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Commission backs rezoning for multi-parcel site to accommodate medical facility on West Sycamore Road
Summary
The commission recommended rezoning five parcels on West Sycamore Road to office commercial to allow a national health-care provider to build a medical facility.
The Kokomo City Planning Commission on Sept. 9 recommended that the Kokomo Common Council rezone multiple parcels on West Sycamore Road from agricultural and low-density industrial and residential classifications to Office Commercial (OC) to accommodate a planned medical facility (case P22Z25).
Paul Wyman of the Wyman Group, representing JPO Realty LLC and Millennium Trust Company LLC, told the commission a national health-care provider intends to combine four parcels and build a medical facility for the west side of Kokomo. Wyman described the change as a downzoning from light industrial on some parcels to office commercial and an upgrade from agricultural/residential on others to OC.
Staff said the submitted parcels will be combined into a single large parcel; a lot will have to be subdivided prior to construction. Adjoining zones include AR and OC to the north, medium-density residential to the south, and AR/R-1 to the east and west. The City of Kokomo Comprehensive Plan shows the area proposed for medium-density residential; staff noted the OC district is compatible with most adjoining zones though not with AR and R-1, and that several existing lots in the area already carry AR and R-1 zoning. The traffic count for West Sycamore Road was reported at 8,708 vehicles per day. Staff recommended a favorable recommendation to council.
Commission members had no further questions and voted to forward a favorable recommendation; the matter will move to the Common Council for final action and any subsequent subdivision and permitting steps.
