City Planning Commission

Development

Friday, Dec. 15, 2023
9:00 a.m. — 11:00 a.m. EST

601 Lakeside Ave Cleveland, OH 44114 (Directions)

Cleveland City Hall, Room 514 (or watch on YouTube)

The City Planning Commission, established in 1915, is a body of seven members; six are appointed by the mayor and one is a member of City Council. The commission is supported by a staff of professional planners and architects. The City Charter gives the commission responsibility for preparing plans to guide “development and improvement” of the city and its neighborhoods, and for reviewing all legislation and other matters that concern the “use or development of land.”

Find the meetings live-streamed here: https://www.youtube.com/@ClevelandPlanningCommission/streams

Find Documenters coverage of past commission meetings here: https://cleveland.documenters.org/reporting/?agency=179

Commission members:

Diane Downing
August Fluker Vice Chair
Charles Slife, Ward 17 Councilmember
Lillian Kuri Chair
Denise McCray-Scott
Andrew Sargeant
Isabella McKnight

NOTE: This meeting could run as long as 3 hours, and because the commission has been holding hybrid meetings – with some people at City Hall and others joining via WebEx – you may have a better view of all commission members in person.

Check the source website for additional information

Reporting

Edited and summarized by the Cleveland - OH Documenters Team

Live reporting by Nicholas Ventura

Plans for new Birthing Beautiful Communities building move forward

Nick Ventura

Hi #Cleveland, I'll be live-tweeting today's Cleveland City Planning Commission meeting for December 15th, 2023 at 9am. I know i will need a coffee. 😆@CLEcityplanning @signalcleveland @cledocumenters #CLEDocumenters

10:09 AM Dec 15, 2023 CST

Nick Ventura @Nick_Ventura11 2/25

Cleveland City Planning Commission, established in 1915, is a body of seven members, six are appointed by the Mayor and one is a member of City Council. They are in charge of neighborhood & district plans, zoning map & code amendments, zoning variance review, and the like.

Nick Ventura @Nick_Ventura11 3/25

The commission is made up of commission members Diane Downing, Charles Slife, Lillian Kuri Chair, Denise McCray-Scott Andrew Sargeant, and Isabella McKnight. @ADayInTheSlife

Nick Ventura @Nick_Ventura11 4/25

The meeting began at 9:02 am. This is the last meeting of the year. Isabella McKnight is a new commissioner. This will be her first meeting. She is a ward 15 resident.

Nick Ventura @Nick_Ventura11 5/25

Call to order and roll call began, and everyone was present. Councilman Slife will be late to the meeting. , but will be present, it was stated. @CleKevinConwell @ADayInTheSlife

Nick Ventura @Nick_Ventura11 6/25

Here is the link to the agenda! documenters.org/documents/agen…

documenters.org/documents/agen…

Nick Ventura @Nick_Ventura11 7/25

The first order of business is for PPNs# 003-10-122, -123, -124, -125, -126, -121, -120, -119, & -118 Location: South side of Herman Avenue near West 54th Street Representative: Michael Horton, Horton Harper Architects.

Nick Ventura @Nick_Ventura11 8/25

The plans of this project were shown. It is a townhouse development. Questions were raised when it was sited that the public having to traverse the private property. All of this will be in the easement.

Nick Ventura @Nick_Ventura11 9/25

Call to role was all Yes' and the motion carries.

Nick Ventura @Nick_Ventura11 10/25

The next order was FW2023-020 – Warren Road Apartments New Construction: Seeking Final Approval.

Nick Ventura @Nick_Ventura11 11/25

The plans of this new construction were also shown. The call to role was all Yes'. The motion carries.

Nick Ventura @Nick_Ventura11 12/25

The next item is FW2923-027 – Breakwater Residences New Construction: Seeking Schematic Design Approval. This is the schematic approval. Conceptual approval was a few weeks ago. This will be in the Detroit Shoreway neighborhood.

Nick Ventura @Nick_Ventura11 13/25

Pictures were shown to scale. Zoning info slide was also shown. Amenities were also shown. The use of scooter may be available so that'll be fun!

Nick Ventura @Nick_Ventura11 14/25

Questions were raised as to explain the one no vote, It was specifically to large and overshadowed the apartment. There is no sense in terms of a timeline. A move to approval was made. Roll was called and it was all yes'. The motion carries.

Nick Ventura @Nick_Ventura11 15/25

Now on to Northeast design review. I may need another coffee. 😂

Nick Ventura @Nick_Ventura11 16/25

NE2023-025 – The Josephine Triplex Community New Construction: Seeking Schematic Design Approval. This is the Josephine Triplex. These are all single family homes. It was noted that there was minimal space in between these apartments, and is there a need for this to happen.

Nick Ventura @Nick_Ventura11 17/25

This motion was postponed. Role was called and it was all Yes'.

Nick Ventura @Nick_Ventura11 18/25

The next item on the agenda is NE2023-027 – Proposed Demolition of a 2 ½-Story, Two-Family Residential Structure: Seeking Final Approval per §341.08 of the Cleveland Codified Ordinances.

Nick Ventura @Nick_Ventura11 19/25

Motion to approve was made and role was called. They were all Yes' on NE2023-027.

Nick Ventura @Nick_Ventura11 20/25

The next item is NE2023-028 – The 4-Efficiency Project New Construction: Seeking Conceptual Approval. These buildings will be all electric with solar panels. Variety is important to the city, obviously. They need to see it again.

Nick Ventura @Nick_Ventura11 21/25

Motion was made for approval to new construction. All Yes' were given except Councilman Slife, just because he missed it. @ADayInTheSlife

Nick Ventura @Nick_Ventura11 22/25

Onto East design review. Next is EAST2023-039 – Neon Health Services Digital Sign: Seeking Final Approval. The proposal is for a new sign. Motion carries and everyone gave Yes'.

Nick Ventura @Nick_Ventura11 23/25

The next item on the agenda is EAST2023-037 – Apartments on East 93rd New Construction: Seeking Schematic Design Approval. It was shown that the house(s) are poor, and that the schematics are being shown. It will be just schematic.

Nick Ventura @Nick_Ventura11 24/25

It was sited that this will be very dense in terms of the people. Access to both sides, snow removal, parking, etc. were all sited as well. There's a deliberation in terms of scale too. Motion was made for approval and all were Yes'.

Nick Ventura @Nick_Ventura11 25/25

Onto Euclid Corridor Buckeye Design Review, next up is EC2023-027 – Birthing Beautiful Communities New Construction: Seeking Conceptual Approval.

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Note-taking by Jenna Thomas

New affordable housing coming to Hough

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Agency Information

Cleveland City Planning Commission

See meeting notes for details

planning.city.cleveland.oh.us

See Documenters reporting

The City Planning Commission, established in 1915, is a body of seven members, six are appointed by the Mayor and one is a member of City Council. The Commission is supported by a staff of professional planners and architects. The City Charter gives the Commission responsibility for preparing plans to guide “development and improvement” of the City and its neighborhoods, and for reviewing all legislation and other matters that concern the “use or development of land.”

Find meetings live streamed here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCB8ql0Jrhm_pYIR1OLY68bw