MARSHALL — A proposal to construct three new apartment buildings in Marshall came before the Marshall City Council this week. Council members approved three different items related to the proposal, including a permit to build the apartments in an area zoned as a general business district.

Agenda packet materials for Tuesday’s council meeting said Kuepers, Inc., a development and construction company based out of Brainerd, is proposing to build a 108-unit apartment complex on land along Clarice Avenue, behind the former Shopko building.

The project, called Stone Meadows, would include three market-rate apartment buildings, each with 36 units.

Paul and Joanne Stoneberg were requesting a conditional use permit to build multifamily housing in land zoned as a general business district, Marshall Mayor Bob Byrnes said at Tuesday’s meeting. Apartment buildings are allowed in a general business district with a conditional use permit, said Marshall Assistant Planning and Zoning Administrator Ilya Gutman.

The development proposal went before the Marshall Planning Commission on Aug. 14, and commission members recommended approval of a conditional use permit.

There wasn’t a lot of discussion or public comment on the proposal, but council member James Lozinski did ask about the potential traffic created by the apartment complex.

“The only question I have — and I do support this project — is the traffic flow out there. Is that area going to be able to handle the extra traffic flow?”

Gutman said the project was in a commercial business area, so it should be able to handle “significant” traffic.

A motion to grant the conditional use permit passed unanimously.

The council also approved two other items related to the Stone Meadows proposal as part of the consent agenda for Tuesday’s meeting. One item was to introduce the plat for the proposed development. The other was to approve changes to a covenant on the land. Council agenda materials said Wal-Mart Stores, Inc., controls a declaration restricting residential development on the land without prior consent from Walmart and surrounding property owners.

The city’s changes to the land restrictions would be subject to the consent of the Wal-Mart Real Estate Business Trust, agenda materials said.