Kokomo council approves four rezoning petitions, including church parking lot and medical-office site
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The Common Council approved Ordinances 72-13, 72-14, 72-15 and 72-16 to rezone properties for a church parking lot, agricultural/residential and medical-office uses and to return a property to single-family residential use.
The Kokomo Common Council approved four rezoning petitions during the meeting by suspending rules and passing each ordinance on first and second reading.
Ordinance 72-13 approved a petition by Radiant Life Ministry Inc. to rezone 2418 North Calumet Street from R-4 (urban residential) to IS (institutional) to use the parcel as a church parking lot. Councilman Grieco moved suspension of the rules and then moved for passage on second reading; the council voted in favor.
Ordinance 72-14 approved a petition from Lindsay Marie Fisher to reclassify property at 2110 West Alto Road from OC (office commercial) to AR (agricultural/rural residential). The council suspended the rules and carried the ordinance on second reading.
Ordinance 72-15 approved a petition by JPO Realty LLC and Millennium Trust Company to rezone the former Meadowbloom Dairy on West Sycamore from AR (agricultural/residential) to OC (office commercial) for planned medical-office use. The council suspended the rules and passed the ordinance on second reading.
Ordinance 72-16 approved a petition by Charles and Mayaka Dunlap to change 1105 East Markland Avenue from C-1 (commercial) to R-5 (urban residential), returning a property used for commercial purposes in recent years back to private residential use; the council suspended rules and passed the ordinance on second reading.
Each of these items was presented with motions to suspend the usual rules for immediate consideration; the motions were seconded and the council voted to pass the ordinances. No extended public testimony or contested roll-call votes on these items were recorded in the meeting transcript.
The council did not record substantial debate on the rezones in the public transcript; council members processed the petitions, moved suspension of rules and approved each item in sequence.