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Council rezones, plats and annexes 5.12 acres for Western Nebraska Property Development
Summary
The council approved rezoning from agricultural to Office District, adopted the final plat, and approved annexation for a 5.12-acre parcel intended for medical office buildings; infrastructure extensions were described in the hearing.
The Kearney City Council approved a three-part action for a parcel identified as Western Nebraska Property Development, Fourth Edition: the council passed Ordinance 87-52 rezoning the parcel from agricultural to Office District (CO), adopted Resolution 2025-72 approving the final plat and subdivision agreement, and adopted Resolution 2025-73 approving annexation of the property into the city.
Craig Bennett, representing Miller and Associates for KPT and G LLC, told the council the requested actions cover a 5.12-acre parcel located south of the existing hospital and medical office campus near the intersection of 20 Second Avenue and Sixth Street. “We’d be asking for that area here to be rezoned from ag to CO,” Bennett said, noting the change is consistent with surrounding development.
Bennett described infrastructure plans tied to the plat: extension of a 21-inch sanitary sewer westerly to the property line, continuation of a 12-inch water main across the north side of the street, and construction of a temporary cul-de-sac with a temporary turnaround provided under an easement on adjoining Kearney Public School System property. He also said the site contains two dry stormwater detention cells and lies within mapped flood zones, including the 1% annual-chance flood area and a 0.2% zone.
Bennett said the proposed buildings would be medical office buildings as part of the overall campus and that the developer hoped to start construction this year. The council record shows the motions to suspend the three-day ordinance reading and to place Ordinance 87-52 on final passage passed by roll call, and the subsequent approvals for the final plat and annexation similarly passed.
The council’s approvals enable the infrastructure extensions and annexation to proceed under city jurisdiction; the record indicates the developer will continue to coordinate with Kearney Public Schools on the temporary turnaround and with city departments on utility extensions and stormwater detention alignment with earlier feasibility plans.
