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[ CITY PLANNING COMMISSION City Governance Center - Council Chambers 6151 Brandt Pike February 10, 2026 6:00 P.M. ]
CALL THE MEETING OF THE CITY OF HUBER HEIGHTS, PLANNING COMMISSION TO ORDER.SECRETARY, WILL YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLL, MR. JOHNSON.
I HAVE NO OPENING REMARKS AS ANYONE ELSE ON THE DICE IN HEARING NONE.
THIS IS THE, UH, APPROPRIATE TIME FOR ANYONE WISHING TO SPEAK OR MAKE COMMENTS PERTAINING TO ITEMS NOT ON THE AGENDA THIS EVENING.
I'LL GO ON TO SWEARING WITNESSES.
I ANNOUNCE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE RULES OF THIS PLANNING COMMISSION.
ANYONE WHO MAY WISH TO SPEAK OR GIVE TESTIMONY REGARDING THE ITEMS ON THE AGENDA THIS EVENING NEEDS TO BE SWORN IN.
SO I ASK EVERYONE TO STAND, RAISE THEIR RIGHT HAND AND RESPOND.
TO THE FOLLOWING OATH, DO YOU HEREBY SWEAR OR AFFIRM ON, UH, ON THE THREAT OF PERJURY TO TELL THE TRUTH, THE WHOLE TRUTH, AND NOTHING BUT THE TRUTH, SO HELP YOU GOD, PLEASE BE SEATED.
I ASK ANYONE WISHING TO SPEAK TONIGHT, IT WOULD BE STEP TO THE PODIUM AND SPELL THEIR NAME FOR THE RECORD AND, AND GIVE US THEIR, YOUR NAME ALSO.
OUR FIRST ITEM UNDER NEW BUSINESS IS A DETAILED DEVELOPMENT PLAN.
THE APPLICANT, CARRIAGE TRAILS COMPANY LLC, IS REQUESTING APPROVAL OF A DETAILED DEVELOPMENT PLAN FOR 94, BUILDING LOTS AND ASSOCIATED RETENTION BASINS AND SECTION 20, PHASE TWO.
PROPERTY IS LOCATED NORTH OF CARRIAGE TRAILS PARKWAY, DDP 26 DASH OH FIVE.
MEMBERS OF PLANNING COMMISSION.
UH, SO THIS IS THE DETAILED DEVELOPMENT PLAN FOR 94, UH, BUILDING LOTS.
THIS IS, UH, PHASE TWO OF SECTION 20.
UM, IT'S JUST TO THE, JUST TO THE WEST OF WHAT WAS PREVIOUSLY, UM, APPROVED.
IT IS ZONED PLANNED MIXED USE.
ALL OF THE SURROUNDING PROPERTIES ARE ALSO ZONED TO PLAN MIXED USE.
THIS IS THE, UH, THE NEXT PHASE.
THERE ARE A VARIETY OF BUILDING LOTS THAT, THAT, UM, RANGE BETWEEN 56 FEET WIDE AND, UH, 65 FEET WIDE.
UM, YOU CAN SEE THERE ARE, UH, COLOR CODED.
THE LARGER LOTS ARE ON THE CORNERS AND SMALLER LOTS ARE, ARE IN THE MIDDLES.
UM, WE HAD AN ISSUE WITH SECTION PHASE ONE.
UM, WHEN THE, THE DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS FOR CARRIAGE TRAILS TWO STATE THAT, UH, ANY LOTS THAT ABUT CARRIAGE TRAILS ONE, CT ONE MUST BE A MINIMUM OF 60 FEET WIDE.
UM, LOTS, THE GREEN LOTS, UM, ON THE, YOUR PRESENTATION LOTS, TWO AND 3, 5, 6, 8, 9, AND 11 ARE 56 FEET.
UH, SO THOSE NEED TO BE CHANGED.
UM, PRIOR TO THE SUBMISSION OF THE FINAL PLAT TO 60 FEET, UM, I DID TALK TO THE, THE DEVELOPER OR THE APPLICANT.
THEY ARE AWARE THEY WERE GONNA MAKE THAT CHANGE.
UH, THIS ALSO OCCURRED IN, UM, SECTION ONE, SO NOT A BIG CHANGE.
UH, THEY WILL JUST GO FROM 12 LOTS ON THAT STREET TO 11, UM, AND JUST SPACE THEM OUT A LITTLE BIT MORE.
UH, SO AS FAR AS CONFORMANCE WITH THE SUBDIVISION AND BASIC DEVELOPMENT PLAN, UM, THE 25 FOOT FRONT AND REAR SETBACKS ARE CONSISTENT WITH WHAT WAS APPROVED AND THE BASIC DEVELOPMENT PLAN, AS WELL AS, UM, THE, UH, THE SUBDIVISION REGULATIONS, UH, 56 FEET IS THE MINIMUM LOT SIZE IN THIS SECTION, WHICH EXCEEDS, UH, THE 50 FOOT MINIMUM IN THE CARRIAGE TRAIL.
TWO DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS, AS I MENTIONED, LOTS, 2, 3, 5, 6, 8, 9, AND 11 MUST BE ENLARGED TO BE AT LEAST 60 FEET.
UM, FIRE HAD COMMENT THAT THEY WANTED TO SEE, UM, LOCATIONS OF THE FIRE HYDRANTS BETTER, UH, ILLUSTRATED ON THE PLANS.
SO THE APPLICANT WILL RESUBMIT THOSE.
UH, THE SYN ENGINEER HAD, UH, NO COMMENTS.
SO, PLANNING STAFF RECOMMENDS APPROVAL OF THE DETAILED DEVELOPMENT PLAN, UM, FOR CARRIAGES TRAILS TWO, SECTION 20, PHASE TWO, WHICH WAS SUBMITTED ON JANUARY 15TH WITH THE FOLLOWING CONDITIONS, LOTS ONE THROUGH 12 SHALL BE AT LEAST 60 FEET WIDE.
UH, THE PLANNING COMMISSION HAS THE, UH, CAN TAKE THE FOLLOWING ACTIONS, WHICH IS TO APPROVE THE DETAILED DEVELOPMENT PLAN WITH OR WITHOUT, UH, CONDITIONS DENY THE DETAILED DEVELOPMENT PLAN OR TABLE THE APPLICATION.
ANY QUESTIONS FOR STAFF? MS. VARGO? UH, YES.
I'M NOT QUITE SURE WHAT THE CHANGE IS.
UM, THE, YOU, YOU MENTIONED THAT LOTS MUST
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BE AT LEAST 60 FEET WIDE.WHAT? I CAN'T TELL FROM THIS MAP.
WHAT, WHAT IS THE WIDTH OF THE LOT NOW? SO, UM, IF YOU CAN SEE THE, THE SCREEN THAT'S ILLUSTRATED THERE, THE FAR SOUTH LOTS, THOSE ABUT THE EXISTING LOTS OF CARRIAGE TRAIL ONE.
UM, BY THE DEVELOPMENT AND REGULATIONS, THE, THE GREEN LOTS, LOTS NUMBERS, TWO, THREE, UH, FIVE AND SIX, THOSE LOTS, ALL THAT FRONT THERE.
UM, JUST NORTH OF ARROWWOOD, THOSE MUST BE A MINIMUM OF 60 FEET WIDE.
UH, THAT WAS MISSED WHEN THEY PUT TOGETHER THE, THE DETAILED DEVELOPMENT PLAN.
SO THIS LITTLE STRIP LOTS ONE THROUGH 12 NEED TO BE ADJUSTED PRIOR TO THE RECORDING OF THE FINAL PLA TO BE AT LEAST 60 FEET WIDE.
AND AS I RECALL, THESE LOTS HAVE ALREADY BEEN APPROVED WAY BACK WHEN CARRIAGE TRAILS FIRST STARTED, WE KNEW THAT WE WERE GONNA HAVE LOTS AND WE WERE GONNA HAVE THEM THIS SIZE.
IT'S JUST THAT THERE WAS A MISTAKE MADE.
AND WE'RE, WE'RE GOING TO CORRECT IT DURING THE DETAIL.
UH, WE'RE GOING TO RE CORRECT IT PRIOR TO THE FINAL PLAT, WHICH YOU WILL SEE THE FINAL PLAT AS WELL, BECAUSE THAT WILL INCLUDE THE DEDICATION OF THE STREETS, THE, UM, UH, THE, UM, EASEMENTS FOR SANITARY AND WATER, ALL OF THAT.
SO YOU'LL SEE THIS ONE MORE TIME WITH THE CORRECTED LOT SIZES.
AND YOU SAY ONE IN 12 ARE CORRECT.
ONE IN 1, 4, 7, AND EXCUSE ME, 1, 4, 7, 10, AND 12 ARE THE CORRECT SIZE.
WHAT THEY DID LAST TIME, 'CAUSE THEY MADE THE SAME MISTAKE, THEY MADE THE CORNER LOTS, SLIGHTLY NARROWER.
OH, AND THAT'S WHERE YOU'RE GONNA GET THE EXTRA SPACE NOW, JUST DISTRIBUTE IT.
D DIFFERENT ENGINEERING COMPANY DID THIS, THIS, UM, SECTION COMPARED TO THE FIRST SECTION.
UH, SO I JUST THINK IT WAS, IT WAS A MISTAKE, NOT A BIG DEAL.
THEY'LL MOVE THE LINES ON THE MAP.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR STAFF? F OKAY.
WE'LL OPEN IT UP TO THE PUBLIC.
ANYBODY WISHING TO SPEAK FOR THE APPLICANT? I HEARING NO ONE.
WE'LL OPEN IT UP TO THE REST OF THE PUBLIC.
ANYONE ELSE WISHING TO SPEAK ON THIS ZONING CASE? OKAY, WE WILL CLOSE THE PORTION OF THE PUBLIC PORTION.
IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE REQUEST BY THE APPLICANT? CARRIAGE TRAILS COMPANY LLC FOR APPROVAL OF A DETAILED DEVELOPMENT PLAN? PROPERTY IS LOCATED NORTH OF CARRIAGE TRAILS PARKWAY, CASE DDP 26 0 5, IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE RECOMMENDATIONS OF STAFF'S MEMORANDUM DATED FEBRUARY 5TH, 2026 IN THE PLANNING COMMISSION'S DECISION RECORD ATTACHED THERE TOO.
CHAIR, I MAKE A MOTION MOVE BY MS. THOMAS.
IS THERE A SECOND? I'LL SECOND.
SECRETARY, WILL YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLL? MR. VARGO? YES.
WHAT'S NEXT FOR THE, UH, APPLICANT? UH, EXCUSE ME.
I'LL LET THE APPLICANT KNOW THE RESULTS OF TODAY'S MEETING AND THEN THEY WILL RESUBMIT THE FINAL PLAT TO US.
WHAT THOSE CORRECTED LOT DIMENSIONS.
NEXT ITEM UNDER NEW, NEW BUSINESS IS A DETAILED DEVELOPMENT PLAN.
THE APPLICANT, DUBLIN DUBLIN SEVEN, IS REQUESTING APPROVAL OF A DETAILED DEVELOPMENT PLAN FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF AN IRISH PUB THEMED RESTAURANT.
PROPERTY IS LOCATED AT 6,900 EXECUTIVE BOULEVARD, DDP 26 0 7, MR. RELL.
UM, SO EARLIER, WELL ACTUALLY, UH, AT THE END OF 25, YOU SAW THE BASIC, UH, DEVELOPMENT PLAN.
NOW WE ARE HERE FOR THE DETAILED DEVELOPMENT PLAN.
UH, THE SITE IS 3.7 ACRES LOCATED ON EXECUTIVE BOULEVARD.
IT IS ZONED PLAN EMPLOYMENT PARK.
UH, AS, AS YOU MENTIONED, THE APPLICANT IS SEEKING DETAILED DEVELOPMENT PLAN APPROVAL FOR AN IRISH PUB THEMED RESTAURANT.
THEY, UH, THE APPLICANT DID SUBMIT UPDATED FLOOR PLANS AND ELEVATIONS TO US TODAY.
UM, I WAS EXPECTING THOSE AND THE STAFF REPORT THAT YOU READ AND HUNG ONTO MY EVERY WORD, UH, REFLECTED WHAT THIS, UH, THIS FLOOR PLANS THAT ARE, THAT WERE SUBMITTED AGAIN, SO WE KNEW THOSE WERE COMING.
THE STAFF REPORT REFLECTS THE, THE CHANGES THAT, UH, THE APPLICANT HAS MADE.
SO THIS IS THE SITE ON EXECUTIVE BOULEVARD OUTLINED IN RED.
UH, IT IS EAST OF THE ROSE, UH, JUST TO THE WEST OF, UH, THE EXISTING RESTAURANT, TJ CHUMPS.
UH, THIS IS LARGELY UNCHANGED FROM THE BASIC DEVELOPMENT
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PLAN.UH, THERE, THE PARKING WAS SITU, UH, WAS MOVED AROUND SLIGHTLY.
UM, BUT THE SPACE COUNT REMAINS, UM, THE SAME.
UH, THE FLOW'S A LITTLE BIT BETTER, UM, BUT THE SET THE SITE SETBACKS, UH, AND SUCH REMAIN LARGELY UNCHANGED IN ALL MEET CODE.
THIS IS THE PROPOSED LANDSCAPING PLAN.
THERE ARE STREET TREES ALONG EXECUTIVE BOULEVARD.
UH, THERE ARE DENSE PLANTINGS AROUND THE NORTH AND EAST AND WEST OF THE BUILDING AND THE EXISTING PATIO, UH, AS WELL AS SHADE TREES IN THE INTERIOR PARKING LOT.
UM, THIS LANDSCAPING PLAN, UH, BY AND LARGE, UH, ACTUALLY OVERWHELMINGLY MEETS OUR ZONING CODE REQUIREMENT.
UH, AND SO, UM, STAFF RECOMMENDS, UH, REALLY NO CHANGE TO THIS.
THE ONLY CHANGE THAT WE ARE REQUESTING AS A CONDITION IS THAT THERE IS A TRANSFORMER BOX ON THE EAST, OR EXCUSE ME, THE WEST SIDE OF THE SITE.
UH, WE WOULD LIKE THAT TRANSFORMER CABINET TO BE SCREENED AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE, UH, WITH SOME PLANTINGS, UH, JUST, UH, TO THE POINT OF WHERE THEY'RE NOT IMPEDING ACCESS TO THE, TO THE CABINET.
SO JUST TO SOFTEN THAT UP, IT'S GONNA BE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE LITTLE DRIVE ISLAND THAT YOU SEE ON THE WEST SIDE OF THE SITE.
UH, THIS IS WHAT HAS BEEN, UH, REVISED.
THERE WAS A, I'LL CALL IT A THIRD PARTY ROOM THAT WAS ON THE RIGHT HAND SIDE, UH, OR THE, THE SOUTH SIDE OF THE SITE THAT'S BEEN ELIMINATED.
UM, BUT BY AND LARGE, THE BULK OF THE RESTAURANT STAYS THE SAME.
IT'S A 9,000 SQUARE FOOT, UM, RESTAURANT.
SO, UH, ALL THAT WAS REMOVED WAS ONE OF THE, THE PARTY ROOMS. THESE ARE THE ELEVATIONS THAT REFLECT THE NEW FLOOR PLAN.
UH, SO THE TOP IS THE EAST ELEVATION THAT YOU WOULD SEE FROM THE, FROM THE PARKING LOT.
UH, THAT IS THE MAIN ENTRANCE INTO THE, INTO THE, UM, RESTAURANT.
THE BOTTOM ELEVATION IS THE WEST ELEVATION.
SO IF YOU WERE STANDING AT THE ROSE PARKING LOT LOOKING AT THE RESTAURANT, UH, THIS IS THE BOTTOM IMAGE IS WHAT YOU WOULD SEE.
UH, THE NORTH ELEVATION IS THE TOP.
UM, SO THAT IS WHAT, THAT IS THE IMAGE THAT YOU'RE GONNA SEE FROM IF YOU'RE STANDING AT EXECUTIVE BOULEVARD.
LOOKING AT THE, UH, THE RESTAURANT, UH, THE SOUTH, THE BOTTOM IMAGE IS THE SOUTH, UM, ELEVATION.
SO IF YOU ARE LOOKING, UM, STANDING AT THE HOTEL LOOKING NORTH TOWARDS THE SITE, THIS WOULD BE THE, THE SOUTH ELEVATION.
SO, AS I MENTIONED, THE APPLICANT IS SEEKING DEVELOP DETAILED DEVELOPMENT PLAN APPROVAL FOR A 9,000 SQUARE FOOT RESTAURANT.
UH, THE BUILDING WAS SLIGHTLY REDUCED, AS I MENTIONED.
UH, WHAT WAS, THERE WAS A PARTY ROOM ON THE SOUTH SIDE THAT HAS BEEN, UM, UH, REMOVED.
UH, THERE WAS ALSO A BEER, UH, PERMANENT BEER GARDEN.
THE, UM, BEER GARDEN PAD WILL STAY, UH, THAT'S GONNA BE BUILT, BUT THERE WILL BE, UM, ROOM FOR FUTURE EXPANSION TO BUILD AND ENCLOS BEER GARDEN AT, UM, A FUTURE, UH, TIME.
THE PLAN CAPACITY OF THE RESTAURANT IS 165 PATRONS, GIVE OR TAKE, UM, WITH AN ADDITIONAL SE SEASONAL CAPACITY, UH, THAT IS SLIGHTLY REDUCED FROM WHAT WAS APPROVED IN THE, UM, BASIC DEVELOPMENT PLAN.
UM, BUT THE PARKING AREA REMAINS UNCHANGED, SO THERE'S ACTUALLY MORE PARKING PER PERSON THAN THERE THERE WAS.
SO THAT'S, UH, AN IMPROVEMENT.
AS FAR AS CONFORMANCE WITH THE BASIC DEVELOPMENT PLAN CONDITIONS, THERE WERE ONLY TWO CONDITIONS THAT WERE PLACED, UH, FOR THE APPROVAL.
ONE THAT THE LANDSCAPING PLAN BE REVIEWED AND APPROVED 'CAUSE THERE WAS NOT ONE SUBMITTED WITH THE BASIC DEVELOPMENT PLAN.
AND THEN THE BUILDING SIGNS BE REVIEWED AND APPROVED.
SO AS FAR AS THE LANDSCAPING GOES, AS I MENTIONED, THE PLAN GENERALLY CONFORMS TO THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE ZONING CODE.
THERE ARE STREET TREES THAT WILL BE PROVIDED ALONG EXECUTIVE BOULEVARD, THE INTERIOR PARKING LOT, LANDSCAPING MEETS CODE.
ONE TREE, UH, THAT'S ALL THEY ARE.
AND THE PLACEMENT OF THAT, UM, TREE, I THINK WOULD BE A PROBLEM.
SO, UH, THE STAFF IS RECOMMENDING NOT PUTTING THIS TREE BACK IN.
UM, SO THE ONLY RECOMMENDED RECOMMENDATION THAT WE HAVE REGARDING LANDSCAPING IS TO SOFTEN THE PROPOSED TRANSFORMER.
UM, ON THE WEST SIDE, BUILDING SIGNS, UH, STAFF FEELS THAT THE BUILDING SIGNS ARE ATTRACTIVE AND SUBSTANTIALLY MEET THE ZONING CODE REQUIREMENTS.
UH, THERE IS A PROPOSED MONUMENT SIGN THAT IS ILLUSTRATED, AT LEAST THE LOCATION IS ILLUSTRATED ON THE SITE PLAN.
UH, THERE HAS NOT BEEN A MONUMENT SIGN DESIGN SUBMITTED.
SO WE, UH, STAFF RECOMMENDS THAT THE
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MONUMENT SIGN DESIGN COME BACK TO PLANNING COMMISSION ONCE IT'S, ONCE IT'S DESIGNED, UH, AS PART OF A MINOR CHANGE.SO THAT'S A PRETTY MINOR ITEM AS FAR AS DEVELOPMENT, UH, CONSISTENCY WITH THE DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS, THE ZONING CODE REQUIRES A 10 FOOT PARKING SETBACK.
UM, THE PARKING LOT IS SET BACK 25 FEET FROM THE FRONT AND 15 FEET FROM THE EAST SIDE.
SO IT CONFORMS TO THAT, UH, REQUIREMENT.
THE BUILDING SETBACK THE CODE REQUIRES A 50 FOOT FRONT SETBACK FROM EXECUTIVE BOULEVARD AND A 15 FOOT MINIMUM SIDE YARD SETBACK.
THE FRONT'S ACTUALLY, THE BUILDING IS SETBACK ABOUT 62 FEET, UM, FROM EXECUTIVE BOULEVARD AND ABOUT 30 FEET FROM, UH, THE SIDE.
SO IT IS ALSO CONFORMS WITH THOSE REQUIREMENTS.
THE PROPOSED BUILDING IS 26 FEET TALL, WHICH IS WELL BELOW THE 60 FEET, UM, PERMITTED HEIGHT LIMIT AS FAR AS PARKING AND LOADING.
THE PARKING LOT HAS NOT CHANGED SUBSTANTIALLY FROM THE BASIC DEVELOPMENT PLAN THAT WAS APPROVED.
80 SPACES ARE BEING PROPOSED IN THE, UH, DETAILED DEVELOPMENT PLAN.
UH, THEY'VE BEEN MOVED AROUND A LITTLE BIT.
UM, THE CODE IS, WE HAD TALKED ABOUT EARLIER, THE CODE REQUIRES, UH, ABOUT A HUNDRED PARKING SPACES.
THE, A DETAIL THAT IS ON THE LANDSCAPING PLAN IS THE, UM, APPLICANT IS PROPOSING A WALKWAY THAT CONNECTS ONE OF THE ROSE PARKING AREAS TO THE SIDEWALK ON EXECUTIVE BOULEVARD.
AND WE'VE ALWAYS PLANNED FOR THE ROSE PARKING TO BE KIND OF OVERFLOW PARKING FOR, UM, THIS FACILITY.
SO THAT SIDEWALK CONNECTION IS MADE SO PEOPLE AREN'T EITHER WALKING DOWN DRIVE AISLES, UH, OR TR UH, TRACING THROUGH, UM, THROUGH THE MUD.
THE BUILDING ELEVATIONS ILLUSTRATE A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF STONE VENEER, WHICH IS CONSISTENT WITH THE BUILDING, UH, MATERIAL REQUIREMENTS.
THE BUILDING, WHILE THE BUILDING SIZE WAS REDUCED SLIGHTLY, THE OVERALL THEME AND FEEL OF THE BUILDING ELEVATIONS REMAINS, UH, NEARLY IDENTICAL.
AS FAR AS SIGNAGE, THERE ARE FIVE SEPARATE WALL SIGNS ON THE BUILDING, WHICH, UH, WERE ORIGINALLY PROPOSED.
THE TOTAL SQUARE FOOTAGE IS ABOUT 271 SQUARE FOOT.
UH, THE LARGEST SINGLE SIGN IS 80 SQUARE FEET, WHICH IS THE MURAL OR SIGN, UM, THAT IS ON THE, UH, WEST BUILDING ELEVATION.
UM, STAFF'S VIEW IS THE SIGNS ON THE BUILDING ARE PROPORTION PROPORTIONAL TO THE WALL AREA.
AND WE SUPPORT THE, UH, BUILDING SIGNS AS DESIGNED.
THE LIGHTING PLAN MEETS THE ZONING CODE REQUIREMENTS.
WE ARE RECOMMENDING THAT THE TWO SOUTH, UM, PARKING LOT LIGHTS, UH, HAVE SHIELDS INSTALLED ON THE SOUTH SIDE TO BLOCK ANY GLARE THAT, UH, MIGHT IMPACT THE HOTEL GUESTS THAT ARE ON THE SOUTH.
SO, UM, BOTTOM LINE, IT'S THE STAFF'S OPINION THAT SECTION 11 71 0 9 CAN BE MET AND RECOMMEND APPROVAL OF THE DETAILED DEVELOPMENT PLAN APPLICATION THAT WAS SUBMITTED ON JANUARY 30TH, 2026, WITH THE FOLLOWING CONDITIONS.
ONE THAT THE PARKING LOT LIGHTS ON THE SOUTH EDGE OF THE PARKING LOT SHALL BE SHIELDED TO REDUCE GLARE IMPACTING THE HOTEL GUESTS.
SECOND CONDITION IS THAT THE, THE PROPOSED TRANSFORMER BE SCREENED WITH EVERGREEN BUSHES OR SIMILAR PLANNING MATERIAL WHERE PRACTICAL, UH, SO AS NOT TO INTERFERE WITH ACCESS TO THE CABINET THREE, THAT THE BUILDING CLADDING SHALL BE SIMILAR, SIMILAR, UH, EXCUSE ME, SUBSTANTIALLY SIMILAR TO THE ELEVATIONS THAT WERE SUBMITTED ON FEBRUARY 10TH, UH, 2026, WHICH WERE THE IMAGES THAT I SHOWED YOU, UH, AND CONFORMED TO THE COMMERCIAL BUILDING MATERIAL REQUIREMENTS FOUR, THAT THE PLANNING COMMISSION SHALL REVIEW AND APPROVE, UM, THE PROPOSED MONUMENT SIGN PRIOR TO THE ISSUANCE OF A SIGNED PERMIT.
UH, AND LASTLY THAT THE PLANNING COMMISSION SHALL REVIEW AND APPROVE ANY FUTURE BUILDING EXPANSIONS OR THE PERMANENT BEER GARDEN STRUCTURE AS A MINOR CHANGE PRIOR TO THE ISSUANCE OF A ZONING PERMIT, UH, FOR THE EXPANSION.
SO THAT FIFTH, UM, CONDITION BASICALLY CUTS THE REVIEW TIME FOR THE PERMANENT, UM, BEER GARDEN STRUCTURE FROM WHAT WOULD NORMALLY BE 90 DAYS TO BASICALLY ONE TRIP TO THE PLANNING COMMISSION.
SO, UH, WE WANTED TO BE, UM, FRIENDLY, UH, AND ACCOMMODATING TO THE APPLICANT, BUT WE ALSO WANTED THE PLANNING COMMISSION TO BE ABLE TO REVIEW, UM, THAT E EXPANSION AT SUCH TIME AS IT WOULD OCCUR.
SO THAT'S, THAT IS THE CONDITION QUESTIONS OF ME.
COULD YOU GO BACK TO THE, UH, THE NORTH AND SOUTH ELEVATION? YES.
THE, THE LOWER ONE IS THE SOUTH, CORRECT? IT'S ALSO LABELED NORTH ELEVATION WITH PATIO.
YEAH, IT'S, IT'S LABELED INCORRECTLY, BUT IT, THAT IS THE SOUTH ELEVATION.
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ALL I CAN FIND.ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? I DO.
UM, SO IN THE PARKING LOT, YOU SAY, YOU KNOW, THE SITE ILLUSTRATES 80 PARKING SPACES AND THE CODE REQUIRES A HUNDRED.
DOES STAFF HAVE ANY CONCERN THAT OVERFLOW WILL BE ANY, ANY ISSUES WITH CONCERT NIGHT WHERE YOU'VE GOT FOLKS AT THE DUBLIN PUB AND YOU'VE GOT A PACKED HOUSE FOR THE ROWS? NO, UM, IN FACT, WE ARE BANKING ON THAT.
THERE WOULD BE CROSS POLLINATION BETWEEN THOSE THAT ARE HEADING TO THE CONCERT AND THOSE WHO ARE ALSO HAVING A DRINK EITHER BEFORE OR AFTER HERE AT THIS LOCATION OR AT WARPED WING, OR SAME THING.
WE ALSO HAVE SHARED PARKING BETWEEN THE ROWS AT IT, WARPED WING.
UM, SO WE, WE WANTED TO BE ACCOMMODATING FOR THAT.
UM, WE DIDN'T WANT TO BUILD A PARKING LOT THAT WAS OVERSIZED FOR, UM, WHAT LIKELY WOULD ONLY BE ON CONCERT DAYS.
SO WHAT, SO WHAT IS GONNA BE LIKE THE, AND AGAIN, I MIGHT BE REACHING HERE, BUT WHAT'S THE, WHAT'S THE THOUGHT PROCESS AROUND FOR THOSE CONCERT NIGHTS WHERE YOU HAVE, YOU KNOW, EVERYBODY GOING TO DUBLIN TO EAT, WHERE THEY LEAVE THEIR CARS PARKED THERE TO WALK OVER TO THE ROWS, AND THOSE WHO AREN'T GOING TO THE CONCERT WHO WANT TO JUST GO EAT, WILL THERE BE SUBSTANTIAL PARKING WHERE THEY CAN GO IN AND STILL EAT DURING CONCERT TIME? OR WILL EVERYBODY BE ALLOWED TO LEAVE THEIR CAR THERE? THEY'RE GOING THERE TO EAT, THEY WALK OVER TO THE ROWS, THEY'VE GOT THEIR PARKING SPOT AT THE DUBLIN SEVEN.
WHAT'S GONNA, WHAT'S HOLDING THAT BACK FROM NOT KEEPING, YOU KNOW, KEEPING THAT PARKING LOT FOR FOLKS WHO ARE JUST GOING THERE DURING THE CONCERT TIME TO EAT AND NOT TO THE CONCERT? AM I EXPLAINING MYSELF
UM, SO, SO I CAN LET STEVE TALK, UH, IN DETAIL ABOUT THE, THE OPERATIONS.
I, YOU KNOW, THERE WILL, THERE COULD BE, AND THERE PROBABLY WILL BE TIMES WHERE PEOPLE LEAVE THEIR CAR WALK OVER MM-HMM
UH, AND THE, AND THE PARKING LOT IS, YOU KNOW, IS AUXILIARY ROSE PARKING, RIGHT.
UM, BUT LOOKING AT THE TOTALITY OF THE NUMBER OF RESTAURANT NIGHTS VERSUS THE 38 CONCERT NIGHTS, UH, WE DIDN'T THINK IT MADE ANY SENSE TO BUILD TO OVER OVERBUILD, UM, THE PARKING LOT, UM, UNNECESSARILY.
OUR, OUR, AS I'VE EXPLAINED AND SAID, NUMER MANY TIMES, OUR CURRENT CODE REQUIRES WAY TOO MUCH PARKING.
UM, SO ON THOSE BIG CONCERT NIGHTS, YEAH, THERE MIGHT BE A CHALLENGE, BUT PEOPLE FIGURE IT OUT.
UM, IT'S JUST KIND OF THE NATURE OF HOW IT WORKS.
I, I CAN JUST HEAR AND, AND I'M THINKING OF, YOU KNOW, WHAT THE RESIDENTS ARE GONNA BE SAYING, LIKE, I JUST WANNA GO EAT.
I CAN'T FIND A PARKING SPACE BECAUSE EVERYBODY'S PARKED THERE FOR THE ROWS.
AND I KNOW, LIKE YOU SAID, THERE'S 38 CONCERTS A YEAR.
UH, I JUST KNOW WHAT THE, SOME OF THE COMMENTS ARE GONNA BE MADE.
SO THAT'S WHY I KIND OF ASKED THAT QUESTION.
LIKE, IF I JUST WANNA GO HAVE DINNER, BUT I CAN'T FIND A PARKING SPACE AND, 'CAUSE I THINK NOW SOME PEOPLE PARK AT CHUMPS MM-HMM
AND THEY TAKE THAT WALKWAY OVER.
AND IF, IF WE HAVE A SERIOUS PARKING ISSUE, I'M GONNA ARGUE THAT THAT'S A GOOD PROBLEM TO HAVE
SO I DIDN'T KNOW IF IT WAS GONNA BE ANY KIND OF CONCERN.
STAFF DOES NOT HAVE ANY CONCERN ABOUT THAT.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? JUST CURIOUS, I WASN'T HERE WHEN WARPED WING WAS APPROVED, UM, ACCORDING TO CODE AND ACCORDING TO THE PARKING, WE'RE ONLY DOWN 20 SPOTS.
IS THAT SIMILAR TO WARP WING OR IS IT WORSE AT WARP WARPED WING, BETTER AT WARPED WING, IT WAS ABOUT THE SAME.
ONE OF OUR RESP UM, ONE OF THE REQUIREMENTS THAT WE HAD WARPED WING, UM, DUE, I GUESS, UH, CONSTRUCT IS WE HAD THEM CONSTRUCT A CONCRETE SIDEWALK BETWEEN THE PARKING LOT AND THEIR PARKING LOT, SO THAT IT WAS EASY FOR THOSE PATRONS WHO ARE GOING TO THE ROWS TO WALK INSTEAD OF WALKING THROUGH THE GRASS IN THE MUD.
THERE IS A SIDEWALK THAT IS THERE THAT, THAT DIRECTS PEOPLE TO WARPED WING AND, AND VICE VERSA.
WE ANTICIPATE THE EXACT SAME THING WOULD OCCUR HERE.
THE SIDEWALK IS THERE NOW, THE SIDEWALK ON EXECUTIVE BOULEVARD IS THERE NOW.
THIS WOULD CONNECT THE PARKING TO THE SIDEWALK THAT DOES NOT EXIST.
AND WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT THE WALKWAY, ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT THE SIDEWALK? YES.
WELL, THAT SECTION OF THE SIDEWALK.
IT WOULDN'T BE ANOTHER ACCESS POINT, LIKE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE LOT.
UM, I THINK YOU'VE ALREADY, I, I DID HAVE
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QUESTIONS ABOUT THE OUTSIDE BEER GARDEN, BUT I BELIEVE AS I REREAD IT, IT SAYS SOMETHING ABOUT IT HAS TO BE, UM, UM, A BUILDING.IT'S NOT JUST SIMPLY A OUTDOOR BEER GARDEN THAT THEY WOULD COME BACK TO US FOR.
IT WOULD BE AN ACTUAL PERMANENT STRUCTURE.
THAT'S WHAT THEY WOULD COME BACK FOR.
WHY DOES IT SAY THAT? JUST A MINUTE.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR STAFF? THANK YOU, SIR.
WE SHALL OPEN IT UP TO THE PUBLIC.
ANYONE WISHING TO SPEAK FOR THE APPLICANT? UH, GOOD EVENING.
UM, UH, I'M JUST HERE TO ANSWER ANY OTHER QUESTIONS YOU HAVE.
I KNOW THE PARKING GOT BROUGHT UP BEFORE.
UM, I HAVE SPENT, UM, UM, DECADES WORKING WITH, UH, PARKING PROBLEMS DOWNTOWN DAYTON ON DIFFERENT BOARDS AND COMMITTEES WITH THE CITY OF DAYTON, DOWNTOWN DAYTON PARTNERSHIP.
UM, I HAVE BEEN PARTY OF, UH, UH, CONS CONSULTATION FIRMS THAT HAVE CAME TO THE CITY AS WELL.
AND WE TALKED ABOUT HOW WE ORGANIZE THESE PARKING ISSUES.
AND ABSOLUTELY, IF THERE'S A PARKING PROBLEM, IT IS AN INCREDIBLY GREAT GIFT TO HAVE FOR THIS COMMUNITY.
UM, OUR PLAN 100% IS TO BE SHARING THE PARKING WITH THE ROWS.
WE ENCOURAGE PEOPLE, WE DO WANT PEOPLE TO COME AND PARK AT OUR PLACE, AND IF THEY WANNA WALK OVER, WE'RE EVEN PLANNING TO DO A, UH, A SMALL GOLF CART SHUTTLE THAT'LL TAKE PEOPLE BACK AND FORTH.
I ALSO HAVE SPENT, BECAUSE WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON THIS PROJECT FOR ABOUT ALMOST THREE YEARS NOW, UM, I'VE GONE TO WARPED WING AND, UH, TJ ON CONCERT NIGHTS, AND GRANTED, THEY GET VERY BUSY BEFORE THE CONCERTS, BUT AS TO DATE YET, I STILL HAVEN'T SEEN A PLACE THAT'S PACKED WALL TO WALL WHILE THE CONCERT'S GOING ON.
SO, ONCE AGAIN, IF WE'RE ABLE TO ACCOMPLISH THAT, I THINK THAT'S AN INCREDIBLE GOAL FOR OUR BUSINESSES.
OUR BIGGEST THING IS THAT WE ALL WANNA BE SUCCESSFUL DOWN HERE, AND NOW WE'RE GONNA BE ADDING MORE PEOPLE TO THE AREA.
WE'RE GONNA BE ADDING MORE RETAIL.
AND, UH, I THINK ULTIMATELY, UM, YOU KNOW, I THINK THIS IS A, A GREAT PROBLEM TO HAVE.
I THINK A LOT OF SOLUTION IS GONNA BE SHARING THE PARKING, UH, TO DATE.
I DON'T KNOW, YOU WOULD KNOW BETTER THAN THAN, THAN I WOULD WHETHER OR NOT ANYBODY'S COMPLAINED ABOUT PARKING YET.
UM, BUT I'M BE, I'D BE THE FIRST ONE TO JUMP ON A BOARD OR A COMMITTEE TO HELP SOLVE THOSE PROBLEMS BECAUSE IT'S SOMETHING THAT I DO HAVE BACKGROUND AND EXPERIENCE IN.
SO, UM, IF THERE'S ANY OTHER QUESTIONS YOU HAVE, I WILL TELL YOU THE, UH, UH, THE MONUMENT SIGN.
I APOLOGIZE IF WE DIDN'T GET THAT, BUT, UH, WE DO HAVE A BEAUTIFUL SIGN DEVELOPED AND, AND READY TO GO TO SUBMIT TO YOU GUYS.
UM, AND IF THERE'S ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ABOUT THE, UH, THE OUTDOOR BEER GARDEN, WE DID PLAN ON DOING A PERMANENT STRUCTURE.
UH, IT WAS GONNA BE A 2000 SQUARE FOOT ROOM, SO TO SPEAK, THAT WAS GONNA BE ENCLOSED.
UH, THE PROJECT HAS JUST GOTTEN, UH, THE BUDGET'S GOTTEN A LITTLE STEEP, SO WE NEEDED TO MAKE SOME CUTS, AND THAT ALSO HELPED WITH OUR PARKING, UH, SITUATION, WHICH LOWERED THE AMOUNT OF PARKING REQUIREMENTS THAT WE HAD FROM THAT PREVIOUS MEETING.
ANY QUESTIONS FOR THE APPLICANT? JUST A STATEMENT.
I, I, I, I WANNA MAKE SURE THAT I'M NOT, I'M NOT COMPLAINING ABOUT THE PARKING.
I JUST KNOW FROM SOCIAL MEDIA WHAT RESIDENTS HAVE TO SAY.
YEAH, I THINK IT'S, NO PARKING IS A GOOD PROBLEM TO HAVE BECAUSE OBVIOUSLY IT'S A SUCCESSFUL, UH, A, YOU KNOW, IT'S SUCCESSFUL RESTAURANT NEXT TO THE ROWS.
AND BY NO MEANS IS IT A, FOR ME, A PROBLEM.
UM, YOU MENTIONED A GOLF CART ACCESS OR A GOLF CART.
BUT WE IS THE SITE PLAN ON HERE? YEAH, YEAH.
HERE THE, UM, WE KIND OF BUILT IN A LITTLE, A LITTLE LANE.
UM, BECAUSE LIKE I SAID, I'VE BEEN TO A COUPLE, I'VE BEEN TO QUITE A FEW ACTUALLY, CONCERTS AT THE ROWS.
BILLY, THE IDOL WAS ONE OF MY FAVORITES, BY THE WAY.
UM, BUT IF YOU CAN SEE THAT THERE'S A LANE ON THE WEST SIDE, UM, THAT LANE IS BASICALLY BEING DEVELOPED AND DESIGNED SPECIFICALLY FOR, UM, THAT'LL BE A DELIVERY LANE DURING, UH, WEEKDAYS FOR US, UM, CONCERT NIGHTS, UM, AND, UH, CONCERT NIGHTS ESPECIALLY, THAT'LL BE A LANE THAT WE USE FOR A GOLF CART PICKUP AND DROP OFF.
AND THE BIGGEST COMPLAINT THAT I'VE HEARD FROM, UH, UH, RIDESHARE COMPANIES AND PEOPLE THAT HIRE, UH, PEOPLE TO TAKE THEM TO THE, TO THE ROWS, IS THAT THERE'S NOT REALLY A DESIGNATED, A GREAT DESIGNATED SPOT MM-HMM
IT'S KIND OF A, YOU KNOW, YOU GO FOR YOUR RIDE AND YOU KINDA HAVE TO SHOW UP AT THE SPOT THAT THEY WANT YOU TO SHOW UP.
SO WE'RE GONNA DESIGNATE THAT AREA AS A RIDESHARE PICKUP AND DROP OFF AREA.
SO THAT WAS SOMETHING WE KIND OF BUILT IN A WHILE BACK IN THE DESIGN.
SO WILL THEY HAVE TO SCHEDULE THE GOLF CART, OR WILL IT JUST BE A COURTESY FIRST COME, FIRST SERVE TYPE THING? IT'LL BE, WE'LL JUST HAVE IT RUN AT EVERY CONCERT NIGHT, BACK AND FORTH.
SO IT'LL BE A LITTLE EIGHT SEATER
SO YEAH, WE'RE VERY, WE'RE VERY EXCITED.
SO IF THERE'S ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, PLEASE LEMME KNOW.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? AS AN OWNER, I'M SURE THAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO HAVE THAT PROBLEM OF, UH, FOR PARKING, BECAUSE
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THERE'S SO MANY PEOPLE THERE.UM, IT SOUNDS LIKE THE GOLF CART IS CERTAINLY A, A, AN OPTION AS A SOLUTION.
YEAH, I HAVE, I HAVE 30 PARKING PLACES DOWNTOWN, AND WE HAVE, UH, 6,000 SQUARE FEET PLUS OUR OUTDOOR SPACES ABOUT ANOTHER THOUSAND SQUARE FEET.
SO, YOU KNOW, WE WORK WITH WHAT, WE WORK WITH OUR NEIGHBORS, AND IT'S, YOU KNOW, SOMETIMES IT'S MESSY, BUT SOMETIMES IT'S, IT'S FUN.
RIGHT NOW WE'VE GOT A GREAT RELATIONSHIP WITH EVERYBODY, SO, WELL, YOU KNOW, THERE ARE A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT AT THE END OF A CONCERT, THEY WOULD LIKE TO GO TO A FACILITY LIKE YOURS.
AND SO LEAVING THEIR CAR THERE, KNOWING THAT THEY'RE GOING TO COME BACK AND, AND IMBIBE
AND I THINK THERE'S GONNA BE SO MUCH MORE, UH, TO OFFER, ESPECIALLY WITH THE DEVELOPMENT ACROSS THE STREET THAT'S ALREADY, UH, UNDER CONSTRUCTION.
I MEAN, WE COULDN'T BE MORE EXCITED ABOUT THIS PROJECT.
AND SO WE'RE, WE'RE TRYING TO SCALE EVERYTHING DOWN SO WE CAN GET EVERYTHING TAKEN CARE OF SO WE CAN START MOVING DIRT AS, AS QUICK AS POSSIBLE.
WELL, I THINK IT'S EXCITING THAT YOU'RE COMING.
UM, I DO FREQUENT YOUR DUBLIN PUB OVER, UH, ST.
PATRICK'S DAY AND, UM, IN THE OREGON DISTRICT, SO I'M EXCITED THAT IT'S NOW GONNA BE HERE IN HUBER HEIGHTS IN OUR BACKYARD, IN, IN, UH, ONE MONTH AND ONE WEEK.
SO I KNOW, I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO HAVING YOU THERE,
ANY CHANCE YOU CAN GET THE DUBLIN SEVEN OPEN IN ONE MONTH AND ONE WEEK?
SO, UH, BUT WE'RE REALLY LOOKING FORWARD TO THIS EVENT.
UH, THE SUPPORT NETWORK IS, IS, IS, IS LARGE AND GRAND AND, UH, HERE, AND IT'S, UH, YOU KNOW, DOWNTOWN WE, YOU KNOW, IT'S, UH, IT'S A, IT'S A HARD EVENT TO PLAN.
SO NOW THAT WE'RE DOING TWO OF THEM, WE'VE GOT REALLY GOOD PEOPLE WORKING ON IT, SO.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR THE APPLICANT? THANK YOU, SIR.
DID YOU SIGN IN HERE? YEAH, PLEASE.
IS THERE ANYONE ELSE WISHING TO SPEAK ON THE ZONING CASE AND HEARING? NO ONE, WE'LL CLOSE THE PUBLIC PORTION OF THE ZONING CASE.
IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE REQUEST BY THE APPLICANT? DUBLIN SEVEN FOR APPROVAL OF A DETAILED DEVELOPMENT CLAIM.
PROPERTY IS LOCATED AT 6,900 EXECUTIVE BOULEVARD CASE DDP 26 0 7, IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE RECOMMENDATIONS OF STAFFS MEMORANDUM DATED FEBRUARY 5TH, 2026 IN THE PLANNING COMMISSION DECISIONS RECORD ATTACHED THERETO, I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE MOVE FOR APPROVAL.
A SECOND MOVE,
WE'RE ALSO EXCITED TO APPROVE THIS ONE SECOND BY MS. VARGO.
SECRETARY, WILL YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLL? MS. THOMAS? YES.
WHAT'S NEXT FOR THE APPLICANT? MR. RELL? UH, WE WILL, UM, PUT TOGETHER A, UM, PLAN DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT WITH THE APPLICANT AND, UH, WE'LL MOVE FORWARD WITH, UH, HELPING HIM SUBMIT FOR BUILDING PERMITS.
NEXT ITEM ON OUR NEW BUSINESS IS A TEXT AMENDMENT.
THE APPLICANT, THE CITY OF HUBER HEIGHTS, IS REQUESTING APPROVAL OF A TEXT AMENDMENT TO THE OH ONE DISTRICT TO PERMIT PERSONAL SERVICE ESTABLISHMENTS TA 26 DASH ZERO SIX.
MR. RELL? YEAH, SO ACTUALLY THIS IS, WHOOPS, LEMME GET TO IT.
UM, SO THERE ARE JUST A LITTLE BIT OF REASONING WHY.
SO THERE ARE A NUMBER OF, UM, STRUCTURES WITHIN THE OH ONE GENERAL OFFICE DISTRICT, AND THAT DISTRICT TENDS TO BE A TRANSITION BETWEEN COMMERCIAL AND RESIDENTIAL AREAS.
UM, THE OH, AS IT IS RIGHT NOW, THE OH ONE DISTRICT IS LARGELY JUST OFFICE SPACE.
UM, THERE ARE FEW OTHER USES LIKE SCHOOLS, BUT IT'S PRETTY MUCH JUST OFFICES.
UH, WE'VE HAD A NUMBER OF PEOPLE WHO HAVE APPROACHED US WANTING TO REZONE A COUPLE KEY BUILDINGS ALONG BRANT PIKE THAT ARE CURRENTLY OH ONE AND MOVE IT TO EITHER B2B ONE.
UM, AND THEY'RE ALL FOR ROUGHLY THE SAME TYPE OF USE PERSONAL SERVICE ESTABLISHMENTS, WHICH ARE LIKE BEAUTY SALONS OR BARBERSHOPS NAIL SALONS, HANDING THINGS OF THAT
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NATURE.STAFF DOESN'T FEEL THAT SOME OF THESE BUILDINGS ZONING TO COMMERCIAL IS APPROPRIATE.
SO IN ORDER TO FACILITATE THE REUSE OF A COUPLE OF THESE STRUCTURES, WE'D LIKE TO BROADEN THE USES IN THE OH ONE DISTRICT BY ALLOWING PERSONAL SERVICE ESTABLISHMENTS.
THESE TYPE OF USES TEND TO HAVE VERY LITTLE IMPACT ON THE SURROUNDING, UM, NEIGHBORHOODS.
WE ARE NOT CHANGING THE REQUIREMENT THAT THE USE BE FULLY CONTAINED WITHIN INSIDE THE BUILDING.
SO THERE WOULD NO BE, THERE WOULD NOT BE ANY USE, UH, ANY OF THE USE BEING OUTSIDE ON A PATIO OR A PARKING LOT OR ANY OF THAT NATURE.
SO IT WOULDN'T CHANGE THE CHARACTER OF THESE, OF THESE BUILDINGS AT ALL.
UM, BUT WE DO WANT TO BROADEN THE USES, UM, TO PROVIDE, UH, A DIFF BETTER ECONOMIC, UM, OPPORTUNITY FOR, UH, FOR THESE DISTRICTS.
THE OFFICE USE, REALLY OFFICE IN GENERAL HAS SEEN A DECLINE OVER THE YEARS, SO WE WANT TO JUST, AGAIN, BROADEN, BROADEN THE OPPORTUNITY THAT IN, IN A MANNER THAT IS NOT, WOULD NOT NEGATIVELY IMPACT THE SURROUNDING NEIGHBORHOODS.
UM, AARON, AS I'M RECALLING WAY BACK WHEN, UH, THERE WAS AN AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE PEOPLE THAT LIVE ON BRENT PIKE FROM KITTRIDGE SOUTH TO THE NEXT, THAT IF THEY EVER, THAT OBVIOUSLY WAS AN AREA THAT COULD BECOME COMMERCIAL, AND THEY MAY, THERE WAS AN AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE PEOPLE THAT LIVED THERE, ALL THE FAMILIES THAT LIVED ON ALL OF THOSE HOUSES, AND THE CITY THAT UN, UNLESS ALL OF THEM AGREED THAT ONE OF THEM COULD NOT, UH, CHANGE THE ZONING.
DO YOU KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT THAT? I DO NOT, BUT THAT KIND OF AGREEMENT WHERE YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT DOES MAKE SENSE.
UM, THIS WOULD NOT CHANGE THE ZONING MAP.
THIS, THIS WOULD JUST PROVIDE OPPORTUNITY FOR THOSE STRUCTURES THAT ARE ALREADY ZONED.
BUT IT'S NOT, IT WAS THAT ONE, THAT LAST LOT THERE FROM KITTRIDGE THAT, THAT LAST LOT, UH, I MEAN, UH, SECTION OF BRANT PIKE.
AND BECAUSE YOU MENTION ONLY BECAUSE YOU MENTIONED BRANT PIKE.
DID THAT COME TO MY MIND? YEAH.
MOST OF THE FOLKS WHO HAVE APPROACHED US ABOUT, UM, THE OH ONE DIS OH ONE BUILDINGS, IT'S REALLY, I WOULD SAY KIND OF TAYLORSVILLE SOUTH.
THAT'S REALLY WHERE THE PREDOMINANCE OF, UH, OH ONE SPOTTED OH ONE ZONING IS ALONG BOTH BRANT PIKE AND, AND OLD TROY PIKE.
BUT IT GOES CLEAR TO THE, OUR CITY LIMITS.
I MEAN, IT COULD, BUT THERE, THERE IS REALLY ALMOST, I'M GOING MY MEMORY HERE.
IT WOULD GO HERE, IT WOULD GO ALL THE WAY TO KITTRIDGE.
THERE'S ALMOST NO OFFICE ZONING NORTH OF 70 AT ALL.
WELL, THE ONLY REASON I BRING IT UP IN BECAUSE, BUT KITTRIDGE WOULD I KNOW WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT SOUTH, UM, THE OFFICE ZONING, IT'S SPOTTY.
MOST OF THE, MOST OF THE ONRAMP PIKE, SORT OF NORTH OF KITTRIDGE UP TO SAY FISHBURG, ALMOST ALL OF THAT IS B ONE OR B TWO.
THERE'S A HANDFUL OF THOSE ARE THE SHOPPING CENTERS.
MOST OF THE HOMES ARE ALL ZONED, I BELIEVE R FOUR.
UM, THERE'S A HANDFUL OF OLD, SHOULDN'T SAY OLD, BUT OFFICES, BUILDINGS OR BANKS, FORMER BANKS, THINGS OF THAT NATURE THAT ARE, UH, OH ONE THAT, THAT I DON'T THINK WOULD BE APPROPRIATE TO ZONE B ONE.
WELL, I ONLY BRING IT UP BECAUSE I WOULDN'T WANT US TO GET INTO A SITUATION WHERE WE END UP IN COURT.
UH, AND I DON'T KNOW IF MY MEMORY IS AS SOUND AS I THINK IT IS
BUT THIS WAS A LONG TIME, BUT WE WERE A CITY.
I I WOULD ENVISION THAT THE OH ONE DISTRICT GOES AWAY.
AS WE, WHEN WE GO TO, BUT WE'RE LOOKING AT TONIGHT WOULD NOT, NOT AFFECT, NOT BE A PROBLEM.
NO, NOT RIGHT NOW, BUT, BUT AS, AS WE TALK ABOUT THE O THE OFFICE DISTRICT, UM, AS WE GO THROUGH AND RE REWRITE OUR ZONING CODE, THERE PROBABLY IS NOT A NEED FOR JUST A SPECIFIC OFFICE DISTRICT CODE THERE ZONING.
THERE JUST NEEDS TO BE BETTER DELINEATION BETWEEN THE COMMERCIAL DISTRICTS.
AND WHAT, WHAT WE WANT TO AVOID IS WHAT SOME CITIES HAVE DONE OVER THE YEARS IS WHERE YOU HAVE AN ENTIRE CORRIDOR THAT IS ZONED NOTHING BUT COMMERCIAL.
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WANT TO JUST KEEP, WE WANNA KEEP OUR COMMERCIAL NODES AND OUR RESIDENTIAL AREAS ALONG THE THOROUGHFARE SEPARATE.AND IF WE PASS THIS TONIGHT, UM, DOES THIS, DO WE CHANGE THE, DOES THE CITY CHANGE THE ZONING? THIS WOULD BE A RECOMMENDATION TO CITY COUNCIL AFFECTED BY THIS.
IS IT AUTOMATIC FOR THESE PEOPLE? THEY DON'T HAVE A CHOICE TO STAY WHATEVER'S THEIR ZONED.
SO WE'RE NOT CHANGING WHAT THEY'RE ZONED.
WE'RE JUST AT, WHAT WE'RE PROPOSING TO DO IS ADD AN ADDITIONAL USE OF WHAT WOULD BE ALLOWED.
SO IT WOULD START TODAY AND FROM NO, NO, IT STILL NEEDS, THIS IS JUST A RECOMMENDATION.
COUNSEL WOULD NEED TO APPROVE IF APPROVED.
IF THEY FIT INTO THIS CATEGORY, IT'S AUTOMATICALLY CHANGED.
HAVE YOU HAVE, UM, HAVE, HAVE YOU NOTIFIED ALL THE BUSINESSES OR WILL WE NOTIFY ALL THE BUSINESSES OF THIS CHANGE BEFORE IT HAPPENS? NO, BECAUSE IT DOESN'T TAKE ANY, IT DOESN'T REDUCE ANYBODY'S RIGHTS OR ABILITIES.
WE JUST ADD AN ADDITIONAL OPPORTUNITY FOR THE 10 OR 15 PROPERTIES THAT ARE ZONED.
OH ONE, THERE'S, THERE'S REALLY NOT THAT MANY.
YOU CAN'T THINK OF ANY SITUATION THAT MIGHT BE A PROBLEM? NO.
WE'LL OPEN IT UP TO THE PUBLIC.
ANYONE WISHING TO SPEAK ON THIS ZONING CASE HEARING? NO ONE WILL CLOSE.
IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE REQUEST BY THE APPLICANT, THE CITY OF HUBER HEIGHTS, FOR APPROVAL OF A TEXT AMENDMENT CASE TA 26 0 6 IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE RECOMMENDATIONS OF STAFF'S MEMORANDUM DATED FEBRUARY 4TH, 2026 IN THE PLANNING COMMISSION'S DECISION RECORD ATTACHED THERETO MOVED BY MS. THOMAS.
IS THERE A SECOND? I'LL SECOND.
UH, SECRETARY, PLEASE CALL THE ROLE.
WHAT'S NEXT FOR THE CITY? UM, WE WILL MOVE THIS RECOMMENDATION TO CITY COUNCIL FOR THEIR CONSIDERATION.
WE HAVE NO ADDITIONAL BUSINESS, UH, APPROVAL.
THE MINUTES OF THE JANUARY 13TH, 2026 PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING WOULD BE APPROVED.
AND HEARING AND HEARING NO OBJECTIONS.
REPORT AND CALENDAR REVIEW MR. RELL.
UM, AT THIS MOMENT THERE ARE NO APPLICATIONS, UH, PENDING WITH US THAT I'M AWARE OF.
UM, AND I DON'T ANTICIPATE ANY.
SO, UM, WE WILL STAND BY WHETHER OR NOT WE HAVE A MARCH MEETING OR NOT.
ANYTHING ELSE TO BE BROUGHT BEFORE THE PLANNING COMMISSION FROM ANYONE HERE ON THE DA HEARING? NOTHING.