LEWIS CENTER — The Orange Township Board of Zoning Appeals has met several times this year, and here’s a roundup of those meetings.
• The Jan. 18 meeting had Columbus Sign Company seeking a variance for CME Federal Credit Union, 6459 Artesian Run, Lewis Center.
• The legal notice for the Feb. 15 meeting listed cases for Orange Self Storage, 175 Orangepointe Drive, Lewis Center, and Pulte Homes of Ohio’s Slate Ridge subdivision on Home Road, Lewis Center.
• The notice for March 21 had variance applications for homes in the McCammon Chase, Santuary at the Lakes, Orange Centre Villas subdivisions, as well as two wall signs at Hidden Ravine Crossing, and the Chick Fil A at 55 Meadow Park Ave., Lewis Center.
• The cases for April 18 included a monument-style sign for the Little Bear Village subdivision and signage at 8425 Orange Drive, Lewis Center.
• Residents seeking variances for homes in the Villages at Oak Creek and the Estates of Glen Oak had their cases heard on May 16.
• There were seven variance cases on the legal notice of the June 20 BZA meeting.
• The cases for July 18 included signage for Del Taco at 8787 Owenfield Drive, Powell.
• A resident sought a variance for an attached garage at a property in Wilshire Estates on Aug. 15. A draftzoning resolution work session was also held.
The BZA consists of Chair Kelvin Trefz, Vice Chair Sue D. Ross, Stacey Neff, Joseph Pax and Panitha Sundar.
Orange’s Zoning Commission has had meetings recently, as well. While minutes have not been posted, the legal notices of what they talked about are available.
• April 9 was a draft zoning resolution work session, with possible approval of pending Zoning Commission minutes.
• There were two applications considered on April 23. First was a rezone of 1.3 acres to allow for the expansion of Pickups Plus Cars “with a new commercial building, for automobile sales and service,” the notice said. The second was a minor development plan amendment for Pulte Homes.
“After the conclusion of such hearing, the matters will be submitted to the Orange Township Board of Trustees for its action,” the notice said.
• The May 28 meeting concerned a property at 696 Lewis Center Road, Lewis Center, “Requesting a development plan amendment associated with Marigold (fka Aldeia) to modify the site plan allowing for additional green space, 120 single family condominiums and 1 estate lot.”
• The notice for July 23 was for Evans Farm to allow temporary banners 250 square feet in surface area.
The Zoning Commission consists of Chair Christine Trebellas, Vice Chair Dennis McNulty, Karthik Avadhanula, Rick Beer, Pamela Foster, Mark Freeman, Ciara Harris and Les Pierce. Also attending are Development and Zoning Director Robin Duffee, Senior Zoning Officer Brett Wiemken (later replaced by Eric Gayetsky) and Zoning Inspector Andrew Koenig (who resigned June 28).
Finally, the township has a Community Volunteer Board. The group met Jan. 10, and subcommittees gave updates — Veterans/Special Projects (Chair Chrisi Hagan), Events (Vice Chair Emily Elsea), Zoning and Land Use (J.D. Hartwell), Public Safety (Amelia Tucciarone) and Parks (Tony Benishek).
The CVB’s Events Committee has met separately Feb. 6 and March 6; while Zoning and Land Use met March 6. The CVB Executive Committee met June 12, adding Jackie Robey to Events and Jesse Jones to Public Safety.
Meetings are held in the Orange Township Hall, 1680 E. Orange Road, Lewis Center.
For more information, visit www.orangetwp.org (website) or Orange Township, Delaware County, Ohio (Facebook).
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