Commission hears staff recommendation to rezone 6.72 acres at 0 Selma Road to institutional/educational

City planning staff told the Springfield City Commission that a 6.72-acre parcel at 0 Selma Road — annexed in 2008 and currently designated Springfield Township R‑1 — should be rezoned to city PIE (Institutional & Educational district) to align regulation with surrounding uses.

A staff presentation said the parcel is undeveloped but has city sewer and detention in place and that three surrounding parcels were rezoned to PIE in December. The Clark County comprehensive plan designates the area as an institutional campus, and staff said rezoning would provide local regulatory standards to guide any future institutional, educational or governmental expansion.

Staff also noted a 1976 zoning map indicating historical ownership by the Springfield-Clark County joint vocational school and said the city acquired the parcel over time. The staff memo explained that the planning board failed to reach a quorum at its October meeting and, under Springfield codified ordinances (11.28.01), a lack of a planning-board report within 45 days is treated as approval; a memorandum in the packet reflected that recommended outcome.

The commission received the communication, heard no points of public opposition during the hearing, and a motion was made to conclude the hearing; the clerk recorded roll-call votes in favor of moving forward. The item was read by title as a first reading. No final adoption vote was recorded on the rezoning in this meeting; the ordinance was introduced and advanced per the commission’s meeting procedures.

What’s next: the rezoning remains in the ordinance process after the first reading; further readings or actions will be needed for formal adoption.