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Plan commission approved hotel-to-apartment rezoning; county board to review project

Lee County Board · March 10, 2026
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Summary

Payra Township plan commission approved a rezoning to convert the former Magnes Hotel to roughly 70 apartments; the project will proceed to the township board and then the Lee County board, and it will trigger change-of-use upgrades to meet 2021 IBC life-safety requirements.

The Payra Township plan commission approved a rezoning application that would convert the former Magnes Hotel from commercial to R4 multi-family residential and create about 70 apartment units, county building officials reported.

Joe, the county building official, told the board that the plan commission action was approved and that the application will next go to the township board and then to the Lee County board for final consideration in April. "They were talking that Kevin,…

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