Owner seeks 1.08‑acre lot split at Dublin 18 to market small commercial pad; staff flags Bridge Street context

Developer Dan O'Hara and owner Bob Myers presented a proposed lot split that would create a new ~1.08‑acre parcel in the Dublin 18 property for a one‑story, roughly 6,000 square‑foot commercial building with about 39 parking spaces. O'Hara told commissioners the lot split would make the site more marketable to owner‑occupants and small businesses that do not want to go through a lengthy redevelopment approval process. "We're proposing about a 6,000 square foot facility... the parking is on the side and on the rear," he said.

Staff and commissioners noted the site sits in the Bridge Street District’s Sawmill Center neighborhood and that the city's long‑term plan calls for a more urban, walkable frontage on SR‑161 with a future neighborhood street and potential bus rapid transit right‑of‑way. Staff asked whether approving the split in isolation could preclude achieving the envisioned neighborhood street and suggested exploring consolidated access, cross‑access easements with adjacent parcels, and whether a two‑story building type with a parking plan might better support the Bridge Street vision. Owner Bob Myers said the goal is both aesthetic shielding of rear lots along Sawmill and facilitating redevelopment; he said he would withdraw the request if the commission was uncomfortable. The commission gave nonbinding feedback and asked the applicant to consider access consolidation, transit right‑of‑way needs and implications for the wider block before returning with a refined proposal.