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JACKSON TWP. —
With a packed audience on hand, trustees Tuesday rejected a proposed zoning change that would have allowed a new apartment complex on Hills & Dales Road NW.
Trustees denied the rezoning request made by McKinley Development Co. and property owners Brian & Lynn Carlone. They had sought to rezone about 4.6 acres of land at 6990 Hills & Dales NW from rural residential to a multifamily residential (R-4) classification.
The development company sought to build an “upscale apartment complex” that would have included two buildings with 44 garden style apartments, enclosed garages and additional parking lots. Both the Stark County Regional Planning Commission and the Jackson Township Zoning Commission recommended that trustees approve the change.
Trustees voted unanimously to reject it.
Many of the more than 50 residents in attendance spoke in opposition. Trustee James Walters said trustees also received more than 50 letters, emails and phone calls opposing it.
Walters said the board got more than 20 letters in favor of the request. Only the developer and property owner spoke in favor of it during the meetings.
Trustees did approve a zone change that will allow a McDonald’s restaurant to be built at the northwest corner of Fulton Drive and Whipple Avenue NW.
Dearborn Land Investment asked for series of changes within the business classifications to cover the five parcels of land needed to build the restaurant.
Regional Planning and the township Zoning Commission recommended a switch to the B-2 class, which allows suburban office and limited businesses.
Trustees granted the developers request for the commercial business zone, B-3.
“The restaurant would still be built with the B-2 modification, but with the B-3, there will be greater building setbacks with larger lot frontages and better curb cuts with the new restaurant,” Walters said.
Four existing buildings and one billboard at the site will be demolished.
Several township residents expressed concerns about the traffic congestion in the area during Mass times and school hours at St. Michael’s Catholic Church across the street. They also expressed concerns about noise and air pollution, the use of bright lights for the parking area and the potential for increased traffic accidents.
With a packed audience on hand, trustees Tuesday rejected a proposed zoning change that would have allowed a new apartment complex on Hills & Dales Road NW.
Trustees denied the rezoning request made by McKinley Development Co. and property owners Brian & Lynn Carlone. They had sought to rezone about 4.6 acres of land at 6990 Hills & Dales NW from rural residential to a multifamily residential (R-4) classification.
The development company sought to build an “upscale apartment complex” that would have included two buildings with 44 garden style apartments, enclosed garages and additional parking lots. Both the Stark County Regional Planning Commission and the Jackson Township Zoning Commission recommended that trustees approve the change.
Trustees voted unanimously to reject it.
Many of the more than 50 residents in attendance spoke in opposition. Trustee James Walters said trustees also received more than 50 letters, emails and phone calls opposing it.
Walters said the board got more than 20 letters in favor of the request. Only the developer and property owner spoke in favor of it during the meetings.
Trustees did approve a zone change that will allow a McDonald’s restaurant to be built at the northwest corner of Fulton Drive and Whipple Avenue NW.
Dearborn Land Investment asked for series of changes within the business classifications to cover the five parcels of land needed to build the restaurant.
Regional Planning and the township Zoning Commission recommended a switch to the B-2 class, which allows suburban office and limited businesses.
Trustees granted the developers request for the commercial business zone, B-3.
“The restaurant would still be built with the B-2 modification, but with the B-3, there will be greater building setbacks with larger lot frontages and better curb cuts with the new restaurant,” Walters said.
Four existing buildings and one billboard at the site will be demolished.
Several township residents expressed concerns about the traffic congestion in the area during Mass times and school hours at St. Michael’s Catholic Church across the street. They also expressed concerns about noise and air pollution, the use of bright lights for the parking area and the potential for increased traffic accidents.
