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Council discusses D.R. Horton townhome proposal off State Route 104, raises traffic and buffering concerns
Summary
Village council members and staff reviewed a proposed townhome development by D.R. Horton behind Foxfire, discussed density, buffers, access and whether a traffic study or PRD process will be required, but took no formal vote.
A proposal from D.R. Horton to build townhomes off State Route 104, behind the Foxfire subdivision, prompted detailed discussion at the Commercial Point committee-of-the-whole meeting on May 19, with council members raising traffic, access and buffer concerns.
Council members said the developer has increased the buffer along Foxfire from 40 feet to 75 feet and added mounding and trees; council also discussed moving a retention pond, building spacing and the number of units. "They also increased the buffer from 40 feet to 75 feet. That's a huge buffer," Council Member Nancy said. Council Member Andrea said she was "worried about it being another 220 cars potentially going up and down 104."
Bill, a village staff member, told the group that a traffic study is not automatically required for rezoning but that the developer must work with the Ohio Department of Transportation and that a traffic study will be required if the developer pursues a Planned Residential District (PRD). "A traffic study a traffic study is not required for how they're wanting to rezone this. So a traffic study is not required, but they have to work with ODOT. And ODOT's gonna have the final say in what they can and cannot do," Bill said. He added that if the proposal becomes a site plan, required traffic, turn-lane and signal recommendations would be determined through the study.
Council members asked staff to press the developer on screening for industrial storage to the north of the Rickenbacker Exchange parcels and on the number and layout of townhome buildings; they discussed possible limits on density and whether single-family lots would be preferable. "This is already zoned R-1, so you need to look at the R-1 zoning," Bill said, noting developers can build under existing R-1 rules unless the council adopts different standards.
No formal motion or vote was taken at the meeting. Staff said they expect the developer to return with more detailed drawings and that any traffic-study requirement, access points and ODOT conditions will be resolved through the rezoning/PRD or site-plan process.
