Trustees consider Venice overlay district to guide future development aesthetics
Board members discussed reviving a long-dormant Venice overlay district to give the township influence over building appearance, landscaping and signage in targeted areas; trustees agreed to invite county planner David Fair and local stakeholder Greg Young to a work session for a more detailed presentation and to solicit public input.
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The board considered an overlay district originally drafted in 2016 that would allow greater influence over building appearance, roofs, landscaping and signage along planned development corridors. The administrator explained the overlay requires maps, text and definitions and would need to go through the county planning commission and Butler County commissioners for adoption; "The overlay district allows us some influence on that," the administrator said, framing it as a tool to preserve the aesthetic character of downtown Ross without altering base zoning use rights.
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