Planning Commission votes down conditional-use approval for 34 Graham Road townhomes (PC-26-20)
Summary
At its meeting, the Stow City Planning Commission rejected a conditional-use confirmation for townhomes on two parcels on Graham Road (PC-26-20). The motion failed on a 1–3 roll call after residents raised traffic, school and privacy concerns; site-plan review remains for a future meeting.
The Stow City Planning Commission declined to approve application PC-26-20, a request confirming that townhomes are a permissible conditional use on two parcels on Graham Road.
The application, filed for the property listed with the applicant as Matthew Nef (2815 Graham Road), proposed up to 34 townhome units grouped in clusters. A staff member told the commission that tonight’s hearing would only determine whether townhomes are a conditional use in the R‑3 (high-density residential) zone; detailed site-plan and engineering review would occur at a later meeting.
A motion to approve the conditional-use application passed to a roll call vote. Commissioners recorded votes as follows: Wagner — yes; Basik — no; Prescott — no; Duliaak — no. The motion failed, 1–3, and no site-plan approvals were made.
Neighbors attending the hearing raised repeated concerns about traffic, school impacts, privacy and loss of green space, several citing the two‑lane character of nearby roads and heavy weekend traffic near the adjacent soccer fields. The applicant’s consultant, Matthew Nef, told the commission the project team "intend[s] to follow all the rules and and you know, make a project in STO that we would be proud of."
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