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On the agenda of the 04 December 2002 7PM meeting of the Planning Commission and Board of Zoning Appeals for the Village of Boston Heights, Ohio BZA: no business. Planning Commission: consideration of amendments to proposed zoning ordinances. Review and approval of September amendments. See below. Review and approval of parcel zoning changes. Industrial Parkway to RB. 7720 Olde 8 (Rainbowers) to GB. 7600 Olde 8 (ex-Lucerne) to GB. Southern Olde 8 Rd to GB. See below. Review and approval of October amendments. See below.

Proposed amendments include (aside from typographical corrections):

• Removal of the proposed REC zoning, and modifying RES zoning to continue to permit golf courses as a conditional use:
  SECTION 1153.02(5) Golf courses, including such buildings and uses as are necessary for their operation, providing that any golf course shall contain at least one hundred acres of land and the location has been approved by the Board of Zoning Appeals.
• Clarified the definition the new residential buffer requirement:
  SECTION 1151.04(1) Any non Residential District use shall have a buffer of undeveloped land between said use and a Residential District area. Undeveloped land means, at a minimum, that no structure or parking area will be permitted thereon. Said buffer shall not be less than 100 feet. If there is a road separating the two districts areas then the buffer area shall be measured from the center of the roadway.
  (from Oct-02) On the advice of the Village Engineer, 1151.04 reference to buffers being measured from the center of the "roadway" were changed to refer to the "right-of-way".
  
• Added open space requirement to OP as per GB & RB:
  SECTION 1157.05(b) and SECTION 1159.03(d) Open Areas. Exclusive of driveways, parking, and building areas, each lot shall contain twenty-five percent (25%) of its total lot area in landscaped open area. Any buffer of undeveloped land required by section 1151.04 (1) of the Planning and Zoning code shall be included in the calculation of the 25% required by this subsection.
• Specified building size limits in OP:
  SECTION 1157.05(c) No building constructed for use in the Office/Professional District shall exceed 30,000 sq. feet, and the language of section 1159.05;1159.06;1159.08;1159.09: and 1159.10 shall apply.
• Correction:
  SECTION 1159.08(d) The parking area shall be paved with asphalt or concrete and contain adequate base material. Concrete parking areas shall consist of either a six-inch minimum depth or item 452 plain Portland cement concrete pavement or six inch minimum depth of item 451 reinforced Portland cement concrete pavement. Sub-base shall be a minimum thickness of three inches of item 310 as designated by the Ohio Department of Transportation current dated construction and material specifications. Asphalt parking areas shall consist of a minimum of two inches of item 304 aggregate base as designated by the Ohio Department of Transportation current dated construction and material specifications.
• Correction:
  SECTION 1159.05 SITE PLAN REVIEW. All business uses permitted under the General and Retail Business Districts shall be permitted only after the review and approval of the site plans by the Planning Commission and/or the Village Engineer should the Planning Commission refer it to him. The following general requirements must be met:...
• Changed bond requirement to 100%:
  SECTION 1159.06(d) CONFORMANCE WITH SITE PLANS. A performance bond made payable to the Village of Boston Heights in the amount of one hundred (100%) of the construction cost shall be require for issuance of a zoning certificate for a commercial or retail use. After all conditions of the Zoning Ordinance are met, the bond shall be returned to the owner. Such bond shall be issued by a bonding company acceptable to the Zoning Inspector and the Planning commission.

Resolution:
The following changes to parcel zoning use were discussed and approved (see Map):

1. B-1 parcels along Industrial Parkway to become RB rather than GB
2. B-1 parcel at 7720 Olde 8 (Rainbowers) to become GB rather than RES
3. I-1 parcel at 7600 Olde 8 (ex-Lucerne) to become GB rather than RES
4. B-1 parcel(s) along Olde 8 near Rt.303 to become GB rather than RES

Proposed amendments include:

• Buffer yards required by 1151.04 will not be permitted to be used for open storage.
• On the advice of the Village Engineer, 1153.06 will codify the current village practice on requirement for lot frontage in cul-de-sacs (based on Summit County requirements). This will permit less frontage at the lot line so long as there is sufficient lot width at the building line.
• On the advice of the Mrs. Maryann Bode, 1153.01(d) will include language referring to the Village's CO 715 temporary sign ordinance.
• Language was added to the the Office/Professional zoning district chapter's 1157.09 to define and restrict conditional and accessory uses.

Mayor McFall noted that a public hearing was to be held on the final zoning plan, at 7PM on Wednesday 8-Jan-2003, before the next Council Meeting.

From the audience, Mrs. Robinson complained about apparent continued violation of a use variance on a property adjacent to hers. It was noted that the Village Zoning Inspector had recently found the owner in compliance. There was a general discussion on how the Village might proceed on the matter, and it was once again referred to the Mayor and Solicitor.

PC Chairman Robinson noted that a company had expressed interest in operating a trucking company of some sort on Chittenden Road, and that further information would be forthcoming. This may be Bencin Trucking Co., which was routed by a spectacular fire in Walton Hills in November 2002.

It was decided that PC/BZA meetings in 2003 would continue to be held on the first Wednesday of each month, at 7PM.

Barring the submission of unexpected business, no PC/BZA meeting was scheduled for 1-Jan-2003.