The third time was the charm Wednesday for a proposed broiler chicken growing operation in southwest Lancaster County.With its full contingent of nine members present for the first time in more than a month, the Lincoln-Lancaster County Planning Commission voted 6-3 to approve a special permit for Randy Essink to construct four barns on land he owns at 13350 W. Wittstruck Road that would contain a total of 190,000 chickens to be raised for Costco.Two previous meetings, which included about nine hours’ worth of public hearings, had failed to produce the required five votes in favor of or against the proposed operation, which would be built on 20 acres of the 75-acre site, which is about a half-mile from the Saline County border.
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Lincoln Journal Star