Kettering planning commission approves conditional consolidation of two lots at 4700 Tate Road

The City of Kettering Planning Commission on Aug. 3 approved a conditional final record plan to consolidate two adjacent lots at 4700 Tate Road (Planning Case 26-015). The commission voted to approve the replat — moving Lots 22 and 23 of the Stroop Subdivision and the Tate Road plat into a single new lot — provided the applicant submits a corrected record plan that meets the City of Kettering zoning code formatting and content requirements.

City staff presented the case and recommended approval with conditions, saying city reviewers needed some “typographical errors” and missing signature and lot-number fields corrected before the plan could be recorded. As city staff noted, “we do recommend approval with that condition.” The staff presentation identified an easement running through the center of the two lots; staff said the applicant had obtained or would obtain release letters from utility agencies so nothing would run through the middle of the consolidated lot where a home is intended to be placed.

The applicant’s representative, who identified himself as builder Rick Anesta, said he was present to answer questions. The formal motion to approve the final record plan named the applicant as Ricardo Inesta (address listed in the motion as 120 East Broadway, Loveland, OH 45140); the motion was moved by Commissioner Ken Lackey and seconded by Commissioner Don Rusman. A roll call vote of commissioners present approved the motion. The commission noted that once staff confirms the corrections and the applicant returns a corrected drawing, commissioners would have the opportunity to sign the record plan for recording.

The action allows the property owners (listed in the motion as the Myers Trustees) to proceed toward recording a single lot where two existed previously, subject to the technical corrections required by staff. The commission scheduled its next regular meeting for Aug. 17, 2026.