MAYFIELD HEIGHTS, Ohio — In a decision separated by just an unofficial count of 330 votes, Mayfield Heights voters decided Tuesday (Nov. 3) to buck City Council’s decision and go back to executive office zoning for property that had been slated for a townhome development.
Despite the election outcome, however, the developer, Greg Sommers, principal of Sommers Development Group, said by phone to cleveland.com three days later, “We’re not going away. It’s (the development) still going to happen.”
According to unofficial Cuyahoga County Board of Elections results, 3,353 residents (52.6 percent) voted “yes” on Issue 107 to revert to office zoning the nearly eight-acre parcel on Parkland Boulevard in the Landerhaven Corporate Park. Conversely, 3,023 voters believed zoning for a townhome development was the better option…