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Commission recommends industrial rezoning for parcel west of US‑31; residents express traffic, noise and property‑value concerns
Summary
The planning commission voted to recommend rezoning a 23.17‑acre parcel south of US‑31 and adjacent to an existing 195,000‑square‑foot building from agricultural (with overlay) to HI heavy industrial, subject to annexation; neighbors raised concerns about traffic, noise, annexation and property values.
The Kokomo City Planning Commission on May 13 recommended that the Common Council adopt a rezoning that would change a roughly 23.17‑acre parcel adjacent to East 400 North from agricultural (with US‑31 overlay) to HI high‑intensity industrial, a step the developer said is needed to support future industrial development next to a 195,000‑square‑foot building now under construction.
Rob Young of The Hegeman Group, representing the prospective purchaser and developer HH Real Estate Holdings LLC, told the commission the parcel would provide expansion capacity for the industrial campus that includes a speculative building the developer is completing at 414 East 400 North. Young said the parcel may host another speculative building or a smaller user; no tenant was announced at the…
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