Village of Evendale
Planning Commission Minutes
Meeting April 18, 2005
The April meeting of the Evendale Planning Commission ( EPC ) was called to order by Chairperson Jim Guthrie at 6PM on April 18, 2005 with the following EPC members present:
Chairperson Jim Guthrie
Secretary Dick Shaffer
Susan VanAmerongen
Michael Schwartzman
Chris Schaefer, Council Representative
Also in attendance were Jack Cameron, Ass’t to the Mayor, Pam Morin, Village Clerk to the Bldg. Dept., and Ralph Terbrueggen , representing the Village Architectural Review Board.
Scott Adams from Manley Burke was present.
NEW BUSINESS
Republic Services of Ohio was represented by Peter Lucas, Bruce Schmucker, Gregory Beamer, and Jack Baker.
The Applicant presented final plans for approval of the revised site plan which reflected requested changes from the March EPC meeting. The building will have a parchment colored metal siding with a metal roof pitched at a 1:12 slope. It was reiterated by Republic that there would be no container storage on site and that any trucks parked overnight would have tarps covering the load section. There is no plan for a roadway sign at the entrance from the location at 10751 Evendale Drive. It was confirmed that the site plan had turning radius for trucks which conformed to Evendale requirements. At the request of the Architectural Review Board, Republic agreed to mound the plantings along Evendale Drive and move the Red Oak tree several feet NW to gain sighting from the Drive. Final approval from Ohio/City agencies is expected
by August.
On a motion from Chris Schaefer and second from Susan VanAmerongen, a motion to approve the revised site plan with the changes noted above was passed with five votes affirmative and zero votes against.
INTERNAL BUSINESS
Due to schedule conflicts the June and July dates for EPC meeting will be changed to Thursday 6/16 and Tuesday 7/12 at 6PM. The May date will remain at Tuesday the 17th and the August date will tentatively be changed to the 9th. Finalization of the August date and those of subsequent months will be determined during the coming meetings.
Design Guidelines and other zoning issues. Scott Adams, as requested in the March meeting, presented to EPC the appropriate sections of Zoning Codes from Montgomery, Sharonville, Wyoming, Blue Ash, Mason, and Cincinnati. There was considerable discussion concerning the flexibility among the various codes and their applicability to any revision to the Evendale Zoning Code. It was suggested that Evendale should arrive at some consensus for what “branding” for which Evendale should be known short and long term; aviation, agriculture, etc. It was agreed that the EPC should see all commercial and industrial applicants with most residential applicants being served by the Village Staff. Scott Adams will provide by the next EPC meeting a short and long approval format for applicants. Michael Schwartzman
will report by next meeting on his research for branding experts and provide recommendations as to cost, competency, track record, etc. Chris Schaefer, having provided EPC with suggested Zoning Map changes forward looking for EPC and Evendale Council to consider. These changes group Public Facilities, Office Research, Commercial, etc such that future development can be accommodated in a coherent way maximizing the economic impact/benefit to Evendale.
The minutes from the March EPC meeting were approved as amended by a 4 to zero vote with Michael Schwartzman not in attendance due to a time schedule conflict.
On a motion by Susan VanAmerongen with a second from Chris Schaefer the April EPC meeting was adjourned at 7:45PM by a 4 to zero vote.
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Jim Guthrie
Chairperson, Evendale Planning Commission
Attest:
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Dick Shaffer
Secretary, Evendale Planning Commission
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