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Board hears rezoning request to convert former nursing home into apartment complex; staff recommends approval
Summary
An applicant seeks to rezone 4.38 acres at 307 East South Street from agriculture to RP-3 planned residential for redevelopment into 15 apartments and up to five future fourplexes; Planning & Zoning recommended approval 6–0 and the board will review an ordinance at a future meeting.
The Board of Aldermen opened and closed a public hearing on a rezoning and preliminary development plan for 4.38 acres at 307 East South Street, a parcel associated with the former nursing home facility. The applicant seeks to rezone the property from Agriculture (A) to RP-3 (planned garden/cluster residential) to allow conversion into 15 apartment units and the potential for up to five future fourplex buildings.
City staff presented background showing the property’s annexation history and past permitting for a nursing home; staff said the property has been vacant since the nursing home closed in 2020. The proposed preliminary development plan establishes dimensional standards, open-space requirements and other development controls. Staff noted the plan generally meets or exceeds most RP-3 dimensional standards except for a reduced front-yard setback for the proposed fourplex buildings; that deviation is part of the planned-district flexibility and will be evaluated with final plans.
Staff recommended approval of the rezoning and preliminary development plan with conditions: adherence to RP-3 design standards, a four-foot parking setback, no structures within mapped floodplain areas, and that required landscaping along the eastern property line be evaluated and finalized with the final development plan. Planning & Zoning voted 6–0 to recommend approval.
The board closed the public hearing and scheduled the ordinance (council bill 06) for reading at the Feb. 3 meeting; no final action was taken tonight.
