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the Village of Boston Heights OH.
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Boston Heights Overlook |
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Boston Heights Overlook.
Not an official public document by, of or for the Village of Boston Heights OH. |
On the agenda of the 6 December 2006 7PM meeting of the
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Board of Zoning Appeals No business on the BZA agenda this month.
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PC #1: Boston Hills Property Investment LLC / Sam Petros
(former) Boston Hills Country Club,
E. Hines Hill Rd & Ohio Route 8
Proposal for new zoning code section and re-zoning of a current Residential District, and for review of
a conceptual site plan, to allow 60A of shopping center and 100+ housing units as a new higher-density
residential use in a Planned Unit Development.
At the PC's August 2006 meeting, Sam Petros of Petros Homes, and Boston Hills Property Investment LLC, previewed new development proposal for the Boston Hills Country Club. Mr. Petros' development group has since purchased the golf course and closed it permanently, in early October 2006.
Boston Hills Property Investment LLC (charter #1569813), a consortium of developers formed 16 Sep 2005, made an earlier series of development proposals for the golf course which were ultimately rejected by the Village; see the PC's March 2006 meeting, and Council's April 2006 meeting. The property in question is the now-closed Boston Hills Country Club, a 168 acre group of parcels at the heart of Boston Heights, at E. Hines Hill Road and State Route 8. The property is zoning RES Residential, which requires single-family homes on minimum 1.5 acre lots.
The application proposes splitting the 168 acres into a 60 acre commercial district to the east, along Route 8, and a 100+ acre residential district to the west, along Hines Hill and Olde Eight Roads. The plan may include several acres granted to the Village, midway along Hines Hill at a new intersection.
Various conceptual land use plans have been submitted in connection with this proposal, as shown at previous PC meetings. The proposals have included proposed code for "Planned Development Area" zoning, including new regulations and procedures which would allow increase residential density, modify a number of other residential zoning requirements, and allow inclusion of commercial uses within (not just adjacent to) the PDA. The original application also included a proposed code for a new "Shopping Center" Zoning District, which is similar to the existing RB Retail Business district but has essentially open-ended permitted uses and virtually no limit on building floor area (square footage).
At the meetings of September 2006 and October 2006, as well as at a subsequent work session and a special meeting, Sam Petros and Neil Brennan appeared before the Planning Commission to formally submit this application, as described above. At the special meeting of 18 October 2006, and further at the November 2006 meeting, the applicants introduced proposed revisions to address the possibility of Conservation Development Zoning, even higher densities for age-restricted homes, and modified Retail Business zoning.
It was decided that Village Solicitor Russ Pry would work with the developers to produce a codification of these proposals so that the Planning Commission would have specifics to consider. It is expected that this work will be reviewed and further debated this month.
Resolution:
Boston Crossings Ltd.
NE corner of SR8 and Boston Mills Road (aka Alnola Farms South)
Proposal change in zoning and land use for retail shopping center.
Boston Crossings, Ltd. (charter #1515465) (a development company generally spoken for by Omni Realty (charter #496868), claims a contract interest in the the 77 acres northeast of Route 8 and Boston Mills Road, known as Alnola Farms South. As more fully described elsewhere, the company obtained rezoning of this parcel in July 2005, for a split GB retail and OP office development. The rezoning was granted in conjunction with a development agreement that specified the nature and layout of the development and laid out a number of other requirements. The property had previously been zoned OP, from its long-time residential zoning.
It appears that Boston Crossings Ltd. is now seeking another rezoning to allow a much larger and intensive retail development with much larger buildings than the 30,000sq.ft. permitted in the GB district, as well as elimination of any office park development. Other requirements of the above-mentioned development agreement also appear to be contradicted by the proposed development diagram (not shown here).
The company appears to now be working with Developer's Diversified Realty, a developer and operator of large-scale retail developments. This latter company sought rezoning for a very similar intensive retail development on this same property, in the 2000-2001 timeframe, but withdrew its application in the face of apparent Village opposition.
This property is bounded on the west by the BP Oil station and Route 8, and on the west by a large Office Park district in the City of Hudson. On the north, it is bounded by the Ohio Turnpike (I-80), and on the south by an existing residential neighborhood of similar acreage.
Although Boston Crossings Ltd. does not own the Alnola Farms property north and south of the Turnpike (nor does Omni Realty), it is presumably acting as an agent for the current owner, Boston Heights Development Company, under a purchase option or similar agreement. This latter company was also signatory to the development agreement mentioned above.
Resolution:
Consideration of long-term Village planning issues per Council Res. 31-2004.
With Resolution 31-2004,
Village Council asked the Planning Commission to enter into discussions with adjacent communities and to
consider planning
and zoning coordination, including the possibility of residential growth limitation.
Previously, PC member and Council representative Dr. H. Michael Cheung announced that he is
compiling a narrative that would reflect the history and intent of the Village's land use and zoning plan.
Consideration of further changes to Zoning and Building Codes
In July 2006, Dr. Cheung recommended that the Planning Commission undertake another review of the Village's comprehensive zoning plan, and asked PC members to consider what issues are worth discussing and amending. Some of the issues Dr. Cheung mentioned were the upcoming Route 8 upgrade project, and the proposed soccer stadium complex in Northfield Center Township.
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