Evans v. City of Emporia

Pierron, J.:

Jeffrey and Joanne Evans appeal the district court’s decision to uphold the City of Emporia’s (City) granting of a conditional use permit (CUP) to Westar Energy, Inc., (Westar) to upgrade an existing electrical substation in the Evans’ neighborhood. The Evans argue the court erred in finding the City was reasonable in granting the CUP with only limited restrictions; that the expansion of the substation should have required the entire station to be brought into code compliance; and the court erred in denying their petition to join additional plaintiffs. We affirm.

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