One smart resident of University Heights, not a civil engineer, not a Council member, not a Zoning Committee member, brought up to the attention of UHNOGas that Waterway's proposal had a MAJOR ZONING ISSUE: the proposed gas station/car wash/convenience store had to use a strip of land zoned "Parking" for its commercial activities.
Three very capable lawyers, put their personal time into this matter and looked into it. They gathered info, and visual proof, that was brought to the attention of Mr. Consolo
Apparently, this point escaped the attention of Zoning members and the civil engineer....
It turns out, that Waterway cannot build their proposed project, even if they wanted to. It would require to rezone the city plans (several other areas fall into the same category). The BP gas station's owner(s) on Fairmount, applied for a permit that would allow them to build a car wash as well, and were told that zoning issues wouldn't allow it.
This proposal was denied consideration because of these issues.
Wouldn't be unfair if the zoning changes were to be allowed to Waterway, once that had been refused to BP? We ask...
It is a major oversight, that created useless stirred sentiments among residents of University Heights.
It weren't for the strong opposition of UHNOGas members, this oversight might have been overlooked.
Kudos to Mr. Frank Consolo that, informed of the Zoning problem, started an investigation concerning the issue, and obtained that the proposal was put to a halt.
THERE WILL BE NO FURTHER MEETINGS INVOLVING WATERWAY'S PROPOSAL UNTIL THE ZONING ISSUES WILL BE ADDRESSED.
As news develop we will keep you posted.
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