This story shocked me a bit because of the last paragraph I’ve posted here about the “six-month moratorium on subdivisions” that the city of Worthington declared. I’ve never heard of anything like that, but it sounds like something I’d like to hear happening more often and in longer increments.
Seriously though, is this a strategy that gets used with any frequency?
Opinions differ on future of Olentangy River Road
Thursday, December 6, 2007
CANDY BROOKSShould the city protect the so-called rural character of Olentangy River Road, with its rolling acres of natural terrain?
Or is development along the stretch of roadway south of Dublin-Granville Road inevitable — so why not rewrite city zoning laws to make the transition as palatable as possible?
Attempting to answer those questions netted many answers and opinions from the approximately 40 residents who turned out to discuss the road’s future at a meeting last Thursday at the Municipal Building.
A second meeting is set for Dec. 12 at 7 p.m. at the same location.
The city has declared a six-month moratorium on subdivisions on Olentangy River Road south of Dublin-Granville Road. During that time, residents and city leaders will decide how, or whether, city zoning ordinances should change.
As someone who lives just off of Olentangy River Rd., I applaud the decision to put projects on hold.
To compete with Dublin, Clintonville, Grandview and downtown, the city of Worthington really needs to re-evaluate it’s land use.
8 homes on 6 acres? Is that considered dense?
As I recall Worthington is losing population, despite its great location.
To draw the monied young professionals from the other ‘burbs they should be thinking much denser (high-rise condos). The famous Marina City complex in Chicago sits on 3.5 acres. The views just above the treeline would be awesome. Devote the remaining 2.5 acres to park/green-space.
There really isn’t a ton of land there to develop, especially when you consider the bluff on the east edge adjacent to SR-315. But if they’re going to be tearing down houses, I would like to extend the bike path from SR-161 to the entrance to Antrim Park at Olentangy & Greenridge. I would also suggest clustering the density near SR-161. I believe the winner of the AIA Columbus Rewired design competition (http://columbusrewired.org/) had suggested some type of transit corridor on 161. I also would like to make that exit part of my proposed Freeway BRT system (http://columbusbusplan.googlepages.com/sr315x.htm).
My impression from the article was that development were put on hold because residents want that area to be a low density as possible. Or at least the people chosen for quotes in the article seem to lean that way.