Tuesday, March 22, 2005
Residents Upset Over Plans For Subdivision
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Residents Upset Over Plans For Subdivision
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If one Clay County landowner has his way, the grazing days are numbered for a pasture halfway between Liberty and Smithville, KMBC's Dan Weinbaum reported.
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A 200-acre portion of Johnson Farms could become Johnson Ridge -- a subdivision of 100 or more homes on 1-acre lots.
The plan has already made it past the Clay County Zoning Board. Residents living nearby are not happy about it.
"On this site, we have one house per 100 acres," resident Charles King said.
Residents who found out about the plan said that the size of the development could ruin what they have.
"We anticipated looking out and seeing cows grazing in the pasture behind us, and now, we're going to have traffic," resident Melanie Curnow said.
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This is the classic - "we want to be the last people to move into this rural area". The landscape of the Midwest is changing in many places. Even if you move far away from already densely-populated areas, you still face risks: hog farms, poultry farms, new highways, expanded highways, and sometimes even meth labs.
Local - KMBC TheKansasCityChannel.com
Yahoo! News
Residents Upset Over Plans For Subdivision
2 hours, 5 minutes ago
Add to My Yahoo! Local - KMBC TheKansasCityChannel.com
If one Clay County landowner has his way, the grazing days are numbered for a pasture halfway between Liberty and Smithville, KMBC's Dan Weinbaum reported.
? Unclaimed Property? Show Me The Money
? Get A Great Deal On Your Next Car
A 200-acre portion of Johnson Farms could become Johnson Ridge -- a subdivision of 100 or more homes on 1-acre lots.
The plan has already made it past the Clay County Zoning Board. Residents living nearby are not happy about it.
"On this site, we have one house per 100 acres," resident Charles King said.
Residents who found out about the plan said that the size of the development could ruin what they have.
"We anticipated looking out and seeing cows grazing in the pasture behind us, and now, we're going to have traffic," resident Melanie Curnow said.
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This is the classic - "we want to be the last people to move into this rural area". The landscape of the Midwest is changing in many places. Even if you move far away from already densely-populated areas, you still face risks: hog farms, poultry farms, new highways, expanded highways, and sometimes even meth labs.
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