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Planning commission approves AdventHealth rezoning for a new medical office with conditions
Summary
The Olathe Planning Commission voted 6–0 (one recusal) to recommend rezoning a ~4‑acre site at 14345 West 119th Street from single‑family to an office district to allow a two‑story, 22,528 sq ft AdventHealth medical facility; staff recommended approval with stipulations including buffers and use restrictions.
The Olathe Planning Commission on Sept. 22 recommended approval of a rezoning request to allow an AdventHealth medical office at 14345 West 119th Street, voting 6–0 with one commissioner recused. Staff presented the proposal as a rezoning from R‑1 (single family) to an office district to accommodate a two‑story, 22,528‑square‑foot medical office with 105 parking spaces and an associated preliminary site development plan.
"The subject property is approximately 4 acres and currently developed with a vacant church," planner Andrew Morgan told commissioners, detailing the proposed building, parking, landscaping and required buffers. Morgan said staff recommends approval of RZ25‑10 with stipulations that limit higher‑intensity uses adjacent to residences and that require specified perimeter plantings and berms.
During commissioner questioning, staff clarified that outpatient hours are expected to be roughly 7–8 a.m. to 5 p.m., while the facility's emergency department would remain open 24/7; staff added that ambulances would typically transfer patients out to local hospitals rather than maintain long‑term patient stays at the site. Commissioners pressed staff on landscape buffering, tree preservation and lighting; Morgan said a 20‑foot Type 3 buffer that includes a 6‑foot berm and double row of evergreens is proposed along portions of the residential property lines and that photometric plans will be reviewed at final site plan.
A longstanding neighborhood concern about the Alcan/120th Street stub also arose. Staff said Alcan will ultimately connect into a 120th Street alignment as part of nearby development improvements and that an additional southern access point will be provided for site circulation. Chet Belcher, the city's chief community development officer, explained that when 120th Street is built it will include curb and gutter and enclosed pipes to convey stormwater to the detention area.
Commissioners also discussed protections to keep the site from evolving to higher‑intensity uses in the future. Staff noted the office district's limited uses and pointed to a list of prohibited uses and the recommended stipulations in the staff report as primary safeguards. The planning commission's approval is a recommendation; the case will go to the City Council for final action on Oct. 21.
