Commission grants one-year permit for Keller Farms

By MICHAEL HAYES

ThisWeek Community News Wednesday December 18, 2013 10:38 AM

Since 2011, Keller Farms Landscape and Nursery has occupied prime road frontage on a 47-tract of land called The Good Property on the west side of Hill Road as one enters Olde Pickerington Village from the north, right before the railroad tracks.

Keller Farms sells plants, hanging baskets, annuals, perennials and seasonal items such as pumpkins.

Dec. 10, Pickerington's Planning and Zoning Commission heard a request from Keller Farms to continue to operate its garden store business at 201 Hill Road North for another four years, until Dec. 31, 2017.

The city's zoning staff, however, recommended Keller Farms' conditional-use permit be limited to one year, or until December 31, 2014.

Commission Chairman Dave Blake said the city's zoning staff wanted to keep the permit at one year because "staff is concerned if this becomes permanent there are blacktop requirements" for Keller Farms' parking lot.

Commission member Ted Hackworth expressed concerns about the site's ongoing temporary status.

"This has been going on for three years now," Hackworth.

"Any plans to put up a building or something more permanent?" he asked Scott Harris of Keller Farms.

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