By NICK GOSNELL
Hutch Post
HUTCHINSON, Kan. — The City of Hutchinson Planning Commission is meeting for the first time in several months on Tuesday.
"We haven't had a Planning Commission meeting since, I think, early March," said Ryan Hvitlok with the City.
Hvitlok said the number of issues before the commission is fewer than in past years.
"Last year, we were fairly busy," Hvitlok said. "By this time of year, we were up to about seven site plans. This year we have four. There's been a little bit of a drop off, but we've gotten a lot more phone calls and stuff in the last, probably two weeks"
Hvitlok expects the number of plans to pick back up in the second half of the year once businesses know how much of an impact COVID-19 will have on them.
The Planning Commission has no action items on site plans scheduled Tuesday, but they will advise the City Council on a request to amend the Research and Development Design Standards and Use Restrictions as part of their 5:30 p.m. meeting via Zoom.