Pickerington Area Taxpayers Alliance

In the ''Our Pages'' section of this website you'll find the exact language of what has been requested here. Look under - City Ordinance Outlining Growth Management Plan

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New Ordinance

The news media seems somewhat confused about last night?’s ordinance. This is understandable given the situation. Nevertheless, I believe the actual statute is being posted on this website. This is the effect of the statute:

1. Effective on June 6, 2003 the city will allow only one hundred building permits to be issued. The building permits will be handed out on a quarterly basis through a lottery system. There are several exceptions to this limitation. First, if you are already in contract on a home you can proceed to obtain a building permit and you do not need to go into the lottery. Second, if you are planning to build a single home on property that is outside of a development, then it does not apply and you can obtain a building permit.
2. The restriction to one hundred homes will be in place for one year.
3. The statute may be stayed if a group of builders/developers presents a qualifying plan to the city for a community authority.
4. In order for a plan to qualify it must meet certain minimum requirement.: (1) it must propose the collection of ten mills over a forty year period, (2) it must be guaranteed by the builders to the extent of the amount of revenue (3) the plan must contain language that no more than three thousand homes can be built over a ten year period, (4) the plan must provide for additional fees of $1,000.00 per home for every home in excess of a target number of three hundred homes per year, (5) the plan must provide for the development of a facility to be paid for by means other than the ten mills. If the plan does not contain, at a minimum, these provisions, it does not qualify and it will not have any effect on the implementation of the one hundred homes per year limit.
5. If the builders do present a qualifying plan, it does not mean that such a plan will be adopted. The statute requires positing of the plan on a website and hearings over a sixty day period. The council, after receiving input from the citizens, may adopt the plan, reject the plan or ask that changes be made to the plan.
6. If all necessary political bodies ultimately approve the plan, then homes may be built within the authority under the above conditions. The acceptance of the plan or rejection of the plan is not predetermined by this legislation.
7. If the builders present a qualifying plan, they can obtain building permits as if the statute was not in effect. However, in the event that a community authority is not in place by January 1, 2004 (for whatever reason), then the one hundred homes per year restrictions will be for the calendar year of 2004.

If any of you have any questions, please feel free to e-mail me at shaverandhoke@prodigy.net








By David Shaver

New Ordinance

The news media seems somewhat confused about last night?’s ordinance. This is understandable given the situation. Nevertheless, I believe the actual statute is being posted on this website. This is the effect of the statute:

1. Effective on June 6, 2003 the city will allow only one hundred building permits to be issued. The building permits will be handed out on a quarterly basis through a lottery system. There are several exceptions to this limitation. First, if you are already in contract on a home you can proceed to obtain a building permit and you do not need to go into the lottery. Second, if you are planning to build a single home on property that is outside of a development, then it does not apply and you can obtain a building permit.
2. The restriction to one hundred homes will be in place for one year.
3. The statute may be stayed if a group of builders/developers presents a qualifying plan to the city for a community authority.
4. In order for a plan to qualify it must meet certain minimum requirement.: (1) it must propose the collection of ten mills over a forty year period, (2) it must be guaranteed by the builders to the extent of the amount of revenue (3) the plan must contain language that no more than three thousand homes can be built over a ten year period, (4) the plan must provide for additional fees of $1,000.00 per home for every home in excess of a target number of three hundred homes per year, (5) the plan must provide for the development of a facility to be paid for by means other than the ten mills. If the plan does not contain, at a minimum, these provisions, it does not qualify and it will not have any effect on the implementation of the one hundred homes per year limit.
5. If the builders do present a qualifying plan, it does not mean that such a plan will be adopted. The statute requires positing of the plan on a website and hearings over a sixty day period. The council, after receiving input from the citizens, may adopt the plan, reject the plan or ask that changes be made to the plan.
6. If all necessary political bodies ultimately approve the plan, then homes may be built within the authority under the above conditions. The acceptance of the plan or rejection of the plan is not predetermined by this legislation.
7. If the builders present a qualifying plan, they can obtain building permits as if the statute was not in effect. However, in the event that a community authority is not in place by January 1, 2004 (for whatever reason), then the one hundred homes per year restrictions will be for the calendar year of 2004.

If any of you have any questions, please feel free to e-mail me at shaverandhoke@prodigy.net








By David Shaver