Drive-through pharmacy and sober house at P&Z on Wednesday

The Planning and Zoning Commission will hold public hearings at its meeting this week on four different projects (Wednesday, 7PM, Council Chambers). The first two of them are likely to draw considerable comments:

1. Sober House, 133 S. Main. This project, featured in an earlier Eye piece, is led by Wendi Clark. The house is at the corner of Loveland and South Main. According to the Planning department, the lot is non-conforming as a two family home, in regard to lot area, setbacks, and parking, for the mixed use (MX) zone. The application for this special exception is to allow up to 5 unrelated individuals to live on the first floor, and up to 4 more unrelated individuals to live on the second floor. Concerns have been raised by the Planning department and the Engineering department regarding parking. The plans, aerial photos, and City of Middletown departmental comments are all available for review.
2. Drive-through pharmacy, corner of Main St. Extension and E. Main St. This will be a Walgreens Pharmacy on the lot formerly occupied by the Shiloh Christian Church, whose destruction was approved by the Design Review and Preservation Board. The Shiloh Christian Church was approved by P&Z in October to build a new church building on Coe Ave and Saybrook Rd. No substantial objections have been raised by the Planning or other City departments to this project. The plans and departmental comments are all available for review.
3. Proposed amendment to open space plan, to include the Merriam Property (not originally listed on "proposed open space" list). Eye piece.
4. Home Depot plaza lot subdivision. Plans and comments.
   

A Clarification On Public Comments at P&Z

There was a bit of email discussion today about whether public comments would be accepted about certain item agendas for the Planning and Zoning Commission.

According to city planner, Bill Warner, public commentary on any item for which a "public hearing" is scheduled takes place only at that public hearing.

Public hearings are required for all special exceptions, all zone changes, and all subdivision requests.

So, for tonight's meeting these items will not be up for public comment, but will be scheduled for a public hearing at another (likely the next) P&Z:

- Proposed special exception for Sober House at 133 South Main
- Proposed site plan review to construct a pharmacy with a special exception for a drive-thru at the intersection of Main Street Extension and East Main
- Proposed lot subdivision located in Home Depot Plaza
- Proposed special exception for definition of family for 27 Bacon Avenue (sober house)
- Proposed special exception to allow a cafe (The Shadow Room) in Metro Square

And while a special exception is not required for the Buckeye Pipeline, they have requested one.