Proposed hospital seeks conditional-use permit
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JANESVILLE — Officials of the new Dean Clinic and St. Mary’s Janesville Hospital on Monday will seek a conditional-use permit from the Janesville Plan Commission.
Residents can comment on the proposed site plan at the meeting that begins at 6:30 p.m. Monday in City Hall, 18 N. Jackson St.
SSM Health Care of Wisconsin and Dean Health System want to build a medical clinic and hospital on 50 acres at the southeast corner of Interstate 90/39 and East Racine Street.
The new Dean Clinic is proposed to be 149,500 square feet and the new hospital would be 157,000 square feet.
The property is zoned B4—Business Highway District—and requires a conditional-use permit for hospital use. The land currently is in agriculture.
The development must get a conditional-use permit in addition to the zoning classification because it meets several thresholds of the zoning ordinance:
-- It is on a site greater than 5 acres.
-- The buildings will be more than 25,000 square feet.
-- Development of the site includes a shared access.
Construction is scheduled to begin in October and be finished in late 2011.
The $150-million campus is expected to create nearly 500 direct and indirect jobs.
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Sep 19, 2009 at 10:50 p.m.
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Seems silly to build another hospital. Our population is shrinking, not growing. Would also like to see this built in town, not on the outskirts where no one can get to it. No buses go out there.
Sep 19, 2009 at 12:03 p.m.
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So who are the people that are going to use this hospital? If the GM workers had Dean Care and now GM is closed, who does that leave? I would rather stick with the doctors I have now. This town isn't big enough for 2 hospitals. Most people I know go to Madison or Beloit for their care and won't switch to the new hospital when it opens. Also, this is just more farmland that will be taken out of production forever, and no one seems to care about that. Why can't they build in an area that is already developed and in need of renovation?
Sep 19, 2009 at 11:13 a.m.
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littlemom, the original plan called for breaking ground last spring, but the lending markets were so bad then they put the project on hold for what they announced could be up to a year. You could almost say they're ahead of schedule now.
Sep 18, 2009 at 10:37 p.m.
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Aren't they behind schedule in breaking ground anyways? Why do they need to get a conditional permit to start building? Many people I know have been waiting for another hospital here to compete with Mercy Hospital!!!!! Personally I do not like Mercy Hospital/Health Systems because I have had one to many mishaps with them all together. St. Marys Dean needs to move faster than a turtle getting the hospital built.
Sep 18, 2009 at 6:23 p.m.
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This is pro forma; it doesn't sound like there are any obstacles.
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