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Commissioners approve first-reading rezonings for Midvale and Dayton Boulevard housing projects
Summary
On first reading the Red Bank Board of Commissioners approved rezonings for 309 and 313 Midvale Avenue to allow six detached homes and for 1109 Dayton Boulevard to allow 28 townhomes; each approval was amended to correct applicant information and will require follow-up variances and county approvals.
Commissioners in Red Bank on April 1 approved on first reading separate rezoning requests for two Midvale Avenue properties and for a Dayton Boulevard site, clearing initial municipal hurdles for three new housing projects.
The rezonings matter because they change allowable uses and trigger site-specific reviews and variances that affect neighborhood character, traffic and stormwater management.
Planning staff told the commission the Midvale rezonings (309 and 313 Midvale Avenue) would allow the two lots to be subdivided and developed into six single-family detached houses. "The rezonings for 309 and 313 Midvale are being requested in order to subdivide and construct 6 single family detached houses," planning staff said. The project will require steep-slope stabilization plans and a 10-foot landscape buffer where it abuts existing R1 properties. Staff said the subdivision will include a detention pond at the low point of the site and that, because multiple lots are proposed, plans must be approved by Hamilton County Water Quality. The planning commission recommended approval unanimously. The commission amended the ordinance language to correct the applicant name to Ingram Gordon and Associates and to add an owner-signature line; the rezoning passed on first reading with a unanimous vote.
On Dayton Boulevard, the applicant for 1109 Dayton Boulevard presented a proposal to rezone a commercially zoned parcel to allow a 28-unit townhome development with a pool and off-street parking. Planning staff said C3 zoning would permit townhomes while the parcel's existing C1 classification would not. Applicant Mike Price of MAP Engineers said the plan had evolved from earlier concepts for larger apartment counts and that the current submission reflects market conditions and a for-sale townhome product. "We basically came back with 28 townhomes for sale," Price said. The proposed site plan will require variances, including a requested building separation reduction from 20 feet to as little as 4 feet, 7 inches, and minimum-square-footage exceptions for some units. The planning commission unanimously recommended the rezoning; the city commission approved it on first reading after amending the ordinance to list the correct applicant and add an owner signature line.
No members of the public spoke during the three public hearings. Commissioners emphasized that further approvals are required: variances must be heard by the Board of Zoning Appeals, and county-level approvals (including Hamilton County Water Quality) are required for stormwater/detention work. Several commissioners also noted traffic and water concerns reported to planning staff in the planning commission record.
Next steps include the applicants filing formal variance petitions where needed and returning to the commission for final (second) readings once variances and any plan adjustments are resolved.
