Overview

• The council’s approval overturns a prior 5-2 Planning Commission recommendation to reject rezoning near 175th Street and Lone Elm Road.
• Company representatives describe the project as about 440,000 square feet and 140 feet tall with roughly 200 jobs.
• Residents packed the meeting to oppose the plan, citing anhydrous ammonia safety risks and heavy truck traffic, and police were present as tensions flared.
• Traffic projections range from hundreds of daily semi trips to roughly 2,500 added vehicle trips, and the city plans to add two inches of asphalt to Lone Elm Road.
• City leaders referenced roughly $23 million in incentives and warned the company could choose nearby Spring Hill without Olathe’s approval, and final design plans still require council sign-off.