Council approves PUD change to allow Active Day Ohio adult daycare at 865 East Kemper Road

Springdale City Council on June 18 approved a major modification to the Century Business Park plan unit development to allow Active Day Ohio to convert the property at 865 East Kemper Road into an adult day-care facility.

The Planning Commission had recommended the change at its May meeting, and council members voted 7-0 after a public hearing. Christopher Birch, attorney for the applicant, told council, "They have a center in Cincinnati that's moving to this location, conditional upon the change to the PUD text as requested."

The ordinance approving the change (Ordinance No. 262025) incorporates the planning commission’s conditions and requires staff, the city engineer, city planning and the law director to complete any necessary covenants or approvals before final implementation. Council President Jacobs read the ordinance and opened a public hearing; no members of the public spoke at the hearing. Planning Commission member McFarland had told council the commission approved the related development plan and that questions from staff would be addressed before the commission’s final action.

The council president reminded members that because the item was amended at a prior meeting, it required five affirmative votes to pass; the measure received seven. The ordinance took effect on the earliest date allowed by law.

Why it matters: The change converts commercially zoned space into a social-service use—an adult day program—that will alter service availability and traffic patterns at the East Kemper Road property. The ordinance requires final administrative approvals and recorded covenants before the conversion proceeds.

Council provided no additional direction beyond routine administrative steps and scheduled no further public hearings on the item.