Step taken toward allowing retailers at business park

An ordinance that would rezone three lots at the Sidney Business Park to allow for a retail-oriented business took a step forward this week when the City Council voted in favor of the change, 3-2, after a public hearing.

Councilors Roger Gallaway, Wendall Gaston, and Chris Gay voted in support of the ordinance; Mayor Mark Nienhueser and councilor Joe Arterburn cast the two “no” votes.

To be enacted, the rezoning ordinance must pass two more readings.

The proposed change has been in discussion for the past few months after Bomgaars, which currently has a store located along Fort Sidney Road in...