New Nursing Home Proposed in Chardon
A 100-bed nursing home is proposed in Chardon on a portion of about 50 acres of industrial land where a mixed-use retirement community had been proposed in 2010.
A 100-bed nursing home is proposed in Chardon on a portion of about 50 acres of industrial land where a mixed-use retirement community had been proposed in 2010.
Last Thursday, Chardon City Council set a Dec. 13 public hearing at 6:10 p.m. for the rezoning of 12 acres of the land for the nursing home.
The details of the project will be unveiled during a Nov. 19 city Planning Commission meeting.
Sunset Pointe Ltd. and Industrial Development Diversified have asked to rezone the land from industrial to C-4 commercial for construction of the nursing home, which City Council President and Mayor Phil King said is located on the east side of South Street near the intersection of Woodiebrook Road.
Chardon attorney Dennis Ibold, one of the owners of Sunset Pointe Ltd., said the proposed 70,000-square-foot nursing home would be owned and operated by Legacy Health Services.
The Raleigh, N.C. company owns nursing homes, assisted living and independent living facilities in eight states, including 11 in Ohio, nine of which are in Cuyahoga and Lake counties, according to its website.
In November 2010, Chardon voters turned down a request by local developer Enzo Perfetto to have 50 acres the land rezoned from industrial to residential use for Heron’s Glen, a mixed-use retirement facility.
Planning Commission Chairman Ken Miller said the commission has been given preliminary plans for the facility, which would be located adjacent to about 38 acres purchased by the Geauga County Commissioners several years ago.
The commissioners purchased the land for the possible future construction of new county offices.
“We think this would be a good fit because it would provide a buffer between the county land and land to the north that would remain industrial,” Miller said.
The city charter does not require voter approval for the industrial to commercial rezoning, only when land is rezoned from industrial or commercial use to residential use, Miller said.
Therefore, planning commission and city council pending the mandatory public hearing could approve the rezoning, he added.
The planning commission will consider Nov. 19 a lot split separating the land from the remaining property to the north along with the rezoning, city officials said.
If approved, the proposed facility would become the second nursing home in the city, the other being the Chardon Healthcare Center, 620 Water St.
