Judge Rezones Parkstone Property; Solon City Council To Appeal
Solon Law Director Tom Lobe provided an update on a lawsuit concerning property at the corner of Miles and SOM Center roads.
A Cuyahoga County judge recently ruled on controversial and long-dormant lawsuit regarding property at the corner of SOM Center and Miles roads. Solon Law Director Tom Lobe told council that a judge had taken action in the lawsuit filed by Parkstone Partners against the city, deciding to rezone the property to a denser residential district. In response, the Solon City Council voted 6-1 on Monday night to appeal the decision. Parkstone Capital Partners has been locked for years in a lawsuit with the city of Solon over rezoning land at Solon's northern border. The undeveloped land at the southeastern corner of Miles and SOM Center roads is zoned for single-family homes. But Parkstone, the land's owner, has been fighting to rezone the …
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Jacki Calavitta
2:23 pm on Tuesday, November 20, 2012
If City Hall had done their job and appealed the original ruling in March, 2010, this entire debacle could have been avoided. Instead, they met in "executive session" and collectively sat on their hands, and said nothing to their constituents and allowed the legal deadline to pass without action. Solon operates on zoning laws that are selectively enforced, and a patchwork of exceptions presented … more ›