Pickerington Area Taxpayers Alliance

no vote

normally, the zoning board votes at the end of a public hearing, then the trustees get the issue and usually hold another public hearing before they vote...the process is not fast but in this case furious.

The applicants can ask for another continuance if they want to, or the zoning board can continue the hearing if they need more information or not everyone on the public speaking list gets heard, or the applicant is working with focus groups etc to refine the development plan. Once again this is normally not a fast process, BUT if it becomes a fast process in this case, I think the public would be extremely suspicious.

If the zoning board votes NOT to approve the zoning change, then the trustees are bound by law to vote 3-0 to approve the zoning change against the advice of the zoning board, it must be unanimous to ignore the recommendation of the zoning board. This could be very interesting.

Less predictable

Lisa, I didn't respond directly to your comment because it would get lost in the nether-reaches of the viewing realm. I don't like how you have to go searching for responses nested 4 deep or more.

However, if the zoning board does not vote to rezone this I believe it is a dead deal. I originally thought the trustees would override the boards vote 3-0 but I hear that Terry is getting cold feet, as I suspected he would. He's a vote counter and a huge political animal and if there's anyone who's going to be swayed it's him.