Planning Commission - Regular Meeting

like to call this evening's meeting of the planning commission to order. Please stand for the pledge of allegiance. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. Thank you. Roll call, please. Mrs. Clancy, here. Mr. Wagner, here. Mrs. Trpto, here. Mr. Basik, here. Mr. Kulak. Can I have a motion to approve the minutes of the September 23rd meeting?

I'd like to make a motion to approve uh PC 92325 minutes. I second. It's been moved and seconded. All in favor signify by saying I. I. I. Opposed. Motion carries. Any old business on the new business? Zach.

Thank you. Uh first application is PC25-28. Uh property address is 2950 Graham Road. Uh this property is about 1.5 or 1.6 acres and zoned R3 and we're here for a conditional use. And just for reference, uh right across the street is Oregon Trails Park and to the west is Woodland School. Uh so sorry um so on the property uh is an existing building at 6,500 square feet. Uh this is a conditional use for a group home for persons with disabilities. Our code defines that as a residential facility that provides room and board personal care habilitative or rehabilitative services and supervision for at least nine persons with disabilities. According to the applicant, this will contain uh 17 beds. Uh they also stated that the plan is to use um the existing beds and bathrooms as they are now. Residents would live there. There would be a caretaker, at least one caretaker at all times on the property. Um during the day, residents would leave for vocational training or job placement, and meals would be brought in from another location, and they would only have access to refrigerators and microwaves. Uh this property was previously approved most recently as an 8-unit apartment in 2020. Uh before that it was used as an assisted living facility. There are three supplemental regulations uh for this use. Uh number one is that the facility shall accommodate no more than 12 beds per acre. Uh based on 1.58 acres, they can have up to 19 beds in this in this facility. So they meet that requirement. Uh all applicable provisions of the fire code shall be met. Fire code uh verification of the fire code compliance will take place during the building

permit process. Number three just that the use shall not change the character of the area uh create congestion or adversely impact the area in a known event shall the facility be closer than 500 ft from where another such such facility is located. And there are no other group homes within 500 ft of this property. if they meet that requirement as well. Uh besides that, that's all I have um for this review. The applicant is here if you have any questions. They did submit a these are old versions of a site plan and building layout just if they need that for reference, but happy to take any questions. Any questions? Anyone here that wants to make a statement?

You have to come up here and push the button and turn the green light on. State your name and address. My name is Cheryl Cook. It's 3998 Villas Drive. And do you swear that what you're about to say will be the truth? I do. Thank you. Go ahead. So this property at one time was commercial when it was the assisted living. Then it was changed to residential when they were going to convert it into apartments. Are is it now being changed back to a commercial? We're not quite understanding what conditional use is.

I can help you. Uh conditional use. Um so in the zoning code there are uses permitted by right which can be approved administratively and then there are conditional uses which require further review and approval through planning commission and city council before they can be approved at all or issued permits. So it's just uses identified in the code that require further review. Um, basically the use is group homes for persons with disabilities under the building code. That would likely be a commercial use under the zoning code. It's just another use that we have. Um, so it's it' be still be, you know, like a residential facility, people living there, but there would be a commercial aspect to it. So it's not being designated as a commercial property. It's going to remain a residential property.

Correct. They are not reszoning it. This will remain as an R2 zoning district. Okay. Okay. Thank you. Okay. Thank you. Thank you. Anyone else? Does anyone uh have anything else to say or a motion? I move I move that we uh Oh, sorry. I didn't see you. Sorry.

My name is Chris Vanote. I live at 4008 Villas Drive. Okay. My question, what you're about, you swear what you're about to say will be the truth. Yes. Thank you. My question is will this how long will these individuals be there? Is it something on a permanent basis? Is it are they going to be cycled in and out you know when their rehab services are done. I would defer to the applicant. The applicant here.

Yeah. I uh state your name and address. Uh my name is Chandra Gazmmer. I'm also one of the resident of STO uh 4417 Forestill Road. And you swear that what you're about to say will be the truth. Yes, sir. Very good. Um go ahead. So I work uh for Mr. Ba uh for this property. Mhm.

Um so regarding your questions uh so these all these clients that we're getting are directly from Summit County uh DoD's uh program and all these clients that we're getting are based on the referral that they're looking for specific housing needed. Uh it depends on the contract. It could be from one year to 5 years and uh they are in desperate need for housing. That's why we get the referral and we're trying to get this uh set up for them. So the minimum length of time that they'll commit to would be one year. Minimum is one year. Yes. Okay. And is that decided when they move in how long it's going to be?

Um there the summit uh summit DD will give us the contract and if the client is uh feeling you know uh depends on how they're feeling uh they can change anytime but usually it's one to five years contract. What's a typical disability you'll be? Um, yes. Good evening. Once again, state your name and address. My name is Samit Ba. Um, I live in 37 Westbury Street, Akron, Ohio, 44310. And whatever I'm about to say will be the truth. Very good. Thank you.

Yeah. Thank you, Chandra. Um, add to what he was saying, um, I'm also part of this initiation. Um so basically this is what it looks like. Um so we get referrals through portal from summit. Um and when we are getting referrals we look into client's contract. So what uh all the contract would say how many um years they will be residing with us and we cannot make that decision but some DD does and whenever we get referrals like I said we look into that and we see okay so client A will be residing in our facility for one year that's when the contract ends and if they like it they will add more um years as they go so like he said it it it ranges from one year to 5 year most of the clients that uh we haven't started our business of course but uh when we are looking into referrals that we get um it can also go up to 10 years because they have always been living in Summit County and because they have developmental disabilities they've been with Summit for years to the point that they know exactly the level of care client needs.

So these disabilities are typically not ones that are going to be rehabbed away. they're still going to be there. I beg you a pardon. In other words, when they come in with a disability, it's not a disability typically that can be solved with rehab in six months. So, it is a developmental disabilities that our clients have. All right. So, as you when I say developmental like you know I'm with you. Um so, yes. Um and then um most of our clients they also have uh dual diagnosis as well which they get services as well. Okay.

Thank you. Any other questions?

So adding to that um we we do so based on the the referral we look at their case uh they have different level ABCs and uh depending on their case we do have to uh employ uh their case uh their caregivers. uh because the these are 24-hour uh services for this each of the individuals. So it depends on their case how severe it is. Um so uh looking at the the levels of the client they could have 24 hours caretaker or either eight hours you know split between one or two you know so we could have uh we're saying 16 or under or 17 or under uh clients in the building. So that means we're looking from uh 15 to 45 employees potentially working in 24-hour cycle.

Okay.

Yep. Has to be recorded. No, no, you're fine. Okay. So, so my question is this is shortterm rehab rather than long-term placement. So, um it actually you have to step up to the step. Sorry. So, it actually varies. Uh like I said earlier, uh we do not make that decision. Uh what who does this is summit um summit? Yep. And then like I said we get referrals to photo

and then we would look into clients uh severity of needs and their level of care. So because this is going to be a 24-hour facility um like I said it can range from one year to 5 years to even 10 years and it all depend on client's diagnosis the level of care they have and things like that. So it's based on a level of care not a long-term housing. That is correct. Okay. Not that that matters because I think it's a good thing that you're doing. But um just to be just to be clear because we are the condos next door and we did have a problem a few years ago. So we're just trying to clarify.

Um so you'll be under the guise and supervision of the health department and direction home and that kind of thing. Yes. Okay. So because this is commercial and um like I said we are getting referrals through portals like summit for example um we have to obviously follow the protocols and guidelines and things like that obviously. Yes for sure. Okay. Perfect. Okay. Thank you. No problem.

So adding to that um safety is probably one of the concerns uh a lot of people have. Um safety is our biggest priority and uh for all the residents around there especially you know we have school next door um we have uh worked with simultaneously with other agencies as well uh silk fire and security is one of them that we're working with as well as other entities so we have uh decided to install obviously cameras ensure that you know nobody's just walking in or out uh obviously somebody's going to be in the front uh taking care of the uh you visitors. There are restricted hours for visitors to come in and out. And uh for all the clients that are going out, you know, there are activities that they will follow. Um we always have caretakers watching them or, you know, make sure that they're okay with that. Uh we don't want anybody rooming around around the property or neither u our clients running around and uh feeling unsafe, you know. So we want to ensure that everybody is safe around us as well as uh those who are living close to us. Okay.

Can I come back? Sure. So, so it's not my concern about the surrounding residents. It's more about your residents so that they are safe and in a secured facility and being cared for. When you when you started talking about the the care giver, is that a service that you're providing or are you bringing in outside caregivers to through the agencies? they are going to be offering. Okay. Okay. Good.

So, uh Mr. B, I have multiple different businesses here in the Summit County. Um we do have a home app agency as well and uh through that we do have employees who can pro and also we do have a daycare facility too. So a lot of these clients would go to the daycare facility in Gram. Oh, an adult daycare. Yeah, adult day. Yes, we do. Where is that? U the one in biscuit book. Oh, I didn't realize that was in daycare. Yeah, there was. Okay. Okay. I thank you. Sure. No problem. I'm happy to answer any questions.

Absolutely. My my question is about is about traffic. How much traffic do you anticipate on Cherry Creek acres and what types of vehicles are you talking cars. Are you talking small buses, trucks?

So, yeah. Um, regarding that, um, there won't be a lot of obviously during the daytime, obviously, uh, the vans would come in, uh, to pick the clients for the daycare. Beside that, nothing much. Obviously, a couple of staff would come in and out, but beside that, there won't be a lot of traffic traffic uh because we understand that it is uh very very private. uh and we don't want to make any kinds of distraction for anybody, you know. Okay. So, there would not be uh people family members visiting the people in the in the facility.

Um they can visit definitely but they have to give us prior notice because obviously some didn't directly handles their case. Um and it depends on their visiting hours too. They can't just come in at midnight unless they're enlisted in their are the list but depending on their case and their situations. Okay. Thank you.

And um in addition to what my coworker is saying here um we provide um different kind of other transportation services as well. So um under BLC we also have u medical non-medical transportation services. That's the same um services we'll be using to transport our uh residents from point A to point B. That actually a lot of traffic as well. Um so for sure and I'm assuming um all the residents we're going to have in the future um they are not going to have their own vehicle.

Any other comments? Any questions? Motion I motion for approval of PC 2025-028. I second. It's been moved and seconded that uh we approve mo uh PC 2025-028. Is there any other discussion? Roll call, please. Mrs. Clancy, yes. Mr. Wagner, yes. Mrs. Chapto, yes. Mr. basic.

Yes. Motion carries. Thank you. On to the next item, please.

Thank you. Uh, next item is PC25-30. Uh, this is for Scoane at 3840 Fish Creek Road. Property is 9 and a half acres and zoned I1 limited industrial. And this application is for a sign variance. And for reference, this is just north of uh where Aldi and Dick exporting goods is and the Meyer. All right. So on the site plan, um the proposed sign will be on the north end of the front of the building or if you're driving on Fish Creek, it' be on the right side of the building. Um I did want to include a street view image just to show that it's that side of the building is already pretty well blocked from existing trees on the property. Um on that side of the building there are three existing signs. They have a uh about 95 foot sign, 25 square ft and 40 54 square ft which is a total of 174 currently. We allow up to 100 square feet. So they are already exceeding that requirement. Uh the proposed sign is for a norro uh sign. This would be 27 square ft which would bring the total to 201 ft on the building. Again, our maximum is 100 square feet. Uh so this is a variance to exceed the maximum allowable sign area by 101 square ft. I think that's all I have for this application. I I will say under the code update uh they would be well under the maximum allowed sign area. So thank you.

Okay. I think we have one other person. Yeah. Uh we're putting up a sign to the first state your name. My name is Nazabas. I'm at 23536 uh Celeststeine Way, Columbia Station, Ohio. And do you swear what you're about to say is the truth? Yes. Thanks. Go ahead. Uh so we're putting up uh two signs for this business. Uh one where we pointed out there and then there's a existing monument sign uh that we're putting one in its place. Uh we are asking for a little bit of variance but it's going to be within the same businesses that are already existing there. Um that's pretty much it. If you guys have any questions

is Norpro a new business within the company? They're existing ceramic uh existence or they're just changing their building. Okay. Questions. So Norton Laboratories is a different business. It's not part it's not norro that I couldn't know the details of it honestly. Um from what I hear say ceramic and plastic incorporated so that might be

because I noticed that too has seen like a different logo on top of it. Yeah, the company has split a couple so that might be a sister company. Okay. Thank you very much. Thank you. I have one question before I go. Is that going to is that going to bring additional personnel to the area as far as employment? Oh, that I couldn't answer to be honest with you. Yeah. Curious. That's Thanks. It's one of my buddies project and he's retiring so I kind of took over.

Yeah. Thanks. Thank you. Anyone in the audience would care to comment? Okay. Well, I move that uh we approve PC 2025-030.

A second. It's been moved and seconded that we approve. Any further discussion? Roll call, please. Mrs. Clancy, yes. Mr. Wagner, yes. Mrs. Trupto, yes. Mr. Basic, yes. Motion carries. Thank you. On to the zoning code update. Yeah.

Yeah, big crowd. All right. Um, yeah. So, before we get into it, just kind of want to, uh, go over the process and how we got here. Uh this process began in March 15, 2024 when we entered a contract with House of Lavine. Uh they're headquartered in Chicago and with House Lavine is HEA who will be presenting tonight. Uh the firm is an award-winning planning and zoning firm. They've worked with over 400 communities on the comprehensive plans and zoning codes. Um, and this really stemmed from when we did a diagnostic report in 2022, which identified several issues in our existing zoning code, which include lack of organization, uh, missing definitions, discouraging housing diversity, uh, restraining commercial code requirements, and inability to keep pace with modern zoning and planning practices. So, the goal was to address those issues and create a user-friendly code. um that reduces barriers to development, pro uh promotes sustainability and ensures compliance with federal and state laws. I think we've accomplished that this code. Um the consultant early on has had several meetings uh met with department heads um and early meeting with planning commission, our steering committee and city council. Bless you.

Bless you. Um, our steering committee is made up of 11 members which were involved from the very beginning that included Mario Fioa, Kyle Herman, Kyle Felman from city council, Dan Basik and Jeff Wagner from planning commission, Greg Seaffort from board of zoning appeals, Jason Gates from commission on inclusion, Patrick Crawford from parks board, Andy Bang from Urban Forestry Commission, Kay Arnold a local business owner, and Mike Merl from Fog Building Methods. So just want to call everyone out um for the service and volunteering uh to be part of this process. Um their insight has been very valuable. Uh there's also stakeholder meetings early on which included meetings with local business owners, local institutions, commercial developers, residential developers, uh architects, real estate brokers, and other professionals. During the summer of 2024, we had an active uh community survey which brought in about 400 responses from the community and we also had a public open house on June 5th, 2024 to get more feedback from the public. At that time, uh we started drafting the code uh which included probably 200 hours of staff time to review. Um we had seven steering committee meetings. Uh we had many individual meetings, individual meetings with steering committee members to go over the code in more detail. Uh staff presented to planning commission several times and had discussions with planning commission uh city council uh both in meeting and individual meetings. We met with urban forcery and the border zoning appeals uh several times throughout the process as well. On top of that, we also uh try to get the word out to the public more through uh library meetings and pop up

popups in the park. And we had our final open house on September 22nd, 2025. Uh so that brings us to today for the final code. Um so after this meeting, uh hoping we get a recommendation tonight. This will go to council for three readings to hopefully have this wrapped up on December 4th. plan is to make this effective a couple months after the fact after adoption so we have a time to update all of our information and permits in our fee schedule to align with the code. Uh so with that I will turn it over to HEA for the presentation.

All right, thank you so much Zach for the detailed introduction on the project. Um so tonight's meeting purpose for the zoning code update is uh to go over major changes we have done to all the chapters in the code. Uh that includes all the feedbacks we have received from steering committee throughout this year. Um all the input input from city staff and any uh feedback from public uh throughout the outreach process. Uh the agenda would include uh the project introduction, how it started, um the major changes uh throughout the chapters and the next steps as Zach mentioned. So the purpose of the zoning code is to make sure the zoning code is aligned with the comprehensive plan of the city. It's very easy to read for everyone. Uh it integrates design standards. Um the district and uses are modernized. uh it streamlines the desirable development in the present and p uh future and also to make sure um it aligns with state and federal regulations. So what is the difference between comprehensive plan and planning and zoning code? So the comprehensive plan is a road map. Uh it gives us a detail about how the community should look like but it doesn't have a teeth to regulate the future and present development. So that's where the planning and zoning come code comes into the picture. It regulates and create regulations for the vision that city is envisioning envisioning for its future and present. Um and we have implemented all those requirements into the code update. So in the scope of work we are on the seventh step as Zach mentioned uh we're going to go through the city council meeting after this. Um for the proposed zoning code we have uh divided that code into 14 chapters. The first four chapters are regarding based overlay and

use standards. All of this going to include all the zoning districts, overlay districts and all the land use standards of the code. Chapter 5, 6, 7, 8 and 9 is going to include um all the design, development and parking glittered standards that how the proposed and any changes that would need um in existing development would be needed would need to go through this proposed development standards. Um the chapter 10 is science standards. Uh flood plane development is the 11th one and the review nonconformities and definitions. Um the first chapter general provisions. So we have not made any major changes to this chapter. Just took all the uh mandatory information general provisions needed throughout the code into one chapter that includes all the purpose and applica applicability through which is applicable throughout the code sections. Um improvement plan and some of the engineering language compliance of landscape right of way and zoning and building permit. So the chapter 2 is going to be zoning districts. Um the purpose of this chapter is to consolidate all the zoning districts um as needed and simplify the dimensional standards of them and make sure the consistent they're consistent with the comprehensive plan. So the on the left side in the table you see these are all existing base districts uh from residential, commercial to industrial and conservation districts. So we have not made um any major changes to R1, R2 and R3 districts. Um but RB TOC ed districts are all existing commercial districts and we saw a similar type of development and all the similar types of uh regulations within this like overlapping

within this district. So we consolidated all of this into three districts um C1, C2 and C3. Um there are two industrial district they also look similar in development and according to the feedback we received from the steering committee we just consolidated that into one district and we have kept the conservation district as is and proposed the new PI public institutional district. This is going to include all the public properties the city has currently um all the parcels are going to be reszoned into this PI district and uh new PD major plan development district. So this is the existing zoning map uh the city have currently uh it's so very hard to read too many overlaid districts um too many base districts and it also includes the mud mud group wetland um some of the um overlays that would be uh updated throughout in the state code. So may not need some of these overlays on top of the base district. So this is the proposed zoning map. As I mentioned, we consolidated all the C districts, RB and C districts into three districts to make sure there um there is a consistent development throughout um neighborhood, community and regional type of corridors. Um and we have kept existing mudbrook and seasons overlay district as is. I'm going to discuss um about that in detail in my next slides. But we took off some of the overlay district from the existing map because uh we are not seeing um any requirement of those regulation uh in the current code. I believe they're pretty old and not desirable anymore. So also we have created mixeduse overlay district. I'm going to talk about it more in detail in

my next slides. So the first one is residential bulk and dimensional standards R1, R2 and R3. Um in this chapter um we made sure that we took we created like tables that looks consolidated together. For example, for residential district, commercial district uh PI and O district and industrial district. So for residential district, um in this table you can see the lot area, bid and setback and building standards have been consolidated into one table. Uh we have not made any revisions to lot area according to the feedback we received from the steering committee. Um and we have revised a lot with and some of the u setback regulations according to what we saw on ground and feedback we received from the staff and the diagram you saw on the right side uh it shows that if the development which is coming next to the residential district which is if it's taller than that the residential building it needs to meet certain transition setbacks or like transition buffer. So there is a so there is a privacy maintaining there. So in C districts uh there is no lot area requirement and we have kept some of the existing regulation as is just made sure um everything is organized well into one uh table. So the next one is industrial district. As I mentioned we consolidated I1 and I2 into one district. um and just consolidated yard setbacks, building standards and notes into just one table. So, it's pretty much easy to read. And the diagram on your right side, you can see that it's uh it's it will make an applicant easy to understand what the front setback would look like, what the rear setback would look like, street setback and interior setback. um in O and PI district. So the PI

district with the proposed district, we came up with this lot area from what we saw on ground. The 2 acre was the smallest lot we were able to find in this PI district where all the public properties will be included. Uh and for the O district, we saw the 3acre lot was the largest one. So most of the yard setbacks um and building standards you see here are coming from what we found on ground for these two districts. So um this is the proposed base district major plan development district. Um it provides opportunity for large scale development. Uh for example it applies the threshold is 10 acre. The the project is bigger than 10 acres. It would it is um applicable to go through major plan development. It gives flexibility to large scale kind of projects uh uh to promote creative and innovative uh design. But it needs to meet a certain requirement like the development should have a specific affordable housing, accessible design or environmentally sustainable development and needs to um also it needs to go through um create uh creation of unique zoning regulation tailored to specific needs for each development. All right. So the next one is overlay district standards. This chapter is going to include all the overlays. Um uh we're going to have in the proposed chapter. So mixeduse overlay and minor plan development overlay are two proposed overlays. Um and season road overlay and mud group waterershed is are existing overlays. So the purpose of this chapter is to establish overlay district of the city including their district specific standards and relation to the underlying base districts. So the first one is mixed use overlay district. So the map on your right side you see

that the highlighted portion is going to be mixeduse overlay district. We have created the this district to support pedestrian oriented mixeduse development along Darrow road. It's going to be within the north of Kent Road and south of Graham Road to create the walkable and bikable environment and also create mixed type of development here. Um also give scope to the standalone buildings. Just something to mention here that um the applicant has an ability to keep up with their base district and the uses they have. if they want to go through the overlays um they they're happy to go to those. Okay. So in principle for the MU district principal uses um we we are allowing uses that are not currently allowed through the base district um the underlying zone. So this is the list of um the permitted uses in the MU district. All right. So the second one is minor plan overlay district. So for the minor plan overlay district the properties less than 10 acres they are eligible to go through this minor plan development districts. Uh in here in this type of district the developer can request deviation from the underlying zoning requirement. Uh for example site development allowances. But for minor plan overlay district um the applicant need to go through plan commission and city council to approve the site plan with all the development standards allowed based on the modification standards and as I mentioned seasons over road overlay and mud

sorry sorry about that sorry That's fine.

Okay. So, Seasons Road overlay and Mudbrook overlay are two existing overlay district. We have retained the language from the existing code as it is just cleaned it up. Um and not major changes have been done to these. So, the next chapter is use standards. Um the purpose of this chapter is Okay. So the purpose of this chapter is to make sure uh we permit modern land use going forward in the city and um like also consolidate the principal accessory and temporary categories into a single chapter. also include um supportive standards to improve review and approval process and also like streamlining process for clear and more consistent decision making. So definitely this is not a complete list of all the new uses but these are the major uses I have included here. The major uses would be adult use canabies facility uh micro brewery winery distillery co-working space tobacco retailer artisan manufacturing vehicle service station major and minor. We have also included some of the restrictions for uses that are uh that that would need uh some restrictions to have them. So for example for car wash uh one mile of existing gas station one mile of existing and tobacco retailer um it needs to have a one mile buffer from existing plus 500 ft of the existing means existing car wash or existing gas station or existing tobacco retailer and plus also 500 ft distance from school place of workship, library, playground

and park for adult use can is uh we have included a buffer of 500 ft from any uses and it's not included here but only one facility would be allowed in the city. So we have included new missing middle uses in the existing um in the proposed residential districts and commercial district where um they're applicable for example dwelling duplex triplex quadplex and town homes but they will be limited to a certain area. Uh for example, if the lot has a frontage on Kent Road, Darrow Road, Fish Creek Road, Graham Road, Stove Road, Hudson Road, Norton Road or the or the lots are within the designated bus route area on Metro RTA bus system map or the site is within the 300 ft from two or more existing similar types of develop dwellings um or it's it's near non residential districts or multi-unit dwelling. like similar type of value. And this is the list of proposed accessory uses we have created. And some of that includes coupe and related we have included some of the new accessory uses according to feedback we receive from public. for example, coupe and beekeeping and public art because um we see that the city is creating um new regulations for a public art that will be included in this um chapter as well and some act some new uses such as accessory event venue solar energy collection system um related and related supplemental standards such as canopy, ground mounted and roof mounted. For the temporary uses um they are either permitted or temporary uses. You can see P and T here. So the permitted uses means they permitted without having

a temporary use permit and T means those um users would need a temporary use permit. And we have included um all the supplemental standards that would bas basic standards that would need to meet in order to get that temporary use per permit from the city. So some of those um new uses includes farm stand, food truck, mobile retail services and specific event proposed to be allowed. All right. The next one is chapter 5 subdivision standards. So we have not made any major changes to the existing um subdivision chapter. Just made sure it's consistent, it's easy to read uh and consolidated um the writing language from all other chapters. And we have also got this reviewed multiple times from the engineering department. So most of the language you see here is refined by the engineer of the city. So we have included the various types of roadway street classification in this chapter. Arterial collector parallel local single family local multif family and local industrial. Um for any of the development if you see a diamond mark it requires cross-section element if applicable on both sides of the street and if you see a a cross mark it requires only um identified in city adopted plan and policy and if you don't see a mark it's optional. So roadbubs um we created a roadbub language to replace of the temporary culdeac. We see uh it make sure there is a connectivity from underdeveloped property and subject property from the existing subdivision as you see in the middle that there is an underdevelop

undevelopment property and uh there is a connectivity from both parts of the street to this roadway. So the so the design require the roadway stop needs to meet the Ohio fire code and there are some modifications we have added in this section um if it's the location of the stuff is adjacent to the property and most of these uh section in this chapter are reviewed and approved through engineering department if they need any um administrative adjustments. So we have also included conservation language uh to make sure we are preserving area that needs to be preserved um and also in create the development needed in that specific corridor. So subdivision type that allows clustering of development dwelling in exchange for preservation of 30% of development site as permanent conservation area and this is allowed within R1, R2 and R3 districts. Uh we have expanded the housing types to incentivize those uses. um no lot area or width requirement and minimum setbacks have been established to make sure we are creating denser development um on the other side of the subdivision and also conserving the land that needs to be conserved for the future. Chapter six is general development standards. So this chapter is going to include all the kind of um development that language that needs to apply throughout the city. For example, fence and ball, screening, vision triangle, outdoor lighting, underground util utilities, storm water management, erosion control, multi-building development standards and any kind of maintenance needed. The purpose of this chapter is to promote uh the steamland development throughout the city, establish consistency in the land uses

and also support the order um orderly and sustainable development and also encourage the creative and well integrated neighborhoods in the city. So the first one is fence and wall uh requirements, fence and wall standards. Uh so we have included the language for height, material, opacity of the fence um and the orientation of it. It will help to create uh where the opacity needed and where not. Mostly for the residential dwellings on the interior or street sideyards. We have also included the screening requirement for the uses that are not very desirable to look at from the right of way. For example, waste receptacles, ground or wall-mounted building mechanical equipment, roof mounted building equipment or loading dock or truck parking area. These uh uses would mostly be included in industrial types of land uses or u regional commercial or industrial districts. The next one is outdoor lighting. Uh we included this section to make sure we are not creating light pollution in the residential district uh and also maintaining the specific requirement of uh temperature in a specific district. So um the design standards would include LED picture pictures, color rendering and the color temperature um backlight uplight and glare rating put candle and illumination standards for the multi-building development standards. uh we have created uh this for the mixed use and multi-family kind of development to make sure we're not looking at the parking from the front where when we are walking from the primary street to a secondary street and we see the build beautiful facads of the buildings.

Right. The next chapter is building design standards. So per the feedback we received from the steering committee and staff uh we create we took a look at the comprehensive plan and also existing development and made sure the proposed building design standards meet the materials cladding and some of the other design requirements from what we are seeing in um existing developments. The purpose of the chapter is to make sure the physical character of the proposed development are compatible with context of the surrounding area, preserve the unique character of the streetscape, inspire places and support the pedestrian um experience and also encourage creative and innovative environment. So the structure of this uh chapter includes multif family and mixeduse non-residential design standards, town homes and all missing middle design standards. The industrial district would not be included in this uh building design standards. So these diagrams um shows that we're going to have a building uh facade design and articulation roof design overview for commercial and residential And u the thought process behind having this added into the zoning code is to make sure moving forward we have objective design standards so it's more easier and streamlined to review and approve for staff and also for the applicant to read and understand. Uh so the the next one is exterior building planning materials. Um we reviewed this with staff and made sure the materials we included for all these various types of building meet uh what would what would you like to see in future and what kind of materials have been used currently. So this is the list you see for the tier one and tier 2 materials.

Uh for the multif family residential, mixuse and non-residential. We also made sure that the prohibited materials are consistent throughout u all the types of design standards and also made sure some of these uh higher quality tier one materials are consistent in all three for example brick uh and in tier 2 like natural and synthetic stco including EIS. So the next one is building entry design. Um it is applicable to each building entrances mostly multif family um and commercial. It includes entrance design types and one of one of these type needs to be selected by the developer if they want to make any of these facads and it applies to building entrance on front or street facing elevations only. So the next one is glazing. uh we have included the grazing requirement for mixed use overlay and commercial district to make sure uh the glazing percentage uh requirement is met according to what city would like to see. For example, for front elevation 60% for mixuse um overlay and for street side elevation 40% and for commercial district 40% for front elevation and for street side 20%. It's hard to understand from the percentage but the diagram is helping to understand how much the 40% actually means. It's almost like less than half of the building elevation. So the chapter 8 is social gathering and open space tree preservation and landscape standards. The purpose of this chapter is to make sure we preserve and um enhance the character of the city, provide uh enough amount of social gathering and open spaces throughout the city and also improve the environmental

quality in the city and also make sure like we are not creating noise, glare, view of the parking uh serving or loading areas and there is enough buffer throughout this mixuse land uses. So in social gathering standards. Um we have included how much gathering space percentage required throughout these various districts. Um and also included um points according to the size of the specific development. Um and on the right hand you see that these numbers are the points that the the applicant or the developer needs to meet if they want to make the development with the so uh social gathering space. And we have also have added this is not a complete list but we have included a good list of um improvement types uh which will give them the points that would need here uh to meet the social gathering space improvement uh requirement. Uh we have included diverse list of improvement types. So we can see a great amount of amenities throughout the city and the applicant can also get interesting list of improvements in their development. The next one is transition standards. Uh we have included three various types of buffer. One with um denser amount of trees and shrubs, one with less denser amount of trees and shrub with the fence. Uh so these two types um of each um two options of each would be applied to uh buffer multif family from residential districts with type A, B and C buffer. type A um is more intense one and type B is the moderately intense and the C is not intense. So if the residential for example is if a single family unit is um adjacent to quadlex they would need a C type buffer because they would need a less privacy and if it's um adjacent to any commercial

development they would need more denser uh buffer to make that privacy buffer. We have also added natural landscape area language uh because we saw that the city currently has tall grass ordinance that says that um the the grass or weed would only can u grow up to 8 in um and that is causing a violation of wildards that some uh some people would like to some residents would like to have in their um yards backyards. So the natural landscape the new regulations would allow this native or wild landscape outside of the landscape area and covers up to 50% of the yard space. Uh it need to maintain 15 ft setback from the property line building and street. Um and also the public parks are exempted from this uh requirement and as this is mostly applicable to residential district only. The next chapter is chapter nine access and mobility standards. Um the access and mobility standards would include the right of way, driveway, parking, bike and trail and uh pedestrian walkway uh requirements in the zoning code to make sure uh we are maintaining the safety also providing enough number of parking spaces and uh bike bicycle parkings as we are talking about mixus development and walkability. We would need bicycle parking and also making sure prioritizing the human scale more and not the parking lots and concrete and uh impervious. So in new zoning code uh we have reduced the parking requirements. We saw that uh the current code was providing more number of parking than needed. Uh so we have reduced it to make sure we meet the industrial standards for example town home and many of the other commercial u uses. So we have also included bicycle

parking requirements for multif family mix and non-residential uh short-term bike requirement, short-term bicycle parking requirement for non-residential and long-term requirement for multif family and residential. This is the table uh this is not a complete table again but just shows an example of uh how we have created uh the clean organized um minimum parking requirement for the city. um that shows it meets the um industry requirements. It's not like more than needed parking. When I was like driving on the Graham road this evening, I noticed that there was a huge amount of parking lot in from the commercial development that was not needed. Uh and we think that we need to minimize the minimum parking space so we can create more human environment in the city. The next chapter is science standards. Um this is a completely proposed chapter but we made sure we do not create a non-confirmity and just um include all the existing signs that city is allowing with better regulations and streamline requirements. The purpose of this chapter is to enhance the physical character um appearance of the signs and reduce the sign distraction um to which which may cause traffic accidents. Eliminate any hazard caused by unsafe signs. Um relieve pedestrian and traffic congestion and avoid the cancelelling out effect of adjacent signs of also making sure the signs are content neutral. So we have created a table based off of land uses uh for the permitted and allowed signs by lands. Uh the solid dot shows that uh shows the specific signs requires a sign permit and needs to u meet the code regulations uh of this

chapter and any other regulations of from the code and the non-solid um says that it's allowed without any permit but it still needs to meet any other um language in the code. and the blank uh rows so says that um the signs are not permitted within the specific land uses. So these are some of the diagrams uh we are going to include in the proposed code. So it's easy to understand to the applicant uh how much the massing of the area or a specific height or the projection would look like uh when they create um any standards in their building. Same for the temporary science. The chapter 11 blood plane development standards. Um we have not made any changes to this chapter. We are maintaining the existing language as it is. Just cleaned it up and made sure everything regarding the flirt plane is included in one chapter. But chapter 12 is review decision making enforcement procedure. uh this chapter would include all the types of applications and who will be reviewing those application according to the level of the uh critical. So the purpose of this uh this chapter is to establish the power and duties of parties responsible to administrator this zoning code and establish all review and decision- making process and address the enforcement and penalties in objective manner in the code. So there are three types of application process. The first one is administrative review and decision making. I'm sorry I meant to say administrative adjustments is one of the application type and this uh table here shows that all of these application would need to

go through administrative process. So the pre-application needs to be submitted and it needs to be accepted by the city and then planning director, city engineer or blood administrator reviews and approves it. And um as we have mentioned administrative adjustment throughout the code for some of the requirements such as setback not met, height science uh requirements etc that would that will be reviewed. Um and this is the list on your right side is not the complete list but some of the um course sections that would u get administrative ad adjustment from the for example height fence and opacity, lighting standards, roof plan articulations um from the code and that will be reviewed and approved by the planning director. The standards or like review criteria criteria would be it needs to meet what is mentioned in the language uh and requires when maximum extent type of adjustment is specified in the code. So the next these three applications would be reviewed and approved through plan planning commission review. Uh the planning commission would be a decision maker on these three application types. For example um not example these three types subdivision major preliminary plan master sign plan and permit and sign variance. So this needs to go through pre-application then planning director review and planning commission would be reviewing and um approving reviewing and approving this. All of these um remaining ones you see on your left side are the city council review and decision making procedure uh type of applications. So similar the pre-application and the application submitter planning director reviews it and uh planning commission is going to

recommend for city council to either approve or deny or approve conditions. All right. So the next one is nonconfirmities chapter. Um as you all know that um this proposed code might will create non-confirmity non-confirming lots non-confirming uses throughout the city. We acknowledge that the legal status of the non-cuffing lots should be maintained. Uh so we have created a language to make sure the building structure site elements uses and any site that were legally established prior to this code um would need to be amended um while providing regulation for their continuation and alignment with the new standards. Uh we also have added a language to limit the expansion, restoration and reconstruction replacement of these uh non-confirming lot building of structure site elements sign and uses. So moving forward all of these existing non-permanenting lots and uses would be um regulated as they are and if they need to make any major changes they need to go through the proposal board. Apart from that we have not made a major change to what you have currently in the existing non-confirmities chapter. So the last chapter is definitions. Um in this chapter uh we have clearly defined um all the terms and land uses. Uh we have mentioned throughout the code to make sure it is easy to interpret what that specific land use means. Um if the term is not defined in the chapter, it shall be defined with its everyday meaning and determined by the dictionary definition. Uh and we have also like created a structure like a b c d all the alphabetical definition so

it's easy to read and understand and also included um sorry also included uh the rules for construction and how to interpret something. For example, how to measure a height, how to see a sit setback or something. So it's u so planning director doesn't have to explain it all the time. It's like clearly objectively mentioned in the city code. All right. The next step is um as Zach mentioned uh we are in the process of finalizing the code. Uh and we have in the last um in the last 15 days uh three weeks ago uh we had a pre-adoption public outreach uh with the city um citizens and uh we're going to have the adoption meetings upcoming next month or two for the city council adoption. All right. Thank you so much. If you have any questions, I know it was like a lot of information, maybe like 80 slides to um hear and um we are like happy to answer any questions you have. Thank you so much.

19 months.

Any questions? Any comments from the audience?

I do. I think it's special.

Yes, it is. Just don't rake your leaves into the street. They started construction in a couple weeks on that. So, yeah, two weeks. Yeah. What's going to happen to our beautiful orange sign? We'll leave it there. No. Yeah. But no. Um, yeah. I I know we've come to plan commission a few times with presenting all this information, so hopefully this is more of a refresher. Um,

good. Um, yeah, I appreciate you guys, you know, working through, you know, working with us through the last year and a half. Um, yeah, if there's anything you have in mind that we haven't answered or anything that you have questions on, let us know. I think it's pretty complete. Yeah. Thank you. Thank you. Well, then is there a motion? No, we have we have to pass this. I know. We either have to pass it or we have to deny it. One of the two. But you have you have to

I'll make a motion to approve PC 2025-032 zoning code update as presented. I second. It's been moved and seconded that we approve PC 2025-032. Any further discussion? Roll call, please. Mrs. Clancy, yes. Mr. Wagner, yes. Mrs. Trpto, yes. Mr. Basik, yes. Motion carries. Any other business? Have a motion for adjournment. I skipped ahead, didn't I? Motion to adjurnn.

All in favor signify by saying I. I. We'rejourned. Thank you.