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Department of City Planning

2018 Annual Report

City Planning Commission

January 18, 2019

2 City Planning Commission

• Chair Daniel Driehaus

• Term: December 10, 2014 – December 10, 2019

• Vice Chair Byron Stallworth

• Term: September 30, 2014 – September 30, 2019

• City Manager Patrick Duhaney (or Asst. City Managers John Juech or Sheila Hill-Christian)

• Term: Concurrent with Term as City Manager

• Vice Mayor/City Council Member Christopher Smitherman

• Term: Concurrent with Term as City Council Member

• Anne Sesler

• Term: April 16, 2014 – April 16, 2019

• John Eby

• Term: March 22, 2017 – March 22, 2022

• Melissa Wideman

• Term: March 14, 2018 – March 14, 2023

• Katherine Keough-Jurs

• Secretary of the City

Planning

Commission

• Marion Haynes

• Legal Counsel for

the City Planning

Commission

• Bonnie Holman

• Minutes for the City

Planning

Commission

3 Department of City Planning – Organizational Chart

Katherine Keough-Jurs, AICP

Director

Alex Peppers, AICP

Supervising City Planner

Felix Bere, AICP

Senior City Planner

Caroline Kellam

Senior City Planner

James Weaver, AICP

Senior City Planner

Intern

Jack Cunningham

Stacey Hoffman

Senior City Planner

Jared Ellis

City Planner

Andy Juengling, AICP

Senior City Planer

Samantha McLean

City Planner

Bonnie Holman

Administrative Specialist

Jeanetta Anderson

Administrative Specialist

AmeriCorps VISTA

Guilford Guthrie

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• Total number of Cincinnati neighborhoods: 38

6 Plans Approved in 2018

7 Subdivision Regulations

• Previous Subdivision Rules adopted by

City Planning Commission in 1954,

revised in 1993, and modified in 2009

• Update is a result of a Working Group

created by the Economic Growth &

Zoning Committee to propose

solutions to the issues of subdivisions

in all neighborhoods of Cincinnati

• December 21, 2018 – Approved by

City Planning Commission

• January 1, 2019 – Subdivision

Regulations Effective

8 Parking Task Force – Urban Parking Overlay #1

• Introduction of an Urban Parking

Overlay District over the

neighborhoods of Downtown,

Over-the-Rhine, Pendleton, and

adjacent portions of Mount

Auburn and the West End

• Urban Parking Overlay District

eliminates all off-street parking

requirements for properties

within the Overlay District

• Residential Permit Parking

Program established

9 Local Historic Landmark Designations

• Manse Hotel and Annex Building – Walnut Hills

• Mount Airy Water Towers – Mount Airy

10 FC Cincinnati Zoning Change for Stadium

• Coordinated Site Review for both stadium sites

• November 2018 – filed formal application for zoning change to PD

• Approved by CPC on 1/4/19 – City Council in February 2019

11 Other Highlight Projects/Programs

• Coordinated Site Review

Process

• 2020 Census Preparation -

LUCA

• Police District 5 Community

Engagement

• Sohn-Mohawk Local Historic

District

• Ronald McDonald House

Expansion

• Roselawn Zone Changes and

Urban Design Overlay District

• Community Learning Centers

Zoning Code Text

Amendment

• Urban Agriculture Working

Group

• Community Budget Requests

and Capital Review

• Budget Engagement

• NEP Program - Avondale

• Neighborhood Summit

Planning

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• Lot Splits/Minor Subdivisions in 2018

• Lot Splits – 91

• New Lots Created – 62

• Types of Plats in 2018

• Record Plats – 5

• Vacation Plats – 4

• Dedication Plats – 8

• Subdivision Variances in 2018 – 5

• Subdivision Improvement Plan in 2018 – 1 (Merrimac Square)

Subdivisions

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• New Coordinated Site Review process rolled out July 1, 2018

• Managed by Department of Buildings and Inspections but utilizes all permitting agencies/departments

• Involves three tiers:

• Preliminary Design

• Development Design

• Technical Design

• A-Team meeting; Client meeting; CSPRO meeting

• Total 2018 Reviews – 109

Pre-development / Coordinated Site Review

14 Environmental Reviews

Summary for Completed

Environmental Reviews

Total Completed Reviews 1,594

Total Funding Amount $76,978,377

Programs or Projects Funding

Sources

CDBG 1,428

HOME 45

HOPWA 2

ESG 2

Other 116

15 Interim Development Control Overlay Districts

• IDC #81: Hyde Park/Mt. Lookout (est. 6/6/18 and exp. 12/6/18)

• 8 permit reviews by CPC

• IDC #82: MLK/I-71 Area (not official)

• Council will decide next week on smaller boundary in Walnut

Hills only

• IDC #83: Camp Washington NBD (est. 10/31/18)

• 0 permit reviews by CPC

• IDC #84: Melrose Avenue (est. 1/9/19)

• 0 permit reviews by CPC

16 Continued Progress to 2019 - Plans

• Carthage – draft approved by Community Council

• Oakley – currently drafting plan after public process

• Evanston – working groups, draft expected March 2019

• Mohawk – public meeting next week regarding draft plan

• Lower Price Hill – draft expected 1st quarter 2019

• Sayler Park – draft expected 1st quarter 2019

• Mt. Auburn – expected mid-late 2019

• Spring Grove Village – kick-off 1st quarter 2019

17 Continued Progress to 2019 - Plans

• Hyde Park – currently drafting plan after public process

• West Price Hill – beginning planning process Feb. 2019

• West End – update to WE Speaks Plan through FC CBA

• Avondale – QOL plan kick-off February 2019

• South Cumminsville – requested by community

• Columbia Tusculum – requested by community

• Mt. Adams – update to existing plan

• Mt. Washington – update to existing plan

18 Continued Progress in 2019 – Major Projects

• Plan Cincinnati Status Update

• FC Cincinnati Stadium

• Hoge Street Development

• Former Deaconess Hospital Site Planned Development

• Music Venue at The Banks

• 2020 Census - Mayor’s Complete Count Committee

• Terrex Uptown Gateway

• NE Corner MLK/Reading Development

• MLK Interchange Area Comprehensive Land Use Policy

• Camp Washington Zoning/Historic District Designation

• Terrace Plaza Local Historic Landmark Designation

19 Continued Progress in 2019

• Subdivision Regulations

• Coordinated Site Review

• Zoning Code Text Amendments

and Updates

• Urban Forestry Board

• Creating Healthy Communities

• CAGIS Technical Advisory

Committee

• Engagement Community

Advisory Team

• Budget Engagement

• Neighborhood Summit

• Property Tax Working Group

• NEP – Camp Washington and

South Cumminsville

• Committee of Names (Streets)

• Environmental Reviews

• Coordinated Reports

• 2020 Census Preparation –

LUCA (Part 2)

20 Department of City Planning Website

• https://www.cincinnati-oh.gov/planning/