Vote YES on Solon’s Issue 19
I am the mother of two adult sons with Fragile X Syndrome. We have lived in Solon for over 24 years, and I have helped to create numerous local programs to assist people with disabilities to have meaningful lives in their own community. Although it was very difficult, we were able to establish a home where our sons are happy and safe. Other families have similar needs and continually search for a solution to this very difficult problem. Solon Community Living is in the early stages of trying to establish multi-unit, high-quality housing for adults with special needs. The families [...]
Support Solon Issue 19
We have lived in Solon for the past 23 years and are asking you to vote in the upcoming March primary on a zoning issue that represents the best of Solon and is also very personal to our family – that of approving new R-3-C zoning for special needs housing at the southwest corner of Aurora Road and Portz Parkway. We appreciate how the Solon City School District has successfully brought our two children up through its ranks, reflecting its commitment to serving its students, whatever their needs: our older daughter has been living and working in South Africa for [...]
Vote yes for Issue 19: special needs zoning in Solon
As longtime Solon residents, we ask that you vote in the upcoming March primary to approve a new R-3-C zoning for special needs housing at the southwest corner of Aurora Road and Portz Parkway. We appreciate how Solon Schools has served our two daughters’ diverse needs -- one who benefited from a challenging curriculum, and one with special needs who thrived in Solon’s programming designed for students like her. Now the City of Solon continues to show support for diversity by creating zoning aligning with its master plan calling for “housing opportunities to meet the unique preferences and needs of [...]
Ara Bagdasarian Speaks with Solon Rotary Club
Ara Bagdasarian, cofounder of Solon Community Living, speaks with Solon Rotary Club on February 21, 2020.
Zoning issue to create special needs housing
It was four years ago that Solon residents Ara and Leslie Bagdasarian identified a vision that involved the creation of a sustainable, safe housing community for their two adult special needs children. On the primary ballot March 17 is special needs zoning – one major step toward bringing that vision to life. Before city voters is Issue 19, a proposed amendment to the zoning code that would enact a new zoning classification, R-3-C MultiFamily Residential-Special Needs to about 4 acres at the southwest corner of Aurora Road and Portz Parkway. The matter must receive an affirmative vote in the affected [...]
Update: Solon to Vote in March on Issue 19: New Special Needs Zoning!
After months of public hearings and getting unanimous approval from the Solon City Council, the Mayor, and the Planning Commission, special needs zoning will be on the March 17 Ballot as Issue #19! Leslie and Ara Bagdasarian, founders of Solon Community Living, have achieved a major milestone by getting zoning language for this innovative living option officially on the ballot for Solon voters in Ward 6 and City wide to approve. R-C-3 (Multi-Family Residential-Special Needs) is similar to Solon’s senior zoning and will be on the ballot on March 17, 2020 as Issue 19. This new zoning code is specifically [...]
Two zone changes headed for March election ballot in Solon
Two zoning issues are slated to be on the spring ballot for Solon voters following action by City Council last week. Council approved submitting to the Cuyahoga County Board of Elections for the March 17, 2020, ballot an ordinance that would create a new Multi-Family Residential- Special Needs zoning district and another to expand the restaurant uses in the C-2, restricted commercial, and C-6, General Commercial zoning districts. Both of these matters went through the three-reading process and public hearings by both the Planning Commission and City Council. The R-3-C Multi Family Residential Special Needs Zoning would be the first [...]
Solon voters may be asked to approve two more zoning issues in March
SOLON, Ohio -- Voters in this city will see two more zoning issues on the ballot in March if City Council approves legislation to send them to the electorate. On Monday (Nov. 4), council was introduced to two zoning ordinances, with public hearings held for each one. One ordinance would create a new zoning district, called R-3-C, a multi-family residential and special needs classification. It would be implemented for properties at the southwest corner of Aurora Road and Portz Parkway -- the proposed Solon Community Living project. Read the full article here. SOURCE: Ed Wittenberg, Special to cleveland.com
New zoning for special needs housing closer to spring ballot
A proposed new zoning classification to accommodate individuals with special needs is moving a step toward the March primary ballot following action by Solon city planners last week. The Solon Planning Commission closed a public hearing on the rezoning, the first of its kind for the city, and forwarded the matter, with their recommendation, to City Council. City Council set the matter for public hearing at its meeting Monday. The recommendation to move the R-3-C Multi-Family Special Needs zoning to the ballot, came with a great deal of support for the project, which would cost $3 million and create Solon [...]
Planners continue talk on proposed zone for special needs housing
City planners opened a public hearing last week on a proposed new zoning classification to accommodate individuals with special needs. The commission tabled the matter and will continue the public hearing at its next meeting, and a vote is expected to be taken at 7:30 p.m. Oct. 15. The issue is planned to be before city voters in March of 2020. Solon resident Ara Bagdasarian, who presented to city officials in May details of a proposal to build a $3 million nonprofit project for people with disabilities to live called Solon Community Living, said the adoption of this new classification [...]
