Conforming with Liberty Township s comprehensive plan
Residents previously had expressed concerns about the project not conforming with the township s own comprehensive plan, which prohibits much of what is being planned. That plan is considered a guiding document, however, and not binding.
plans by a 4-1 vote for the same reason. The nearly 200-acre project between Hyatts and Clark-Shaw roads should remain largely residential with homes on no less than one-acre lots, according to the township s plan.
There have been concessions to critics concerns since previous meetings. Plans for multi-family housing units have been reduced from 535 to 208, and no commercial structures will be allowed to be greater than 65,000 square feet, meaning no Targets, Meijers or other big box stores.
Delaware County Treasurer Michael Ringle announced Thursday that he is leaving his post to accept the position of Delaware County chief deputy auditor of r
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A controversial zoning overlay is scheduled for consideration by the Liberty Township trustees, absent support from the township’s Zoning Commission.
Trustees will hold a public hearing on the proposal at 5:30 p.m. Feb. 16. The meeting will be livestreamed on the Liberty Township Trustees Delaware County YouTube channel. Trustees set 5:30 p.m. Feb.18 as time to continue the hearing if needed.
The planned overlay district would create subareas within the overlay, each zoned for particular uses: commercial, office/medical, technology and multifamily residential, for example.
Attorney Steve Cuckler, representing the developers and landowners, said the proposal would set the stage for a diversified tax base in the township while also taking a “holistic” approach to development in the area, particularly as it relates to land along Sawmill Parkway in the northern part of the township.