with a new gas station and convenience store just south of Interstate 44.
Sunset Hills planning and zoning commission members recommended a conditional use permit and preliminary development plan for a proposed Petro Mart at 1430 S. Kirkwood Rd., just south of access ramps to Interstate 44. Representatives of Petro Mart argued that the creation of their development would bring traffic improvements to the stretch of road--other Lindbergh Boulevard businesses were more skeptical of its potential impact during Wednesday night's meeting. The problem was not the gas station itself, but the changes to Lindbergh Boulevard that were recommended in a traffic study, and again by the Missouri Department of Transportation (MoDOT), that raised the eyebrows of Mile 277, Holiday Inn, and Shell/Circle K management. It was …
Karlie Baker
4:55 pm on Monday, December 10, 2012
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