Planning commission approves vacation, rezoning and plats for Saint Luke’s Good Samaritan Village property

The Kearney City Planning Commission approved four related actions for property known as Saint Luke’s Good Samaritan Village, generally located at 2101 East 30 Second Street: subdivision vacation number 1982-02, rezoning number 2025-06 (removal of the R-3 PD overlay to R-3), preliminary plat number 2025-04, and final plat number 2025-04. The property is owned by the Evangelical Lutheran Good Samaritan Society.

Planner Craig Bennett, representing Miller and Associates and the property owner, presented maps and described the proposal to vacate part of Lots 1 and 2 and to replat the parcel to create developable lots while rededicating a previously vacated right-of-way known as Avenue X. Bennett said the proposal would return Avenue X as a public right-of-way to provide required public access to Lot 3; without Avenue X, Lot 3 would lack abutting public access. He described site constraints including a sanitary sewer main that bisects the site and existing utility easements. Craig Bennett said the parcel being considered…