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Council opens public hearings on LEAP annexation phases, first readings held for two rezones on State Road 32
Summary
Council received eight voluntary annexation petitions for LEAP phases 36–43 and held public hearings; planning commission recommended LEAP zoning for each parcel. Council also introduced two rezoning ordinances for commercial use of two outlots along State Road 32 (first readings).
The Lebanon Common Council on April 28 opened public hearings and read ordinances for multiple, largely technical land-use items connected to the LEAP district and recent commercial interest along State Road 32.
Annexation petitions and public hearings - Staff presented eight voluntary annexation petitions (LEAP phases 36–43). Each petition covers a single parcel (phase 36–43) except for Phase 39, which included two parcels. Total acreage across the eight petitions is roughly 58 acres. - The planning commission held prior public hearings and returned unanimous favorable recommendations to the council to assign the LEAP zoning district to each parcel. For each annexation ordinance the council opened and closed the statutorily required public hearing and scheduled second readings for the May 12 meeting. No final annexation votes were taken at the April 28 meeting.
Rezones on State Road 32 (first readings) - Ordinance 2025-13: Rezone of approximately 1.6 acres (petitioner: Kushiyashi Hospitality LLC) from Light Industrial (LI) to General Business (GB) to allow a hotel development (petitioner indicated a chain such as La Quinta is under consideration). The plane commission recommended approval 7–0; council held the first reading and scheduled the final vote for May 12. - Ordinance 2025-14: Rezone of approximately 1.7 acres immediately west of the prior parcel, also from LI to GB, to allow a fuel/convenience and ancillary retail/restaurant uses. Planning commission recommended approval 7–0; the item was read on first reading and set for second reading on May 12.
What this means - The annexations are voluntary and, based on planning-commission review, will be assigned LEAP zoning and the LEAP water and wastewater rate districts if annexed. Council will act on each individual annexation at second reading after the public-hearing record closes. - The two rezones convert outlots near the Shell Building on SR 32 back to commercial classification after a prior map change that temporarily left them zoned industrial when an anticipated industrial purchaser did not close. Petitioner interest now favors commercial development.
Next steps - All annexation ordinances (phases 36–43) and the two rezoning ordinances were set for second reading and final consideration at the council’s May 12 meeting. Planning staff noted that typical site-plan, engineering and development standards reviews will follow any rezoning approvals.
