MORE INFORMATION not readily available
(Updated 5/20/02) This Week News Chain articles ?– see links provided under the headings in ?“Our Pages?”.
1. Should Village?’s (City?’s) dissolve their governments and merge to be governed by unincorporated Townships?
2. Should Communities set a two-year moratorium in order to stop development while encouraging the city to submit to a development plan?
These issues were not printed within the pages of the 5/16/02 This Week in Pickerington, although they were in other communities additions of this papers distribution.
(Updated 5/8/02) Multiply postponed / tabled Monebrake zoning proposal resurfaces -- from the 5/8/02 Lancaster Eagle Gazette: NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING The Pickerington City Council will hold a Public Hearing on Tuesday, May 21, 2002, at 7:00 P.M. at City Hall, 100 Lockville Road, for open discussion regarding proposed rezoning of 21.8 acres, more or less, from AG (Rural District) to PR-10 (Planned condominium/apartment residence) for ''The Homestead'' (the Monebrake property). Details of the above are available at the office of the Municipal Clerk: Lynda D. Yartin, Municipal Clerk LEG May 8, 2002, #3502124
Pickerington
(Updated 5/6/02) - From the 4/30/02 Columbus Dispatch editorial - LAND-USE RESTRICTIONS
?“Development limits and moratoriums are not unheard of in fast-growing, environmentally sensitive areas of the West, but they're not something central Ohioans are familiar with. This conceivably could change if urban sprawl continues unabated.?”
** see link in ?“Our Pages?”.
(Updated 4/27/02) - MORE annexations by Pickerington.. 387 acres primarily in the Canal Winchester School District.
(Updated 4/22/02) Ohio EPA Public notice relative to permits to increase the Waste Water (Sewer) treatment plant in Pickerington. (see ''Our Pages'' for the copy)
(Updated 4/21/02) Burden of Property Taxes & funding for public schools - Lancaster Eagle Gaxette article.
(Update 4/21/02)posting of our latest Newsletter January - March 2002, distribution 5,750 area households. (see our Newsletter Section)
(Update 4/15/02) - The Income Tax figures (sources) for the City of Pickerington are posted in the ''Our Pages'' section for 2001.
(Update 4/14/02) -- Property tax exemptions for businnesses rising -- impacts on school's funding. Columbus Dispatch article -
.... Howard Fleeter, an independent tax and school-funding analyst, said the tax-abatement system is unfair to schools because they cannot block counties or municipalities from reducing taxes. Some superintendents have been able to strike agreements with businesses for a charitable contribution in exchange for the tax breaks.
A study released Tuesday by Fleeter and his partners showed that the property-tax burden for schools has shifted in the past 10 years from businesses to homeowners. He said that tax abatements might contribute to the shift. ... see the link in ''Our Pages''
(Updated 4/14/02) ?– In addition to the suggested Boundaries Committee maps and listing of subdivisions per each plan, a portion of the data and bar graphs listing future enrollment shows the problem. The four schools can?’t handle what is coming! Longer established area residents already knew this. They?’ve been there before.
Ask yourself why this public information is not available through our area newspapers? Better yet, ASK THEM.
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(Updated 5/20/02) This Week News Chain articles ?– see links provided under the headings in ?“Our Pages?”.
1. Should Village?’s (City?’s) dissolve their governments and merge to be governed by unincorporated Townships?
2. Should Communities set a two-year moratorium in order to stop development while encouraging the city to submit to a development plan?
These issues were not printed within the pages of the 5/16/02 This Week in Pickerington, although they were in other communities additions of this papers distribution.
(Updated 5/8/02) Multiply postponed / tabled Monebrake zoning proposal resurfaces -- from the 5/8/02 Lancaster Eagle Gazette: NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING The Pickerington City Council will hold a Public Hearing on Tuesday, May 21, 2002, at 7:00 P.M. at City Hall, 100 Lockville Road, for open discussion regarding proposed rezoning of 21.8 acres, more or less, from AG (Rural District) to PR-10 (Planned condominium/apartment residence) for ''The Homestead'' (the Monebrake property). Details of the above are available at the office of the Municipal Clerk: Lynda D. Yartin, Municipal Clerk LEG May 8, 2002, #3502124
Pickerington
(Updated 5/6/02) - From the 4/30/02 Columbus Dispatch editorial - LAND-USE RESTRICTIONS
?“Development limits and moratoriums are not unheard of in fast-growing, environmentally sensitive areas of the West, but they're not something central Ohioans are familiar with. This conceivably could change if urban sprawl continues unabated.?”
** see link in ?“Our Pages?”.
(Updated 4/27/02) - MORE annexations by Pickerington.. 387 acres primarily in the Canal Winchester School District.
(Updated 4/22/02) Ohio EPA Public notice relative to permits to increase the Waste Water (Sewer) treatment plant in Pickerington. (see ''Our Pages'' for the copy)
(Updated 4/21/02) Burden of Property Taxes & funding for public schools - Lancaster Eagle Gaxette article.
(Update 4/21/02)posting of our latest Newsletter January - March 2002, distribution 5,750 area households. (see our Newsletter Section)
(Update 4/15/02) - The Income Tax figures (sources) for the City of Pickerington are posted in the ''Our Pages'' section for 2001.
(Update 4/14/02) -- Property tax exemptions for businnesses rising -- impacts on school's funding. Columbus Dispatch article -
.... Howard Fleeter, an independent tax and school-funding analyst, said the tax-abatement system is unfair to schools because they cannot block counties or municipalities from reducing taxes. Some superintendents have been able to strike agreements with businesses for a charitable contribution in exchange for the tax breaks.
A study released Tuesday by Fleeter and his partners showed that the property-tax burden for schools has shifted in the past 10 years from businesses to homeowners. He said that tax abatements might contribute to the shift. ... see the link in ''Our Pages''
(Updated 4/14/02) ?– In addition to the suggested Boundaries Committee maps and listing of subdivisions per each plan, a portion of the data and bar graphs listing future enrollment shows the problem. The four schools can?’t handle what is coming! Longer established area residents already knew this. They?’ve been there before.
Ask yourself why this public information is not available through our area newspapers? Better yet, ASK THEM.
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