March 29, 2024

City moves forward with Casey’s renovation project

The city of Osceola gave another go-ahead to the potential renovation of the Casey’s General Store located at the intersection of Highways 34 and 69, also known as “the four corners.”

The building used to be a Kum and Go convenience store, before it was purchased by Casey’s a few years ago.

Casey’s General Stores has acquired the necessary properties and is working with the city of Osceola on a site plan for a store renovation. There are also three other Casey’s General Stores in Osceola.

An agenda item for the Feb. 17 council meeting was the second reading for the rezoning of the residence of 412 S. Main St. from “RB Residential Business” to “B-2 Highway Commercial.” This would be part of the property expansion in Casey’s renovation project.

Previous public concern

During previous council meetings, there were public concerns about the convenience store renovation and what it would mean to development and neighborhood property values.

Ty Wheeler, city administrator/clerk, said there was no recent public feedback on the issue.

“It’s just a current ongoing discussion about what will be included in the site plan,” said Dave Leonard, the city’s zoning administrator/building inspector, community development. “Actually, just today, I got what they’re proposing as a final site plan. It shows, I’ve just looked at it briefly, but it shows all the modifications, except for the dumpster. That’s going to be a discussion.”

The final site plan will also have to go through the city council’s process of approval.

“It looks like they’ve addressed all of the concerns in the short amount of time I’ve looked at it, other than the dumpster, which, you know, might be an issue,” Leonard said

The public will still have a chance for comment during the site plan’s approval.

Rezoning approval

The second reading of the property rezoning was unanimously approved. The council chose to waive the third and final reading because there was no additional public comment.

The waiving of the third reading was approved, however Councilman Dr. George Fotiadis voted no on the third reading.

“The reason, your honor, with the site plan, I didn’t know if that would make a difference,” Fotiadis said.