Oakley Community Council
Virtual Meeting: Zoom
December 7th, 2021 7:00 PM
oakleycouncil@oakleynow.com
www.Facebook.com/Oakley45209
513-533-2039
Until otherwise noted, all Oakley Community Council Meetings will be conducted online, via the Zoom virtual conference tool. You can find full virtual/online meeting details on the homepage of our website, www.oakleynow.com.
Minutes
Call to Order
Pledge of Allegiance
Trustee Introductions
- · In Attendance: Colleen, Evan, Jason, Joe, Dan, Kenny, Mallory, Seth, Paige. Jon (late), Troy (late), Sandy (late)
- · Absent:
Community Partners:
- · Cincinnati Fire Department – Capt. Joe Desmond
- o Link to Fire Update: CFD Dec Notes
- o 251 responses, ladder 159
- · Cincinnati Police Depart – Officer Barry
- o Link to CPD stats: CPD Dec Stats
- · CRC – Blake Williams
- o New to Oakley, 25th year with CRC, previous PR, Madisonville, North Avondale, Hirsch
- · Hyde Park Neighborhood School – Jill Sunderman
- o n/a
- · Oakley Library – Chris Oaks
- o n/a
Guests:
- · Christmas Concert at Oakley Kroger – Aprina Johnson
- o Concert Dec 21st, 5-8 pm
Farewell to outgoing Trustee Dan Krohn
OCC Board Election:
- · Jason Wilcoxon
- · Seth Shaifer
- · Kenny McNutt
- · Andrew Bernier
Real Estate Development:
- · Dewey’s Corporate, Oakley Square – Chuck Lipp & Team
- o Dewey’s is looking to purchase the property at 3061 Madison Rd, and use it for their corporate office.
- o There are not sufficient parking places there, but they are looking to add spaces behind your current Oakley Square location.
- o These spots are further than the 600 foot requirement in the zoning code, would need a variance.
- o There was discussion about Dewey’s role in the Tap & Screw issue several years back.
- o Dewey’s was going to develop more details for their request and come back to the January 4th meeting.
- o Link to presentation.
- · New Oakley Station Development – Mark Hemberger [Potential Vote – Amend PD]
- o Link to presentation
- o Looking to develop a similar concept to Covington Yard, on vacant property just west of the Anthem building in Oakley Station.
- o Need a change to the existing Planned Development (PD) to allow for commercial vs. office usage.
- o Motion: Motion to support a Major Amendment to the Concept Plan for PD #64 to allow for the site , which was originally designated for office use, to be developed as an eating and outdoor entertainment venue.
- o Motion to approve: Seth
- o Seconded: Jason
- o Vote: Yes - 10 No- 0 Abstain- 2 Absent-
- · Romana & 2094 Madison Site – Josh Pedoto [Potential Vote – Variances]
- o Link to presentation
- o There are several variances being requested, several involved variances to the Urban Overlay district.
- § Support for a Use Variance for the demolition of a building within the Urban Design Overlay District, that has not been ordered demolished by the Director of Buildings and Inspections.
- § Support for a Conditional Use for the ground-floor residential uses.
- § Support for a Numerical Variance of two (2) for the three (3) proposed principal structures on a single lot, in excess of the one (1) permitted.
- § Support for a Dimensional Variance of 24’ for the proposed 1’ setback on the northwest.
- § Support for a Special Exception to reduce the Buffer Yard to 1’ (a 14’ Variance) for the first 52’ of the property facing Romana Place.
- § Support for a Special Exception to allow Ground Floor Transparency below 70% along Madison Road and 50% along Romana Place
- o Single motion to approve all the variance requests as presented
- o Motion to approve: Paige
- o Seconded: Dan
- o Vote: Yes - 8 No- 4 Abstain- 0 Absent- 0
- · Rookwood Commons Phase 3 – Dutch Cambruzzi [Potential Vote – Variances]
- o Working on Phase 3 of their project on Edwards.
- o Variance requests are similar to this requested & approved for Phase 1 and 2
- o Variance requests:
- § Support for a Use Variance for the demolition of a building within the Urban Design Overlay District, that has not been ordered demolished by the Director of Buildings and Inspections.
- § Support for a Conditional Use for the ground-floor residential uses.
- § Support for a Numerical Variance of two (2) for the three (3) proposed principal structures on a single lot, in excess of the one (1) permitted.
- § Support for a Dimensional Variance of 24’ for the proposed 1’ setback on the northwest.
- § Support for a Special Exception to reduce the Buffer Yard to 1’ (a 14’ Variance) for the first 52’ of the property facing Romana Place.
- § Support for a Special Exception to allow Ground Floor Transparency below 70% along Madison Road and 50% along Romana Place
- o Motion to vote on each item individually
- o Motion to approve: Seth
- o Seconded: Joe
- o Vote: all items were passed by 12-0 vote.
OCC Committees/Projects:
- · Light Up Oakley 2021 – Joe Groh
- o Continue to promote!
- · Vision Zero 2022 – Joe Groh
- o We are soliciting input for projects for the next iteration of Vision Zero funding.
- · Officer Elections Timing – Colleen Reynolds
- o Will be held 4 January
Approve Meeting Minutes
- · November 18th
- · Motion to approve: Joe
- · Seconded: Mallory
- · Vote: Yes - 9 No- Abstain- 3 Absent-
Financial Report – Jason Wilcoxon
- · Motion to approve: Jason
- · Seconded: Joe
- · Vote: Yes - 12 No- 0 Abstain- Absent-
New Business:
· Next Third Thursday Meeting – Cancelled
· Next Tuesday OCC meeting is on Tuesday, January 4th via Zoom
Adjourn Meeting
