Euclid ARB approves landscape plan for Lakeland Boulevard dog care facility with native-plants and stone-size conditions

The Architectural Review Board approved a landscape plan for a new dog daycare, boarding and grooming facility at 24750 Lakeland Boulevard, with conditions aimed at safety and long-term maintenance.

Applicant Theresa Johnson proposed low-maintenance ornamental plantings and 3-inch rock in front planting beds and against the building. Staff described the proposal as modest and appropriate given the immediate area and the facility’s clientele, and did not oppose approval. Board members raised concerns that large 3-inch rock could pose safety and maintenance problems along the roadway and that the plan did not specify plant species; they also noted neighboring properties use finer crushed stone in the same stretch.

The board approved the plan with these stipulations: ornamental grasses and other selected plants must be native or noninvasive and meet the plant density and coverage requirements in the Euclid City code; the applicant should use a smaller crushed-stone size (or match the neighbor’s stone) rather than 3-inch rock along the frontage; and plantings in the narrow bed directly against the building may be omitted if the bed cannot sustain plant materials. The board asked the applicant to consult the code and staff for exact planting density and species lists; a recent survey from McSteen & Associates (dated Dec. 31, 2024) was available to resolve property-line questions.

A motion to approve the landscape plan for permanent parcel 64801009 passed with affirmative votes and the board said staff would follow up with the applicant to refine plant species, spacing and stone size. Board members encouraged mirroring the neighboring property’s stone and maintaining continuity across the frontage.