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Apparently the AG letter wasn't an official "opinion," so it doesn't really hold any weight. I've heard there is talk going on with members of the General Assembly to try to amend the ORC to specifically allow for virtual public meetings to take place.

It shouldn't stop administrative planning and zoning reviews, but anything that needs approval from the Planning or Landmarks Commission or the Board of Zoning Appeals would be problematic with commissions not meeting. The Ohio AG sent out a memo that evidently suggests open meetings can still occur electronically, but I haven't read too much into that yet.

It's cancelled

http://planning.city.cleveland.oh.us/zoning/pdf/348_Form_Based_Districts.pdf

Wishing a very unhappy birthday to the Public Square jersey barriers, as they were installed three years ago today. How much longer until they finally fix this?

Here is the Urban Core Overlay zoning ordinance (of which the Warehouse District superblock is part)

The new Acela train was passing through Ohio tonight on its way to Colorado. Here it is going through Sandusky. Was cool to see.

I love Green Rooster Farms in the Hanna Building. https://thedriftwoodgroup.com/restaurants/green-rooster-farms/#menu

I always enjoy a good discussion of neighborhood boundaries, but, before this convo gets cut, we do have a separate thread for that ?

The megablock in the Warehouse District is the first "Urban Core" overlay district that was passed by City Council a few years ago. You can read the zoning requirements here: http://library.amlegal.com/nxt/gateway.dll/Ohio/cleveland_oh/partthreelandusecode/partiiiblandusecode-zoningcode/titleviizoningcode/chapter348-formdistricts?f=templates$fn=default.htm$3.0$vid=amlegal:cleveland_oh$anc=JD_348.05 I assume they would need to get a variance if they weren't able to abide by any of these. Edit: The link seems to not work. I'll just link to an old tweet of mine that has images of the code:

Obviously, it depends on how it’s designed, but I don’t necessarily dislike that kind of massing there. Fits well with the opposite blocks across St Clair and W 6th

Not related to ward/at-large split, but I went through a couple years ago and researched the city councils of the 100 largest cities in the US and ranked them by city council members per capita. Cleveland ranked 6th in the country as having the largest city council per capita. Full 100: https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B16RJdSArUFaT2tva29ZRFdvY1U/view?usp=sharing

I'd love to see BRT on all of RTA's priority corridors, and then some.

Hopefully Moriarty’s comes under new ownership though. With the current owner at the helm, I wouldn’t be surprised to see it closed in the near future.

Looks great. But it bothers me that there are light lines connected to both ends of the A and N, but only one side of the H.

Often times the historic standards for rehabilitation prohibit many of the types of signs that had historically been used.

And @GISguy, to your question from above, it does look like they intend to illuminate the signage on the overhang

The exterior lighting and ground floor signage for the May Co are on the Landmarks Commission agenda this week: http://planning.city.cleveland.oh.us/landmark/agenda/2020/01232020/index.php

It does not include W 25th. If I recall correctly, it goes from E 30th (or maybe the Innerbelt, I forget which), to the river, but includes the west bank north of Detroit, and possibly Lakeview Terrace

Indeed https://www.cleveland.com/life-and-culture/g66l-2019/02/ea4f5aa50a3112/ohio-city-could-score-tallest-timber-frame-building-in-us-in-2021.html

Downtown Sandusky's newest bar opened yesterday afternoon. Noble Crafts joins Noble Axes and Noble Pins as part of the Marketplace at the Cooke complex: https://www.facebook.com/craftssandusky/

Good stuff from @KJP / All Aboard Ohio http://allaboardohio.org/2019/12/16/aao-urges-policymakers-to-look-critically-at-hyperloop-consider-options/

It comes down to a single fact: the WSM is never the #1 priority of those who set the budgets and policy in City Hall. If you set up a non-profit and have dedicated staff for the market, their #1 job will be to make sure the market functions well, and they will be able to fundraise for it, and they will be able to make changes more easily. Unlike Cleveland City Council and the mayor's office, who have lots of other things to focus on, the board of directors for the WSM would be exclusively focused on the WSM.

I found that book at Half Priced Books in Mayfield Hts a few years ago for like $2.00. It had a lot of cool pics I had never seen before.

Yeah, Chapati is on Chester, there's also one in Uptown. But I agree, it's not that good.