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After heated hearings, planning commission approves PUD97 amendment and 160-room hotel with screening, lighting and hours conditions
Summary
The commission approved an amendment aligning PUD text with federal court orders and a major modification allowing a 160-room dual-branded Hilton (Hampton Inn/Homewood Suites) on ~5.07 acres near Kemp Road; approval (5-0) came with added conditions including early mound/tree planting, limits on decorative east-side lighting, construction-hour rules and dumpster relocation after extensive resident opposition.
The Beavercreek Planning Commission voted 5-0 to adopt a court-ordered amendment to PUD97 and to approve a major site-plan modification for a 160-room, three-story dual-branded Hilton (Hampton Inn/Homewood Suites) on 5.068 acres north of Kemp Road.
Staff told the commission the vote to amend PUD text was necessary to align the municipal PUD with federal court orders dating to a 2000 agreed order and a 2018 modification. The new amendment explicitly permits an increase in total allowed square footage across the PUD from 185,000 to 200,000 square feet and clarifies outlot structure caps; staff said the change reduces the need for repeated court filings as projects come forward.
The hotel proposal drew dozens of residents who said the three-story…
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