Council approves Tech 1 4th subdivision rezoning to Business Park and final plat for four-lot subdivision

The Kearney City Council voted to remove planned-development (PD) overlay language from a Business Park parcel and adopt the final plat for Tech 1 4th subdivision, a 30.18-acre area east of the MPPD substation.

Craig Bennett of Miller & Associates said the parcel wraps around the substation, is approximately 30.18 acres, and will be divided into four lots. He described existing infrastructure nearby — a 16-inch water main and sanitary sewer extensions along Chase Avenue — and said the subdivision will rely on those utilities. Bennett told the council that portions of the site fall within FEMA-mapped floodplains (1% annual and 0.2% annual areas) but that most of the parcel is outside the 1% area; stormwater will be conveyed to an existing outfall channel.

Nut graf: Council approval clears the way for four lots with on‑site detention required for individual lots; the rezoning eliminates a PD overlay so the parcel will be regulated under the Business Park (BP) district standards.

Bennett said the preliminary and infrastructure feasibility plans call for water service tied to the existing 16-inch main, sanitary sewer extended from Chase Avenue, and individual on-site stormwater detention for the lots rather than a regional detention cell. The council approved ordinance 8715 to rezone the property to BP and adopted resolution 2025-3 approving the final plat and subdivision agreement for Tech 1 4th. The ordinance readings were suspended and the measures were placed on final passage in recorded roll-call votes.

Council members had no substantive objections in the record; the council passed the rezoning and final plat by recorded roll call.

Ending: With the rezoning and final plat approved, the applicant may proceed to engineering and permitting to extend utilities and complete the four-lot subdivision.