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Committee forwards Harley Hills plat to council, clears two agenda items and hears project updates
Summary
The Building & Building Codes Committee unanimously moved Final Plat 25-168 (Harley Hills) to the Nov./Dec. council meeting and voted to remove two unfinished-business items from the committee agenda; staff also briefed the committee on several local development projects and infrastructure updates including an Abbey Road sewer timeline and a $1.5 million car-wash renovation.
The North Royalton Building & Building Codes Committee met Nov. 18 and took several procedural actions while hearing staff updates on local development projects.
The committee unanimously approved the Oct. 21 minutes and voted to remove two unfinished-business items—Codified Ordinances Section 1246.8 (Allocation of areas for Public Use) and an item on fines for work without a permit—from the committee agenda. Each motion carried on unanimous 3–0 votes by committee members present (Barath, Krejci, Nickell).
During economic-development remarks, Mr. Jordan told the committee that Stevens Pantone is out of the right-of-way on Royalton Road and has received temporary occupancy, and that the Abbey Road sewer project "should be done in a couple of weeks" with hopes the sewer will be in use by the end of the year. He reported St. Albert the Great has been issued a certificate of occupancy and that Clean Express Car Wash is investing about $1.5 million in renovations to become fully automated. Mr. Jordan also said Jimmy John’s has received approval and needs to submit construction permits, Key Bank is nearly finished, and Kimrose Place will return for preliminary approval in December after acquiring adjacent land.
The Planning Commission had conditionally approved Final Plat 25-168 (Harley Hills) pending Cuyahoga County approval. Law Director Tom Kelly explained the plat’s unusual aspect: the city is not dedicating the street because the street is already dedicated; the action before the committee was an acknowledgment that the development meets city code requirements. The committee moved to forward 25-168 to the council meeting for a vote; the motion (moved by Chair John Nickell, seconded by Vice Chair Linda Barath) passed unanimously.
The meeting also noted that the city received a bronze designation through the NOPEC SolSmart program after a staff review of local code to accommodate residential solar installations. Trail work on Ellet Springs has begun with the Metroparks performing in-house work, and the city purchased a property to provide trail access and a small parking area near Bennett Road.
The committee adjourned at 6:21 p.m.
