HARLEM TOWNSHIP COMPREHENSIVE PLAN UPDATE MAY 11, 2020
Green Spaces/Parks Economic Development Development/Housing • Only allow development in area A that will • • The Delaware economic development Parks and Trails please block future high density development needs to stay out of the township SUB-AREA A and annexation to creep into the rest of • No racetrack [2] Utilities the township. If FR residential only. • No outdoor shooting range • • Limit small lots [2] Question about where Columbus • • sewer trunk line ends No target stores Limit subdivision of large open areas to lots greater than 5 acres • No factory farms • Large country lots (maintain rural • General Comments No commercial development that Roads/Transportation character) involves semis or large trucking • Keep Rural Feel [2] • • Reduce speed limits on residential No apartment buildings [2] • No commercial development • roads such as Fancher where houses • Light and Sound limited to “Civil” No 1/3 acre housing developments • are close together hours (9am – 9pm) Designated commercial areas for small • Fix water and flooding issues as a part of businesses only [2] any development
Development/Housing General Comments Green Spaces/Parks • No urban sprawl • we know progress is inevitable but • Prefer green space and agricultural • No subdivisions or apartments on don’t change our wonderful little areas [2] SUB-AREA B 605 (east side between robins and community Duncan run) • Given housing growth, need a significant • Keep it Rural [2] • area dedicated to recreational green No apartments Zoning Enforcement/Code Updates space • Keep lots between 2.5 and 5 acres • Abandoned Homes need dealt with Utilities • Keep 5 acre lot minimum [2] • • Keep larger lot sizes in existing No Sewer residential and agricultural areas – do Natural Resources not allow exceptions for residential • Conservation Districts (placed in NW development on lots less than 1 acre corner of Sub Area B) – even when sewer is available • Add stream buffer along all creeks to Economic Development prohibit development and preserve • No commercial on SR 605 ((east side) open space between robins and Duncan run) • Protect Duncan Run! • No commercial development – Bike Trails/Park Space (NE vacant land @ Roads/Transportation Gorsuch and Miller-Paul) • Roads are fine • No commercial lands needed – all of • Plant trees along the roads our commercial needs are easy to get • Reduce speed on 605 (40 starts between to from our township [4] Hatch and Robins) • Limit Commercial development – • Four-way stop @ center village and 605 keep rural feel as much as possible [2] • Put a stop light at Fancher and 605 – no • Keep small farms, animals, and roundabout livestock welcome [3] • Need Bike lanes • Encourage to keep the farm family • Bike Trails (placed on Hughes?) community we have now • Trails Please! • Preserve Agriculture and tax breaks • No parks or bike trails needed for agricultural land
Green Spaces/Parks Development/Housing • • Parks Please Keep 5 acre minimum! SUB-AREA C • • No need of lots of parks, there is Encourage bigger lots – keep one & the school yard agricultural as much as possible • Nothing smaller than 5 acres or the special 2.5 acres – Keep Utilities agricultural • No Sewer [2] • No high density condo development Natural Resources • Encourage conservation easement Economic Development corridors along Duncan Run [2] • No Commercial [2] • Encourage preservation of • Condo/Car Track does not fit with wetlands, ponds, ephemeral runs rural character!! • Encourage sustainable Roads/Transportation agriculture on remaining large tracts – keep rural feel • Township wide roadside tree planting program • Encourage the retention of farmland (tax breaks, conservation easements, etc.)
Zoning Enforcement/Code Updates Utilities • • Eliminate EMS on Woodtown Road (duplicates service No sewers [2] provided by township employees) SUB-AREA D • Make underground electric • Don’t eliminate EMS on woodtown road mandatory on new builds Green Spaces/Parks Roads/Transportation • Acquire land to set aside as park or nature preserve • Put guardrail back over the creek • on Harlem/Woodtown Road Parks please across from Merryhill Farms (dangerous, many deer, icy roads) • Need traffic light and 605 and Center Village Roads Development/Housing • No high density on Merryhill Farms property • FR 2.5 acre lots only (or bigger) for future residential development • 5 acre minimum development lots • Please limit small lot destruction of ag land • Don’t allow what happened to New Albany to happen here (Central College/Harlem Road)(so many apartments and condos) Economic Development • No commercial development [3]
Green Spaces/Parks Development/Housing • • Parks Please Nothing smaller than 5/2 acres SUB-AREA E • Open Space behind firehouse as park expansion and for HT facilities Economic Development if needed [2] • What? Why? Make it Happen • We already have a park; all have big (written on Industrial zoned yards, no need for parks property/cement plant) • Develop the park with the old Utilities cement plant • • No Sewer Try to convert old cement plant with township park-would be nice to see dilapidated structure removed) Natural Resources • Expand Area E to allow for more commercial • Improve drainage in community park • Center Village Town Center with stores on the bottom floor/apartments above, make a walkable center Roads/Transportation • • No breaks for developers Put a stop light at 605 and Center Village Road Intersection [3] • No Commercial • Clear sight lines for traffic crossing • Defined Commercial zoning districts at 605 from Center Village Road
General Comments Utilities ALL SUB-AREA MAP • • Invite the Nature Conservancy, Ohio Farm Improve utilities – stronger internet and electric Bureau, etc to help in “Maintaining the Rural during storms Character of Harlem Township” (1 OF 2) • No Sewers [2] • No Urban Sprawl • Improve internet provider options • Maintain Rural Character around Harlem and County Line Roads Natural Resources • Keep Dark skies [2] • Protect Duncan’s Run from development [4] • Need a connection between woods and water Zoning Enforcement/Code Updates for animal habitat • Better Zoning Enforcement • Keep the John Beltz Preserve as is [3] • Change zoning code to say that vacant • Protect wooded areas [2] buildings must be kept secure and the grounds maintained (see home on east side of 605 • Protect wetlands from development in SW near Gorsuch) corner near Fancher/Harlem/Smothers/County Line • Establish a program to purchase development Green Spaces/Parks rights along conservation sensitive corridors • Create plan to encourage land owners to sell (south township line from Harlem to 605) land to organizations to keep green spaces or • Flood/Water Control develop parks • Save Old School Houses on Harlem and Lewis • Parks Please Roads
Roads/Transportation Economic Development ALL SUB-AREA MAP • Maintain existing agricultural lands with incentives if • Do not extend Bevelheimer Road necessary (Farmland preservation if possible) • Add a light/stop signs at Center Village • (2 OF 2) No large agricultural factory farms, poultry, pig, etc. and 605 • Keep small family farms possible • Slower Traffic or Roundabout @ 605 • Support the farmers somehow and Fancher • Planning efforts needs to determine which areas • Remove all the tree stumps along 605 where commercial uses will be permitted and between Duncan Run and Fancher prohibit that use in other areas [2] Road • Please do not allow the spread of commercial • Plant trees along the roads township-wide – focus on center village • Commercial development should be around current Development/Housing carryout in center village • • Establish programs to encourage specific strategic 1-Acre minimum development lots plans to focus commercial development along SR 37 • No development denser than FR-1 (2 and SR 605 within the Center Village Area acres) should be allowed anywhere in • Need to plan for some commercial land use (SR 605 the Township is the logical location, along with other areas with • No high density development less than existing commercial uses) 1/4 – acre lots • Bad development on Fancher and 605 • No increase in density [2] • Consider development on the southern border • No Multi-Family [4] • Restrict commercial development in the township as • much as possible No Additional Subdivisions • No commercial development [2] • Residential Development should consider conservation design • No racetrack [7] (conservation developments) • No sports complex [2] • No big-box stores
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