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Council committee advances Rockside Road PUD development agreement including rehab hospital, TIF provisions
Summary
The Seven Hills Planning, Zoning and Economic Development committee on Jan. 28 approved placing a development agreement for the Rockside Road PUD on the council agenda for first reading. The agreement centers a rehabilitation hospital, includes TIF language to acquire land for public uses, and requires significant utility and foundation work before residential construction.
The Seven Hills Planning, Zoning and Economic Development committee on Jan. 28 approved placing a development agreement for the Rockside Road planned unit development on the council agenda for first reading, moving the item into the formal three-reading process.
The agreement centers a proposed rehabilitation hospital and includes tax-increment financing provisions that could allow the city to buy a parcel for a public safety station and to reserve land for a pocket park and gazebo overlooking downtown. The document also requires the developer to make substantial infrastructure investments—sewers, electric and foundations—before single-family homes in the rear may be built, and it contemplates traffic mitigation work on Crossview Road.
"This is like the third or fourth go around," said Ed Foley, a staff member who presented the packet and negotiation objectives, summarizing the lengthy development history. Foley said the project "does reflect…
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