KEARNEY — The Kearney Planning Commission approved several items that gave the green light for a new storage building, north of the community, during their meeting on Friday, Sept. 15.
The location being discussed was the southwest corner of 2nd Avenue and 98th St., north of Glenwood corner.
Trenton Snow, surveyor for James Nickman with Blue Water Investments presented the amendment to the city’s Comprehensive Development Plan from Rural Estates, RE, to Commercial Mixed Use, MU3; the zoning change from Agricultural, AG, to Limited Industry, M-1; the preliminary and final plat.
Snow said Nickman wishes to construct an additional storage building, he noted the adjacent property to the west contains the WS Trailer Rentals storage buildings.
It was noted that the property is just barely in the two-mile zoning jurisdiction of the City of Kearney.
Snow did not the storage building will be slightly different that those on the adjacent property, as Nickman plans to use this for storage of his personal property.
City staff said it met their guidelines and recommended approval. The planning commission voted to forward the items to the city council with their approval.
The last items concerned a property on 77 Sweetwater Ave.
John Krotz, applicant for John Krotz and Michelle Krotz, presented the vacation of Lot 1 in the Buffalo Island Subdivision; the rezone from Agriculture, AG to Rural Residential, RR-1; the preliminary plat and final plat for the property.
Krotz said he had purchased the four acres in the area initially and then three more acres to the north and east.
The plan was to divide the property into three different lots.
City staff said the items met their guidelines and the commission members voted to forward the items to the city council with their approval.
During the reports period, the commission was told the City of Kearney is working on an affordable action housing plan and staff have been meeting with several stakeholders.
The next public meeting regarding the plan is Friday, Sept. 29 at 1 p.m., at the Kearney Public Library in the South Platte Room.
