They’ll allow for business expansion and creation
By Kellen Olshefski
Correspondent
The City of Elkhorn Common Council approved a pair of conditional use permits and a rezone at its meeting Monday night, one that will allow for the expansion of a current business in Elkhorn and the other for the creation of another.
All three items were recommended for approval by the City of Elkhorn Plan Commission.
The first of the two businesses to come before the Council was for an automobile repair business to be run by Daryle Woodley and Jason Jones at 1525 N. Country Club Parkway in Elkhorn.
The new business would be a classic car restoration shop – rather than just an automobile repair center – according to Mayor Howie Reynolds. With the business’ clientele spending large sums of money to restore their cars, Reynolds said the business owner would be keeping the cars inside.
The conditional use permit was approved unanimously by the Council 4-0 with aldermen Scott McClory and Ron Dunwiddie absent from Monday’s meeting.
Wilson Farm Meats also came before the Council Monday night seeking the approval of a rezone and conditional use permit for improvements it’s looking to make at its Elkhorn site.
At this time, Wilson’s is looking to put in a parking lot, a sign, and for the biggest portion of the project – a pavilion for use during its cookouts. In the future, the business is also looking to add two railroad cars, one that would be used as a kitchen and the other as a small café.
Both items for Wilson Farm Meats were approved by the Council 4-0, with council members opting to waive the first reading of the rezone ordinance.
In other business
In other business, while a contract for City Hall design services was included on Monday’s meeting agenda, the Council is holding off on voting on the issue as City Attorney Ward Phillips and City Administrator Sam Tapson raised some concerns after reviewing the contract.
Phillips said they are going to be working with Kehoe-Henry, the architectural firm selected by the Council to offer design services, to get those concerns resolved before approval of the contract.
Additionally, the Council voted 4-0 in favor of approving the removal of the current playground equipment and its replacement with a modular system not to exceed a cost of $10,000.
