PUBLIC HEARING: Rezoning Application for Valley Health Hospital

The Town Council is requested to affirm on its first reading a Rezoning Application submitted by Valley Engineering, on behalf of Valley Health, for the conditional rezoning of approximately 147 acres for the future site of a hospital, medical office and accessory uses.

The property is presently zoned both R-S (Suburban Residential) District and A-1 (Agricultural and Open Space Preservation) District. The application proposes to change all of the Applicant’s property to the MCD (Mixed-Use Campus Development District).

The submission includes a concept plan with two phases of development. The first phase includes a replacement hospital and medical office building, access improvements, mechanical yard, maintenance building, heliport, and associated site improvements. The second phase includes completion of the hospital loop road, a phase 2 medical office building, and associated site improvements. Access to the site is proposed via Oden Street (secondary access) and an entrance off of Leach Run Parkway (primary access). A buffer and large tracks of forested areas are designated for conservation.

The proffers address signalization of the primary and secondary entrances, a future vehicular access connection with the property of HEPTAD LLC, conformance with the concept plan, and a northbound right-turn lane with taper located on Leach Run Parkway at the primary entrance. The proffers also address the zoning of two small tracts of land that are part of a trade agreement with Warren County at the entrance of Oden Street and Leach Run Parkway.

Now, watch the public hearing. What you see is an emotional appeal to the Town Council to deny the application due to the fact that Valley Health has removed the OB/GYN (Labor and Delivery) department from the new hospital plans.