Hello Worthington! Here's your recap of what happened at October 8's Architectural Review Board and Municipal Planning Commission meeting. Below are brief summaries of the commercial and institutional projects that directly impact our community.
Around the city
- The Slice's sign switches to white letters, still halo-lit. Two weeks after approving the signs for The Slice on September 24, the board approved a change to the lettering on its wall sign from black to white. The Slice is the golf-simulator, food, and bar concept opening at 121 West Wilson Bridge Road in Worthington Gateway. The owners first proposed white letters with lit faces. City staff said those would be too bright at night for the single-family homes just south of the building, which are in direct view of the sign. The applicant agreed to keep halo lighting, which glows around the letters rather than lighting their faces, and the board approved the amendment with that condition, 6-0.
The Slice's amended wall sign with white letters, in daytime and at night with halo lighting. The version the board approved September 24 had black letters. From the video at 5:44.
American Legion post receives its conditional use permit. The Municipal Planning Commission approved, 5-0, a conditional use permit for social activities at the American Legion post at 700 Morning Street. The permit was required after the property was rezoned to the Veterans Memorial (VM) district earlier this year; in the previous residential zoning, the post's activities were a nonconforming use. Staff said the post's operations are not changing. Its regular hours are 4 to 8 p.m. Monday through Friday. According to the staff memo, events can run from 7 a.m. to 11 p.m. Sunday through Thursday and until midnight on Friday and Saturday, with non-amplified music ending by 10 p.m. Sunday through Thursday and 11:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday.
New signs for The Grove Pediatric Dentistry. The board approved two round wall signs for The Grove Pediatric Dentistry at 1020 High Street on its consent agenda, without discussion. They will hang on the north and south sides of the building in the same spots as the previous signs, on the condition that the brick be repaired where the earlier signs were mounted.
Council update on e-bike rules. Council Member Amy Lloyd, the council's representative to the board, said council has continued discussing e-bike and e-scooter regulations but has not yet passed the ordinance. Council wanted to weigh input from the Bicycle and Pedestrian Advisory Board first, including a recommendation for education for kids ages 12 to 16 and their parents. At its October 5 meeting, council postponed the vote to November 2 so staff can draft language for a rider-education class and other ideas raised that night.
The Boundless referendum is a 2027 ballot item. Lloyd said the referendum petition on the Elford Development apartment project at the Boundless campus has been submitted to the Board of Elections and its signatures verified, and that, as far as she knew, it will appear on the November 2027 ballot. It is not among the four charter questions on the November 3 ballot.
Upcoming Dates
- Monday, October 12, 7 p.m. — City Council meets at the Worthington Municipal Building, 6550 N. High Street. Watch live or recorded at worthington.org.
- Monday, October 19, 7 p.m. — City Council meets again at the Municipal Building.
- Tuesday, October 20, 6 p.m. — Parks & Recreation Commission meets at the Worthington Community Center, 345 E. Wilson Bridge Road.
- Thursday, October 22, 7 p.m. — Next Architectural Review Board / Municipal Planning Commission meeting at the Worthington Municipal Building, 6550 N. High Street.
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Note: This recap focuses on commercial and institutional projects that affect the broader community. Individual homeowner applications, while important to those involved, are not included in this community newsletter.