Opponents decry plans for apartments in Poland

By Denise Dick

The developer is seeking a zone change to allow the apartments.

POLAND — Some residents oppose a developer’s plan to build four six-plex apartment buildings between East McKinley Way and Marion Drive.

The village’s planning committee will discuss a request at a 7 p.m. Tuesday meeting in village hall to change the zoning on the 2.5-acre parcel at 126 E. McKinley Way to allow apartments.

“I don’t think that it’s a good idea for them to put 24 apartments back in one two-acre plot,” said Sue Hatala, who has lived on Marion, abutting the lot, for 30 years.

It’s difficult enough trying to get out of Marion onto McKinley. If that many more people move in, it will make it even more so, she said.

The plan was proposed by Singer Homes and Tim Clayton, a township resident, who is called a member of the company in paperwork filed with the village. Clayton couldn’t be reached.

Plans submitted to the village show four six-plex apartment buildings and six carriage houses, or garages. Evergreen trees rim the perimeter, and sidewalks connect the buildings.

A public hearing for a variance to increase the square footage limit for the building’s ground floor area from 3,000 to 4,000 was scheduled for later this week but was canceled.

Richard Ames, village zoning administrator, said the developer plans 1,000-square-foot apartments.

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