I believe the taxpayers of the PLSD owe the members of the Ohioans for Responsible Development a big hug. They have successfully had the rezoning case of the Roshon and Nicademus properties out in Liberty Township thrown out of court and the applicants must start all over. Apparently the applicants changed there PUD and the trustees had a 2 to 1 vote in favor of the new plan but the law requires an unanimous vote.
Please take the time to read the ''Our Pages'' to the left. I know members of PATA attended meetings at the Liberty Township Fire House because of a crowd over flow two years ago. If these folks come asking for donations it may be a wise choice to financial support these guys because they have fought these Pickerington Developers for well over two years now and that has delayed additional students coming to the PLSD.
Names like Monebrake, Roshon, and Nicodemus are farmers from Pickerington turned councilmen turned developers. One of the largest parcels of undeveloped land in the City of Pickerington is owned by the Nicodemus Family.
For those that think all of our battles are won I believe we need to keep in mind that these wars will continue. Clearly these families are looking to cash in on their ''401 K'' and retire. Many local land owners have viewed their undeveloped land as their personal ''401 K'' retirement plan.
As the Metro areas of Columbus continues to grow outward those farmers and large land owners wanting to retire are seeing a plan to do just that by selling their land to a residential developer. The numbers of new lands that now have access to Columbus and the freeway system are growing with each new development. Residential property can be turned into a developments with much less risk than any kind of commercial development.
The next comments will be about their property rights and all of the infrastructure they plan to build here. Do any of us have the right to allow building or development on our properties that has such a huge impact and the requirement of large infrastructure outlays by the community to support these new developments and this entire outside infrastructure is paid for by the existing residents?
I for one, as an existing resident, refuse to pay for all of the needed streets, fire protection, police protection, and SCHOOLS. It seems to be that a couple hundred homes here and a couple of hundred homes there won't hurt anything or at least that is the attitude you hear coming form these people wanting to cash out.
Then there is the issue here in Ohio of the governments that control land use (Townships and City/Villages) have much different boundaries from the school districts that must provide for and educate these new children moving into their districts. Some where in the very near future we will need to have a bridge built to allow and to force new development to either wait or to provide the new infrastructure PRIOR to getting their property plats approved.
By Been there before
Please take the time to read the ''Our Pages'' to the left. I know members of PATA attended meetings at the Liberty Township Fire House because of a crowd over flow two years ago. If these folks come asking for donations it may be a wise choice to financial support these guys because they have fought these Pickerington Developers for well over two years now and that has delayed additional students coming to the PLSD.
Names like Monebrake, Roshon, and Nicodemus are farmers from Pickerington turned councilmen turned developers. One of the largest parcels of undeveloped land in the City of Pickerington is owned by the Nicodemus Family.
For those that think all of our battles are won I believe we need to keep in mind that these wars will continue. Clearly these families are looking to cash in on their ''401 K'' and retire. Many local land owners have viewed their undeveloped land as their personal ''401 K'' retirement plan.
As the Metro areas of Columbus continues to grow outward those farmers and large land owners wanting to retire are seeing a plan to do just that by selling their land to a residential developer. The numbers of new lands that now have access to Columbus and the freeway system are growing with each new development. Residential property can be turned into a developments with much less risk than any kind of commercial development.
The next comments will be about their property rights and all of the infrastructure they plan to build here. Do any of us have the right to allow building or development on our properties that has such a huge impact and the requirement of large infrastructure outlays by the community to support these new developments and this entire outside infrastructure is paid for by the existing residents?
I for one, as an existing resident, refuse to pay for all of the needed streets, fire protection, police protection, and SCHOOLS. It seems to be that a couple hundred homes here and a couple of hundred homes there won't hurt anything or at least that is the attitude you hear coming form these people wanting to cash out.
Then there is the issue here in Ohio of the governments that control land use (Townships and City/Villages) have much different boundaries from the school districts that must provide for and educate these new children moving into their districts. Some where in the very near future we will need to have a bridge built to allow and to force new development to either wait or to provide the new infrastructure PRIOR to getting their property plats approved.
By Been there before
