Commission approves rezoning and plat for proposed Gemi Home Care with deferred parking plan requirement after neighbor concerns

The City of Olathe Planning Commission on March 24 approved a rezoning to R-1 and a final plat for a proposed Home Plus facility called Gemi Home Care (RZ25-0001; FP25-0006). The commission added a stipulation requiring a deferred parking plan to be submitted with the plat; the plan may be implemented if staff later determines on-site parking is inadequate.

Andrea Morgan, planner II, described the request as a rezoning and final plat for a property the staff presentation referenced near 150 Seventh Street and Merlyn (Merlin) Road and also listed as 15690 South Renner Road in the meeting notice. Morgan said the unplatted 0.84-acre parcel contains an existing single-family house built in 1972 that was annexed into the city in 1995. The property is currently county residential low density; the applicant requested rezoning to the R-1 single-family district to use the existing structure as a Home Plus facility licensed…