Resident raises parking and zoning complaints about group home on Blossom Circle; city staff cite case law and parking enforcement options

Anthony Guinta, a resident of 451 Blossom Circle, told the Tallmadge City Council on Sept. 11 that an operation he described as a staffed group home is generating persistent parking and traffic problems in his cul‑de‑sac. Guinta said he provided a photo showing eight vehicles at the property on Sunday, Sept. 7, including one parked on the sidewalk and one blocking mailboxes, and said the facility appears to operate more like a business than a single household.

The matter drew response from the city’s law director, who said the number of people at the property does not change the zoning classification: “It’s considered a single family use,” the law director said, citing established case law that protects group homes that house people with disabilities under…