The Metropolitan Planning Commission (MPC) met Thursday evening and approved a request for a special use permit to allow travel trailers in a mobile home district at 1510 Rucker Road.

Don Weeks brought the request to the MPC, as the agent for the owner George Wright. The plan is to put in 13 RV sites plus a permanent mobile home that could be used as an attendant office.

In the past there have been up to 14 mobile homes at that location. Sewer, water and gas service is available at the site.

Also, at the December 8th meeting was a proposal for a special use permit to construct storage unites in the residential multiple-family district at 728 W First Street. The MPC continued this proposal until their January meeting.

Hugh and Elaine Dill want to put the storage units on the site of an older building which they plan to tear down.

Zoning administrator David Yearout said  the staff recommendation was to deny the request because that residential area was the wrong location for storage units. “Mr. Dillon indicated a desire to modify the design and provide a little more detailed information and the planning commission’s decision was to continue to allow him to do that.”

The MPC meets again on January 12th.