The barber said operates businesses in Carlisle and Centerville, and plans to open a location along one of the routes impacted by the temporary ban and is fine with waiting until it expires Jan. 14.
Prolonging the new development freeze until April 14 — which Franklin is considering — may create problems with her plans, Millard said.
“I’m trying to put a barber shop back into Franklin,” she told city council recently, noting the site is next door to one that operated for decades before closing. “But I’m just worried about the extension.”
City officials said they want to encourage new commerce, but don’t want to set a precedent favoring one business over others.
“I don’t like the thought of lifting the moratorium,” Mayor Brent Centers said.
Franklin officials also don’t want to offer any guarantees.
“I do not anticipate that your future use is going to not be permitted as we move forward,” City Manager Jonathan Westendorf told Millard. “While I can’t say that for sure, I can say that a change of barber shop/hair stylist along that area is not something I expect.”
“It’s not something that came out as far as any feedback we’ve received from the citizens” or planning commission or city council, Westendorf added. “I do not think that that is going to change. The problem is the moratorium applies to everything.”
Franklin City Council is set to vote Dec. 2 on the extension, which would allow the administration time to revise guidelines to promote better long-term development, documents show.
“The city needs time to study and evaluate the types of public infrastructure, building improvements and land uses that are best-suited for the targeted corridors, and potentially develop and adopt amendments … to facilitate such improvements and uses, to fulfill the city’s objectives of enhancing and promoting its economic development efforts,” the extension proposal states.
“Given the importance of the targeted corridors to the Franklin community, and limited remaining developable real estate located in the targeted corridors, city council finds it necessary to extend the current moratorium,” the document added.
The section of Ohio 73 will run from Interstate 75 west to about Riley Boulevard, including both the north and south sides of the state route, city records show.
It will also include both sides Ohio 123 from Sunnybrook Drive northwest of I-75 to near Evergreen Court southeast of the interstate, according to documents.
Dixie Highway will be impacted from just north of Pennyroyal to about Ethel Avenue to the south, Franklin records state.
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