River Metals Recycling is preparing an application for a conditional use hearing to bring a junkyard operation to South Fairmount.
The 7.8-acre property, at , is zoned MG Manufacturing General and can only house a junkyard with approval of the conditional use.
Last month, Lower Price Hill Community Council (LPHCC) president Dr. Jack Degano asked the City not to approve the plans until residents of his neighborhood got the opportunity to view them.
At a LPHCC meeting on October 6, residents soundly rejected the plan, fearing the over-concentration of polluting industry and noise near their homes and businesses.
Spokesmen for River Metals and parent company David J. Joseph Company say that the facility would accept and store a multitude of ferrous and non-ferrous scrap metal, and would also accept junked vehicles.
Shipments would remain at the site for between one to three weeks, and they agreed that the junkyard would be noisy during its hours of operation.
Once that conditional use application is received by the City, all property owners within 100 feet and the LPHCC will be notified within 14 days of the scheduled hearing.
Based in Fort Mitchell, River Metals Recycling is the largest scrap processor in Greater Cincinnati and Kentucky with 11 processing facilities between Paducah and Xenia.
Photo credit: "Bayard Street Scrapyard (Baltimore, MD)" by Flickr user
Previous reading on BC:
Lower Price Hill fighting proposed junkyard (10/9/08)
Thursday, November 13, 2008
River Metals to apply for junkyard use
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In the previous related article didn't the LPHCC complain that this project would bring noise to the area? Seems funny to me, because this area has always been industrial and I think that there is a major bus depot and a major rail switch/rail yard just east of this area. Those uses create as much noise as this ever would. Does anyone know the proposed hours of operation here? Don't see much problem as long as they don't operate the site at night when people are sleeping. LPHCC always see,s difficult to deal with; they need to realize that any jobs brought to their neighborhood should be welcome. Besides, I don't even think that residential homes are permitted in the heavy manufacturing zone in Cincinnati, so the nearby residents should complain about this. They should work with the developer to make sure that the site is improved, rather than cause a fuss over the use. If the use is permitted there, then what's the problem? Seems like poor leadership and lack of vision by the leadership of the LPHCC is whats keeping that neighborhood so crummy. Just my 2 cents.
What does the SFCC think of this, since the site really looks like its in SF rather than LPH?
I'm not sure what the South Fairmount council thinks of the proposal.
Please -- if a South Fairmount council actually exists, they should be ashamed of themselves. Has anyone SEEN South Fairmount recently? Good grief. There aren't many places in the city that are as worn-out and in need of serious blight removal than Harrison Avenue heading down toward the city/75.
The fact that the city doesn't do anything about this hideous western corridor is a sin. It's a dirty little secret -- out-of-sight, out-of-mind.
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