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Zoning commission approves rezoning for 2602 S. Wall Ave.; applicant cites long-term daycare use
Summary
The Joplin Zoning and Planning Commission unanimously approved Case 019-25 to rezone 2602 South Wall Avenue from R-1 to C-1 on June 9, 2025; applicant Randall Craft said the site housed a daycare for about 20 years and the rezoning formalizes that commercial use under new ownership.
The Joplin Zoning and Planning Commission approved a rezoning request for 2602 South Wall Avenue on June 9, 2025, moving the property from R-1 (single-family residential) to C-1 (neighborhood commercial).
Randall Craft, representing the applicant Turtle Turtle LLC, told the commission the property had been operated as a daycare for about 20 years and the rezoning would formalize the use after a change in ownership. "It had previously been occupied as a daycare for at least 20 years," Craft said, adding the request is intended to align the parcel with the city's long-term plan.
The chair opened the item as Case 019-25 and asked whether anyone wished to speak for or against the rezoning; no public comments were offered. Commissioner Landis moved approval and Dr. Rosenberg seconded; the commission voted in favor and the chair declared the motion carried. The chair also said the case will be presented to the Joplin City Council on July 7, 2025.
The commission record for the hearing includes the 2012 Comprehensive Plan and the Joplin Development Code (appendices A–F), which the chair placed into evidence before the public hearings began. The action taken at this meeting is a local land-use zoning decision; any administrative or council review will follow the city’s established procedures.
The commission did not record a roll-call tally by name for the vote in the transcript provided; the minutes state the motion carried.
