New Planning Commission presentation. Four new items this week:
1. Day Automotive wants to buy
6.5 acres just off of West Liberty Avenue to expand its Subaru dealership into land now taken up by landscaping of Fair Oaks Senior Apartments. This will require some rezoning, as the area is currently set aside for residential uses. The senior apartment building will remain in place, Day Automotive just wants to buy land currently unused along West Liberty and Pauline Avenues. Can't say I'm thrilled by this, but West Liberty is a lost cause when it comes to urban form, so it wouldn't be the worst outcome in the world.
2. A zoning change of a section of Susquehanna Street in Homewood from RIA-VH (Residential Single Unit Attached Very High Density) to UI (Urban Industrial).
The strip is here, and contains mostly vacant lots along with four remaining houses.
3. Phase B of the Mill 19 project at Almono is up for review. It looks nice, but not dramatically different from Phase A.
4. St. Edmund's Academy is submitting their proposed renovation and expansion of their north wing. It's being done by Stada, and is certainly a step up from the existing structure, which is a blank brick wall.