St. Vincent Healthcare Subdivision is a proposed subdivision that would create 30 lots on approximately 112 acres of land at the northwest corner of King Avenue West and Shiloh Road. The property is owned by Sisters of Charity of Leavenworth Health System, Inc., and the subdivider is the St. Vincent Healthcare Foundation, Inc. City Council granted conditional approval of the preliminary plat of St. Vincent Healthcare Subdivision on January 24, 2011. Section 23-302(M) of the City Subdivision Regulations stipulates that the conditional approval of preliminary plats shall be in force for not more than three years, unless a request for an extension is received and approved by City Council. The City Council may issue more than one extension. 

The three-year preliminary plat approval period for this subdivision will expire January 24, 2014. While much of the first phase infrastructure has been completed, and most of the final plat documents are prepared, the subdivider indicates the final preparations will not be complete before the preliminary plat expiration. The subdivider has requested an extension to the preliminary plat approval of one year to finalize the final plat documents for approval.  The new expiration would be January 24, 2015.

The City Council may: 

• Approve the request to extend the preliminary plat approval for six more months; or
• Deny the request to extend the preliminary plat approval for six more months. 

Platting 30 lots that are currently vacant and reselling them to private individuals would increase the tax revenues for the City. Allowing the subdivider up to one additional year to prepare the final plat documents for approval and recording should not have any direct financial impact to the City.

Planning staff recommends that the City Council approve the request for an extension of the preliminary plat approval date for St. Vincent Healthcare Subdivision for one year, and set the new expiration date to January 24, 2015.