That area - which the township still owns - was previously designated for a school, as well as a police and fire station, but will now be open to a residential area. The other change is to the map of Parcel J. Out of the 1,255 market-rate houses, the township has the ability to build up to 350 market-rate apartments. The most significant change on the map is the addition of the blue parcel, named Township Affordable, expected to hold 70 affordable housing apartment units.Īn additional 190 affordable single-family homes to be built as stacked townhomes will be dispersed throughout the other residential parcels. The process was about approving certain amendments - mostly within the affordable housing component - to the original plan.Īs far as housing and commercial retail, the map looks the same, said Mayor Lou Manzo. Over the last couple of years, the township has been engaged with the developer and overseen by state courts. But as residents already know, the execution never happened.
That plan has been through improved versions in the last 10 years. from Dayton.Interested retail companies and developers can now come before the township’s Joint Land Use Board to seek approval for building within designated parcels. The demolition was completed by FCS Construction Services Inc. The remainder was covered by state funding, as well as a portion of a $109,000 Community Development Block Grant, approved by Montgomery County Commissioners last summer as part of an effort to raze Harrison Twp. The Montgomery County Land Bank covered 25% of these costs, Crabill said. The price of Friday's demolition totaled around $41,500, according to township officials. "With the structure being weakened and being on the side of a hill, there was so much potential for catastrophe, so that's why we really moved toward getting the people safely out and getting the buildings torn down."
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"We would have these units full of people living here and the unfortunate aspect is that they just weren't safe doing so," he said. that the tornado caused a significant amount of structural damage and they became uninhabitable at that point, and with being exposed and open to the elements over these last three years, it just made them significantly unsafe structurally," he said.Ĭrist said once the owners left, some homeless individuals sought shelter in the condos. "One of the biggest hazards we ran into was. Fire Chief Mike Crist said the condos soon became a hazard to public safety. After the tornadoes hit, a couple condo owners continued to live in their homes, but left shortly after, according to Harrison Twp. Susan Crabill, program manager for the Montgomery County Land Bank, said none of the condos were insured. Originally build in the '70s, the condos were owner-occupied prior to 2019. Administrator Kris McClintick said of the demolition project. "The township has been working over the last three years to secure funding, perform our due diligence and coordinate all of our resource partners to make this possible," Harrison Twp. were declared dangerous properties with unsecured structural damage by township trustees in the aftermath of the tornadoes. were demolished.Īll five of the abandoned condominium units - located at 4000, 4002, 4004, 40 Lofty Oaks Lane in Harrison Twp. 7-More than three years after sustaining significant damage from the 2019 Memorial Day tornadoes, on Friday the condos along the Stillwater River in Harrison Twp.
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