Planning Commission OKs preliminary industrial park plat

The Sidney Industrial Park moved a step closer to fruition on Monday night.

By a unanimous vote, the Sidney Planning Commission recommended the city council approve a plat application to subdivide – into four individual lots – the 22-acre tract of land that will become the initial phase of the city’s planned industrial park.

The application will now move to the Sidney City Council for approval.

A total of 86 acres have been identified as the site of an industrial park, which will be developed in phases.

Sidney City Manager Gary Person said city staff have heard from a number of prospects who a...