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Planning commission backs rezoning for 14.5-acre ‘Legacy Landing’ 55+ community after contentious hearing
Summary
The Mentor Planning Commission recommended rezoning 14.5 acres on Adkins Road from R-4 to PRD for Legacy Landing, an EPCON-designed 55+ planned residential development. The proposal drew extended public comment focused on drainage, traffic and tree buffering; the commission voted to forward the rezoning and preliminary site plan to City Council.
The Mentor Planning Commission on July 3 recommended that City Council rezone 14.5 acres on Adkins Road from R-4 single-family to a Planned Residential Development overlay so developer Twentieth Century Construction can build “Legacy Landing,” a 55-plus EPCON community with about 45 homes and a clubhouse.
The project’s applicant, Jeff Smoole of Twentieth Century Construction, told the commission the community is designed for “low maintenance” living with ranch homes, an HOA and amenities aimed at older residents. He said the development is intended to meet needs identified in the city’s 2024 housing study.
Why it matters: Neighbors objected at length, citing longstanding drainage problems in the Kittery Cove and Raintree areas, traffic and tree removal; the commission approved the rezoning and preliminary site plan despite those objections and will forward recommendations and conditions to city council for final action. The decision restarts a process that previously went to…
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