Commission questions access, emergency services as SA Group seeks C‑2 rezoning for assisted‑living site
September 22, 2025 | Sunbury City, Delaware County, Ohio
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The Planning and Zoning Commission on Sept. 22 considered a rezoning request by SA Group LLC for parcel number 41713101007004 to Commercial District C‑2 to make the site available for an assisted‑living/nursing facility. Todd Hutchinson, representing the prospective operator Foundations Health, described the operator as Ohio‑based and said they currently run about 70 nursing homes in Ohio.
Why it matters: Commission members and staff said the parcel’s location near future Sunbury Parkway improvements and state Route 37 makes access and emergency response a central planning issue. Rezoning would permit a conditional use application and a major commercial site plan that must still undergo public hearings.
Hutchinson said the owner has not closed on the parcel and that the surrounding properties are already commercial or industrial. Alex, planning staff, said the rezoning request would be consistent with the City of Sunbury 2016 Comprehensive Plan and recommended approval to rezone from “not zoned” to C‑2, while noting separate conditional‑use and major commercial site plan reviews would be required for an assisted‑living facility.
Commissioners pressed for more detail. One commissioner asked for data on how additional facilities would affect local paramedic runs and asked the applicant to confirm whether the operator had coordinated with emergency services. Commissioners also asked the applicant to return for an informal presentation before submitting final site plans so the panel could weigh access design, anticipated trips and the parcel’s relationship to the planned Sunbury Parkway interchange.
No rezoning vote was taken. Commissioners and the applicant agreed to meet with staff and members of the commission offline to discuss access, EMS impacts and the development timeline; the applicant said he would supply average emergency‑run counts for the operator’s buildings ahead of the next submission. Staff emphasized the rezoning hearing does not substitute for a conditional‑use hearing and a later major commercial site plan public hearing, both of which the applicant will need to schedule.
The commission signaled openness to the use but asked for added planning work on traffic, emergency services and the parcel’s frontage and egress before formal action on rezoning or site plan approval.
Why it matters: Commission members and staff said the parcel’s location near future Sunbury Parkway improvements and state Route 37 makes access and emergency response a central planning issue. Rezoning would permit a conditional use application and a major commercial site plan that must still undergo public hearings.
Hutchinson said the owner has not closed on the parcel and that the surrounding properties are already commercial or industrial. Alex, planning staff, said the rezoning request would be consistent with the City of Sunbury 2016 Comprehensive Plan and recommended approval to rezone from “not zoned” to C‑2, while noting separate conditional‑use and major commercial site plan reviews would be required for an assisted‑living facility.
Commissioners pressed for more detail. One commissioner asked for data on how additional facilities would affect local paramedic runs and asked the applicant to confirm whether the operator had coordinated with emergency services. Commissioners also asked the applicant to return for an informal presentation before submitting final site plans so the panel could weigh access design, anticipated trips and the parcel’s relationship to the planned Sunbury Parkway interchange.
No rezoning vote was taken. Commissioners and the applicant agreed to meet with staff and members of the commission offline to discuss access, EMS impacts and the development timeline; the applicant said he would supply average emergency‑run counts for the operator’s buildings ahead of the next submission. Staff emphasized the rezoning hearing does not substitute for a conditional‑use hearing and a later major commercial site plan public hearing, both of which the applicant will need to schedule.
The commission signaled openness to the use but asked for added planning work on traffic, emergency services and the parcel’s frontage and egress before formal action on rezoning or site plan approval.
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