Trustees are likely to hear about the proposal made by KIVI Hospitality, LLC, during the trustee’s regular board meeting on Nov. 9. The company’s agent is listed as Neil Patel of Washington Township, according to business filings with the Ohio Secretary of State’s office.
The name of the proposed hotel has not yet been disclosed due to the fact that KIVI Hospitality, LLC is in negotiations to purchase the land for the hotel, which is owned by Klint Kuck.
“This first (zoning commission) meeting is the preliminary plan approval for the hotel,” said Erika Vogel, assistant township administrator. “So it’s just kind of circulation, building uses, parking lot and we’re looking at some things here on the site plan, but they will have to come back with a final development plan that has landscaping and full-blown details.”
The township will have its 13th hotel when construction on the new Springhill Suites by Marriott on York Center Drive is complete.
Commission rejects Little York Road rezoning
The zoning commission also voted Monday night against a proposal to rezone residential property at 3706 Little York Road from Two-Family Residential District to Local Commercial Service.
Jean Maychack of Moor Partners, LLP and president of Vancon Inc. General Construction on North Dixie Drive in the township requested the zoning change.
The commission will now recommend township trustees, who have the final say on the request, reject the proposal when the issue is brought before them during their November meeting.
“I’m obviously disappointed in the outcome,” Maychack said after the hour-long meeting. “I don’t think a lot of the folks in the room tonight really understood what the issue was and understood what we were proposing.”
Maychack said her plans were to buy the property and turn it into professional office space. Her business owns 20 acres that abuts the Little York Road property.
Maychack said the property her business owns is utilized by accountants, medical professionals, including dentists, and technology firms. “I was anticipating in the upcoming years, putting back there single –story brick buildings that would house those types of businesses,” she said.
Mary Heizer, owner of the Little York Road property, said after the meeting that she was disappointed in the vote because she thought the rezoning would help her sell the property, which is nearly six acres.
“We probably should have sold several years ago. We really need to sell now because my husband is in a wheelchair,” Heizer said. “We were hoping that Jean would be able to buy it and do something with it.”
Jeff Jacobs, a township resident, said he was pleased with the commission’s vote because he believed that the rezoning would potentially cause more businesses to move into residential areas.
“Mainly, we don’t want to see another commercial district. We’ve got enough. We’ve got Miller Lane, Benchwood, and North Dixie,” Jacobs said. The other issue for residents is the increase in traffic, he said. “We’re happy, but kind of guarded because it still has to get through to the trustees. Hopefully, they will do the right thing.”
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