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Owens said the conversation originated with Camp Washington Urban Revitalization Corporation and a zoning diagnostic they commissioned. “This started as a conversation within Camp Washington, their CDC, Camp Washington Urban Revitalization Corporation, and really looking at the, impacts of tow yards, within that neighborhood,” Owens said. She said the effort is intended to support housing, business-district revitalization and “thinking about highest and best use of land.”

Administration staff explained next steps and the relationship to the citywide Revive 75 plan update. An administration speaker told the committee, “the zoning study and Revive 75 are technically 2 separate processes,” and said the zoning study could produce recommendations specific to Camp Washington that would proceed before the Revive 75 update and involve detailed zoning problem-solving.

The committee filed the report and the accompanying presentation during the meeting. No formal policy change or zoning text amendment was adopted at the committee meeting; staff described the zoning study as a research and recommendation phase that may result in proposed zoning changes for council consideration.

Council members asked procedural questions about timing and public engagement; staff said the Camp Washington zoning study would include neighborhood conversations similar to those planned for Revive 75 but that the zoning recommendations were expected to come earlier. Owen’s motion and the report direct staff to conduct a thorough zoning diagnostic for Camp Washington and to return with specific recommendations for zoning revisions where warranted.

The committee did not set a firm deadline for the zoning study in the committee meeting transcript.","mediaType","Audio","parentTitle","Equitable Growth & Housing Committee (May 20, 2025)","oneSentenceSummary","Councilwoman Owens’ motion produced a report recommending a thorough zoning study in Camp Washington to address tow yard impacts; administration staff told the committee the zoning study is a separate process and any recommendations would likely precede the Revive 75 plan update.","taxTitle","Cincinnati Board & Committees, Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio","taxId",75954,"location","Ohio","headline","","shortSummary",{"_33":76,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":77,"_41":78,"_43":79,"_45":80,"_47":81,"_49":50,"_51":82,"_53":-5,"_54":55,"_56":57,"_58":83,"_60":61,"_62":63,"_64":84,"_66":67,"_68":69,"_70":71,"_72":73,"_74":73},6017067,"Council committee to consider amendment allowing restaurant, arcade and retail at 3701 Montgomery Road",164,93000,257000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=5778675-51020d6228d4c4ae7397d7ea6a634436&start=93&end=257","/articles/6017067/Ohio/Council-committee-to-consider-amendment-allowing-restaurant-arcade-and-retail-at-3701-Montgomery-Road","The Equitable Growth and Housing committee of the Cincinnati City Council heard a staff presentation Friday on a proposed major amendment to Plan Development (PD 67) affecting the building at 3701 Montgomery Road in Evanston and agreed to place the item on the council’s passage docket for the following day.

City Senior Planner Andrew Hall told the committee the amendment would not change the PD 67 boundary or physical attributes of the site but would expand permitted uses for the single building at the corner of Dana and Montgomery to allow small-scale recreation and entertainment and uses consistent with the Commercial Neighborhood (CN) zoning district, including retail, office, housing and similar commercial activities. “They are proposing to have changes to the approved uses for, to allow a small scale recreation and entertainment area, as well as uses consistent with the commercial neighborhood CN zoning districts such as retail, commercial, office, and housing,” Hall said.

The Department of City Planning and Engagement reported a staff conference with the applicant on April 2 and said the City Planning Commission approved the amendment on April 18, 2025. Hall said the department’s analysis found the change “will help to support neighborhood business districts and surrounding commercial uses” and that the amendment is consistent with Plan Cincinnati and the Evanston work plan.

Council members asked about the intended uses and the effect on the remainder of the building, which has been largely vacant. Council Member Evan Nolan asked whether the applicant had indicated what they intend to do with the space; Hall replied he understood the applicant planned a “combination of restaurant, bar, and arcade space” but said he was “not exactly sure.” Committee chair Council Member Jeffries described the project as “a great development” and noted a nearby Wasson Way ribbon cutting; Council Member Mika Owens, who served on the planning commission, said the applicant mentioned an arcade in addition to restaurants and emphasized the site’s proximity to the new medical school.

City administration staff described the building’s history and surroundings, saying it previously housed a pizza restaurant and a bank, later a venue called Listerman Trail House, and sits across from an auto repair business. Staff said there were no members of the public at the April 2 staff conference and that the case was not expected to be controversial at the public hearing.

Because the Planning Commission recommended approval and staff found the amendment meets applicable zoning requirements, the committee voted to place the amendment on the City Council passage docket for the next day rather than take a roll-call vote at the committee meeting.

The council committee did not take a final legislative vote on the amendment during the committee meeting; the amendment was scheduled for a City Council vote the following day.","The Equitable Growth and Housing committee heard a presentation on a major amendment to Plan Development (PD 67) for 3701 Montgomery Road in Evanston; city planning staff said the change would add commercial uses and was recommended by the City Planning Commission and will be placed on council passage docket.","actionData","errors"]

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Council receives report on Camp Washington zoning diagnostic; administration says zoning study separate from Revive 75 plan update

Council committee to consider amendment allowing restaurant, arcade and retail at 3701 Montgomery Road