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Planning commission tables proposed Bolton Subarea A amendment after legal, density and open-space concerns
Summary
The Mentor Planning Commission voted to table an amendment to the Bolton development plan (Subarea A) after the law director and multiple commissioners raised questions about reduced acreage, added rental attached units and trail/open-space calculations. The developer will return with more detailed plans and a proposed cross‑pod connectivity plan.
The Mentor Planning Commission on Oct. 16 tabled a proposed amendment to Subarea A of the Bolton development plan after commissioners and the city’s law director said the draft departs from the court-approved development agreement.
Developer Sam Petros and project representative Greg Modick presented a revised plan for the southeast corner of Johnnycake Ridge Road and Center Street that shows a mix of attached and detached single-family units, a network of trails and a smaller Subarea A than in the original judgment entry. Commissioners asked for more detail and a side‑by‑side comparison with the approved plan before taking action.
The law director told the commission the “agreed judgment entry is extremely difficult to modify” and highlighted three issues the commission must resolve before recommending changes to council: (1) permissive uses — the plan replaces some single‑family lots with attached rental product that the law director said may constitute multifamily uses not allowed by the judgment entry; (2) acreage and open space math — Subarea A was presented at…
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