Saline County Planning Commission - July 28, 2026

The Saline County Planning Commission held a meeting on July 28, 2026, to consider a zoning map amendment request for a 3.96-acre property at 635 West Diamond Drive. The applicant sought to rezone the property from C-7 Highway Commercial to C-5 Service Commercial to enable a future conditional use permit application for converting the existing Motel 6 into a 66-unit residential apartment complex. The commission discussed the zoning implications, infrastructure capacity, and consistency with the comprehensive plan. The rezoning would not itself authorize the apartment conversion but was a prerequisite step. After thorough staff presentation and discussion, the commission voted to recommend approval of the zoning map amendment to the city commission, with a 14-day protest period to follow before final city commission consideration.