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Residents press council on flooding, traffic as annexation hearings consider three properties
Summary
At two special hearings, residents told the Bellefontaine City Council that drainage, traffic and school impacts must be addressed before annexing or rezoning nearby tracts. Council later adopted resolutions declaring intent to provide services for two properties and accepted a third annexation application on first reading.
Bellefontaine — Residents raised repeated concerns about flooding, traffic and school impacts during two special annexation hearings held ahead of the City Council’s regular meeting.
At the 6:30 p.m. hearing, the council considered a request by Lavan Investments to annex and rezone a roughly 46.376‑acre tract west of Ludlow Road (south of East Lake Avenue and east of Michigan Street) to R‑3 (multifamily). The planning commission had recommended keeping the property R‑1 (single‑family). A resident who identified their address as 1530 County Road 1 said, “It’s flooded right now. Our infrastructure can’t handle it,” and warned that adding hundreds of housing units would strain services and schools.
Representing the applicant, Mark Barrick of Saccher Real Estate said the owner accepts the planning commission’s R‑1 recommendation and that…
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