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Planning Commission Delays Vote on GetGo Lot Split

Legal description did not match map of property.

 

Developer Lance Osborne will be at the next Highland Heights Planning & Zoning Commission meeting for a third try to get a lot split approved for the proposed Shoppes at Brainard Crossing/GetGo project.

Preliminary approval of the lot split was given on May 14, but commission members decided against voting on final approval Tuesday night because a legal description didn't match a map of the property at Wilson Mills and Brainard roads.

Osborne's map showed three parcels, with portions of the two existing parcels taken away to form the area where the GetGo gas station/convenience store would be built. That's the parcel that would need to be presented to voters for rezoning to motor service use.

However, a legal description had the property as only two parcels, with the remaining portion combined. That led commission member and Councilman Robert Mastrangelo to suggest that a vote be delayed until everything matched.

"It's not going to hurt Mr. Osborne because I think we'll be on schedule with council," he said, adding that the next commission meeting on June 11 will be prior to the next council meeting, scheduled for June 12.

Commission chairman Vince Adamus said he also was more comfortable waiting for a more detailed map and a letter from the city engineering verifying the legal description was accurate.

Council approval also is need for the lot split, as Council President Cathy Murphy mentioned to commission members.

"This is the first step that we need to take in order to develop the ballot language," she said. "Right now, we're working on the development plan."

Related Topics: Brainard Crossing, Economic Development, Lance Osborne, and getgo

marie harmon

12:59 pm on Thursday, May 31, 2012

Have you noticed that the top suburbs listed in Cleveland Magazine do not have Get Go gas stations?

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Roger Vozar

1:48 pm on Thursday, May 31, 2012

I'm pretty sure there aren't any in Bay Village, but one is in the works for the #2 suburb, Solon. So you expect they'll drop next year?

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marie harmon

5:18 pm on Thursday, May 31, 2012

Highland Heights was #1 about 10 years ago; then dropped to 3 and then 8. We are way down now. The landscaping in Highland Heights has deminished; as well the day after garbage pickup. They never did finish the sidewalks for walking and biking. The school system has also declined in #; It was one of top 10; last time I saw it was 24. The get go itself won't cause it to go down but the outcome of the get go. Walking distance up Wilson Mills there have been 4 bank heists; 1 us bank and 3 Huntington. The Get Go will bring in more transients plus the EPA overseeing the pumps.

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