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Planning commission recommends City Council approve Credit Union of Ohio site plan with parking and lighting stipulations

2084177 · January 7, 2025
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Summary

The Grove City Planning Commission recommended City Council approve a final development plan for a Credit Union of Ohio branch at 2397 Old Stringtown Road, approving a deviation to reduce required parking from 20 to 17 spaces while noting lighting and tree-location issues must be resolved.

The Grove City Planning Commission voted to recommend City Council approve the final development plan for a Credit Union of Ohio branch at 2397 Old Stringtown Road, with stipulations and deviations related to parking, lighting and landscaping.

City development staff summarized the proposal: a new approximately 3,963-square-foot building with three drive-through lanes, a 21-foot maximum building height and a site layout that removes an existing building to place the new structure centrally on the lot. Staff recommended support for a deviation that reduces required parking from 20 spaces to 17 based on anticipated peak trip counts and similar facilities’ experience.

Tyler Jackson, the applicant’s project representative, said he would answer questions but deferred to staff for technical detail. Staff noted the site’s photometric plan does not meet the code requirement of 5 foot-candles for all vehicle and pedestrian areas and said the applicant must work with staff to add fixtures to achieve compliance. Staff also supported omitting a 2-inch-caliper tree from an end island on Old Stringtown Road because of sight-line and intersection safety concerns; the applicant added more trees along other property lines to satisfy total-tree requirements.

Commissioners asked questions about circulation and how pavement markings and signage would prevent wrong-way movements at the Kellnor Drive entrance. No public speakers addressed the item. The commission voted unanimously to recommend approval to City Council with the noted stipulations and deviations; the final site-level technical requirements will be resolved in the administrative permitting and Council-level zoning steps.