Kent Planning Commission again approves use certificate for new assisted living facility

- Wendy DiAlesandro

Repeating its 3-2 vote of April 23, Kent’s Planning Commission on May 14 approved a conditional use certificate for a 72-bed assisted living facility and 38 independent living units to be built at 1541 S. Water St.

Approval was contingent on developer Portage Health Network submitting a technical plan review, agreeing to plant a closely spaced evergreen screen around the perimeter of the 8.53-acre site and that PHN consolidate the two parcels it intends to develop into one.

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