Hope this finds you all well, and Happy Holidays from all of us here at HPNC!
As many of you know, we have been working closely with the appropriate City of Cincinnati departments, as well as the development group, to ensure everyone has the latest information regarding the proposed development on the south side of Hyde Park Square.
For those not present at our meeting in November, the following motion was passed:
The Hyde Park Neighborhood Council (HPNC) supports redevelopment in Hyde Park Square. As discussed at our September monthly meeting, we are open to a development that is 50 feet tall at the perimeter, has upper floor setbacks similar to 3500 Michigan (“Michigan Terrace”; Lululemon), is no taller than 3500 Michigan, and that improves the overall parking situation in Hyde Park Square. Unfortunately, the proposed Planned Development is 60 feet tall at the sidewalk, has smaller setbacks than 3500 Michigan, is taller than 3500 Michigan, and appears to make the parking situation worse. As a result, HPNC opposes the proposed Planned Development. HPNC wishes for the existing CN-P zoning to remain in effect.
For those of you that have an opinion on this matter, please feel free to reach out to the appropriate city officials as soon as possible to share your feelings. As you do, please feel free to CC HPNC (hpncpres@gmail.com) to make us aware.
- City of Cincinnati Planning:
- City of Cincinnati Zoning:
- City Council:
Also, a number of neighbors have put together a website (https://www.savehydeparksquare.org/) to share opinions and information about the development. Their intent for the website is to inform and educate the public and make everyone aware of how they can work to affect the outcome of this proposed development. The site also provides information about important dates regarding public hearings that will be held in the coming weeks/months. Please note that these hearings are not yet scheduled, but we will provide updates via email and social media channels once we have firm dates and times.
More to come on this front, so please consider joining the HPNC as a member, which will subscribe you to our email list and check back here often for additional updates. You can also donate to support HPNC, or pay your annual $20 dues, via our PayPal page.
