Wahoo council approves rezoning to allow assisted living facility

The Wahoo City Council on April 28, 2026, approved Ordinance No. 2497, amending the city's official zoning map to permit an assisted living facility as a conditional use on Lots 1 and 2 and the east half of the vacated Oak Street adjacent to Block 13 in Dickinson's Second Addition, and Lots 1 and 2 in Block 1 of Andrus Addition.

Council Member Stuart Krejci introduced the ordinance and moved to suspend the statutory rules so the measure could be introduced and adopted at the same meeting; Council Member Patrick Nagle seconded. Mayor Gerald D. Johnson instructed the clerk to call the roll. The roll-call tally for final passage was recorded as Krejci: yes; Nagle: yes; Sweet: yes; Warford: absent and not voting; Ideus: yes; Rappl: yes. The Mayor declared the ordinance adopted and its title agreed to.

The ordinance text, as read by title, described the rezoning and the conditional use to allow an assisted living facility on the specified parcels. No effective date or implementation details were included in the meeting transcript.

The council's action follows the statutory procedure described in the ordinance introduction: suspension of the rules to permit introduction and final passage in a single meeting, followed by a roll-call vote. The transcript does not record public testimony or staff analysis specific to the proposed assisted living use.

The council approved the ordinance during the regular session; the city clerk will follow usual publication and codification procedures for newly adopted ordinances.