Junction City approves permit for open-air market on city land.Byline: The Register-Guard JUNCTION CITY Junction City, city (1990 pop. 20,604), seat of Geary co., NE Kans., at the confluence of the Republican and Smoky Hill rivers; inc. 1859. The rail, trade, and processing center of an agricultural and dairy area, it grew as the supply point for nearby Fort Riley, - In a 5-1 vote Tuesday night, the city's planning commission Noun 1. planning commission - a commission delegated to propose plans for future activities and developments commission, committee - a special group delegated to consider some matter; "a committee is a group that keeps minutes and loses hours" - Milton Berle approved a conditional use permit for an open-air Sunday market here, despite repeated objections raised by a local Republican Party official. Junction City residents and Lane County Republican Party Chairman Bob Avery challenged an application by Seeking Out Democracy to operate a craft and farmers' market farm·ers' market n. A public market at which farmers and often other vendors sell produce directly to consumers. Also called greenmarket. on a city-owned parking lot after learning that SOD SOD 1 Sphincter of Oddi dysfunction See Biliary dyskinesia2 Superoxide dismutase, see there is affiliated with the Rural Organizing Project, which works "to create communities accountable to a standard of human dignity Human dignity is an expression that can be used as a moral concept or as a legal term. Sometimes it means no more than that human beings should not be treated as objects. Beyond this, it is meant to convey an idea of absolute and inherent worth that does not need to be acquired and : the belief in the equal worth of all people, the need for equal access to justice, and the right to self-determination." Avery questioned SOD's political agenda and said the market would be unfair competition for local businesses subject to zoning, building and public safety codes. Planning Commission Chairman Bob Nelson said the panel's approval was subject to standard conditions such as SOD providing restroom access and trash receptacles for the weekly events. Commission member Sandra Dunn cast the sole vote against granting SOD the permit. |
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