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The Planning Commission approved a final development plan application for this project during their meeting on September 16, 2024.
The Hamlet will contain a mixture of residential, commercial, retail uses on the site. As part of the project, a new 8+ acre park will be developed around the Sugar Run Creek that bisects the development. As proposed, this park will have new playground and nature play equipment, sculptures and other art work, and a 1/2 mile leisure trail loop.
The developer states that full site construction will begin in early 2025. Tree clearing may begin later in Fall 2024.
The 32.6 acre site is located at the southwest and southeast corners of the New Albany-Condit Road (State Route 605) and Central College Road. The area is shown in red on the map below.
Yes. At its meeting on December 6, 2022, New Albany City Council approved a zoning request by a 5-1 vote for 32.6+/- acres located at the southwest and southeast corners of New Albany-Condit Road (State Route 605) and Central College Road. The rezoning will allow for the creation of a hamlet development as recommended in the Engage New Albany strategic plan, containing a mixture of residential, commercial, retail, parkland and open space uses on the site.
Yes. The applicant’s intent is to create a hamlet development as recommended in the Engage New Albany Strategic Plan. The zoning text meets or commits to meeting all of the hamlet development standards found in the Engage New Albany Strategic Plan as the development review and approval process continues. These standards are included below:
The zoning text contains many requirements for development on the property and includes use, intensity, architecture, parking, parkland and open space as well as landscaping requirements for the property. The latest zoning text may be accessed by clicking here.
A traffic impact study (TIS) was approved as part of the zoning change application.
As part of the rezoning application, the applicant submitted a student impact statement as required by City Code Section 1111.03(h). A student impact statement includes a yield factor for each housing type proposed to be developed on the site at the time of the rezoning application. This impact study can be accessed by clicking here.
On October 18, 2022, city staff met with the New Albany-Plain Local School District to obtain actual student enrollment numbers for each housing type within the city corporate boundary. The student population numbers are for the 2022-2023 school year. The city staff obtained student population for all flats and townhomes, select single family subdivisions and the total number of students within the city corporate boundary. The number of housing units is from city permitting data. This information is provided in a memo that may be accessed by clicking here.
The approved final development plan can be accessed by clicking here.
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At its November 7 meeting, the Planning Commission recommended approval of a proposed rezoning to City Council by a 3-2 vote. City Council will take final action on the zoning change request as Ordinance O-40-2022.
City Council heard a first reading of the proposed rezoning at its November 15 meeting. A traffic impact study (TIS) was discussed at the meeting. A memo which provides a high-level overview of the study results and the recommendations made by the city traffic engineer may be accessed by clicking here.
City Council held a second reading and public hearing on Ordinance O-40-2022 on December 6, 2022.
City Council adopted Ordinance O-40-2022 after the second reading and public hearing at their December 6 meeting.
New Albany residents interested in viewing meetings of our City Council can stream them online. Please click here for a schedule of upcoming meetings and to watch live.
If you have any questions about the project, please contact Chris Christian at cchristian@newalbanyohio.org or at 614.939.2254.
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