Votes at a glance: Hilliard City Council, March 10, 2025 — major outcomes and next steps

This roundup lists formal actions taken by Hilliard City Council on March 10, 2025, with recorded vote tallies, a short description of each item and next steps. Items with substantive public debate are covered in separate articles.

Passed by council (roll call unless noted) - Ordinance 25‑O‑03 — Wolpert Development PUD (Rezoning to PUD west of Leap Road): Passed 6–0. Council added an amendment requiring enhanced landscaping adjacent to the Hayden Crest neighborhood; next step: site plan and landscape plan review (planning staff). - Ordinance 25‑O‑04 — Amend zoning code to add child care facilities as permitted use in S‑1 Support Facilities District: Passed 6–0. Staff said change corrects an omission and aligns S‑1 with other commercial districts; in effect at earliest date allowed by law. - Resolution 25‑R‑20 — Appointments to the Hilliard Development Corporation Board (reappointments): Passed 6–0 (reappointments: Andy Teeter, Duane Powell, Michelle Crandall). Next step: appointments take effect on passage. - Resolution 25‑R‑21 — Authorize purchase/implementation agreement for work order/asset management software (CityWorks), not to exceed $325,000: Passed 6–0. Implementation: IT to manage vendor onboarding and data migration. - Resolution 25‑R‑22 — Conditional use approval for major vehicle repair (Meadows Car Fine Collision) at 4540 Edgewood Avenue within M‑1: Passed 6–0 with conditions required by planning commission; follow up: applicant to comply with 11 conditions listed in staff packet. - Resolution 25‑R‑23 — Conditional use approval for general retail (less than 15,000 sq ft) and a drive‑in/pickup window for DeJuan Café, 3870 Main Street: Passed 6–0 with conditions on stacking/operations and seating limits per building code. - Resolution 25‑R‑24 — Accept sanitary sewer easement from Partners LLC: Passed 6–0. Staff noted this accepted an extension completed by a developer north of the Lehi office site. - Resolution 25‑R‑21 (earlier in packet numbering) — Personnel salary band and job title amendments (first reading scheduled; second reading March 24): Introduced; no council final action at this meeting.

Postponed / No final action - Ordinance 25‑O‑02 — Annexation of parcels along Cosgray Road (Norwich Township): Postponed to March 24, 2025 (motion to postpone passed 6–0). Council requested more detailed engineering, access and parking information from the applicant prior to deciding. - Ordinance 25‑O‑05 and 25‑O‑06 (Hill Farm 2 rezoning) and Ordinance 25‑O‑07 (development agreement with MI Homes): Introduced and discussed; second readings/public hearings set for March 24, 2025.

Votes and procedure notes - Most roll calls recorded unanimous votes (6–0) for items that came with staff recommendations and planning commission approvals. - Council used a roll call vote on the postponement of the Cosgray annexation and the adoption of the sewer‑tap policy (25‑R‑81), which passed 6–0.

Follow‑up items for staff - Provide council with requested engineering, traffic and parking details for Cosgray annexation (due before March 24, 2025 hearing). - For Wolpert PUD, carry the enhanced buffer language into final PUD text and work with developer on clustered planting details during landscape plan submission. - For Hill Farm 2 items, deliver additional technical memos requested by council and compile ODNR/Columbus materials for the March 24 public hearings.

Ending Council adopted a set of business‑friendly and planning measures while deferring major land‑use approvals in one of the most contested items (Hill Farm 2) until the March 24 hearing. The sewer‑tap assignment policy adopted March 10 will be a key reference for future allocations of the newly identified ERUs.