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Commission approves minor modification to allow two accessory storage buildings at Lakeview Drive site
Summary
The Planning Commission approved a minor modification to the Lakeview Building PUD to allow two climate‑controlled accessory storage buildings at 2372 Lakeview Drive, subject to eight conditions including rooftop-equipment screening and fire-department circulation approval for deliveries.
Beavercreek, Ohio — The Planning Commission approved a minor modification to PUD 124‑86 (Lakeview Building) allowing two detached accessory storage buildings at 2372 Lakeview Drive, subject to eight conditions, in a 4-0 vote.
Dr. Lee Culver, managing member of Dover Real Estate Investment Group and president/CEO of Creek Technologies, presented the request. Culver described a self-funded renovation of roughly $2 million to upgrade a 16,000-square-foot building used by Creek Technologies and tenant businesses. He said tenant businesses (Creek Technologies, Criterion Group, IDR Federal and Minuteman Printing) require consolidated, on-site storage because interior storage was removed during renovation. Culver described the proposed accessory buildings as architecturally compatible with the main building and sited within unused mulch beds at the rear of the lot.
Staff noted that Beavercreek’s zoning code limits accessory buildings in commercial districts — a typical code provision cited in staff comments — but that a PUD allows the commission discretion to evaluate a unique request. City planner Colin Carville said staff recognized the applicant’s business-retention argument and the buildings’ compatible design, but also flagged precedent concerns and practical issues: rooftop HVAC screening, delivery circulation in a constrained rear yard, and fire-department access during deliveries.
Commissioners and the applicant discussed anticipated delivery vehicle sizes (UPS and box trucks, sometimes larger commercial deliveries) and the potential need for rooftop split-system HVAC units on the accessory buildings. Following discussion, the commission added two applicant-suggested or staff-recommended conditions: (1) require rooftop equipment screening for any roof-mounted equipment on the property, and (2) require fire-department approval of rear-yard circulation and turning capability prior to issuance of a zoning permit for the storage buildings. The final motion approved the minor modification with those and other conditions (eight total), and passed 4-0 (roll call: Mister Fountain: yes; Mister Francis: yes; Mister Jones: yes; Mister Self: yes).
Clarifying details in the record: proposed accessory buildings are each approximately 2,750 square feet (per applicant materials), sited in existing unused mulched beds at the rear of the site; applicant described rooftop split HVAC units for the accessory buildings; applicant anticipates deliveries by box trucks and UPS-style vehicles and possible occasional larger trucks; the project does not increase the number of parking stalls on site.
The commission’s approval is a minor modification that does not require City Council review; the planning department will coordinate with the fire department and verify rooftop equipment and screening prior to issuing zoning permits.
