Get Full Government Meeting Transcripts, Videos, & Alerts Forever!
Get email alerts on the Stormwater Management topic
No spam. Unsubscribe anytime.
Developer says stormwater and road placement make saving Colvin Sweet House on-site difficult
Summary
Petros Development Group told the Avon Landmarks Preservation Commission that drainage to a downstream culvert and an oversized retention requirement force a roughly 2.8-acre pond on the narrow parcel, limiting options to keep the Colvin Sweet House in its current location.
At the June 10 meeting, Gregory Modic of Petros Development Group outlined why his engineers concluded the Colvin Sweet House sits at the parcel location most constrained for development: drainage from the site heads north and must discharge across Detroit Road into a downstream culvert serving the Avon Oaks Golf Course, driving a large retention footprint.
Modic said the parcel is "just over 40 acres, narrow and deep" and that the required retention pond is "approximately 2.8 acres," sized to manage runoff given culvert capacity. He told commissioners that moving the pond farther back on the property would cost at least three potential lots from the proposed 31‑lot subdivision and make the plan financially infeasible. Modic also flagged underground retention as cost‑prohibitive, saying his company had previously seen underground solutions require roughly 30% greater volume and cost about $3,000,000 on a prior 25-acre project.
Commissioners pressed alternatives during the exchange, asking about reduced right-of-way widths, splitting entrance lanes, relocating the house onto a residential lot, and the feasibility of moving the pond; Modic said he would ask his engineering team to evaluate options including relocation of the structure. He also affirmed the company had submitted studies and received approvals from the Ohio EPA and Lorain County Health Department for sanitary work, which he said were obtained prior to presenting to the City of Avon.
