Policies

• 1.1 For the southwestern “industrial” areas of Harrison West, including the A.C. Humko site, we support the following principles: There should be no manufacturing, no riverfront development, and no big-box development. There should be new parkland and green space with ecological and recreational value. Any redevelopment should use mixed-use, new urbanism design that is architecturally compatible with Harrison West. Factory buildings with historic value should be preserved and reused.
• 1.2 New residential infill development should follow the R-2F zoning.
• 1.3 New commercial developments should conform to the urban commercial overlay.
• 1.4 New residential and commercial infill development should be architecturally compatible with the neighborhood.
• 1.5 We oppose new curb cuts.
• 1.6 We support historic preservation and rehab instead of demolition.
• 1.7 A variance (e.g., windows, garages, size and scale, parking) at the Board of Zoning Appeals (BZA) will be opposed unless it fits architecturally with the neighborhood.
• 1.8 Parking variances will generally be opposed but can be supported if the building will fit architecturally with the neighborhood.
• 1.9 New public infrastructure should be architecturally compatible (such as the Third Avenue Bridge).
• 1.10 We support traffic calming that includes no truck routes, lower speed limits and design speeds, and traffic calming fixtures that are aesthetically compatible and increase pedestrian safety.
• 1.11 We support the rebuilding of the streetscape along Third Avenue (such as what has been done in the Linden area).
• 1.12 We appreciate the street trees and want them to be maintained and replaced as necessary.
• 1.13 We embrace the Olentangy River as our western border and support the planting of trees and the cleanup of pollution and litter. Sewer overflows in Harrison West into the Olentangy River should be stopped.
• 1.14 We support good maintenance of the Harrison West Park at Fourth and Oregon Avenues and the acquisition of more parkland, especially along the river at A.C. Humko and Battelle.
• 1.15 We support the agreement with Battelle on the parking lot design and the permanent Fourth Avenue access path across Battelle’s land.
• 1.16 We support the principles of the Riverfront Vision Plan and Handbook.
• 1.17 We support lighting fixtures that are designed to be consistent with the history of Harrison West.
• 1.18 The following issues and properties should be addressed in a Harrison West Neighborhood/Area Plan:
  • 1.18.1 The A.C. Humko site and its parking lots; (*Priority: The A.C. Humko site needs to be addressed immediately while the remainder of the plan can be addressed with less urgency.)
  • 1.18.2 The commercial parcel at 577-585 West Second Avenue;
  • 1.18.3 The Outland Bar at 1026 Perry Street and its parking lots on Perry Street and Oregon Avenue;
  • 1.18.4 The Central Beverage Group warehouse;
  • 1.18.5 The various businesses and vacant parcels south of First Avenue and west of Michigan Avenue, including the historic Bunn=Minnick Pipe Organs building, vacant and developed parcels, and a few riverfront parcels;
  • 1.18.6 Heartland Victorian Village rest home at 920 Thurber Drive West;
  • 1.18.6 The Battelle land between Third Avenue and Fifth Avenue, west of Perry Street;
  • 1.18.7 The apartments north of Third Avenue and east of Michigan Avenue, which are currently owned by Broad Street Management and may be acquired by Campus Partners;
  • 1.18.8 Vacant residential and commercial parcels within Harrison West;
  • 1.18.9 Sewer renovation (Third Avenue and others);
  • 1.18.10 Consistency with the city’s Riverfront Vision Plan and Handbook; and
  • 1.18.11 Parking and traffic.

Development policies adopted Nov. 8, 2001; numbering added 2006.

• 3.1 All correspondence on behalf of the Society shall be on official stationary, signed by the president or (with the president’s approval) the secretary.
• 3.2 A copy of all correspondence shall be given the secretary for filing.
• 3.3 This policy shall not preclude individual or private communications by officers, heads of committees or individuals. It is encouraged that such communications also be given the secretary for filing.

Correspondance adopted 2006.