Hartville Village Council tables a vote to allow a setback variance to accommodate an apartment complex garage.
Hartville Village Council
TUESDAY MEETING
KEY ACTION Tabled a recommendation by the board of zoning appeals to approve a setback variance for the planned construction of a 31-unit garage building at Lincoln Square Apartments at 300-370 Lincoln Street.
DISCUSSION While the Board of Zoning Appeals approved property owner Dean Windham’s 10-foot setback variance request, from the required 40 feet to 30 feet, at its Jan. 25 meeting, several residents as well as village Solicitor Ron Starkey questioned whether the request should have even come before the Board of Zoning Appeals at this point.
“This looks like something that should have gone to the planning commission as well,” Starkey said of the proposed project. Resident and former councilman, Jim Sullivan, pointed out that the property is zoned R-3 and the area where the garage building is proposed is designated greenspace.
Resident Bill Tessmer also voiced concern over whether the building would block safety service access to the street. Mayor Cynthia Billings pointed out that the Board of Zoning Appeals was only charged with considering the setback request at the Jan. 25 meeting.
OTHER ACTIONS
• Authorized the sale of obsolete village-owned property by internet auction
• Scheduled interviews at 6 p.m. Feb. 8 for five candidates vying for former Councilman Dave Hubbell’s seat. Hubbell in December 2017 to take a job out of state and election rules required council to wait 10 days after Hubbell would have taken office in 2018 before officially advertising the open seat. At that point, Jan. 16, council members were required to select Hubbell’s replacement within 30 days, or Feb. 15. Council also scheduled a special meeting Feb. 13 to select and swear in the new council mem
UP NEXT Meets for its next regular meeting at 7 p.m. Feb. 20, 2018 at village hall, 202 W. Maple St.
- BRIAN LISIK