Clintonville Area Commission

Who:
Charter Review Committee

 

When:
Thursday, October 27
6pm

 

Where:
Tuttle Community Recreation Center
240 W. Oakland Ave.

The meeting will cover the size of Columbus City Council and review of successful peer cities.

Those wishing to address the committee are encouraged to submit their request to speak viaCharter@columbus.gov by giving their name, address and any organizations they may represent in the body of the e-mail or via the online form at https://www.columbus.gov/council/Charter-Review/Committee/Public-Comment/. 

Speakers will be given 5 minutes to speak and are asked to submit a written copy of their remarks so that the committee members may have a copy in hand for the meeting.  If speakers are unable to attach a copy of their remarks ahead of time, they are asked to bring 14 copies of their remarks to be shared with the committee and staff.

Speakers will be allowed to submit speaker slips on-site, on the day of meetings up to 5:30pm. Speakers will be asked to give their name, address and any organizations they may represent, and will be given 3 minutes to speak. Speakers and the topic of their remarks will be noted in the minutes of the meeting.

 

Please pass this information on to as many people as you can think of.  You will learn a lot at this Open House!

https://www.columbus.gov/Templates/Detail.aspx?id=59779

 

Here is a draft of the agenda for next week’s CAC meeting.

Clintonville Area Commission Meeting Agenda

Thursday, October 6, 2016, 7-9 pm

Whetstone Library Community Meeting Room

(all times are approximate and subject to change)

7:00 p.m. Call to order by Chair & introduction of commissioners

7:03 p.m. Consideration of prior meeting minutes – Commissioner Cull

COMMUNITY ORGANIZATION REPORTS

7:05 p.m.            Columbus City Schools – Dr. Good

? COTA Levy –

? Age Friendly Columbus – Commissioner Wetherholt

 COMMITTEE REPORTS

7:25 p.m.             Community Update – Isom Nivins

7:30 p.m.             Treasurer’s report – Commissioner Meek

7:35 p.m.             Zoning and Variance Committee Report – Chair Steve Hardwick

377 Springs Drive: House Demolition Permit

4059 Glenmont Place: Garage/Porch:

3332.27: To reduce rear yard from 25% to 18% of the total lot for an accessory building.

4597 Olentangy Blvd.: Garage:

1) 3332.38(G), to increase garage height from 15’ to 22’;

2) 3332.26, side yard variance from 3’ to 1’; 3) 3332.38(F), to increase the permitted square                                          footage of the garage from 720 sq. ft. to 726 sq. ft.

86 Montrose Way, Garage:

3332.35, to “permit habitable space above a detached garage that is not ordinarily appurtenant                                      thereto.”

118 East North Broadway, multiple:

1) 3332.38(G), Height variance for garage from 15’ to 24’2”;

2) 3332.38(I), habitable space in detached garage;

3) 3332.26, side yard variance on east side from ?5’ to 3’;

4) 3332.26, side yard variance on west side from ?5’ to 3’; and

5) ???? to allow for a 12’ x 24’ accessory building (greenhouse).

8:35 p.m.            Tech Committee – Chair Libby Wetherholt

8:45 p.m.                         Public Comments

8:55 p.m.                         ADJOURN

 

Upcoming Events:

October 11:             Age-Friendly Columbus Focus Group, 12 Noon-2 pm

October 25:             CAC Planning & Development Committee, 7 pm, Clinton Heights Lutheran Church

Nov. 1:             Next CAC Zoning & Variance Meeting, 7:30 pm, Clinton Heights Lutheran Church

Nov. 3:             Next Clintonville Area Commission Meeting, 7:00, Whetstone Library

Nov. 5:             Fall Bazaar at Clintonville Woman’s Club

City Attorney Rick Pfeiffer has just released his “Mosey Through Clintonville” parts 1 and 2.  It is a delightful trip through Clintonville of today and yesterday.

http://bit.ly/CMosey1

http://bit.ly/CMosey2

 

The 2016 Memorandum of Agreement between the City of Columbus and the Clintonville Area Commission has been posted in the documents folder titled “Current Bylaws.”

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Department of Building and Zoning Services is reaching out to solicit public input on several proposed changes to the Columbus Zoning Code.

The first proposed code change will prohibit extended stay hotels on properties that are zoned in the M, Manufacturing District.

The second proposed code change comes at the request of the City Attorney’s office.  It will codify the Ohio Supreme Court’s prescribed legal standards to be employed by the Board of Zoning Adjustment and the Graphics Commission in their consideration of variance requests.

Attached is the full draft of both proposed code changes for your review and comment. Please send all questions and comments to Paul Freedman directly at PMFreedman@columbus.gov or toZoningInfo@columbus.gov .  These proposed code changes will be scheduled for discussion and a recommendation by the Columbus Development Commission on October 13 and then they will be submitted to City Council.

We value your input on these proposed code changes and look forward to hearing from you.  Thank you very much.

You may remember that, about a year ago, CAC adopted a resolution encouraging the City of Columbus to limit the use of plastic bags.  The information below describes the program that has been developed in response to that resolution.

Project Background

Every year, Ohioans throw away millions of plastic bags which end up in landfills.

In 2015, SWACO,  the city of Columbus and various retailers began a community conversation to explore how best to address the improper disposal of plastics bags in Franklin County. As the result of more than twelve months of work, in 2016, the partners developed and launched ‘Bring Me Back’ – an educational program to encourage residents to return their plastic bags to collection bins at local retailers and use reusable shopping bags, when possible. The program also reminds residents not to curbside recycling their bags, as many recyclers don’t accept them and the bags can disrupt the recycling process.

Community event organizers and local retailers in Franklin County are encouraged to join the awareness campaign. Simply download the program materials available at:  http://www.swaco.org/bringmeback.aspx, add your logo and begin distributing the information at public events and meetings.

Attached is information regarding spraying for West Nile Virus which will take place this week.

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Below is the text of an email that was also sent out.  It is a bit more helpful in regards to the location of the spraying.

There were two separate  positive mosquito pools for West Nile Virus collected from traps near West Como Avenue and Webster Park Avenue recently. The Como Avenue test was confirmed last Thursday by our staff and the Webster Park Avenue test was confirmed by the Ohio Department of Health Laboratory on September 20th.  Due to this discovery our Vector Control Program will be spraying in Clintonville on Tuesday, September 27^th from 3:30 am-7:15 am. The boundaries for this spray are as follows:

 

Henderson Rd. and Cooke Rd. to the North

North Broadway to the South

Indianola Ave. to the East

SR 315 and the Olentangy River to the West

 

A second spraying will occur on Friday, September 30th from 3:30 am-7:15 am.

The boundaries for this second spraying are as follows:

 

North Broadway to the North

Olentangy St. to the South

Summit St. to the East

The Olentangy River to the West

 

A press release and spray map was issued Friday, September 23^rd, it is attached here and the link to the on-line spray map is attached to that. At this moment all requests to opt out of mosquito spraying will be honored that have already been filed.

The positive West Nile Virus pools do serve as a reminder for us to continue protecting ourselves from mosquito bites and to eliminate stagnant water from our properties including places such as gutters, rain barrels, and bird baths. One can also protect themselves from mosquito bites by using insect repellents and by minimizing their time spent outside during the late evening and early morning hours. Please let Kelli Dodd, RS, the Vector Control Program Manager, know if you would like to discuss in further detail our mosquito reduction activities planned in Clintonville this week. Her e-mail address is krdodd@columbus.gov and her phone number is 614.645.6153.

 

The next meeting of Planning and Development will take place this Tuesday, September 27, 2016 at Clinton Heights Lutheran Church at 7 pm.  As always, all CAC-connected committee meetings are open to the public.