Far Northwest Coalition

JUNE 2006 FNWC MINUTES

FAR NORTHWEST COALITION JUNE 2006 MINUTES

FAR NORTHWEST COALITION
P. O. BOX 340285 COLUMBUS, OH 43234

June 28, 2006

The Far Northwest Coalition (FNWC) met for its regularly scheduled meeting at the Northwest Library. Members present of the FNWC Board were John Best, John Murley, Kelly Thompson, Chris Anderson, Mike Brown, Joe Macomber & Rich Herner. John Best opened the meeting with an introduction of the FNWC Board members to the group in attendance.

Best advised the group that the Sawmill/Billingsley Road project and Phase 2 of the Hard Road project are scheduled for 2007.

Jeff Brown, representative of Byers Mazda Subaru, made a presentation to the FNWC to change language in the CPD text for the dealership located at 2465 Billingsley Road. Brown said they had approval for a 5000 sq. ft. building within the 200 to 400 foot setback from Billingsley Road in the current text. They want to change the text to allow two (2) buildings within that area, not to exceed the 7000 sq. ft. to house their used car sales and a Hertz rental office. Originally, they had planned to use just the one building, but now they would like to physically remove the two operations to separate buildings. In addition, Brown said he also changed language in the text to specifically allow the rental business. He said signage would be within code and the other text in the CPD would not be changed at all. He plans to have this request to the Development Commission on August 10.

FNWC members questioned Brown on the request, specifically asking about other dealers in the area and what would happen if one dealership was allowed to have two buildings within that setback area. There was also concern about what additional signage may be required for the additional building.

The FNWC then moved and seconded the acceptance of the March 2006 and May 2006 meeting minutes, as presented. Motion passed.

Kelly Thompson gave a brief Treasurer’s report to the group, and noted those civic groups that had paid dues in 2006.

The FNWC then again discussed the CPD text change request from the Byers dealership. There was considerable discussion about the precedent to be set by allowing one dealership along Billingsley Road to have two buildings in that setback area. It was noted that Byers would probably do a nice job with the buildings, but there was also concern about orientation to Billingsley, location of the building on the lot and additional signage requirements.

It was moved and seconded that the FNWC conditionally approve the CDP change request of Byers Mazda Subaru for the property located at 2465 Billingsley Road, subject to there only being one (1) building not to exceed 7000 sq. ft., instead of the two buildings requested; due to the negative impact to the aesthetic appearance to the local area. Motion passed.

There being no further business to come before the FNWC, the meeting was adjourned.

Respectfully submitted,


Rich Herner
FNWC Secretary