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Pataskala agriculture committee backs sending discharge‑zone map changes to council
Summary
The Pataskala City Agriculture Committee recommended that staff draft an ordinance to remove two subdivisions under construction from the city's discharge zone and correct a mapping error; the change will go through the city’s legislative process with three readings before council.
The Pataskala City Agriculture Committee voted to recommend that staff prepare an ordinance to amend the city's discharge‑zone map to remove two subdivisions currently under construction and to correct a mapping error.
Scott, a staff member, told the committee that city policy generally removes developed residential subdivisions and corporate parks from the discharge zone and that the map had not been updated in several years. "We've identified two new subdivisions that are currently under construction," Scott said, naming Hazelton Crossing and Forest Ridge, and that the committee would "recommend to remove that from the discharge zone." He also said one parcel had been added to the non‑discharge zone in error and should be returned to the discharge zone.
The change the committee recommended would include removing the Hazelton Crossing and Forest Ridge subdivisions from the discharge zone and correcting the single parcel mapping error. Scott said staff would draft an ordinance and take it through the legislative process. "It's an ordinance, so it'll have three readings before council," he said.
Committee members discussed whether the full Hazelton Crossing property should be removed; Scott and other members clarified parcel ownership during the exchange, noting Rockford Homes owns the red portion shown on the map while the yellow portion remains owned by Southgate. Scott said the proposal focuses on the subdivision area already under construction and that the committee could remove the subdivision as presented.
A committee member moved to recommend proceeding with the map amendment and Mary, an agriculture committee member, seconded the motion. The committee approved the recommendation by voice vote; staff will prepare the ordinance for consideration by the City Council, which must complete three readings under the city's legislative process before any map change takes effect.
The discussion occurred during the committee's routine business on the discharge‑zone map. The committee did not adopt a final ordinance; the action was a recommendation to send the amendment through the legislative process for council consideration.
