Cincinnati City Council has voted unanimously to amend the planned development district (PD-43) created for The Banks in order to make it consistent with the master development agreement.
The amendment sets the height limit of any buildings in the development at 20 leasable floors and 4 floors of above-ground parking, or 24 floors in total.
Council took action to align both documents after receiving a communication last December from attorney Joseph Trauth Jr. of Keating Muething & Klekamp, on behalf of several Downtown property owners, alerting them that PD-43 still contained language that would allow buildings of up to 30 floors.
Both PD-43 and the master development agreement were approved by City Council on the same day last November.
The amendment will have no real impact, as the master development agreement would have automatically prohibited the City from approving any structure taller than 24 floors.
Previous reading on BC:
EDC to discuss Banks heights Tuesday (4/18/08)
Council likely to amend Banks PD (1/21/08)
PC to discuss Banks height limits (12/6/07)
Banks: 24 floors, or 30? (11/19/07)
Dumbest opinion piece ever (11/12/07)
Tuesday, April 29, 2008
Banks PD amended
