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Planning commission approves city’s first ADU under new rules; backs OhioHealth campus addition
Summary
The city’s planning commission approved a conditional use permit converting a detached garage into an accessory dwelling unit and unanimously approved an 11,000‑square‑foot addition to the OhioHealth medical campus at Polaris and Africa Road.
In a report to City Council, a planning‑commission representative said the commission approved Westerville’s first accessory dwelling unit (ADU) under the recently enacted ADU statute and cleared a site‑plan modification for an OhioHealth medical campus expansion.
The ADU request covered a 0.83‑acre single‑family lot on Walnut Street where the owner plans to convert a detached garage into a living unit and later construct an attached garage to address parking. The commission approved the conditional use permit with two conditions: the property must remain owner‑occupied and at least one enclosed parking space must…
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