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BY THE PAL,[ AGENDA CITY PLANNING COMMISSION City Governance Center - Council Chambers 6151 Brandt Pike April 14, 2026 6:00 P.M. ]
I SHALL CALL THE MEETING.SHALL CALL THE MEETING OF THE HUBER HEIGHTS, UH, PLANNING COMMISSION TO ORDER.
SECRETARY, WILL YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLE? MR. JOHNSON? HERE.
I HAVE NO OPENING REMARKS, UH, BUT I WOULD SAY WELCOME BACK.
DOES ANYONE ELSE HAVE ANYTHING ON THE DIOCESE TO BRING UP YOU HEARING NOTHING? UH, NEXUS CITIZEN'S COMMENTS? THIS IS THE TIME, THE APPROPRIATE TIME FOR ANY CITIZEN'S COMMENTS NOT PERTAINING TO ITEMS ON THE AGENDA.
IN HEARING NONE, WE'LL MOVE ON.
I ANNOUNCE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE RULES OF THE 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 I DO TO THE FOLLOWING OATH.
DO YOU HEREBY SWEAR OR AFFIRM ON THE THREAT OF PERJURY TO TELL THE TRUTH, THE WHOLE TRUTH, AND NOTHING BUT THE TRUTH? SO HOPE YOU GOD.
I ALSO ASK ANYONE, UH, COMING UP TO THE PODIUM TONIGHT TO, TO SPEAK TO, UM, STATE THEIR NAME AND SIGN IN ON THE SIGN IN SHEET PROVIDED.
WE HAVE NO PENDING BUSINESS OR ITEM.
UNDER NEW BUSINESS IS A DETAILED DEVELOPMENT PLAN.
THE APPLICANT, CARRIAGE TRAILS COMPANY LLC, IS REQUESTING APPROVAL OF A DETAILED DEVELOPMENT PLAN FOR 26, BUILDING LOTS AND A AND A STREET RIGHT OF WAY.
PROPERTY IS LOCATED NORTH OF CARIES TRAILS PARKWAY, DDP 26 0 8.
UH, MR. CHAIRMAN, MEMBERS OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION, AARON SORE.
UH, SO THIS IS A, UH, 26 LOT, UM, DETAILED DEVELOPMENT PLAN APPLICATION FOR PHASE TWO A OF SECTION 20.
UH, SITE ZONED PLAN, MIXED USE.
UH, THE SURROUNDING PROPERTIES ARE ALL ZONED.
THESE ARE THE LOTS IN QUESTION.
THEY ARE A MIXTURE OF, UH, 50, EXCUSE ME, 56, UH, 60 AND 65 FOOT LOTS.
UH, THEY, THEY MEET THE MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS OF THE BASIC DEVELOPMENT PLAN FOR CARRIAGE TRAILS TWO.
UH, THE FRONT AND REAR SITE, UH, SETBACKS ARE 25 FEET.
WITH IS CONSISTENT, CONSISTENT WITH THE REQUIREMENTS.
UM, LIKE I SAID, 56 FEET IS THE MINIMUM LOT SIZE, UH, IN THIS SECTION, WHICH EXCEEDS THE 50 FOOT MINIMUM.
UH, AS PART OF THE DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS, UH, FIRE DEPARTMENT, UH, THEIR COMMENTS WERE THEY JUST WANTED TO HAVE, UH, OR TO REVIEW THE HYDRANT PLACEMENT PRIOR TO FINAL PLAT CITY ENGINEER HAD NO COMMENTS.
UH, IT'S PLANNING STAFF RECOMMENDATION.
UH, WE RECOMMEND APPROVAL OF THE DETAILED DEVELOPMENT PLAN FOR CARES TRAILS TWO SECTION 20, PHASE TWO A SUBMITTED ON MARCH 11TH, 2026 WITH THE, UM, CONDITION THAT FIRE HYDRANT SPACING BE APPROVED BY THE FIRE DEPARTMENT PRIOR TO FINAL PLAT SUBMISSION.
UH, AS ALWAYS, YOU HAVE THREE OPTIONS.
APPROVE THE DETAILED DEVELOPMENT PLAN WITH OR WITHOUT THOSE CONDITIONS.
DENY THE DETAILED DEVELOPMENT PLAN OR TABLE THE APPLICATION.
UH, AND KEN CONWAY FROM CARRIAGES TRAILS IS HERE, UM, AS THE APPLICANT.
ANY QUESTIONS FOR STAFF? THANK YOU, SIR.
ANYONE WISHING TO SPEAK FOR THE APPLICANT? MR. CONWAY, WELCOME.
KEN CONWAY WITH CARRIAGE TRAILS.
ALRIGHT, SO THIS IS A COMPLIMENT TO THE LAST TELL DEVELOPMENT PLAN THAT WE BROUGHT THROUGH.
SO WHAT'S HAPPENED IS IN THE NEW AREA, WHICH IS CARRIED TRAILS TWO, BUT WE DON'T REALLY HAVE IT IDENTIFIED AS CARRIED TRAILS TWO, IT'S ALL CARRIED TRAILS, BUILT 121 LOTS THAT WE PAVED OUT LAST YEAR.
WE BURNT THROUGH 'EM SO FAST THAT WE'RE TRYING TO KEEP UP WITH THE PACE OF THE BUILDERS.
SO THIS IS A ADD-ON PIECE TO WHAT TO THE LAST, UH, PIECE THAT YOU APPROVED, WHICH WAS 20 DASH TWO.
AND WE'RE WORKING WITH SOME CONSTRAINTS IN CARRIAGE TRAILS TOO, THAT HAVE TO DO WITH SEWER AND STORM WATER.
SO THIS WAS A STRATEGIC PLACEMENT OF LOTS THAT FIT WITHIN THE CONSTRAINTS OF THE SANITARY SEWER THAT WE'RE DEALING WITH.
ONE OF THE NEXT THINGS THAT I'LL BRING THROUGH FOR ENGINEERING APPROVAL IS A LIFT STATION.
SO ALL CARRIAGE TRAILS TWO WILL EVENTUALLY GO INTO LIFT STATIONS.
THAT'LL TAKE THAT AND PUMP IT WEST
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TO WHERE A LARGER GRAVITY LINE PICKS UP ALONG THE PARKWAY.RIGHT NOW WE'RE USING OTHER MEANS OF THAT AND THAT'S WHY WE BUILT EAST SIDE AND NOW WE'RE BUILDING ON THE WEST SIDE OF THE ENTRY.
AND THIS IS A PIECE THAT FITS IN THAT WORKS WITH ALL THAT ENGINEERING AND WE HOPE THAT WE CAN STAY AHEAD OF THE BUILDERS.
WE'RE ACTUALLY STARTING THE OTHER PIECE OF THIS 20 DASH TWO NEXT WEEK.
WE GOT RUSS'S SIGN OFF ON EVERYTHING TODAY, SO I'LL BE GLAD TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
BUT GOOD NEWS TO REPORT FROM CARRIAGE TRAILS 121 LOTS.
WE'VE CLOSED 60 OF 'EM IN THE FIRST PHASE.
THE BUILDERS HAVE SIX LOTS LEFT THAT THEY'RE TELLING US IN TWO MONTHS THEY'LL BE OUT.
WE'LL TRY TO GET THIS 20 DASH TWO AHEAD OF 'EM AND KEEP THE MOMENTUM GOING.
WE WERE PLEASED TO BE ABLE TO PICK IT BACK UP AFTER WE HADN'T SOLD ANYTHING FOR A WHILE, TRYING TO GET THE ANNEXATION THROUGH AND EVERYTHING.
BUT, UH, THE MARKET CERTAINLY SEEMS TO BE THERE STILL AND IT'S HARD TO KEEP AHEAD OF THE BUILDERS, WHICH, YOU KNOW, WE'RE ALWAYS HAPPY TO REPORT ON THAT SOUNDS GREAT.
ANY, UH, QUESTIONS FOR THE APPLICANT? THANK YOU, SIR.
IS THERE ANYONE ELSE WISHING TO SPEAK ON THIS ZONING CASE AND HEARING NONE, WE WILL CLOSE THAT PORTION OF THE ZONING CASE.
IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE REQUEST BY THE APPLICANT CARRIAGE TRAILS COMPANY LLC, FOR APPROVAL OF A DETAILED DEVELOPMENT PLAN? THE PROPERTY IS LOCATED NORTH OF CARRIAGE TRAILS PARKWAY, CASE DDP 26 0 8, IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE RECOMMENDATIONS OF STAFF'S MEMORANDUM DATED APRIL 6TH, 2026 IN THE PLANNING COMMISSION'S DECISION RECORD ATTACHED THERETO, TERRY, I'LL MAKE THE MOTION, UM, MOVED BY, UH, MS. THOMAS.
UH, SECRETARY, PLEASE CALL THE ROLL.
MOTION, UH, MOTION PASSES FOUR TO ZERO.
WHAT'S NEXT FOR THE APPLICANT? UH, THE APPLICANT WILL REVISE, UH, THE PLANS, UH, ACCORDINGLY AND, UM, SEEK ZONING APPROVAL.
NEXT ITEM UNDER THE AGENDA IS A DETAILED DEVELOPMENT PLAN.
THE APPLICANT FOUR STAR USA REAL ESTATE GROUP IS REQUESTING APPROVAL OF A DETAILED DEVELOPMENT PLAN FOR 38 BUILDING LOTS.
PROPERTY IS LOCATED AT CHAMBERSBURG ROAD IN, IN DICOT ROAD, NORTHSIDE, DDP 26 0 9.
SO THIS IS, UH, SECTION THREE OF FIVE, UH, SECTIONS IN THE CANAL HEIGHTS SUBDIVISION.
THIS PARTICULAR PIECE IS 8.65 ACRES ZONED PLANNED RESIDENTIAL.
UH, THERE WILL BE 38 BUILDING LOTS, UM, ONCE APPROVED.
UH, THIS IS THE ENTIRE SUBDIVISION.
UH, THE AREA IN QUESTION IS, UH, THE HEAVY, UH, OUTLINE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE, OF THE DEVELOPMENT.
THEY HAVE, UH, THEY ARE CONSTRUCTING SECTIONS ONE AND TWO RIGHT NOW.
UH, AND THE DEVELOPMENT BASICALLY RUNS NORTH, NORTH TO SOUTH.
UH, THIS IS THE, THE SUBDIVISION.
UM, THERE ARE 38 UH, LOTS IN THIS ONE.
UM, MINIMUM LOTS WIDTH, UH, IN THIS PARTICULAR SECTION IS, UH, 51 FEET, WHICH, UH, MEETS THE BASIC DEVELOPMENT PLAN REQUIREMENTS, UH, SIDEWALKS ALL AROUND VARIOUS UTILITY EASEMENTS.
UM, THIS, UH, FOLLOWS EXACTLY THE BASIC DEVELOPMENT PLAN, UH, THAT WAS APPROVED AS FAR AS THE, UH, BASIC RE UH, DEVELOPMENT PLAN REQUIREMENTS, THE FRONT AND REAR YEAR, FRONT AND REAR YARD SETBACKS ARE 25 FEET.
THE SIDE YARDS ARE FIVE, UH, WITH THE MINIMUM LOT WITH A 51 FEET.
ALL LOTS CONFORM TO, UH, THESE MINIMUM STANDARDS.
UH, THE FIRE DEPARTMENT COMMENTS WERE, UH, THAT THEY JUST WANTED TO SEE THE FIRE HYDRANT SYMBOLS ENLARGED ON THE PLANS 'CAUSE THEY WERE HAVING A HARD TIME SEEING THEIR LOCATION.
SO THEY WILL, UH, ENLARGE THE SYMBOLS AND, UH, AND RESUBMIT THE ENGINEER HAD NO COMMENTS.
UM, STAFF RECOMMENDS APPROVAL OF THE DETAILED DEVELOPMENT PLAN, UH, SUBMITTED ON MARCH 24TH WITH THE, UH, CONDITION.
THE APPLICANT COMPLY WITH ALL HUBER HEIGHTS FIRE DEPARTMENT REQUIREMENTS.
ANY QUESTIONS FOR STAFF GETTING OFF EASY
I'LL OPEN IT UP TO THE PUBLIC.
ANYONE, UH, WISHING TO SPEAK ON THE ZONING CASE FOR THE APPLICANT.
ANYONE ELSE WISHING TO SPEAK ON THE ZONING CASE? HEARING NONE, WE'LL CLOSE THAT PORTION.
UH, IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE REQUEST BY THE APPLICANT? FOUR STAR USA REAL ESTATE GROUP, INC.
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APPROVAL OF A DETAILED DEVELOPMENT PLAN.PROPERTY IS LOCATED AT CHAMBERSBURG ROAD IN, IN DICOT ROAD CASE DDP 26 OH, EXCUSE ME.
OH, NODDING IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE RECOMMENDATIONS OF STAFF'S MEMORANDUM DATED APRIL 7TH, 2026 AND THE PLANNING COMMISSION'S DECISION RECORD ATTACHED THERE TOO.
UH, SECRETARY, WILL YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLL? MR. JOHNSON? YES.
WHAT'S NEXT FOR THE APPLICANT? I WILL INFORM, UH, FOUR STAR MONDAY OR TOMORROW, UM, THAT THIS WAS APPROVED AND WE'LL MOVE FORWARD ACCORDINGLY.
NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS A MAJOR CHANGE.
THE APPLICANT, GREG HOSKINS, IS REQUESTING APPROVAL OF A MAJOR CHANGE TO THE BASIC DEVELOPMENT PLAN TO REMOVE OPEN SPACE RESTRICTING FROM, TO REMOVE OPEN SPACE RESTRICTING FROM LOT 1 99 AND PROPERTY IS LOCATED AT 30 20 BOROUGH OAK DRIVE, MJC 26 10.
MR. RE? YEAH, SO THIS ONE'S A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT.
UM, IT'S BASICALLY ONE LOT THAT IS ZONED PLANNED RESIDENTIAL.
UM, THE LOT IS OWNED BY THE HOA.
UM, ORIGINALLY WAS INTENDED TO BE KIND OF A LITTLE POCKET PARK ON THE CORNER.
UH, THE DEVELOPER NEVER BUILT THE PARK, AND SO THIS HAS BEEN BASICALLY A VACANT LOT FOR THE LAST 25 YEARS.
UM, JUST HANGING OUT HERE, WELL IN, IN THE PLANS.
UM, SO THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING A MAJOR CHANGE TO THE BASIC DEVELOPMENT PLAN TO REMOVE THE OPEN SPACE RESTRICTION THAT IS ON THIS LOT.
UH, THIS LOT HAS A RESTRICTION THAT NO STRUCTURES CAN BE BUILT, UH, UPON IT.
UM, IN 2003, THERE WAS THE OAKS MASTER PLAN THAT INDICATED, UH, GREEN SPACE AROUND THE PERIMETER AND THEN KIND OF A CENTRAL LAWN AREA, AND THEN TWO ENTRY FEATURES, ONE OFF OF, UH, BELL FOUNTAIN AND ONE OFF OF, UH, FISHBURG HERE.
THE ONE ON BELL FOUNTAIN IN THE NORTHEAST CORNER WAS, WAS CON CONSTRUCTED.
THERE'S A GAZEBO AND SOME, UH, KIND OF A DECORATIVE WALKING PATH.
UH, THE ONE IN QUESTION HERE WAS NEVER BUILT OUT.
IN 2005, THE MASTER PLAN WAS AMENDED.
THAT CENTRAL GREEN AREA, UH, WAS ELIMINATED.
THE TWO ENTRY FEATURE GREEN SPACE LOTS, UH, REMAINED.
UH, AND THEN THIS WAS ZONED FOR A CHURCH THAT WAS NEVER, NEVER CONSTRUCTED.
FAST FORWARD TODAY, THAT CHURCH AREA, UM, WHILE THERE WAS A SUBDIVISION APPROVED FOR THIS, THAT CORNER THAT WA THAT HAS YET TO BE CONSTRUCTED.
UH, AND THIS LOT, UH, REMAINS, UH, UNIMPROVED.
THE HOA HAS NO INTENT, UM, TO MAKE ANY IMPROVEMENTS.
UM, AND THEY, THE NEIGHBOR TO THE NORTH WHO IS THE APPLICANT, HAS, UH, INTEREST IN PURCHASING THIS LOT.
THE HOA HAS VOTED TO APPROVE THE SALE SUBJECT TO THE REMOVAL OF THIS GREEN SPACE RESTRICTION.
UH, THIS IS THE PLAT THAT WAS APPROVED, UH, IT'S LOT 1 99.
YOU CAN SEE THE, UH, THE RESTRICTION ON THE PLAT SAYS GREEN SPACE, NO STRUCTURES.
STAFF DOES SUPPORT THE REMOVAL OF THIS GREEN SPACE LIMITATION ON THIS LOT FOR, UH, THE FOLLOWING REASONS.
IT'S OUR VIEW THAT, UM, CREATING A NEIGHBORHOOD PARK ON THIS LOT IS, IS REALLY UNNECESSARY.
UH, IT'S ABOUT 300 FEET FROM THE ENTRANCE TO COTTONWOOD PARK, UH, DIRECTLY ACROSS THE STREET.
UH, THE CITY'S INVESTING NEARLY $600,000 IN UPGRADES, UH, ON THAT PARK, UH, TO THE AMENITIES.
OVER THE NEXT YEAR, LATER THIS YEAR, WE ARE INSTALLING A NEW CROSSWALK, UM, FROM BUR OAK TO THE PARK ENTRANCE TO MAKE, UH, FACILITATING PEDESTRIAN CROSSINGS ACROSS, UH, FISHBURG, UH, TO BE EASIER.
IT'S OUR VIEW, AND I THINK THE HO A'S VIEW THAT THIS LOT IS MORE OF A FINANCIAL LIABILITY TO THE HOA THAN IT IS A NEIGHBORHOOD ASSET.
UM, THE HOA HAS NO PLANS OR INTENT TO, TO INVEST, UH, ANY SIGNIFICANT CAPITAL TO, TO CREATE THAT GATEWAY.
UH, AND FRANKLY, THERE'S NO REQUIREMENT FOR OPEN SPACE IN THE PLANNED RESIDENTIAL DISTRICT.
UM, SO, UH, IT'S, IT'S ONE OF THOSE ORPHAN LOTS THAT JUST DOES NOT, AT LEAST FROM PLANNING'S PERSPECTIVE, SERVE REALLY ANY PURPOSE.
UM, THE APPLICANT WOULD EVENTUALLY LIKE TO BUILD A STRUCTURE.
WE'RE GONNA TAKE THAT SEPARATELY FROM THIS CASE.
WE WANTED TO REMOVE THE GREEN SPACE, UH, AS THE FIRST STEP.
UM, IT WAS MY, UH, OPINION THAT THIS WOULD BE A MAJOR CHANGE, UM, BASED ON THE ZONING CODE.
THERE REALLY IS NOT A PROCEDURE FOR REMOVING, UH, GREEN SPACE RESTRICTIONS IN OUR CODE.
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I DID WANT THE CITY COUNCIL TO HAVE A, AN OPPORTUNITY TO WEIGH IN ON THIS.SO THIS WOULD BE A MAJOR CHANGE FOR THE BASIC DEVELOPMENT PLAN.
SO THIS FROM, THIS IS A RECOMMENDATION FROM THE PLANNING COMMISSION, UH, TO COUNCIL ON WHETHER OR NOT TO, UH, LIFT THAT GREEN, UH, GREEN SPACE RESTRICTION.
UH, SO AS I SAID, PLANNING STAFF SUPPORTS THE MAJOR CHANGE TO REMOVE THE GREEN SPACE RESTRICTION ON LOT 99 OF THE OAKS OF HUBER HEIGHTS, SECTION NINE FLAT.
UH, WE RECOMMEND APPROVAL WITH NO CONDITIONS.
ANY QUESTIONS FOR STAFF? NO, SIR.
WE'LL OPEN IT UP TO THE PUBLIC.
IS THERE ANYONE WISHING TO SPEAK FOR THE APPLICANT? IS THERE ANYONE ELSE WISHING TO SPEAK ON THIS ZONING CASE? I'M THE APPLICANT.
OH,
BUT, UM, I JUST PUT LOT 1 99, BUT YEAH, THEY DON'T WANNA DO ANYTHING TO IT.
AND I'VE BEEN MOWING IT THIS YEAR BECAUSE WE'VE BEEN PAYING OVER $4,000 AS AN HOA TO HAVE SOMEBODY MOW THAT LOT AND TO MOW THE GRASS OUT IN FRONT BETWEEN FISHBURG AND THE OTHER HOUSES.
OBVIOUSLY THAT GOES ON TO OUR HOA FEES.
SO AS THE HOA, WE WANT TO GIVE THE PROPERTIES BEHIND THESE HOMES TO THESE PEOPLE AND LET THEM MAINTAIN, EXCUSE ME, LET THEM MAINTAIN IT.
AND THEN I OFFERED TO PAY FOR THIS LOT AND I'M GONNA TRY TO BEAUTIF BEAUTIFY IT, BUT THE ONLY THING I ASK IS I WANT TO PUT A GARRE GARAGE SIZE SHED.
I NEED A PLACE TO PUT MY JEEP, MY LAWNMOWER, MY TRAILER.
BUT IT WILL MEET THE STANDARDS FOR THE HOA AND IT WILL BE AS NICE AS MY HOUSE IS.
SO THAT'S, THEY CAME UP WITH THE IDEAL AND I AGREED.
ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR THE APPLICANT? THANK YOU, SIR.
IS THERE ANYONE ELSE WISHING TO SPEAK ON THIS ZONING CASE IN HEARING? NO ONE.
IS THERE A, UH, MOTION TO APPROVE THE REQUEST BY THE APPLICANT, GREG HOSKINS, FOR APPROVAL OF A MINOR OF A MAJOR CHANGE TO THE BASIC DEVELOPMENT PLANS? THE PROPERTY IS LOCATED AT 30 20 BUR OAK DRIVE CASE MJC 26 10 IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE RECOMMENDATIONS OF STAFF'S MEMORANDUM DATED APRIL 4TH, 2026, AND THE PLANNING COMMISSION'S DECISION RECORD ATTACHED THERE TO MOTION MOVED BY MR. JOHNSON.
IS THERE A SECOND? I'LL SECOND.
UH, SECRETARY, PLEASE CALL THE RULE.
WHAT'S NEXT FOR THAT APPLICANT? SO WE WILL MOVE THIS CASE TO, UH, THE CITY COUNCIL FOR CONSIDERATION.
UM, I AM STILL DEBATING ON THE MECHANICS OF HOW WE WILL DO THIS, BUT I THINK IT'LL PROBABLY JUST BE AN ORDINANCE THAT WE WILL HAVE RECORDED AGAINST THIS LOT TO, UM, TO REMOVE THE RESTRICTION.
I DON'T THINK I, IT'S NECESSARY FOR THE APPLICANT TO FILE A WHOLE NEW PLAT ON HERE, BUT WE WILL, WE'LL FIGURE THAT OUT IN, IN CONCERT WITH OUR, UH, LEGAL DEPARTMENT.
I'D LIKE TO MAKE A VERBAL NOTE THAT, UH, MS. JAN VARGO HAS ARRIVED.
I APOLOGIZE FOR MY LATENESS AGAIN.
NEXT ITEM UNDER ADDITIONAL BUSINESS IS APPOINTMENT TO HOUSING COUNSEL.
NEED A MOTION? I WILL MAKE A MOTION TO APPOINT MS. CHERYL THOMAS TO THE, I'M LOOKING FOR HERE, THE HOUSING COUNSEL FOR HOW MANY? IT SAYS HOUSING COUNSEL FOR TO THE HOUSING COUNCIL.
THAT'S WHAT I WAS LOOKING FOR.
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THEY'RE LOOKING FOR MORE SECRETARY.
BE UNDER THE ADDITIONAL BUSINESS IS ZONE CO PRESENTATION.
SO, UM, IF YOU SCROLL TO THE END OF THAT PRESENTATION, THERE'S A LINK YOU CAN FOLLOW THAT WILL BRING UP, UM, THIS STORY MAP.
BUT I WANT TO INTRODUCE, UM, SEAN SUITER AND, AND TEAM FROM ZCO.
UH, ZCO IS THE FIRM THAT WE HAVE RETAINED TO, UH, UPDATE OUR ZONING CODE.
UH, SO, UH, THEY'VE STARTED DOING, UH, SOME CODE DIAGNOSTICS AND SOME BACKGROUND.
UH, SO WE THOUGHT THIS WOULD BE A GOOD TIME, UH, TO BEGIN THE CONVERSATION WITH PLANNING COMMISSION, INTRODUCED THE TEAM, UM, AND, UH, AND MOVE, MOVE ON FROM THERE.
I AM THE FOUNDER AND CEO OF ZCO.
AND AS AARON SAID, WE ARE THE CONSULT LEAD CONSULTANT ON THIS PROJECT.
OUR TEAM INCLUDES OHM ADVISORS, UM, OUT OF THE COLUMBUS OFFICE.
WE ARE IN CINCINNATI, BUT, UH, THEY'RE OUTTA THE COLUMBUS OFFICE AND THEY'RE JOINING US ON THIS PROJECT.
I'M HERE WITH THERESA BAMBERGER, WHO'S GONNA BE JOINT AND CO-PRESENTING TONIGHT ON RECODE HUBER HEIGHTS, MODERNIZING THE NEW ZONING CODE.
WE'VE CREATED THIS, UH, STORY MAP, IT'S CALLED, IT'S THROUGH ARC GIS.
AND WE'RE HOPING THIS WILL BE SORT OF A, UM, A, A GUIDING DOCUMENT AS WE GO THROUGH THIS PROJECT.
WE CAN CONTINUE TO ADD TO IT AND, AND, UH, BUILD ON IT SO THAT, UH, WHEN WE'RE IN, IN, IN FRONT OF YOU AND OTHER MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC, UH, WE CAN, UH, PRESENT FROM THIS DOCUMENT.
AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO GETTING TO KNOW YOU.
THIS IS OUR FIRST TIME IN FRONT OF YOU, SO THANK YOU FOR HAVING US AND LOOKING FORWARD TO GETTING TO KNOW YOU AND WORKING WITH YOU ON WHAT IS A TRANSFORMATIVE PROJECT FOR THIS COMMUNITY.
I THINK HOPEFULLY FOR THE BEST, OBVIOUSLY, UH, WHY DOES HUBER HEIGHTS NEED A NEW ZONING CODE? IT'S PROBABLY THE FIRST QUESTION YOU MIGHT GET FROM FOLKS OUT IN THE COMMUNITY.
UM, WELL, WE HAVE A NEW COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.
SO WHEN YOU HAVE A NEW COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, AS YOU KNOW, UH, THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THAT COMPREHENSIVE PLAN IS THE ZONING CODE.
AND TO HAVE A NEW COMPREHENSIVE PLAN FOLLOWED, UH, OR SUPPORTED BY A ZONING CODE THAT'S 30, 40 YEARS OUTTA DATE, UH, THAT JUST DOESN'T, DOESN'T HELP YOU TO GET TO THE OUTCOMES THAT YOU HAVE DESIRED AND, AND YOUR VISION AND YOUR PLANS.
SO WE NEED TO ALIGN THE COMP, THE ZONE ZONING CODE WITH YOUR COMPREHENSIVE PLAN GOALS AND VISION.
AND THAT'S REALLY THE PURPOSE OF THE PROJECT.
IN ADDITION TO STREAMLINING THINGS, MAKING SURE THAT IT'S EASY TO USE, IT'S FRIENDLY, UH, TO, UH, UH, TO THE USER AS WELL AS THE ADMINISTRATOR.
SO, CLEAR AND USER FRIENDLY IS WHAT A ZONING ORDINANCE SHOULD BE.
CONSISTENT WITH COMMUNITY PRIORITIES, OBVIOUSLY CONSISTENT WITH YOUR COMP PLAN, WHICH YOU SPENT A LOT OF TIME ON, ALIGNED WITH MODERN BEST PRACTICES AND SUPPORTIVE OF REINVESTMENT AND STABILITY IN YOUR NEIGHBORHOODS.
THIS IS A VERY STABLE COMMUNITY AS FAR AS IT HAS A LOT OF STABLE RESIDENTIAL STOCK, AND WE OBVIOUSLY WANT TO MAINTAIN THAT, BUT THEN BUILD UPON THE ASSETS THAT YOU HAVE AS IDENTIFIED IN THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN FOR YOUR AREAS OF OPPORTUNITY.
SO WHY NOW ARE WE DOING THIS? UM, MANY ZONING ORDINANCES ACROSS OHIO, INCLUDING HERE IN HUBER HEIGHTS, WERE WRITTEN DECADES AGO, BUT AMENDED IN A PIECEMEAL FASHION.
THAT'S KIND OF WHAT HAPPENS WITH THESE ZONING CODES.
UM, AS THINGS COME UP, YOU AMEND THEM.
IT JUST BECOMES A MISHMASH OF, OF REGULATIONS, AND IT'S REALLY GOOD EVERY ONCE IN A WHILE TO, TO KIND OF START AFRESH.
TAKE A LOOK AT WHAT YOU'VE GOT, UH, AND, AND, AND REWORK IT BASED ON WHAT YOUR CURRENT VISION IS.
UM, COMMON CHALLENGES INCLUDE UNCLEAR AND OUTDATED STANDARDS THAT AREN'T GETTING YOU TO THE CURRENT VISION.
COMPLEX APPROVAL PROCESSES THAT MAYBE AREN'T AS STREAMLINED OR AS SIMPLE AS THEY COULD BE.
INCONSISTENT TERMINOLOGY OR OUTDATED TERMINOLOGY.
WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT THE USE LIST, FOR EXAMPLE, IS UP TO DATE WITH WHAT IS BEING DESIRED IN THIS COMMUNITY, NOT SOMETHING FROM DECADES AGO.
GAPS IN MODERN LAND USE ISSUES, THINGS LIKE PARKING.
WE WANT, WANNA TAKE A FRESH LOOK AT THAT.
DO WE, DO WE HAVE ENOUGH? DO WE HAVE TOO MUCH? THAT'S, YOU KNOW, ARE WE REGULATING THAT CORRECTLY? LANDSCAPING, IS THAT UP TO DATE WITH WHAT, UH, WE ENVISION FOR, UH, DEVELOPMENTS HERE? MIXED USE, YOU KNOW, EVERYBODY'S TALKING ABOUT MIXED USE, WALKABLE.
HOW DO WE ENCOURAGE THAT? UH, RIGHT, YOU'VE GOT THAT RIGHT OUTSIDE YOUR DOOR HERE.
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UH, SO YOU'RE ALREADY, UM, YOU'RE ALREADY DOING THAT IN CERTAIN PARTS OF TOWN.HOW DO WE LEVERAGE THAT? INFILL IS ANOTHER GREAT EXAMPLE.
THIS IS AN INFILL DEVELOPMENT, ACTUALLY.
IT'S A REDEVELOPMENT OF AN OLD SHOPPING CENTER AND YOU'RE INFILLING THAT AS YOU GO.
UM, AND DIFFICULTY SUPPORTING REINVESTMENT IN OLDER COMMERCIAL AREAS.
THAT'S A BIG CHALLENGE, RIGHT? YOU HAVE SOME COMMERCIAL, UH, CORRIDORS THAT HAVE SOME AGE ON 'EM.
HOW DO WE REDEVELOP THOSE? AND HOW DO WE DO SO LIKE IN HERE IN A WAY THAT'S PRODUCTIVE, THAT GETS YOUR, MEETS YOUR HOUSING GOALS, MEETS YOUR COMMERCIAL NEEDS AS WELL.
IT'S NOT A SIMPLE PATCH, A SIMPLE AMENDMENT.
THIS IS A COMPREHENSIVE REWRITE OF THE ZONING ORDINANCE.
UM, THAT'S WHAT WE'VE BEEN TASKED TO DO.
SO IT DOESN'T MEAN EVERYTHING'S GETTING THROWN OUT.
WE'RE NOT, WE'RE NOT THROWING EVERYTHING OUT, BUT WE'RE GOING TO TAKE A FRESH LOOK AT EVERYTHING.
UH, SOME OF IT MAY BE WORKING FINE AND WILL BE CARRIED FORWARD, UH, MAY BE TWEAKED, OTHER THINGS ARE NOT WORKING, AND WE'LL WANNA THROW THOSE OUT.
UM, WE WANNA TAKE A FRESH LOOK AT YOUR LIST OF DISTRICTS AND ZONES.
UH, WE WANT TO TAKE A FRESH LOOK AT THINGS LIKE PLAN UNIT DEVELOPMENTS.
YOU SAW ONE OR TWO OF THOSE HERE TONIGHT.
HOW ARE THOSE WORKING, NOT WORKING? UM, HOW ARE YOUR, YOUR, YOUR LIST OF DISTRICTS REFLECTING THE VARIOUS OPPORTUNITY AREAS THAT YOU'VE IDENTIFIED IN YOUR COMPREHENSIVE PLAN? SO ALL OF THAT WE WANNA MAKE SURE IS TAILORED TO GET YOU TO THE OUTCOMES.
THAT'S WHAT WE'RE ALWAYS FOCUSED ON IN THIS PROJECT.
WHAT ARE THE OUTCOMES? WHAT'S THE VISION? HOW DO WE GET YOU THERE? THE LAW HELPS YOU GET THERE.
THE EXISTING, UH, ZONING CODE OF HUBER HEIGHTS IS, UH, A BIT UNCLEAR AND, AND KIND OF CONFUSING.
UH, IT CAN LEAD TO UNCERTAINTY FOR PROPERTY OWNERS.
IT CAN LEAD TO LONGER REVIEW TIMES AND CONSISTENT DECISIONS, JUST GENERAL FRUSTRATION FOR RESIDENTS AND BUSINESSES.
AND THEN ULTIMATELY, UNDESIRED DEVELOPMENT OUTCOMES.
UH, THIS IS AN EXAMPLE OF A ZONING DISTRICT FROM YOUR EXISTING HUBER HEIGHTS ZONING CODE.
UH, JUST KIND OF BASIC, UH, WORDS.
THERE IS ACTUALLY A CHART, WHICH IS, UH, GOOD TO SEE.
A CLEAR ZONING CODE WOULD HAVE, UH, PLAIN, CONSISTENT LANGUAGE, LOGICAL ORGANIZATION, CLEAR USE PERMISSIONS, OBJECTIVE MEASURABLE STANDARDS, GRAPHICS CHARTS, UH, AND EVERYTHING SORT OF, UH, IN, IN A TIDY FASHION THAT, UH, YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT.
UM, YOUR, UH, ZONING DISTRICT SHOULD BE IN, UH, ONE, TWO, MAYBE THREE PAGES MAX.
THIS IS AN EXAMPLE OF A ZONING DISTRICT FROM ANOTHER PROJECT WE DID.
UH, BUT JUST TO GIVE YOU AN EXAMPLE OF WHAT IT, IT, SOMETHING IT COULD LOOK LIKE HE WRITES TODAY IS GREAT.
UH, YOU HAVE STRONG RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOODS, REGIONAL CONNECTIVITY, GROWING OPPORTUNITIES.
UH, WE JUST SAW THAT TONIGHT WITH A COUPLE PROJECTS WHERE THEY'RE RUNNING OUTTA LOTS, LIKE PEOPLE WANT TO LIVE HERE.
SO, UH, HOW DO WE DO THAT IN A WAY THAT IS, UM, UH, WALKABLE, CONNECTED, UM, BUT ALSO, UH, PROVIDES AFFORDABLE HOUSING FOR FOLKS AND QUALITY HOUSING FOR FOLKS.
UM, YOU'RE IN A GOOD SPOT HERE.
UH, THE ZONING ORDINANCE SHOULD REFLECT THAT.
THE ESTABLISHED RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOODS, YOU'RE KNOWN FOR THAT.
THE HUBER HOMES, RIGHT? THESE ARE VERY QUALITY, HIGH QUALITY HOMES THAT ARE ESTABLISHED IN IN RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOODS.
YOU'VE GOT A NUMBER OF KEY COMMERCIAL CORRIDORS AND CENTERS AND EMPLOYMENT AREAS.
WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE TAKING CARE OF OUR PARK SCHOOLS AND CIVIC INVESTMENTS, WHICH YOU HAVE HERE, THIS BEAUTIFUL NEW BUILDING.
UH, WE NEED TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF REDEVELOPMENT AND INFILL OPPORTUNITIES, BUT DOING SO IN A WAY THAT IS, UH, IN ACCORDANCE WITH OUR VISION.
AND THEN OF COURSE, WE NEED BEAUTIFUL OPEN AND NATURAL SPACES.
SO ALL OF THOSE THINGS ARE THINGS THAT HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED IN THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, UH, THAT WE NOW NEED TO CODIFY IN THE ORDINANCE.
AND WITH THAT, I'M GONNA TURN IT OVER TO THERESA THERESA'S.
BEEN WORKING HARD THE LAST, UH, FEW WEEKS ON WHAT IS CALLED A DIAGNOSTIC REPORT, AND WE DELIVER THAT TO AARON TODAY, A DRAFT.
IT'S HOT OFF THE PRESSES, SO I'M SURE YOU'LL BE GETTING THAT SOON.
BUT WHAT THE DIAGNOSTIC REPORT DOES IS IT GOES THROUGH EACH PROVISION OF YOUR EXISTING ZONING CODE AND SORT OF, UM, AND, AND LOOKS AT IT AGAINST YOUR COMP PLAN VISION TO SEE HOW IT IS OR IS NOT ADVANCING THAT VISION WHERE THE FRICTION MIGHT BE LYING, UH, IN THE CURRENT CODE.
AND I THINK IT'LL GIVE A, A GOOD ROADMAP FOR WHERE WE'RE GOING.
SO WITH THAT, TURN IT OVER TO MY COLLEAGUE, THERESA.
UH, MY NAME IS THERESA BAMBERGER AND I'M VERY HAPPY TO BE HERE.
I, UH, REALLY APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY TO WORK ON THIS PROJECT AND FOR YOUR COMMUNITY.
JUST, UH, BY WAY OF MY BACKGROUND, I WORKED PROBABLY ABOUT 20 YEARS.
MY UNDERGRAD WAS ARCHITECTURE.
I DID SOME LAND DEVELOPMENT, UH, MANAGEMENT.
SO I WORE A COUPLE DIFFERENT HATS, AND THEN I WENT TO LAW SCHOOL.
SO I'M ALSO AN ATTORNEY, AND I APPRECIATE WORKING ON THESE ZONING CODES
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BECAUSE I FEEL LIKE I CAN KIND OF KEEP SWITCHING HATS ON AND OFF AND, AND APPLY SOME OF WHAT I LEARNED IN ALL THE DIFFERENT AREAS TO TRY TO HELP YOU.I MEAN, YOU KNOW, MANY YEARS AGO PEOPLE DIDN'T REDO ZONING CODES.
AND I, UH, APPRECIATE THAT THIS IS A SIGNIFICANT OPPORTUNITY FOR YOUR COMMUNITY TO KIND OF, UH, CHART THE COURSE THAT YOU WANT TO SEE DEVELOPMENT TAKE.
AND YOU DON'T GET TO DO THIS ALL THE TIME.
SO SOUND OF THE, OF THE OPPORTUNITY TO WORK ON THIS WITH YOU.
SO, UM, THE DOCUMENT WE'RE SCROLLING THROUGH HERE IS A BIT OF A SUMMARY OF THE DIAGNOSTIC REPORT THAT I'VE BEEN WORKING ON.
AND, UH, WE'LL CONTINUE TO DO.
AND WHAT I DID IS, IS DID A DEEP DIVE INTO YOUR COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, LOOKED AT YOUR EXISTING MAPS, YOUR EXISTING ZONING ORDINANCE, AND THE GOAL OF, UH, THE DIAGNOSTIC AND SUMMARIZE HERE IS TO KIND OF IDENTIFY KEY POINTS THAT I UNDERSTOOD FROM THE COMP PLAN.
THINGS YOU WANT TO KIND OF CHANGE OR MODIFY OR GOALS YOU WANNA SET MOVING FORWARD.
SO, UH, ONE OF THE, THE FIRST THINGS I'LL MENTIONED AND, UH, THE COMP, YOUR COMPREHENSIVE PLAN WAS NOTABLE AND THAT IT CALLED OUT A GOAL FOR INCREASED MOBILITY RIGHT OFF THE BAT AS ONE OF YOUR PRIMARY OBJECTIVES.
IT REFLECTS THAT YOU HAVE A, A, A GOAL OF TRYING TO INTERCONNECT THE COMMUNITY.
UM, THERE, AS YOU KNOW, A LOT OF BENEFITS TO THAT.
SO THE QUESTION IS, HOW DOES A ZONING CODE AFFECT OR, UH, FURTHER YOUR GOAL OF IMPROVING MOBILITY? UM, ONE WAY IS TO INCREASE DENSITIES TO A POINT WHERE YOU CAN HAVE HOUSING AT A DENSITY AND IN CLOSE PROXIMITY TO LOCAL BUSINESSES.
SO YOU CAN ENCOURAGE, UH, A MIX OF BUSINESS USES WITH RESIDENTIAL USES.
UM, THAT ALSO GOES TO A GOAL THAT'S EXPRESSED IN THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN ABOUT MIXING HOUSING TYPES.
SO THE EXISTING ZONING CODE IS VERY SIMILAR TO A LOT OF OLDER ZONING CODES THAT WERE DEVELOPED WITH KIND OF SINGLE USE IDEA.
YOU KNOW, THIS SIZE LOT HERE, THIS SIZE LOT HERE, THIS USE HERE, THIS OTHER USE OVER HERE WITH REQUIRING BUFFERS IN BETWEEN EVERYTHING.
SO THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN ASKS FOR US TO LOOK AT TRYING TO MIX HOUSING TYPES WITHIN AREAS.
AND THEN ALSO GOAL NUMBER THREE, MIX USES SO THAT YOU DON'T NECESSARILY HAVE TO SEPARATE THE HOUSE FROM THE LITTLE MINI MARKET OR THE HOUSE FROM AN OFFICE.
THAT PROXIMITY OF THOSE USES FOSTERS MOBILITY AND PEOPLE'S ABILITY TO GET AROUND, UH, WITHOUT USING THE CAR, OR AT LEAST PRESENT THE OPPORTUNITY FOR PEOPLE TO DO THAT AND ALSO GET OUT ON THE SIDEWALKS AND MEET THEIR NEIGHBORS.
UM, THE NEXT GOAL WE HAVE IS DECREASING THE OVERALL NUMBER OF RESIDENTIAL DISTRICTS.
AND THIS IS A LITTLE BIT HOUSEKEEPING, BUT I UNDERSTAND OVER TIME IS NEEDS CHANGE.
NEW DISTRICTS ARE CREATED WHEN SOMEBODY'S GOT A DIFFERENT IDEA FOR A DEVELOPMENT.
BUT RIGHT NOW THE HUBER HEIGHTS ZONING CODE HAS, UH, QUITE A FEW ZONING DISTRICTS.
SO WE'RE GONNA LOOK TO SEE IF THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY TO CONSOLIDATE SOME DISTRICTS WHILE ADVANCING THE ST GOALS OF, UM, MIXING SOME USES, UH, TO MAKE THE CODE A LITTLE EASIER TO UNDERSTAND.
AND ALSO SO THAT THE ZONING CODE AND THE ZONING MAP REFLECT THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN GOALS.
YOU'LL SEE WHEN YOU GET A COPY OF THE DIAGNOSTIC THAT I PUT SIDE BY SIDE, THE THE COMP PLAN AND THE ZONING MAP IN JUST BY THE COLOR PATTERNS.
THEY LOOK LIKE THEY'RE TWO DIFFERENT COMMUNITIES, THAT THERE'S NOT, UH, UH, COMPATIBILITY THERE.
SO WE WANNA SEE IF THERE'S SOMETHING UNDERLYING THAT WE CAN DO WITH ZONING DISTRICTS SO THAT THEY MORE CLEARLY REFLECT YOUR COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.
UH, GOAL SIX, EXPAND HOMEOWNER CHOICES.
THAT GOES ALONG WITH THE GOAL OF, UH, OPPOR OF PROMOTING MIX OF HOUSING TYPES.
UM, THE COMMUNITY, UH, DEMOGRAPHICS THAT WERE INCLUDED IN THE COMP PLAN INDICATED THAT THE AVERAGE HOUSEHOLD IS GETTING SMALLER.
YOU HAVE, UH, UH, SMALLER, YOU KNOW, SINGLE PERSON OR TWO PERSON HOUSEHOLDS, AND THERE ARE ALSO, UH, UH, AGING HOUSEHOLDS AND THE DEMOGRAPHICS OF SHIFT, BUT THE HOUSING PRODUCTION
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MIGHT NOT BE RESPONDING TO THAT.SO ALLOWING DIFFERENT TYPES OF HOUSING, SMALLER HOUSING UNITS KIND OF HITS A NUMBER OF THESE GOALS BY, UH, PROVIDING OPPORTUNITIES FOR DIFFERENT TYPES OF HOUSING.
UM, EXPANDING HOMEOWNER CHOICES, AND AGAIN, ALLOWING US A TOOL TO GET THAT DENSITY TO SUPPORT YOUR WALKABILITY GOALS.
UM, ANOTHER GOAL THAT WAS CLEARLY EXPRESSED IN THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN WAS MAKE TRADITIONAL NEIGHBORHOOD DEVELOPMENT THE DEFAULT.
I THINK THAT'S QUOTING OUT OF THE COMP PLAN.
THE ZONING CODE CAN ADVANCE THAT BY, UH, INTRODUCING DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS IN APPROPRIATE AREAS, UH, THAT FOSTER, UH, WHAT WE CALL TRADITIONAL NEIGHBORHOOD DEVELOPMENT, WHERE WE'RE LOOKING MORE AT THE FORM OF THE DEVELOPMENT, THE SIZE AND MASSING OF BUILDINGS, THE PROXIMITY OF BUILDINGS TO EACH OTHER, AND SOME OF THE ARCHITECTURAL FEATURES RATHER THAN FOCUSING ON SPECIFIC USES AND ISOLATING SPECIFIC USES IN DIFFERENT DON ZONING DISTRICTS.
SO WE'RE LESS USE SEGREGATION FOCUSED AND MUCH MORE WHAT DOES THE BUILT ENVIRONMENT LOOK LIKE WHEN THESE THINGS ARE BUILT ACCORDING TO THE NEW ZONING CODE.
AND GOAL NUMBER EIGHT WAS REDUCE RELIANCE ON ZONING VARIANCE AND PUDS.
SO IDEALLY, THE ZONING DISTRICTS AND YOUR ZONING CODE SHOULD GUIDE DEVELOPMENT ACCORDING TO THE VISION THAT YOU WANT.
AND IDEALLY, YOU DON'T NEED TO HAVE OTHER OPTIONAL FLEXIBLE DESIGN TOOLS FOR DEVELOPERS TO DO SOMETHING ELSE THAT YOU PROVIDE A CLEAR, UH, CLEAR SET OF REGULATIONS, UH, WITH GRAPHICS INCLUDED IN THE CODE TO CONVEY TO THE DEVELOPERS AND TO THE CITIZENS AND TO AID YOURSELVES.
AND EVERYBODY'S ON THE SAME PAGE.
UM, BUT WE'RE ALSO LOOKING AT THAT REALISTICALLY.
SO WE'LL BE LOOKING AT REALISTIC, UH, DENSITY IS REALISTIC LOT SIZES AND SETBACKS SO THAT THE GOALS THAT WE SET ARE ACHIEVABLE WITHIN THE REGULATORY FRAMEWORK.
SO THE, THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, UH, SET OUT A VERY NICE, UH, FUTURE DEVELOPMENT PATTERN.
UNFORTUNATELY, I DON'T THINK I'VE GOT IT IN THIS DOCUMENT, BUT YOU'RE PROBABLY ALL FAMILIAR WITH IT, WHERE YOU IDENTIFY EXISTING KIND OF CHARACTER AREAS I CALL 'EM IN THE COMMUNITY, NORTH TOWN, SOUTH TOWN, UH, REGIONAL COMMERCIAL.
BUT THEN YOU ALSO IDENTIFIED, AND THIS IS SOMEWHAT REFLECTING WHAT EXISTS AND SOMEWHAT ASPIRATIONAL CERTAIN AREAS FOR VISION WHERE MORE DEVELOPMENT CAN OCCUR.
AND THERE WAS THE PLAY CENTER, THE LIVE LOCAL CENTER, THE RIVERFRONT CENTER, AND THE, UH, WORK CENTER.
AND THOSE AREAS HAD SOME MORE SIGNIFICANT AREA OF LAND FOR REDEVELOPMENT OR FUTURE DEVELOPMENT WHERE TARGETED ZONING DISTRICTS CAN HAVE MORE OF AN IMPACT ON THE FUTURE GROWTH.
SO WE ARE GOING TO BE LOOKING AT THE APPROPRIATENESS OF DEVELOPING ZONING FOR THESE AREAS THAT WERE CALLED OUT IN THE FUTURE LAND USE PLAN TO TRY TO UNIFY THE DEVELOPMENT TO ACHIEVE THE VISION SET OUT IN THE COMP PLAN.
AND IDEALLY, THE ZONING MAP MIGHT REFLECT MUCH MORE CLOSELY YOUR FUTURE LAND USE VISION.
SO THIS IS WHAT DOES THE PROCESS OF WRITING THE NEW ZONING CODE LOOK LIKE? SO WE ARE, UH, WELL INTO THE FIRST PHASE WHERE THE DIAGNOSTIC, WHERE LOOK AT THE COMP PLAN GOALS, YOUR EXISTING CODE, AND TRY TO UNDERSTAND FROM YOUR VISION THAT'S LAID OUT IN THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, HOW YOU WANT THE ZONING CODE TO BE, UH, CRAFTED.
AND THAT CALIBRATION BOARD GOING TO LOOK MORE SPECIFICALLY AT THE ZONING DISTRICTS AND THE SPECIFIC ZONING REGULATIONS TO SEE IF THOSE ARE HELPING TO ACHIEVE THE OBJECTIVES THAT WERE SET OUT IN THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.
UH, THE CODIFICATION IS THE NEXT STEP WHERE WE ACTUALLY ARE DRAFTING THE SPECIFIC NEW ZONING CODE LANGUAGE.
AND THEN THE LAST PART OF THE PROCESS WILL BE THE ADOPTION PHASE.
SO THE, THE DIAG, THIS, THE NEXT SECTION OF THE PRESENTATION COVERS SOME OF THE KEY OBJECTIVES THAT ARE IN THE DIAGNOSTIC REPORT.
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IS THAT ZONING SHOULD ALLOW DEVELOPMENT DENSITIES THAT SUPPORT PEDESTRIAN ACTIVITY AND USE AND, AND TRANSIT USE.AND WE'VE DISCUSSED THIS ALREADY AGAIN, UH, THE TOOLS THAT YOU CAN USE BY ZONING TO ACHIEVE THAT GOAL ARE INCREASING DENSITY.
INSTEAD OF HAVING BUILDING REQUIRED TO BE SET BACK FROM THE STREET A CERTAIN DISTANCE, MAYBE YOU MOVE THE BUILDINGS A LITTLE BIT FORWARD TO HELP ACTIVATE THE STREETSCAPE.
UM, YOU LOOK AT THE HEIGHT, UH, IN OVERALL DENSITY, MAYBE REDUCING PARKING SO THAT PARKING IS NOT DOMINATING THE STREETSCAPE, BUT BUILDINGS AND LANDSCAPING AND PEDESTRIAN AMENITIES ARE DOMINATING THE STREETSCAPE.
SO CURRENTLY THE EXISTING ZONING, UH, DEFINITELY SEGREGATES LAND USES, AND, UM, TRADITIONALLY THAT WAS THE CASE BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, INDUSTRIAL USES WERE NOXIOUS AND NOT OKAY NEXT TO RESIDENTIAL USES OR COMMERCIAL USES WE'RE SEEING AT AN INTENSITY THEY REALLY DIDN'T, UH, WEREN'T COMPATIBLE WITH RESIDENTIAL.
NOW WITH WE'RE, WE'RE FOCUSED MORE ON THE SCALE OF THE NON-RESIDENTIAL USES.
SO SMALL, SMALLER SCALE COMMERCIAL USES LIKE ARE, UH, ILLUSTRATED IN THIS, UH, PHOTOGRAPH CAN BE VERY COMPATIBLE WITH, UH, RESIDENTIAL USES AND CREATE THE KIND OF STREET SCAPES THAT I THINK THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN IS CALLING FOR.
SO WE'RE MUCH LESS FOCUSED ON SEGREGATING USES AND MORE FOCUSED, AGAIN, ON THE STYLE AND THE DESIGN TO TRY TO MAKE YOUR STREET SCAPES, WHICH ARE REALLY THE PUBLIC REALM OF THE COMMUNITY, MORE ATTRACTIVE.
OBJECTIVE B ZONING SHOULD FOSTER DEVELOPMENT THAT ENHANCES EXISTING COMMUNITY CHARACTER.
UH, ONE OF THE, UH, GOALS, THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN VERY CLEARLY SET OUT, AND I THINK IT'S ADMIRABLE, IS THAT YOU'VE GOT EXISTING COMMUNITY AREAS AND NEIGHBORHOOD CHARACTER AND YOU DIDN'T WANNA ABANDON THAT.
SO WE ARE GOING TO BE LOOKING VERY CLOSELY AT EXISTING DEVELOPMENT, EXISTING LOT SIZES, UM, YOU KNOW, OTHER EXISTING QUALITIES IN THE DEVELOPMENT AND TRY TO COMPLEMENT THAT WITH THE ZONING CODE.
UH, ANOTHER JUST PRACTICAL GOALS.
WE WANNA MAKE SURE ANY NEW ZONING REGULATIONS DON'T CREATE A LOT OF NONCONFORMITIES WITH EXISTING USE.
SO WE WANT THE ZONE CODE TO BE COMPATIBLE WITH YOUR EXISTING DEVELOPMENT AND FOSTER DEVELOPMENT THAT'S COMPATIBLE WITH THE EXISTING DEVELOPMENT.
NEXT OBJECTIVE IS THAT ZONING SHOULD PUT, SHOULD SUPPORT INFILL DEVELOPMENT.
UM, I THINK THAT'S, SEAN TALKED ABOUT THAT A LITTLE BIT, AND I THINK, AGAIN, THAT'S ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY TO, UH, INCREASE DENSITY MAYBE INCREMENTALLY IN SOME AREAS, UH, I LIKE TO CALL THAT GENTLE DENSITY.
SOMETIMES THE INFILL SITE WOULD, MIGHT BE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR, UM, A, AN ALTERNATIVE HOUSING TYPE WHERE YOU MIGHT GET TWO OR THREE, UH, SMALLER UNITS THAT ARE SUITABLE FOR SENIORS ON A LOT RATHER THAN A, A BIG HOUSE.
AND WE CAN START INTRODUCING GENTLY AND SLOWLY MIXES OF DENSITIES IN SOME OF THE, UH, NEIGHBORHOODS ALONG WITH THE COMMUNITY'S, UM, DESIRE FOR MOBILITY AND THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.
THERE WAS A KIND OF A DEEP DIVE LOOK INTO OPPORTUNITIES FOR FURTHERING THAT THROUGH STREET SCAPES.
UM, NOW ZONING DOESN'T DIRECTLY CREATE STREET SCAPES, BUT ZONING AND DEVELOPMENT CAN COMPLEMENT AND ENHANCE THAT ALONG WITH COMMUNITY PLANS FOR IMPLEMENTING SOME OF THE INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENTS.
BUT IT STREETS THAT ARE LARGE CAN BE REIMAGINED WITH LANDSCAPING AND BICYCLE LANES AND PEDESTRIAN LANES IT, UH, TO ACHIEVE THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN OBJECTIVES.
AND WE ARE GONNA LOOK FOR OPPORTUNITIES WITH THE THINGS THAT THE ZONING CODE DOES REGULATE TO MAKE SURE THAT DEVELOPMENT ALONG THESE PRIMARY OR, UH, STREETS SCAPES WILL COMPLEMENT AND ENHANCE THOSE GOALS.
THE OB OBJECTIVE E WAS, AGAIN, ZONING SHOULD ENCOURAGE A MIX OF HOUSING TYPES TO PROVIDE FOR THE NEEDS OF SMALLER HOUSEHOLDS AND SENIORS.
UM, A LOT OF COMMUNITIES ARE SEEING THAT THE PREDOMINANT, UH, HOUSING PRODUCT BEING BUILT ARE LARGE THREE LARGER, 3, 4, 5 BEDROOM HOUSES.
BUT THERE IS A, A GROWING NEED FOR HOUSES FOR SINGLE INDIVIDUALS ARE COUPLES OR SENIORS WHO WANNA STAY AND AGE IN PLACE IN THEIR COMMUNITY.
AND THE HOUSING PRODUCTS BEING BUILT DON'T REALLY PROVIDE THAT OPPORTUNITY.
SO WE WANNA LOOK FOR OPPORTUNITIES THAT'S CALLED OUT IN YOUR COMP PLAN
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TO PROVIDE THAT TYPE OF HOUSING AND, UH, FACILITATE THE, THE NEEDS OF A DIVERSE POPULATION.AND SMALLER HOUSING PRODUCTS ALSO ADDRESS THE NEED FOR, UH, MORE AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
IF, IF YOU ONLY NEED A TWO BEDROOM UNIT, IT'S MORE AFFORDABLE IF YOU CAN FIND ONE THAT'S, UH, IN THE COMMUNITY.
THERE'S SOME, UH, MANY COMMUNITIES HAVE ADOPTED A FEW, UH, I WOULD SAY NEW, BUT THEY'RE REALLY OLD IDEAS ABOUT HOUSING DIVERSITY USING, UH, ACCESSORY DWELLING UNITS.
HAVE YOU DISCUSSED THAT AT ALL YET? ARE YOU FAMILIAR WITH THAT CONCEPT? ACCESSORY DWELLING UNITS? SO WE'LL BE TALKING ABOUT THAT, BUT IT'S A OPPORTUNITY TO ALLOW, UH, SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL LOTS THAT HAVE THE CAPACITY TO INTRODUCE A, BASICALLY LIKE AN APARTMENT ON THE PROPERTY, EITHER IN A BASEMENT OR ATTIC, MAYBE THERE'S A DETACHED DWELLING.
AND THESE CAN BE FAIRLY SMALL UNITS, UM, BUT AGAIN, THEY PROVIDE HOUSING FOR, UH, YOU KNOW, SOMEBODY THAT'S JUST OUTTA COLLEGE THAT'S STARTING OUT.
UM, SOMETIMES IT'S JUST EXPANDED HOUSING FOR FAMILY MEMBERS THAT NEED ANOTHER PLACE, AND YOU CAN DO THAT ON YOUR PROPERTY.
MOST ZONING CODES DON'T ALLOW THAT RIGHT NOW.
AND, UH, THEY'RE FINDING THAT ACCESSORY DWELLING UNITS ARE A REGULATORY TOOL THAT NOW ALLOWS THAT TYPE OF DEVELOPMENT TO HAPPEN GRADUALLY.
UM, IN NEIGHBORHOODS, THERE ARE OTHER, UH, TOOLS WE CALL, UH, THE, THE PLANNING JARGON IS MISSING MIDDLE HOUSING, BUT IT'S HOUSING TYPES THAT MOST, UH, TRADITIONAL ZONING CODES DON'T ALLOW, WHICH ARE DIFFERENT TYPES OF 2, 3, 4 UNIT DWELLINGS ON AN INDIVIDUAL LOT.
SO IT'S NOT NECESSARILY A TOWNHOUSE OR A SINGLE FAMILY HOUSE OR AN APARTMENT BUILDING, BUT HOUSING TYPES THAT FALL IN BETWEEN THAT CAN PROVIDE OPPORTUNITIES FOR ALTERNATIVE HOUSING THAT'S IN NEED.
AND WE DISCUSSED THE MIX OF USES THAT ZONING SHOULD PROMOTE A MIX OF RESIDENTIAL, RETAIL, RESTAURANT AND OFFICE USES IN APPROPRIATE LOCATIONS.
AND, UH, BASED ON MY INITIAL DIVE INTO THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, IT LOOKS LIKE THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN CALLED OUT FOR THAT, UH, IN SOME OF THESE CENTERS OR, UH, COMMUNITY CENTERS THAT THEY WOULD LIKE, THAT THE COMMUNITY WOULD LIKE TO DEVELOP THE LIVE LOCAL CENTER, THE, THE PLAY CENTER, THE RIVERFRONT CENTER, AS WELL AS MAYBE ALONG SOME OF THE KEY ROAD CORRIDORS THAT FOLLOW THE LOOP TRAIL PLAN.
AND THERE'S SOME SUPPLEMENTAL TRAILS IDENTIFIED IN THE COMP PLAN ON SOME OF YOUR MAJOR STREETS.
THOSE MIGHT BE LOCATIONS WHERE WE LOOK TO FOCUS OR PROPOSE, UH, ZONING THAT MIXES SOME OF THESE USES, UM, IN PROXIMITY TO TRANSIT AND WHERE IT'S APPROPRIATE TO MAYBE HAVE A LITTLE HIGHER DENSITY.
AND AGAIN, THAT THE ZONING SHOULD FOSTER DEVELOPMENT ACCORDING TO TRADITIONAL NEIGHBORHOOD DESIGN PRINCIPLES, WHICH I THINK SIMPLY MEANS IT'S, IT'S A STREETSCAPE THAT IS PLEASANT TO BE IN.
YOU WANNA GO OUT AND TAKE A WALK BECAUSE YOUR STREET IS BEAUTIFUL, YOU ARE GONNA GET TO MEET YOUR NEIGHBORS.
UH, IN THE PAST ZONING CODES ALONG WITH STREET DESIGN STANDARDS DIDN'T ALWAYS ACHIEVE THAT OBJECTIVE.
SO WE WANNA LOOK AT WHAT WE CAN DO, AGAIN THROUGH THE ZONING CODE TO HELP INTRODUCE, UH, SOME PRINCIPLES TO MAKE STREET STREETSCAPES AND THE PUBLIC REALM A NICE PLACE TO BE AND DRAW PEOPLE OUTSIDE AND REINVIGORATE THAT COMMUNITY ACTIVITY AND, AND REDUCING RELIANCE ON VARIANCES AND PUDS.
AGAIN, I THINK THE IDEAL IS TO CRAFT ZONING DISTRICTS THAT HAVE THE REGULATIONS THAT GET YOU THE TYPE OF DEVELOPMENT THAT YOU WANT.
SO YOU DON'T HAVE A LOT OF PUD APPLICATIONS LOOKING TO DO SOMETHING DIFFERENT THAN THE UNDERLYING ZONING.
SO THAT'S A VERY CLEAR ROADMAP FOR THE CITIZENS, THE COMMUNITY, THE DEVELOPERS AS TO WHERE YOU'RE GOING.
THE OTHER PART OF THAT IS JUST MAKING SURE THAT THE DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS IN THE ZONING DISTRICTS ARE COMPATIBLE WITH WHAT'S ALREADY BEEN BUILT AND WHAT YOU WANNA BUILD SO THAT YOU REDUCE THE RELIANCE ON PEOPLE NEEDING TO GET VARIANCES BECAUSE YOU KNOW, THE SMALL LOT'S SO SMALL AND YOU JUST CAN'T PUT A GARAGE ON HERE.
THOSE PROCESSES ARE CUMBERSOME.
THEY CAN BE COMBATIVE BECAUSE THEY'RE USUALLY APPROVED THROUGH PUBLIC HEARINGS.
UM, SOME OF WHAT WE WANNA LOOK AT IS IF SOME OF THE
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MINOR APPLICATIONS OR, UM, ISSUES THAT ARE COMING UP CAN BE HANDLED ADMINISTRATIVELY, OR DO THEY REALLY REQUIRE GOING TO A PUBLIC HEARING, UH, THROUGH THE PUBLIC HEARING PROCESS.SO WE'RE KIND OF DO A COMPREHENSIVE LOOK AT THE WHOLE CODE.
ALSO ADDRESSING JUST THE, THE ORGANIZATION AND LANGUAGE.
UH, I LIKE, UH, WITH THE LAWYER HAT ON, I LIKE TO IDENTIFY LANGUAGE THAT'S SUBJECTIVE AND SAY, IS THERE ANY WAY WE CAN WRITE THIS TO A MORE BLACK AND WHITE STANDARD SO THAT WE DON'T HAVE TO ARGUE OVER WHAT THIS MEANS OR HOW IT'S GONNA BE INTERPRETED.
SO THERE ARE VARIOUS APPROACHES THAT WE GO AT TRYING TO CLEAN UP AND CLARIFY ZONING CODE TO TRY TO REDUCE RELIANCES ON VARIANCES, UH, THOSE KIND OF SPECIAL APPLICATIONS.
SO WE'LL BE DOING THAT AS PART OF THE, UH, I CALL IT THE SPRING CLEANING OF THE ZONING CODE.
UM, IT MIGHT BE, OH, THE EMPLOYMENT SECTOR.
UM, YOU'VE GOT SOME SIGNIFICANT COMMERCIAL AND, UH, LIGHT INDUSTRIAL OFFICE DEVELOPMENT OCCURRING IN VARIOUS AREAS OF HUBER HEIGHTS.
THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN WANTS TO SUPPORT THAT.
IT SETS OUT A PRETTY STRONG VISION ON THE EAST SIDE OF THE COMMUNITY, UM, FOR DEVELOPMENT.
UH, THERE'S A FAIR AMOUNT OF LAND THAT'S UNDEVELOPED, SO THERE'S A OPPORTUNITY TO ADVANCE THE VISION THERE.
AND THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN ALSO MENTIONS WITH THE WORK CENTER, MAYBE SOME HOUSING TO PROVIDE, UH, HOUSING FOR EMPLOYEES THAT'S IN PROXIMITY TO THE, UH, EMPLOYMENT, UH, AREA.
SO WE'LL LOOK AT, AT, I MEAN, RIGHT NOW, AGAIN, INDUSTRIALS HERE, COMMERCIALS HERE, HOUSING'S OVER THERE, AND YOU NEED BUFFERS IN BETWEEN.
SO WE'RE LOOKING TO REIMAGINE THAT RELATIONSHIP OF USES AND, AND TRY TO PROVIDE, UM, SOME INTEGRATION OF RESIDENTIAL OPPORTUNITY NEAR EMPLOYMENT AREAS.
SO WE ARE GOING TO BE PROPOSING AND WORKING WITH YOU TO DEVELOP A NEW ORGANIZATION FOR THE CODE.
MY GOAL, I KNOW IT'S ASPIRATIONAL AND IT'S HARD TO ACHIEVE, IS THAT ANYBODY IN THE COMMUNITY COULD PICK UP THE ZONING CODE, TRY AND FIGURE OUT WHAT THEY CAN DO ON THEIR PROPERTY, AND KNOW THAT IF ANYBODY ELSE WAS SIMILARLY SITUATED, THEY'D GET THE SAME ANSWER IF THEY COME IN.
I WANT IT TO BE EASY TO READ, SIMPLE, UNDERSTANDABLE, AND NOT OPEN TO CONTROVERSY OR ARGUMENT.
UM, SO WE WILL LOOK AT A GENERAL, UH, CLEANUP OF OVERHAULING AND ORGANIZING THE GENERAL PROVISIONS INTO ONE SECTION, THE ZONING DISTRICTS INTO ANOTHER SECTION.
AS SEAN SAID, WE LIKE TO DO THE ZONING DISTRICTS, UH, WITH GRAPHICS SO THAT THEY'RE CLEAR TO UNDERSTAND, KEEP THE REGULATIONS SIMPLE.
UM, GENERALLY APPLICABLE STANDARDS MEANS, UH, STANDARDS THAT APPLY TO PARKING, LANDSCAPING, SIGNAGE.
THERE MAY BE A FEW OTHERS THAT ANY LARGER DEVELOPMENT HAS TO APPLY, UH, COMPLY WITH, KIND OF MAKE SURE THOSE ARE ALL CONSOLIDATED IN ONE AREA TO MAKE THAT EASY TO FIND AND UNDERSTAND.
UH, WE'LL LOOK AT THE NON-CONFORMITY SECTION, UM, TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT IS WORDED PROPERLY AGAIN, TO TRY TO AVOID, UH, CONTROVERSY IN THE ADMINISTRATION AND PROCEDURES SECTION.
MOST ZONING CODES, ADMINISTRATIVE AND PROCEDURES SECTIONS ARE ALL OVER THE PLACE.
THAT JUST IS THE WAY THEY'VE EVOLVED OVER TIME.
SO YOU'D LIKE TO CONSOLIDATE THOSE AND AGAIN, LOOK FOR OPPORTUNITIES FOR MINOR APPLICATIONS OR APPROPRIATE APPLICATIONS TO BE HANDLED ADMINISTRATIVELY.
SO NOT EVERY LITTLE ISSUE HAS TO GO TO A PUBLIC HEARING.
UH, DEFINITIONS, AGAIN, WE LOOK THROUGH FOR CLARITY FOR APPROPRIATENESS, GIVEN CHANGES THAT HAVE OCCURRED IN COMMUNITIES AND DEVELOPMENT OVER TIME AND CLEAN UP THE DEFINITION SECTION AND, UH, ENFORCEMENT.
SO WE TRY TO AGAIN, ORGANIZE, MAKE SURE WE'LL PULL THINGS FROM ALL OVER THE PLACE AND TRY TO MAKE SURE THAT, UH, APPROPRIATE PROVISIONS ARE CONSOLIDATED UNDER THESE HEADINGS TO MAKE THE CODE EASIER TO USE.
ZONING DISTRICTS, I MEAN, THERE, THERE'LL BE SIMILAR IN TERMS OF WHAT TYPE OF REGULATIONS, UH, THAT YOU HAVE NOW, BUT IT'S JUST GONNA BE FORMATTED DIFFERENTLY, WILL, UH, MAKE CLEAR WITH EACH ZONING DISTRICT WHAT USES ARE PERMITTED, WHAT USES REQUIRE SOME KIND OF SPECIAL REVIEW OR ADDITIONAL STANDARDS.
UH, HAVE VERY CLEAR DIMENSIONAL STANDARDS, UH, IN, IN INCLUDE SITE DESIGN STANDARDS.
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ACHIEVE THE OBJECTIVE FOR, UH, MORE ATTRACTIVE STREETSCAPES AND ANY SPECIAL RULES THAT APPLY IN EACH DISTRICT.AND RIGHT NOW, I BELIEVE THERE ARE 29 ZONING DISTRICTS IN HUBER HEIGHTS.
THAT'S INCLUDING THE PLANNED THINK SEVEN PLANNED, UH, DISTRICTS.
SO WE'RE GONNA LOOK FOR OPPORTUNITIES TO MAYBE CONSOLIDATE SOME OF THAT.
AGAIN, THE, THE FOCUS IS MORE ON CREATING AN ATTRACTIVE PUBLIC REALM AND INCREASING DENSITY MIXING USES THAN, UM, REGULATING BY SEGREGATING USING 29 ZONING DISTRICTS.
SO WHO IS INVOLVED IN THIS PROCESS? UH, IDEALLY EVERYONE.
I MEAN, WE WILL BE WORKING CLOSELY WITH STAFF AND YOU PERIODICALLY THROUGHOUT THIS PROCESS TO BOUNCE IDEAS OFF.
UM, YOU BE GETTING, I'M SURE THE COPY OF THE DIAGNOSTIC.
IF THERE'S ANYTHING THAT YOU SEE IN THERE THAT MISSES THE MARK, OR IF YOU FEEL LIKE THERE IS AN IMPORTANT CONCEPT THAT WE DON'T HAVE, YOU KNOW, UH, PLEASE LET US KNOW.
UM, WE'RE, THIS IS A DYNAMIC PROCESS.
I, I LIVE IN CINCINNATI, SO I'M RELYING ON YOU LIVE HERE TO HELP UNDERSTAND SOME OF THE THINGS THAT I CAN'T UNDERSTAND BECAUSE I DON'T LIVE HERE.
WE ARE GONNA BE, UH, WHEN I SAY WE, UH, WE WORK ON THESE PROJECTS COLLABORATIVELY IN THE OFFICE.
THERE'S A WEALTH OF EXPERIENCE AMONG, UH, MY COLLEAGUE SEAN AND MY COLLEAGUES AT ZCO.
AND WE FREQUENTLY COLLABORATE AND BOUNCE IDEAS OFF EACH OTHER.
SO WE TRY TO PULL TOGETHER THE BEST IDEAS THAT WE HAVE WITH THE EXPERIENCE WE'VE GOTTEN OVER THE YEARS DOING ZONING CODE REWRITES AND APPLY THAT TO TRY TO MAKE THIS THE BEST CODE THAT WE CAN FOR HUBER HEIGHTS.
SO AGAIN, WE'LL BE WORKING WITH THE COMMUNITY THROUGHOUT THIS PROCESS TO MAKE SURE THAT THIS DOCUMENT, WHEN WE END UP IS, IS ACHIEVING YOUR OBJECTIVES AND, UH, MOVING THE COMMUNITY IN THE DIRECTION IT WANTS TO GO.
SO THE GOAL IS, UH, WITH THIS NEW ZONING CODE, UH, THAT WE WILL REINVIGORATE TO THE EXTENT THERE'S OPPORTUNITY FOR INFILL AND ACHIEVE NEIGHBORHOOD STABILITY.
UM, IT WILL HELP FOSTER REINVESTMENT AND REDEVELOPMENT.
UH, WE WOULD LIKE TO HAVE THE CODE PROVISIONS HELP ENCOURAGE AND FOSTER ECONOMIC GROWTH, PARTICULARLY IN THE, UH, CENTERS THAT WERE IDENTIFIED IN THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.
WE'D LIKE THE RESULTING DOCUMENT TO PROVIDE VERY CLEAR, UNDERSTANDABLE, PREDICT PREDICTABLE STANDARDS AND ULTIMATELY DEVELOP, UH, HIGH QUALITY FOR THE, UH, BUILT ENVIRONMENT FOR YOUR COMMUNITY.
SO THE LAST PART, UH, DISCUSSES COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT.
UM, COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT IS, UH, REALLY IMPORTANT IN THIS PROCESS.
THE, YOUR COMPREHENSIVE PLAN WASN'T, WAS JUST A COUPLE YEARS AGO AND I'M SURE THERE WAS A LOT OF COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT NOW.
UM, BUT MOVING FORWARD WE WANNA MAKE SURE AGAIN, THAT WE'RE HITTING THE ISSUES THAT THE RESIDENTS AND NEIGHBORHOODS ARE CONCERNED ABOUT.
UM, WE WILL BE WORKING WITH STAFF TO DEVELOP AND YOU TO DEVELOP APPROPRIATE, UH, ME METHODS OF OUTREACH TO THE COMMUNITY.
UM, WE WILL BE ABLE TO POST UPDATES ON THIS STORYBOARD, WHICH SHOULD BE AVAILABLE ON YOUR, UM, GOVERNMENT WEBSITE.
AND, UM, AGAIN, IT'S JUST OPEN COMMUNICATION.
I'M VERY INTERESTED IN ANY FEEDBACK THAT YOU HAVE AND THOUGHTS THAT YOU HAVE.
AND, UH, I WANNA APPRECIATE YOUR TIME AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR ANTICIPATED ASSISTANCE AND MAKING THIS NEW ZONING CODE, UH, A GOOD THING FOR HUBER HEIGHTS.
DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? IS THERE ANY QUESTIONS? JAN? ANY QUESTIONS? OH, I'LL WAIT TILL THE END.
WELL, HOW LONG DO YOU THINK IT WILL TAKE YOU TO DO THIS? UM, DUNNO WHAT ARE, ARE YOU ENGAGED FOR A CERTAIN LENGTH OF TIME? YES.
UH, WHAT DO WE HAVE TO WHEN AT THE END OF THE YEAR RIGHT.
WE ANTICIPATE THAT THE, THE BULK OF THE WORK WILL BE DONE BY THE END OF THE YEAR AND THEN WE WOULD START THE ADOPTION PROCESS IN EARLY 27.
HOW MANY ZONING DISTRICTS DID YOU SAY WE HAVE NOW? I BELIEVE SAY 29.
AND IDEALLY THERE WAS, WHAT WOULD BE YOUR RECOMMENDATION? WELL, UH, I THINK TOO EARLY.
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EARLY.IT'S JUST A MATTER OF WHAT REFLECTS THE VISION.
IF YOU THINK ABOUT THE COMMUNITY AND THE, THE, THE DEVELOPMENT PATTERNS HERE, IT REALLY ARE THERE REALLY 29 UNIQUE DEVELOPMENT PATTERNS YOU CAN EVEN THINK OF.
UM, SO THAT'S WHAT WE, WE KIND OF LOOK AT AND, AND SEE, YOU KNOW, THIS ZONING CODE HAS SERVED US VERY WELL MM-HMM
AND I REALIZE THAT IT'S, YOU KNOW, TIMES HAVE CHANGED AND PEOPLE HAVE CHANGED AND LAND DISTRICTS HAVE CHANGED.
AND, UH, BUT WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW IS DO WHEN YOU HAVE THESE, UM, SEMINARS OR WHATEVER YOU CALL THEM FOR THE COMMUNITY TO BE ENGAGED, DO THEY USUALLY COME? WELL, BECAUSE I THINK COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT IN THIS INSTANCE IS PRETTY IMPORTANT.
UM, SO I DON'T SEE 'EM COMING OUT TO THESE KINDS OF THINGS.
COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT IS DIFFERENT THAN THE COMP PLAN.
COMP PLAN ENGAGEMENT IS MUCH MORE LET'S MAKE THE VISION TOGETHER SO PEOPLE GET EXCITED ABOUT THAT.
COMP PLANNING, UH, ENGAGEMENT IS A LITTLE DIFFERENT THAN ZONING CODE WRITING ENGAGEMENT IN THE COMP PLAN.
EVERYBODY'S COMING TOGETHER, BIG GROUPS, RIGHT? LET'S CREATE THE VISION AND EVERYBODY GETS EXCITED ABOUT THAT.
AND THE ZONING CODE, THEY'RE LIKE, OH, THIS IS A TECHNICAL DOCUMENT.
SO THE ENGAGEMENT'S A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT.
WHAT WE TEND TO DO IS BE MORE, UM, SPECIFIC IN WHO WE ENGAGE A SMALLER GROUP ENGAGEMENT, WHETHER IT'S A STAKEHOLDER COMMITTEE OR A SMALL GROUP, UH, RATHER THAN BIG GYMNASIUMS FULL OF PEOPLE, UH, WHEN YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT WRITING A TECHNICAL DOCUMENT.
I THINK HOW DO YOU GET THEM TO COME OUT? THAT'S BEEN A PROBLEM.
WELL, WITH ZONING CODE ENGAGEMENT, YOU INVITE THEM SPECIFICALLY YOU HANDPICK THEM AND SAY, WE'D LIKE YOU TO BE PART OF THIS COMMITTEE.
WHAT KIND OF INVITATION, IF YOU WILL, DO YOU SEND OUT, IS IT BY, UH, IS IT ELECTRONIC OR IS IT BY SIGNS? OR IS IT NEWSLETTER OR HOW DO, HOW DO YOU INVITE THE COMMUNITY TO BECOME INVOLVED? MUCH MORE DIRECT IN, IN INVITATION OPEN ON DOORS? NO, THAT'S PRETTY DIRECT
NO, SO WE, THE WAY I ENVISION IT WOULD BE KIND OF TWOFOLD.
UM, AS SEAN SAID, THIS IS MUCH MORE OF A TECHNICAL DOCUMENT THAN IT IS MORE OF A VISION STATEMENT.
SO WE WOULD HAVE, UH, A FOCUS GROUP OF DEVELOPERS, FOR EXAMPLE, OF RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPERS THAT FOCUS ON, SO YOU WOULD HAVE THE KEN CONAWAY, THE AUTHENTICS, THE FOLKS WHO ARE ACTIVELY ENGAGED IN RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT.
WE'D ALSO HAVE THEN THE SHOPPING CENTER OWNERS WHO, BUT WAIT A MINUTE.
OH, AS FAR AS THE DEVELOPERS ARE, IT'S ONLY THE ONES THAT WE'VE HAD IN OUR CITY? NO, NO, NO.
I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THEY WOULD INVITE OH YEAH.
MORE THAN ON THE COMMERCIAL SIDE.
I CAN IMAGINE THE SYNERGIES, THE EXISTING, UH, SHOPPING CENTER OWNERS THAT WE WANT TO GET ENGAGED.
UM, SOME OF THE LARGER REGIONAL SHOPPING CENTER DEVELOPERS.
UM, AND THEN I THINK WHEN, WHERE THE, WHERE THE RUBBER MEETS THE ROAD FOR THE COMMUNITY INDIVIDUALS IS WHEN WE START TALKING ABOUT CHANGING THE ZONING MAP AND PEOPLE ARE GONNA WANT TO SEE WHAT THEIR HOUSE IS GONNA BE OR WHAT THEIR PROPERTY'S GONNA BE.
THOSE ARE WHERE WE'LL HAVE THE SORT OF COME ALL WORKSHOPS.
THERE'LL BE A LOT OF ONLINE, UH, PARTICIPATION TOOLS THAT FOLKS CAN, UM, CAN ENGAGE WITH.
BUT IT IS A DIFFERENT ANIMAL THAN A LARGER, UM, UH, COMPREHENSIVE PLAN THAT HAS MORE UPLIFTING AND, AND, UH, ASPIRATIONAL ZONING CODE IS, WELL, IT'S A ZONING CODE.
SO THAT'S, IT'S KIND OF HOW IT ZONING.
IT'S A DIFFERENT ANIMAL TRYING TO IMPLEMENT THAT VISION.
I'M ALL FOR THIS, DON'T GET ME WRONG.
BUT IT'S GONNA TAKE A WHILE FOR ME TO GET ON BOARD WITH WHAT, WHAT THE WORLD'S HAPPENING.
AND ONE QUESTION I HAVE THAT YOU HAD MENTIONED EARLIER, I DON'T EVEN KNOW WHICH, WHICH, WHICH ONE OF THESE ARTICLES IT WAS.
BUT UM, I KNOW THAT RIGHT NOW WE HAVE IN RESIDENTIAL AREAS, PEOPLE THAT ARE DOING THINGS THAT THEY SHOULDN'T BE DOING.
UH, CHILDCARE, HAIRDRESSERS, AUTO REPAIR, THOSE KINDS OF THINGS.
IS THAT SOMETHING THAT'S ON YOUR AGENDA TO, UH, TO LOOK AT THOSE KINDS OF THINGS? UH, YES.
THE, THE ZONING CODE DOES ADDRESS, UM, UH, HOME OCCUPATIONS.
IF THAT'S WHAT IT FALLS UNDER OR HOW THOSE USES ARE OCCURRING IN WHETHER THEY'RE APPROPRIATE IN RESIDENTIAL SETTINGS.
SO WE'LL BE LOOKING AT THOSE STANDARDS AND WE'LL ALSO BE WORKING WITH THE COMMUNITY STAFF TO UNDERSTAND IF THERE ARE EXISTING PROBLEMS THAT NEED TO BE ADDRESSED.
AND THE ZONING CODE, OF COURSE INCLUDES ENFORCEMENT MECHANISMS. SO WE'LL LOOK TO SEE IF THOSE ENFORCEMENT MECHANISMS ARE SUFFICIENT OR
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NEED TO BE REVISED.AND, AND THERE ARE CONFLICTING, UM, THERE ARE CONFLICTING STATEMENTS IN OUR CURRENT ZONING CODE, WHICH, UM, KIND OF HINDER ENFORCEMENT SOMETIMES.
SO THAT'S ANOTHER PATHWAY OF, OF, YOU KNOW, ANOTHER OUTCOME OF THIS IS MAKING SURE THAT OUR ENFORCEMENT STANDARDS AND PROCEDURES ARE, UM, UP TO SNUFF AND THAT WE HAVE AS MANY TOOLS AVAILABLE TO US AS WE POSSIBLY CAN.
UM, THERE'S CONFLICT, UM, BETWEEN, UM, UM, ANIMAL OWNERSHIP AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE.
UH, THERE ARE SOME CONFLICTS BETWEEN HOME OCCUPATIONS AND WHAT'S A HOME OCCUPATION IN ONE DISTRICT AND NOT ANOTHER.
I GOT A COMMERCIAL VEHICLE, PARKING AND RESIDENTIAL DISTRICTS, THOSE ARE ALL AREAS THAT, THAT WE, WE NEED TO TUNE UP.
AND I THINK THE OTHER THING THAT ON MY MIND IS, UM, SMALL HOUSES IN A, IN THE, IN THE REAR OF A PROPERTY OR, OR FAMILY MEMBERS BEING ABLE TO HAVE MAYBE EVEN RENT A ROOM FOR A FAMILY MEMBER OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
IS THAT ALSO ON YOUR AGENDA TO DISCUSS? IT IS ON THE AGENDA TO DISCUSS.
I MEAN, WE'LL BE PRESENTING IDEAS, UM, AND WE WILL BE MAKING RECOMMENDATIONS AND WE'LL BE RELYING ON YOU FOR FEEDBACK AS TO WHETHER THOSE TYPES OF DEVELOPMENTS ARE APPROPRIATE IN YOUR COMMUNITY OR WHAT AREAS OF THE COMMUNITY THEY MIGHT BE APPROPRIATE IN.
AH, SO IT MAY BE, MAY BE BY AREA, BUT THAT'S ALL THE QUESTIONS I HAVE.
BUT THIS IS A LOT FOR ME TO ABSORB
I UNDERSTAND IT, IT IS VERY, VERY INTERESTED IN, IN STAYING.
IT'S A LOT STAYING TOUCH AND STAYING ON TOP OF IT.
I WANNA GO BACK TO ONE OF YOUR EARLIER QUESTIONS, WHICH WAS COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT.
WE'VE BEEN, UH, HEARING, UH, IN, IN WORKING WITH A NUMBER OF COMMUNITIES THAT ONLINE, UH, UH, TOOLS TO GET INFORMATION OUT AND ONLINE SURVEYS TO SOLICIT COMMUNITY INPUT HAVE BEEN, UH, REALLY WELL, UH, RECEIVED AND PARTICIPATED IN.
AND IT, I GUESS IT MAKES SENSE BECAUSE SO MANY PEOPLE WITH DIFFERENT WORK SCHEDULES OR FAMILY OR CHILD COMMITMENTS OR MAYBE MOBILITY ISSUES, CAN'T COME OUT TO THE IN-PERSON EVENTS.
SO WE WOULD LIKE TO WORK WITH YOU TO DEVELOP APPROPRIATE ONLINE RESOURCES TO TRY TO SOLICIT PEOPLE'S, UH, UH, THOUGHTS AND QUESTIONS AS WELL ALSO.
AND ALSO ALSO I THINK THAT'S JUST GREAT.
THE PROBLEM IS THAT EVEN WE'VE TRIED THAT IN THE PAST AND YOU ALWAYS AT THE END HAVE PEOPLE I DIDN'T KNOW ABOUT THAT.
SO, YOU KNOW, IF YOU CAN JUST FIND THE PERFECT MM-HMM
WAY TO COMMUNICATE
I THINK WE'LL ALSO ALIGN OUR ENGAGEMENT, UM, EFFORTS WITH PRE-PROGRAMMED ACTIVITIES.
SO I CAN THEN SEE US BEING AT, UH, THE 4TH OF JULY FESTIVAL, THE VARIOUS, UH, UM, FE UH, THE VARIOUS MUSIC, UM, SERIES THAT PARKS AND REC IS PUTTING ON AT EEL BERGER, YOU KNOW, THAT, SO THERE, WE, WE REALLY NEED TO MEET PEOPLE WHERE THEY ARE INSTEAD OF RELYING ON THEM COMING TO US.
IF, IF WE JUST GET THE WORD OUT IS IS THE ISSUE BECAUSE PEOPLE ARE INVOLVED IN THEIR KIDS AND THEIR WORK, RIGHT.
AND, AND THEY DON'T THINK ABOUT THINGS THAT AFFECT THEIR DAILY LIFE MM-HMM
AND SO I REALLY WOULD LIKE TO GET THEM INVOLVED EARLY ON.
WE'LL WORK TOWARDS DEVELOPING A ENGAGEMENT PLAN THAT WORKS FOR, UH, YOUR COMMUNITY AND, YOU KNOW, SOLICIT AS MUCH PUBLIC INPUT AS WE CAN.
FREE FOOD ALWAYS HELPS GET PEOPLE OUT TO THESE EVENTS.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
NEXT ITEM UNDER THE AGENDA IS APPROVAL.
THE MINUTES OF THE FEBRUARY 10TH, 2026 PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING WILL BE APPROVED.
HEARING NO OBJECTIONS, THEY ARE APPROVED REPORTS AND CALENDAR REVIEW.
UM, JUST TO FOLLOW UP ON THE, THE ZONING CODE REWRITE, UM, I WILL BE BRINGING ITEMS TO YOU PERIODICALLY FOR FEEDBACK.
SOMETIMES IT'LL BE IN CONCERT WITH SEAN AND HIS TEAM.
A LOT OF TIMES IT'LL PROBABLY JUST BE ME FROM A BUDGETARY PERSPECTIVE, UH, AND A TIMING PERSPECTIVE.
UM, BUT, UH, THE INTENT IS NOT TO OVERWHELM ANYBODY, SO WE'LL BE BRINGING THINGS TO YOU IN BITE-SIZED CHUNKS TO ALLOW YOU TO THINK ABOUT IT, UM, PONDER IT, AND THEN GIVE, UH, GIVE SOME FEEDBACK TO US.
NOT EVERY IDEA IS GONNA BE EMBRACED, BUT WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT,
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UH, WE GIVE EVERYBODY, YOU KNOW, THE OPPORTUNITY TO, TO CONSIDER THE, UH, VARIOUS IDEAS.AS FAR AS, UH, CALENDAR REVIEWS, UM, I DON'T BELIEVE, I DO NOT HAVE ANYTHING THAT, I DO NOT HAVE ANYTHING COMING TO US SO FAR FOR NEXT MONTH THAT I'M AWARE OF.
JUST, JUST TO LET YOU KNOW, IT'S NOTHING ON THE HORIZON.
I KNOW THAT EVERY DAY THERE'S SOMETHING ABOUT BUCKY'S IN THE PAPER AND, BUT, UH, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I PICKED UP ON IS THAT THEY HAVE NOT RECEIVED ALL OF THEIR SIGNAGE AND APPARENTLY PEOPLE GET IN AND IT'S HARD TO GET OUT AND, AND, UH, DO WE KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT THAT? SO, UM, WE DID A GOOD JOB, I THINK, OF THE INTERIOR MARKINGS WHEN WE REVIEWED THE SIGN PLAN FOR BUCKY'S ITSELF.
SO THERE'S A LOT OF PAVEMENTS MARKINGS TO, TO HAVE PEOPLE ALIGN INTO, YOU KNOW, A PARTICULAR LANE GOES WESTBOUND, THE OTHER LANE GOES EASTBOUND ON 70.
UH, SO WE WERE, WE WERE PRETTY SPECIFIC ABOUT THAT.
I THINK WE'VE GOT SOME WORK TO DO ON THE SIGNAGE, UH, PARTICULARLY ON WESTBOUND 70 EXIT.
UM, BECAUSE ONE OF THE RAMPS, UH, ONE OF THE LANES BASICALLY GOES DIRECTLY INTO BUCKY'S.
UH, AND I'M NOT SURE THAT'S OBVIOUS.
AND SO WE'VE GOT SOME QUEUING ISSUES, UM, FOR THAT.
UH, OUR ENGINEER AND ODOT ARE WORKING ON THE SIGNAGE, PARTICULARLY ON THE HIGHWAY.
THAT, AND WE'RE ALSO, UM, WORKING WITH ODOT ON TWEAKING THE SIGNAL TIMING TO ONE OF THE PROBLEMS IS THAT WE RAN INTO ESPECIALLY, AND THIS IS REALLY ONLY A WEEKEND ISSUE, BUT IT'S AN ISSUE, UH, NOT ENOUGH TIME FOR PEOPLE TO LEAVE IN ORDER FOR THEM PEOPLE TO GET INTO THE LOT.
UH, SO THERE'S A LOT OF QUEUING GOING ON FOR PEOPLE TO EXIT, UH, WHICH THEN RESULTS IN QUEUING FOR PEOPLE TO WANT TO GO IN BECAUSE THERE'S NOT ENOUGH SPACE.
SO, UM, YOU KNOW, I THINK WE HAD, IT WAS THE FIRST WEEKEND WE, WE, WE IDENTIFIED SOME ISSUES TO BE SOLVED AND, AND THE WHOLE TEAM IS WORKING ON THAT.
DO WE HAVE CONTROL OF THE LIGHTS? WE HAVE CONTROL OF THE LIGHT AT CENTER POINT 70.
UM, WE ODOT CONTROLS ALL THE LIGHTS THAT ARE BASICALLY DIRECTLY RELATED TO THE HIGHWAY.
I HAVEN'T BEEN THERE YET, SO I'M JUST GOING BY ALL HEARSAY.
UH, SATURDAY AND SUNDAYS ARE, ARE, ARE, ARE A BIG DAY AND THAT'S REALLY WHERE MOST OF THE TRAFFIC ISSUES, HEY, THEY'RE ALL GOOD DAYS.
SO ANY OTHER QUESTIONS TO BRING BEFORE THE PLANNING COMMISSION, HEARING? NO OTHERS? WE ARE ADJOURNED.