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          IT'S 130. I CALL THE MEETING TO ORDER AND WE'LL START WITH ROLL CALL. MR. ROACH HERE, MISS WEMLINGER CHAIR. OYSTER HERE, MR. FARNSWORTH HERE. MR. TITUS HERE. AND IF YOU'LL JOIN ME IN STANDING FOR A MOMENT OF SILENT PRAYER, FOLLOWED BY THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE. AMEN. 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. AND TODAY, THE 
          [C. APPROVAL OF MEETING MINUTES – March 3, 2026 & March 24th, 2026]
PLANNING COMMISSION HAS HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO REVIEW THE MEETING MINUTES FROM TWO MEETINGS, OUR MARCH 3RD NORMAL MEETING, AND THEN OUR MARCH 24TH SPECIAL MEETING FOR TRAINING. IF THERE ARE NO DISCUSSION ITEMS, WE CAN MOVE FORWARD WITH A MOTION TO APPROVE. CHAIR, MAKE A MOTION THAT WE APPROVE BOTH THE MEETING MINUTES WRITTEN AND AS SUBMITTED. SECOND ROLL CALL, MISS WEMLINGER. YES, CHAIR. YES, MR. FARNSWORTH? YES. MR. TITUS. 
          [1. APPLICATION: LaQuinta Hotel – Final Development Plan]
YES. MR. ROACH. YES. ALL RIGHT. AND TODAY WE HAVE TWO ITEMS ON THE AGENDA. WHEN YOUR ITEM IS CALLED, IF YOU'RE THE SPEAKER, FEEL FREE TO WALK UP TO THE PODIUM. YOU CAN WRITE YOUR NAME. 
          AND THEN WE'LL NEED YOU ALSO TO STATE YOUR NAME AND YOUR ADDRESS. IT CAN BE YOUR HOME ADDRESS OR YOUR BUSINESS ADDRESS. AFTER THAT, IF YOU COULD REMAIN AT THE PODIUM AND THE CITY WILL PROVIDE SOME BACKGROUND INFORMATION, AND THEN WE'LL GO BACK AND FORTH, PERHAPS WITH SOME QUESTIONS AND DIALOG. SO ITEM NUMBER ONE IS LA QUINTA HOTEL FINAL DEVELOPMENT PLAN. MATTHEW WEBER. WEBER ENGINEERING SERVICES, 2555 HARTVILLE ROAD, ROOTSTOWN, OHIO. I'LL NEED TO WRITE DOWN. REMEMBER, IF I CAN WRITE DOWN. THIS PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT PLAN IS TO RECONFIGURE THE HOTEL ENTRANCE AND PARKING AREA. THE HOTEL WAS BUILT IN 1994 AND ADDITION WAS APPROVED IN 2017, AND THE CURRENT APPLICATION IS TO REBRAND THE HOTEL AND ADD A PARKING LOT EXPANSION. THE PROPOSED PARKING LOT WILL BE LOCATED ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF THE EXISTING HOTEL AND WILL HAVE TWO ACCESS POINTS ONE FROM THE EXISTING SOUTH SIDE OF THE HOTEL ALONG MARLENE DRIVE AND A PROPOSED DRIVE ON THE WEST SIDE OF THE SITE OFF RUMFIELD DRIVE. 
          THE PARKING LOT SHOWN HAS 95 SPACES, WHICH MEETS THE CODE REQUIREMENT OF ONE SPACE PER ROOM, A NO OVERNIGHT TRUCK PARKING SIGN SHALL BE PROPOSED ON THE PARKING LOT TO MEET THE COMPLIANT. TO BE IN COMPLIANCE. IN COMPLIANCE, IN COMPLIANCE WITH CR 5017. THE ENTRYWAY OF THE HOTEL IS PROPOSED TO BE RELOCATED FROM THE NORTH SIDE OF THE HOTEL TO THE SOUTH SIDE, AND WE'LL HAVE PORCELAIN PANEL ACCENTS ALONG THE PARAPET FOR THE NEW ENTRYWAY. A LANDSCAPE PLAN WAS SUBMITTED SHOWING THE PROPOSED LANDSCAPING FOR THE SITE. HOWEVER, MODIFICATIONS WILL NEED TO BE MADE TO ENSURE COMPLIANCE WITH CODE IN TERMS OF THE QUANTITY AND SIZE OF PLANTINGS AND EVERGREENS WILL NEED TO BE A A MINIMUM OF THREE FEET AT INSTALLATION, AND ONE TWO INCH CALIBER TREE IS REQUIRED TO BE ADDED ALONG THE PARKING PENINSULA BETWEEN THE ENTRYWAY OFF OF MARLENE DRIVE AND THE PARKING SPACES TO THE SOUTH, A PHOTOMETRIC PLAN WAS PROVIDED THAT MEETS THE REQUIREMENTS OUTLINED IN CODE. THE MATERIAL SHOWS THAT THE PARKING LIGHTS WILL BE DOWNCAST LED BLACK LIGHTS. HOWEVER, IN ORDER TO BE CONSISTENT WITH CHARACTER WITHIN THE AREA, THE DEVELOPMENT WILL NEED TO HAVE MATCHING LIGHT FIXTURES SIMILAR TO THE COMFORT SUITES TO THE WEST. NOTING THAT THE DEVELOPMENT PLAN MEETS ALL APPLICABLE GROVE CITY 2050 GUIDING PRINCIPLES AND AFTER REVIEWING CONSIDERATION, THE DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT RECOMMENDS PLANNING COMMISSION MAKE A RECOMMENDATION OF APPROVAL FOR THE FINAL DEVELOPMENT PLAN WITH THE FOLLOWING STIPULATIONS, AS NOTED. WOULD YOU LIKE TO MAKE ANY COMMENTS? I CAN MAKE THIS REALLY EASY. WE HAVE NO ISSUE COMPLYING WITH THOSE FOUR COMMENTS AND HAPPY TO TO MAKE THESE MODIFICATIONS TO THE EXISTING FACILITY. WONDERFUL. THANK YOU. ANY QUESTIONS OF PLANNING COMMISSION? JUST ONE 
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ON YOUR YOU KNOW, THE NO PARKING, YOU KNOW, FOR TRUCKS. SO I ASSUME YOU DO HAVE TRUCK DRIVERS THAT STAY THERE. AND IF THEY DO, WHERE DO THEY PARK? I DON'T NECESSARILY KNOW THAT THAT WE DO. I THINK IT'S JUST A MATTER OF, OF ADDING A SIGN TO ENSURE THAT THEY DON'T. BUT YEAH, TO, TO OUR UNDERSTANDING IS I DON'T BELIEVE THAT THEY DO BECAUSE I DON'T BELIEVE THAT THERE'S ROOM UNLESS THERE'S EVER BEEN ISSUES WITH THEM PARKING ON THE STREET OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT. BUT THAT'S NOT THE INTENTION. OKAY. THANK YOU. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OF PLANNING COMMISSION? IS THERE ANYONE FROM THE PUBLIC WHO WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK? ALL RIGHT. 
          HEARING NONE, WE'RE READY FOR MOTION. SURE. I MOVE THAT WE MAKE A RECOMMENDATION TO COUNCIL FOR APPROVAL OF THIS DEVELOPMENT WITH THE FOUR STIPULATIONS, AS NOTED. SO GO AHEAD. SECOND AND ROLL CALL. SURE. OYSTER. YES. MR. FARNSWORTH? YES. MR. TITUS? YES. 
          MR. ROACH. YES, MISS WEMLINGER. YES. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. I DROVE TWO, TWO HOURS. COULD YOU JUST RATTLE ME A LITTLE BIT? CONSIDER YOURSELF LUCKY. THANK YOU. I'LL BE. I'LL BE BACK. 
          I'LL BE BACK ANOTHER TIME. THAT'S RIGHT. THANKS, EVERYBODY. THANK YOU FOR COMING. GREAT. 
          [2. APPLICATION: Patrick’s Hollow – Preliminary Development Plan]
ITEM NUMBER TWO, PATRICKS HOLLOW. PRELIMINARY DEVELOPMENT PLAN. HILLARY LEVINE, 3940 OLYMPIC BOULEVARD, ERLANGER, KENTUCKY, 41018. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING APPROVAL OF A PRELIMINARY DEVELOPMENT PLAN FOR A NEW RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT CONSISTING OF 93 SINGLE FAMILY HOMES AND 42 PAIRED PATIO HOMES ON 39.4 ACRES SOUTH OF GROVE CITY ROAD AND WEST OF EMMAUS ROAD. A PREVIOUS PRELIMINARY DEVELOPMENT PLAN APPLICATION FOR THE SITE CONTAINED 93 SINGLE FAMILY HOMES AND 50 PAIRED PATIO HOMES. RECEIVED A POSITIVE RECOMMENDATION FROM PLANNING COMMISSION, BUT WAS DENIED BY CITY COUNCIL AT THE TOBER 20TH 2025 MEETING DUE TO CONCERNS REGARDING SITE ACCESS AND TRAFFIC. SINCE THAT TIME, THE APPLICANT HAS BEEN WORKING WITH THE PROPERTY OWNER TO THE SOUTH TO ESTABLISH A SECONDARY ACCESS POINT TO THE DEVELOPMENT AND RECONFIGURED THE LOT LAYOUT TO REDUCE THE TOTAL UNITS PROPOSED WITHIN THE PROJECT. THE PRELIMINARY DEVELOPMENT PLAN IS THE FIRST STEP IN THE PROCESS, AND IS INTENDED TO ASSESS IF THE PROPOSED USE OF A SITE AND BASIC LAYOUT ARE APPROPRIATE FOR THE AREA. THE DEVELOPMENT IS PROPOSED TO OFFER TWO TYPES OF HOUSING SINGLE FAMILY AND ATTACHED PATIO HOMES, FOR A TOTAL OF 135 HOMES. EACH HOME WILL BE ON ITS OWN LOT, AND PROPOSED LOT WIDTHS ARE PRIMARILY 52FT FOR THE SINGLE FAMILY HOMES AND 34FT FOR THE PAIRED PATIO HOMES WITH WIDER 65 FOOT WIDE LOTS ALONG ROAD A NORTH OF ROAD B, STAFF BELIEVE THE PROPOSED LOT WIDTHS AND HOUSING OPTIONS ARE APPROPRIATE, NOTING THAT MANY RECENT RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENTS HAVE INCLUDED A MIX OF HOUSING STYLES AS WELL AS SMALLER LOT SIZES WHICH REFLECT CHANGING HOUSING PREFERENCES. MATERIALS STATE ALL ROADWAYS WILL BE PUBLIC AND MEASURES 28FT IN WIDTH, ALLOWING FOR ON STREET PARKING ON ONE SIDE PLAN ROAD A EXTENDING TO THE SOUTH TO CONNECT WITH LOGANBERRY LOOP IN THE AUTUMN GROVE DEVELOPMENT, WHICH WILL ESTABLISH A SECONDARY ACCESS POINT AND MATERIALS INDICATE THE APPLICANT HAS ENGAGED IN DISCUSSIONS WITH MIRANDA HOMES TO PURCHASE ONE OF THE LOTS IN AUTUMN GROVE, SECTION SIX, WHICH WILL ALLOW FOR THIS CONNECTION, AND THE DETAILS ON THIS CONNECTION WILL BE FINALIZED UPON APPROVAL OF THE PRELIMINARY DEVELOPMENT PLAN. SAMPLE ELEVATIONS WERE SUBMITTED FOR BOTH THE DETACHED SINGLE FAMILY HOUSING UNITS AS WELL AS THE PAIRED PATIO HOMES FOR PRELIMINARY REVIEW. STAFF BELIEVE MODIFICATION SHOULD BE MADE OR NEW ELEVATIONS SHOULD BE PROPOSED TO DE-EMPHASIZE GARAGES ON THE SINGLE FAMILY ON THE SINGLE STORY, PAIRED PATIO ELEVATION AND ARCHITECTURAL STANDARDS AND REQUIREMENTS WILL BE ESTABLISHED DURING THE REZONING PROCESS, AND STAFF EXPECT THE PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT WILL HAVE SIMILAR ARCHITECTURAL REQUIREMENTS TO OTHER RECENT DEVELOPMENTS WITHIN GROVE CITY. THE DEVELOPMENT EXCEEDS THE AMOUNT OF OPEN SPACE REQUIRED FOR CODE BASED ON THE NUMBER OF LOTS AND MATERIALS INDICATE THAT RESERVED WILL BE DECENTRALIZED COMMUNITY PARK THAT WILL INCLUDE A PICNIC SHELTER, TOT LOT ACTIVITY, LAWN AND OFF STREET PARKING SPACES. RESERVE E, WHICH IS LOCATED ON THE SOUTHEAST CORNER OF THE SITE, IS PROPOSED TO BE A COMMUNITY PARK THAT FUNCTION AS AN ACTIVITY LAWN WITH INTEGRATED WALKING PATHS MATERIALS. NOTE THAT AN EXTENSION OF THE INTERNAL PEDESTRIAN NETWORK IS PROPOSED THROUGH THIS RESERVE TO FACILITATE A FUTURE CONNECTION TO A GREENWAY TRAIL EXTENSION ACROSS THE CEMETERY PROPERTY TO THE EAST. PRELIMINARY LANDSCAPING DETAILS SHOW STREET TREES ALONG THE ROADWAYS THROUGHOUT RESERVE AREAS. THE PROPOSED BASINS, AS WELL AS EVERGREEN BUFFERS WITHIN RESERVE C ALONG AND ALONG THE WEST PROPERTY LINE TO PROVIDE SCREENING FROM EXISTING AREA HOMES. LANDSCAPING STANDARDS WILL BE ESTABLISHED DURING THE REZONING PROCESS TO ADDRESS LANDSCAPING FOR EACH UNIT. 
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SPECIFIC BUFFERING REQUIREMENTS, STREET TREES, ENTRY FEATURES AND OTHER LANDSCAPING ASSOCIATED WITH THE DEVELOPMENT. NOTING THE PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT IS DESIGNED TO INTEGRATE INTO THE EXISTING COMMUNITY IN TERMS OF SITE LAYOUT, AMENITIES AND OPEN SPACE, AND OFFERS A MIX OF HOUSING TYPES TO REFLECT THE CHANGING PREFERENCES WITHIN GROVE CITY IN THE CENTRAL OHIO REGION. AFTER REVIEWING CONSIDERATION, THE DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT RECOMMENDS PLANNING COMMISSION MAKE A RECOMMENDATION OF APPROVAL TO CITY COUNCIL FOR THE PRELIMINARY DEVELOPMENT PLAN AS SUBMITTED. WOULD YOU LIKE TO MAKE ANY COMMENTS? I DO ACTUALLY, I DO HAVE A SHORT PRESENTATION THAT I HAD SUBMITTED AHEAD OF TIME, AND I'M HOPING THAT I COULD JUST RUN THROUGH A COUPLE OF SLIDES REGARDING THIS PROJECT. SHOULD BE ABLE TO. OH, OKAY. PERFECT. THANK YOU. OH, OKAY. THERE WE GO. SO AGAIN, JUST I'M HILARY LEVINE, I'M THE PLANNING ENTITLEMENTS MANAGER OF GRAND COMMUNITIES, OUR COLUMBUS DIVISION. GRAND COMMUNITIES IS THE AFFILIATED DEVELOPMENT COMPANY OF FISCHER HOMES. SOME OF YOU MIGHT RECOGNIZE ME FROM BEING IN HERE LAST FALL. I KNOW THAT THERE ARE A COUPLE PLANNING COMMISSION MEMBERS THAT WERE NOT IN ATTENDANCE OF THAT MEETING. SO I DO HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF CONTEXT THAT I JUST LIKE TO GO THROUGH. AND FOR. FOR A FEW OF YOU, THIS MIGHT JUST BE A LITTLE BIT OF A REFRESHER ON THIS PROJECT. LAST FALL, WE DID RECEIVE STAFF RECOMMENDATION FOR APPROVAL. WE CAME THROUGH PLANNING COMMISSION. WE DID RECEIVE AN APPROVAL OR RECOMMENDATION OF APPROVAL FROM PLANNING COMMISSION. UNFORTUNATELY, WE DID GET DENIAL AT THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING IN A43 VOTE. SINCE THAT TIME, WE HAVE MET WITH COUNCIL MEMBERS, WE HAVE MET WITH CITY STAFF, AND WE FEEL LIKE WE'VE MADE A VERY STRONG EFFORT TO HELP ADDRESS SOME OF THE ISSUES AND CONCERNS THAT WERE BROUGHT UP AT THE COUNCIL LEVEL. SO WE'RE HOPING THAT THE PLAN THAT WE SHOW YOU TODAY IS AN IMPROVEMENT TO WHAT YOU SAW LAST FALL, AND WE'RE STILL THE RECOMMENDATION OF APPROVAL AGAIN TODAY. SO JUST A LITTLE BIT ABOUT FISHER HOMES AND I'LL I'LL RUN THROUGH THIS QUICKLY. BUT WE ARE A PRIVATELY OWNED COMPANY. WE WERE FOUNDED BY HENRY AND ELAINE FISHER IN THEIR BASEMENT IN 19 IN 1980. 
          SO WE'VE BEEN OWNED AND OPERATED AS A, AS A, A PRIVATELY OWNED BUSINESS OUT OF THE CINCINNATI AREA. AND WE'VE BEEN IN THE COLUMBUS MARKET SINCE 2008. ONE OF OUR LARGER AND BIGGER COMMUNITIES HERE IN IN GROVE CITY CONSISTS OF FARMSTEAD, WHICH IS LOCATED ON THE SOUTHEAST SIDE OF THE CITY. JUST A LITTLE BIT OF CONTEXT TO WHERE THIS SITE IS IN RELATION TO WHERE WE ARE TODAY. SO THIS SITE IS DIRECTLY LOCATED JUST ONE MILE WEST OF RIGHT WHERE WE ARE IN DOWNTOWN GROVE CITY. SO IT'S VERY CLOSE TO HERE. IF YOU TOOK A RIGHT OUT HERE ON GROVE CITY ROAD, YOU WOULD PASS THE SITE JUST DOWN THE STREET. ON THE EXISTING SITE THERE IS FARMLAND AND PRAIRIE FIELDS. AND THIS IS ACTUALLY A COMPILATION OF MULTIPLE SELLERS. 
          SO IT'S MULTIPLE PARCELS. IN THIS DEAL. THERE ARE SIX EIGHT PARCELS OF ASSEMBLAGE HERE, BUT THERE ARE SIX DIFFERENT SELLERS. AND I THINK THAT THERE'S SOME SIGNIFICANCE TO THAT AS IT RELATES TO THE 2050 GROVE CITY COMP PLAN, AND I WILL ADDRESS THAT IN A LITTLE BIT. BUT I THINK IT'S NOTABLE JUST TO MENTION THAT THERE ARE A LOT OF FACTORS IN PLAY HERE AND KIND OF HOW THIS ASSEMBLAGE CAME TOGETHER. THE EXISTING ZONING OF THE SITE IS SR. IT'S CURRENTLY LOCATED IN IN JACKSON TOWNSHIP. BUT OUR PLAN IS TO ANNEX THIS PROPERTY INTO GROVE CITY UNDER A PUD ZONING. THE PLAN ITSELF. SO THIS PLAN IS VERY SIMILAR TO THE PLAN THAT WE SHOWED LAST FALL. THERE HAVE BEEN SEVERAL ADJUSTMENTS MADE TO IT. I WOULD SAY THE MOST SIGNIFICANT OR NOTABLE PLAN CHANGE THAT WE HAVE MADE IS THE ACCESS POINT TO MIRANDA'S AUTUMN GROVE COMMUNITY TO THE SOUTH. ONE OF THE BIGGEST CONCERNS AND TOPICS OF CONVERSATION THAT CAME UP, EVEN AT THIS LEVEL AND AT CITY COUNCIL, WAS HOW HOW IS THIS GOING TO IMPACT TRAFFIC? SO SINCE THE TIME OF OF THOSE MEETINGS LAST FALL, WE HAVE COMPLETED THE TRAFFIC STUDY AT THE ENTRANCE OF OUR COMMUNITY. THE TRAFFIC STUDY DOES WARRANT A LEFT BOUND WEST TURN LANE INTO THE COMMUNITY. SO ANY TRAFFIC TURNING INTO THE COMMUNITY GOING LEFT IN SHOULD NOT HOLD UP ANY TRAFFIC COMING DOWN GROVE CITY ROAD. AND THEN OBVIOUSLY PEOPLE WILL BE FREE TO MAKE THAT RIGHT TURN LANE IN. AND THEN AS A SECONDARY ACCESS, WE WILL BE USING THAT AUTUMN GROVE CONNECTION IN COMMUNICATIONS WITH MIRANDA. IN OUR DISCUSSIONS. THEY ARE WE BELIEVE THAT THEY ARE PLANNING TO. PLAT THAT COMMUNITY OR START BUILDING IN THAT COMMUNITY NEXT FALL. SO THE TIMING OF OUR PROJECT AS IT RELATES TO THAT SECOND CONNECTION SHOULD BE LINING UP TO UTILIZE THAT AS A SECONDARY ACCESS POINT INTO THIS COMMUNITY. THIS SITE PLAN, AS MR. LOGAN HAD MENTIONED, IS A 
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MIX OF TWO DIFFERENT, TWO DIFFERENT HOME TYPES. SO WE DO HAVE IN THE PURPLE IS THE SINGLE FAMILY HOME TYPES, AND THE YELLOW IS OUR PAIRED PATIO PRODUCT. SO IT'LL BE 135 HOME SITES TOTAL, WITH THE MAJORITY OF THOSE HOME SITES BEING THE SINGLE FAMILY. THROUGHOUT THE COMMUNITY, WE ARE PLANNING DIFFERENT POCKET PARKS. THERE IS ONE CENTRALIZED PARK WHICH WE THINK IS GOING TO BE A REALLY GREAT ASSET TO THIS COMMUNITY AND THE SURROUNDING COMMUNITIES. WE WILL INCORPORATE A PICNIC SHELTER, A TOT LOT. THERE WILL BE WALKING TRAILS ALL THROUGHOUT THE COMMUNITY, AS WELL AS A DOG PARK LOCATED BACK ON THE ON THE SOUTHEAST SIDE OF THIS PLAN, WE ARE REQUIRED 8.14 ACRES OF OPEN SPACE. WE ARE EXCEEDING THAT NUMBER IN BOTH NET OPEN SPACE AND GROSS OPEN SPACE. SO WE'RE ABOUT 10% OVER IN NET OPEN SPACE, WHICH IS JUST THE OPEN SPACE THAT THE COUNT OF THE CITY COUNTS TOWARDS THEIR OPEN SPACE REQUIREMENTS. BUT WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE OPEN SPACE AS A WHOLE AND EVERYTHING THAT'S INCLUDED, WE'RE ABOUT 20% OVER THAT NUMBER. AND JUST AS WE'RE GOING THROUGH ALL OF THE COMMUNITY AMENITIES AND THINGS, ONE THING THAT WE REALLY TRY TO DO IS STICK ON BRAND FOR WHAT THE COMMUNITY THEME IS. SO THE COMMUNITY WILL HAVE AN ENTRY MONUMENT. ANY VERTICAL ELEMENTS THROUGHOUT THE COMMUNITY WILL BE THEMED. ONE CENTRAL THEME TO THAT CARRIES THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY. HERE ARE SOME ELEVATIONS OF WHAT THE WHAT THE STREETSCAPE MIGHT LOOK LIKE WITH SOME SQUARE FOOTAGES AND BEDROOM AND BATHROOM COUNTS. ANOTHER STREETSCAPE IMAGE OF WHAT THAT MIGHT LOOK LIKE. AND SOME FRONT ELEVATIONS. OUR PAIRED PATIO COLLECTION IS UP HERE ON THE SCREEN. IT'S SOMEWHERE BETWEEN 650 OR I'M SORRY, 1650 TO 21 95FT■!S. THAT DEPENDS ON WHETHER YOU'RE GETTING THE RANCH PLAN OR THE TWO STORY PLAN, WHETHER YOU'RE PICKING A LOFT WITH THE WITH THE RANCH OR NOT. THESE USUALLY ARE ABOUT 2 TO 3 BEDROOMS AND TWO BATHROOMS. ONE THING THAT WE FIND THAT OUR BUYERS REALLY ENJOY ABOUT THIS PRODUCT IS THAT IT IS A MAINTENANCE FREE PRODUCT. SO THE FOLKS LIVING HERE WILL HAVE ALL THEIR MAINTENANCE SERVICES PROVIDED FOR. THERE WILL BE AN HOA THAT WILL HELP MAINTAIN SOME OF THE EXTERIOR HOME MAINTENANCE, LIKE THE SHARED ROOFS AND THINGS LIKE THAT. AND HERE ARE SOME ELEVATIONS OF WHAT THAT PRODUCT LOOKS LIKE. AND JUST A COUPLE CONSIDERATIONS AS I FEEL IT'S VERY RELEVANT TO THIS SPECIFIC PROPERTY. WHAT WE'RE ASKING FOR IS A LITTLE BIT OF A HIGHER DENSITY THAN WHAT IS TYPICALLY FOUND IN THIS AREA, BUT WE THINK THAT THIS IS THE APPROPRIATE AREA TO IMPLEMENT SOMETHING WITH A LITTLE BIT HIGHER OF A DENSITY GIVEN THE GIVEN THE LOCATION OF THE PROPERTY, IT'S RIGHT UP AGAINST THE SUBURBAN LIVING, LOW INTENSITY LIVING, WHICH IS LOCATED THERE IN THE YELLOW JUST SOUTH AND TO THE EAST OF OUR OF OUR SITE. BUT THEN AS YOU TRANSITION DOWN GROVE CITY ROAD, THAT THAT INTENSITY KIND OF AMPLIFIES AS YOU GO DOWN GROVE CITY ROAD AND WHAT IS CURRENTLY PROJECTED AND PLANNED FOR IN THE GROVE CITY 20 2050 COMP PLAN. SO YOU GO FROM KIND OF THIS SINGLE, THIS SINGLE SUBURBAN LIVING TO THE FLEX EMPLOYMENT CENTER, WHICH IS A MORE INTENSE USE AND THE LOW INTENSITY DEVELOPMENT, YOU KNOW, OFFICE INDUSTRIAL, COMMERCIAL USES AS YOU GO DOWN GROVE CITY ROAD. SO IF THERE WAS EVER A PLACE TO KIND OF HAVE A, A COMMUNITY WITH A, WITH A MORE INTENSE DENSITY. WE BELIEVE THAT THIS IS AN APPROPRIATE LOCATION FOR THAT. JUST SOME OTHER ITEMS, PROGRESS TO DATE, THINGS THAT WE'VE WORKED ON AND THE FEEDBACK THAT WE'VE TAKEN IN AND IMPLEMENTED INTO THE SITE PLAN SINCE BEING HERE LAST FALL. IN ADDITION TO THE IN ADDITION TO THE TRAFFIC STUDY THAT WE COMPLETED AT OUR OWN ENTRANCE, WE ALSO COMPLETED A TRAFFIC STUDY UNPROMPTED AT THE INTERSECTION HERE AT GROVE CITY ROAD AND BROADWAY. ONE OF THE HEAVY PIECES OF FEEDBACK THAT WE RECEIVED WAS THAT THIS IS. THIS IS AN INTERSECTION THAT HAS A LOT OF CONGESTION. AND WHAT THIS COMMUNITY DOES TO THAT INTERSECTION. IN OUR FINDINGS, WE ACTUALLY FOUND THAT THE TRAFFIC COUNTS HERE INDICATED THAT THIS IS A A SUCCESSFULLY OPERATING LEVEL OF SERVICE AT THIS INTERSECTION. AND WITH THE ADDITION OF THIS COMMUNITY, IT WILL BE ADDING ONLY ONE CAR EVERY 75 SECONDS DURING PEAK HOURS OF TRAFFIC. 
          SO 7 TO 9 A.M. 5 TO 7 AT NIGHT. OUR SPECIFIC DEVELOPMENT ADDS ONE CAR EVERY 75 SECONDS DURING THOSE TIMES. SO EVEN WITH THE ADDITION OF OUR. SO WE RAN THE STUDY LOOKING AT WHAT THE CONDITIONS WERE TODAY AND WHAT THE CONDITIONS ARE WITH THE ADDITION OF OUR DEVELOPMENT. 
          AND THEY WERE STILL AT AN ACCEPTABLE LEVEL OF SERVICE. SO THAT WAS ONE THING THAT WE THAT 
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WE WENT THROUGH JUST TO MAKE SURE WE UNDERSTAND HOW OUR SITE SPECIFICALLY IMPACTS THIS. 
          OTHER, OTHER NOTABLE THINGS WE DISCUSSED. WE ADDED THE TWO STREET STUBS TO THE SOUTH. SO NOT ONLY DID WE MAKE OUR SECONDARY ACCESS INTO THE MIRANDA AUTUMN GROVE COMMUNITY, BUT WE ALSO ADDED A STUB STREET FURTHER TO THE WEST OF OUR SITE FOR ANY OTHER POTENTIAL FUTURE GROWTH WITHIN GROVE CITY. WE ALSO, ONE OF THE FEEDBACK, OR ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE HEARD WAS HOW THIS COMMUNITY PRESENTS. AS YOU DRIVE THROUGH IT, HOW CLOSE THE HOMES MIGHT LOOK OR APPEAR TO BE TOGETHER. SO WE DID TAKE THE FIRST 17 HOME SITES. AS YOU COME INTO THAT COMMUNITY ON EITHER SIDE OF THE ROAD UP TO THAT KIND OF CENTRAL PARK, AND WE WIDENED THOSE FROM A 55 FOOT WIDE HOME SITE TO A 65 FOOT WIDE HOME SITE, IN ORDER TO GIVE THE VISUAL APPEARANCE OF, YOU KNOW, HOMES THAT ARE SPACED. GREATER. WE ALSO SWITCHED THE PRODUCT TYPE THAT WAS FRONTING THE FRONT PARK. SO WE ACTUALLY REDUCED THE AMOUNT OF OVERALL PAIRED PATIO AND WE INCREASED THE AMOUNT OF I'M SORRY, WE REDUCED THE AMOUNT OF OVERALL PAIRED PATIO, AND WE REPLACED THAT WITH THE MAPLE STREET SINGLE FAMILY PRODUCT SO THAT IT FACED ONTO THAT FRONT ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF THAT MAIN CENTRAL PARK. AGAIN, FROM JUST A VISUAL PERSPECTIVE AND CURB APPEAL. AND THEN OVERALL FOR THIS PROJECT, FROM THE VERY FIRST TIME THAT WE SUBMITTED THIS APPLICATION TO TODAY, WE HAVE OVERALL HAD A REDUCTION OF 10% OF THE LOT. SO WE'VE LOST 14 LOTS OVERALL FROM THE LIFE SPAN OF THIS PROJECT. AND JUST FROM LAST FALL TO TODAY, WE'VE LOST EIGHT LOTS. SO WE HEARD THAT THERE WAS SOME CONCERN OVER DENSITY. SO WE REALLY TRIED TO MANAGE AND CONSIDER THAT IN OUR PLANS. AND THEN FINALLY, ONE OF THE LAST THINGS THAT WE'VE DONE IS THERE IS A NEIGHBOR WHO HAS BEEN VOCAL ABOUT THEIR CONCERNS ABOUT SAFETY AND NOISE AND VISUAL BARRIERS. SO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE HAVE DONE IS CREATED A WESTERN BUFFER ALONG THE PROPERTY LINE OF OUR SHARED PATIO AT A RATE OF 15 EVERGREEN TREES TO THREE DECIDUOUS TREES EVERY 100FT. SO THAT KIND OF BRINGS US TO WHERE WE ARE TODAY. 
          AND WITH THAT, I APPRECIATE YOUR TIME. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. QUESTIONS OF PLANNING COMMISSION. YES, MA'AM. YOU MAY WANT TO STAY FOR ANY RESPONSES THAT ARE SORRY. WE KEEP HEARING THE BUZZWORD OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING. WHAT WHAT WOULD THE SINGLE FAMILY WHERE WHAT ARE THESE GOING TO START AT? AND THIS THIS PERIOD PATIO HOME START AT? THAT IS A GREAT QUESTION. AND I HAD THAT NUMBER AT THE TIP OF MY THE TIP OF MY TONGUE. AND I KNOW JARED FOR OUR LAND ACQUISITION MANAGER WOULD PROBABLY BE BETTER SUITED TO ANSWER THAT QUESTION BECAUSE HE DOES KNOW THOSE NUMBERS OFFHAND. OKAY. AND IF YOU COULD STATE YOUR NAME AND ALSO THE ADDRESS. JARED 7965 NORTH HIGH STREET, COLUMBUS, 43215. THANK YOU FOR THE QUESTION. WE HEARD THAT AS WELL AS A CONCERN AS WELL ABOUT AFFORDABILITY AND MAKING SURE THAT I THINK ONE OF THE COMMENTS THAT COUNCIL WAS THAT CHILDREN AND GRANDCHILDREN CAN STAY IN THE CITY AND FIND SOMETHING FOR THEMSELVES THAT THEY CAN AFFORD, OR PAIRED PRODUCTS GOING TO START, WE'RE HOPING PROBABLY SOMEWHERE IN THE LOW THREES, SOMEWHERE BETWEEN 310 TO 330, WE'D IMAGINE PER SIDE. AND OUR SINGLE FAMILY IS GOING TO START SOMEWHERE IN THE MID TO HIGH THREES TO MAYBE LOW FOURS. SO WE'RE TRYING TO SCALE THAT BACK A LITTLE BIT FROM WHERE WE STARTED AS WELL. JUST TRYING TO MAKE IT MORE AFFORDABLE AND ATTAINABLE REALLY FOR FOR PEOPLE IN OUR CITY. SO THANK YOU. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS. THE PLANNING COMMISSION. YEAH, JUST YEAH, JUST A QUESTION AND MAYBE MORE ON THE TRAFFIC STUDY. SO I KNOW THAT WITH THAT ONE INTERSECTION IS GOING TO BE ON GROVE CITY. IT'S JUST A TWO LANE ROAD. CORRECT. COMING OUT THE ENTRANCE. YES. OUR YES, OUR ENTRANCE WILL BE A TWO LANE, ONE LANE IN, ONE LANE OUT. NO, I MEAN ON GROVE CITY ROAD THERE'S ONLY TWO LANES. YES. THERE'S NOT A TURNING LANE. 
          CORRECT. OR A TRAFFIC LIGHT. CORRECT. NOW, DOES THE TRAFFIC STUDY WARRANT THAT FOR BASED ON THE AMOUNT OF CARS COMING IN AND OUT? GIVEN. SO RIGHT NOW THE TRAFFIC STUDY WAS SUBMITTED AND IT'S CURRENTLY UNDER REVIEW BY OUR ENGINEERS. BUT THE. IT DOES NOT WARRANT A SIGNALIZED INTERSECTION AT THE ENTRANCE OF THIS DEVELOPMENT. BUT THE STUDY WILL ENSURE THAT THE IMPROVEMENTS LIKE MISS LEVINE ALLUDED TO TURN LANES INTO THE SIDE OR OUT OF THE SITE ARE INCLUDED TO ACCOMMODATE THE DEVELOPMENT. THANK YOU. THAT'S MY ONLY QUESTION. ALL RIGHT. I 
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DO WANT TO MENTION AND IT WAS IT WAS MENTIONED EARLIER, BUT JUST TO EMPHASIZE THAT I DO AGREE WITH THE, YOU KNOW, DE-EMPHASIZING THE GARAGES AND ALSO JUST ADDING SOME ARCHITECTURAL DETAILS THAT, YOU KNOW, FOR THE BETTERMENT. I, I DO RECALL WHEN, YOU KNOW, FARMSTEAD CAME THROUGH THAT WE DIDN'T SEE THE NEED OR, YOU KNOW, TO REQUEST THOSE, BUT THIS SEEMS TO BE A LITTLE, A LITTLE DIFFERENT AS FAR AS THE WHAT'S BEEN PRESENTED. SO JUST WANTED TO, TO MENTION THAT AS WELL. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS. PLANNING COMMISSION. SO I DID REVIEW THE LETTER. THANK YOU FOR THAT WAS VERY DETAILED AND I JUST WANT TO CONFIRM THAT THERE ARE HEDGES AND THERE'S GOING TO BE A BARRIER BETWEEN THIS PROPERTY AND THEIRS, CORRECT? YEAH. THAT'S CORRECT. IT'S CURRENTLY SHOWN ON THE PLANS. THERE IS LANDSCAPING BUFFER SHOWN ON THAT PROPERTY LINE. I THINK MISS ALLUDED TO EVERGREEN AND DECIDUOUS TREES. 
          BUT THOSE DETAILS RELATED TO WHAT IT ACTUALLY IS GOING TO BE WILL BE ESTABLISHED DURING THE REZONING. BUT YEAH, THERE WILL BE SCREENING ALONG THERE AND THERE'S ENOUGH THE SETBACKS, THERE'S ENOUGH ROOM THERE, I GUESS, FOR THAT. YES, YES, PERFECT. THANK YOU. AND I KNOW YEAH, I AND THANK YOU. I THINK IT WAS A GREAT PRESENTATION. AND I MEAN, I WOULD RATHER HAVE SOMETHING LIKE THAT THAN A WAREHOUSE. AND I THINK THAT'S KIND OF A LONG TERM PLAN, YOU KNOW. SO I THANK YOU FOR DOING THAT. AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR LETTER. ALL RIGHT. ANY ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? THE PLANNING COMMISSION JUST REAL QUICK, THE THE ENTIRE DEVELOPMENT WILL HAVE AN HOA, RIGHT? YES. BUT JUST THE PATIO HOMES WILL HAVE MAINTENANCE INCLUDED. YES. 
          THAT'S CORRECT. SO SOMETIMES WE'LL DO A SUB HOA FOR THE SHARED PATIO PRODUCT, WHICH WILL THEN FALL INTO ANOTHER UMBRELLA OF KIND OF SERVICES AND FEES. UNDERSTOOD. THANKS. 
          YEP. ALL RIGHT. JUST ONE OTHER QUESTION OR COMMENT IS IN THE LETTER THAT WE RECEIVED. AND JUST A QUESTION ABOUT THE INDIVIDUAL WAS CONCERNED WITH THE BUFFER ZONE BECAUSE THEY HAVE SIDE BY SIDES THAT THEY RIDE THROUGH THERE AT 50 TO 60MPH SEEMS QUITE EXCESSIVE, YOU KNOW, FOR THAT BUFFER ZONE, BECAUSE I KNOW OUR CITY ORDINANCE ORDINANCE IS 25MPH AND 35MPH. AND THAT THE PROPERTY TO THE WEST IS WITHIN JACKSON TOWNSHIP. SO, YOU KNOW, IN TERMS OF CITY'S ENFORCEMENT FOR THINGS, IT MAY BE SLIGHTLY OUTSIDE OF OUR JURISDICTION. I DO WANT TO NOTE THAT TYPICALLY, YOU KNOW, RESIDENTIAL TO RESIDENTIAL IS NOT JUST AUTOMATICALLY CONSIDERED INCOMPATIBLE TO IN TERMS OF LANDSCAPING, BUT, YOU KNOW, HILLARY AND THE TEAM AT FISHER HOMES REALLY STEPPED UP AND SEEN THAT THERE IS A CONCERN FROM THE PROPERTY TO THE WEST AND HAS SHOWN THIS LANDSCAPING AS PROPOSED, WHICH, AS MR. LOGAN MENTIONED, IS STILL PRELIMINARY. RIGHT. BUT IT SHOWS THE INTENT AND THEN WE CAN CONTINUE TO WORK ON THE DETAILS AS THE PROJECT MOVES FORWARD. OKAY. THANK YOU. 
          ANYTHING ELSE? THE PLANNING COMMISSION, IS THERE ANYONE FROM THE PUBLIC WHO WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK? YES. HELLO. HELLO, ANN-MARIE MACDONALD. JACKSON, FIRE. WE'VE ALREADY TALKED TO THE CITY, BUT WE JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU'RE AWARE THAT WITHOUT THAT SECONDARY ACCESS, THE FIRE DEPARTMENT'S AGAINST THE PLAN. THEY ORIGINALLY HAD A SECONDARY ACCESS UP BY THE POND. BUT THIS THIS NEW ACCESS WOULD BE FANTASTIC IF THEY GET IT. BUT IF THERE'S SOMETHING THAT FALLS APART WITH MIRANDA HOMES, THEN WE'RE TOTALLY AGAINST THE PROJECT. THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU. AND I THINK STAFF CAN CONCUR THAT IF THE DEAL CANNOT BE MADE WITH MIRANDA HOMES, WHICH WE DO WANT TO SEE, WE BELIEVE THAT THAT IS THE PREFERABLE ALTERNATIVE. BUT THE EXPECTATION CERTAINLY IS THAT THERE WOULD BE A SECONDARY POINT OF ACCESS. IS THERE ANYONE ELSE FROM THE PUBLIC WHO WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK? ALL RIGHT. 
          HEARING NONE, WE'RE READY FOR A MOTION. CHAIR. MAKE A MOTION THAT WE APPROVE. ITEM NUMBER TWO, PATRICK HOLLOW, THE PRELIMINARY DEVELOPMENT PLAN. SECOND AND ROLL CALL, MR. FARNSWORTH. YES. MR. TITUS? YES, MR. ROACH. YES, MISS WEMLINGER. YES, CHAIR. OYSTER. YES. THANK YOU SO MUCH. IS THERE ANYTHING FURTHER THAT ANYONE WOULD LIKE TO BRING BEFORE PLANNING 
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COMMISSION TODAY? ALL RIGHT. SEEING NONE, WE
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