Entries in the Category "Zoning"
My Hometown
I recently read an article that was linked by the Case Daily email. I like how all the news that involves Case can be anything that remotely mentions Case Western. Anyways, the article has to do with my little home town of Moreland Hills, Ohio. Recently a developer bought some land and wanted to build homes, 18 of them on half acre parcels. Moreland Hills has a zoning law on the books from 1952 requiring that all homes be built on at least two acres of land. The developer since has had the Ohio Supreme Court overturn a favorable ruling towards him. I have mixed feelings about this decision. I do like being able to preserve the feeling of the neighborhood I live in now. I live on a little over 2 acres and the rest of my neighbors do as well. It’s a different feeling from my first home where in Eastlake, Ohio we lived on probably half an acre and you had houses lined up next to each other in this whole development. It was the typical after WWII housing project where all the houses were built off of a few models. I like the extra space in Moreland Hills granted cutting the grass is a bit more difficult. At the same time I feel this ruling forces people who would want to build a house in Moreland Hills because of our great public and private schools, the neighborhood, or whatever else from doing so. Just buying a parcel of 2 acres is fairly expensive; it was seven years ago when my parents originally bought the land, I can’t imagine how much it costs now. I feel that it excludes people on a socio economic level but there are also plenty of houses on the market. For now, I get to enjoy Moreland Hills the way it is. If you want to read the original PD article go here.