P&Z OKs hospital street proposal
By Anne Blankenship — Daily Freeman-Journal Staff WriterIn a brief early morning meeting, the Webster City Planning and Zoning Commission today approved a proposal by Hamilton Hospital to vacate several proposed future streets in preparation for the construction of the new hospital building. The commission also approved the relocation of an existing future street.
City Planning and Zoning Coordinator Karla Wexler said the city staff had no problems with the vacation of the future streets on the future streets map located in the area of the hospital's planned development, east of the Hamilton County Courthouse. The commission approved the request to vacate the streets.
The second proposal called for the relocating of a future street, creating a frontage road that would flank the western and southern hospital property lines. The road would continue south from Fairmeadow Drive, across the front of the hospital and would curve east to the future Oakwood Street. The hospital agreed to develop the north-south portion of the road, and would dedicate the right of way for the southern section for future development by other parties.
Wexler said the north-south portion of the street would have a 50 feet right of way with a 26 foot roadway. She explained that the city guidelines call for 60 feet right of ways with 30 feet streets. There would be no problem with the north-south street, but she said the city staff thought the eastern future street should adhere to 60 ft. right of way and 30 ft. roadway.
Eric Cannon, an engineer with Snyder and Associates, told the commission the hospital would be willing to dedicate the 60 feet right of way along the southern property line, while keeping the north-south frontage road at the 50 feet right of way. Changing the north-south section to a 60 foot right of way would make substantial architectural redesigns of the project necessary, he explained. He added that city water and sewer lines would come in from Fairmeadow and should not interfere with the north-south extension.
The commission approved the relocation of the future streets to the western and southern property lines.
