GREEN — Green City Council Oct. 27 voted to withdraw a proposed ordinance to rezone an industrially zoned parcel on Massillon Road at Stein Road to R-2 (Multi-Family Residential District).
The rezoning was recommended 3-2 by the Green Planning and Zoning Commission, but at a public hearing Oct. 13, Council members Justin Speight (at large), Jeff Noble (Ward 4), Clark DeVitis (at large) and Gerard Neugebauer (at large) each spoke in opposition. Neugebauer noted at that time that Green “has done a good job isolating our residential areas.”
The property is owned by RJS Corp. and under contract with Redwood Development for a proposed 115-unit neighborhood. Also at the Oct. 13 hearing, RJS Chief Operating Officer Tadd Schwarz said the company has owned the parcel since 1966 and began working with Redwood when it was unable to find a viable industrial-use buyer…