Wednesday, February 03, 1999

Boone housing plan: 1,200 units

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Developers asking county for zoning change

BY KRISTINA GOETZ
The Cincinnati Enquirer

        HEBRON — A development company wants to build more than 1,200 single-family and multifamily dwelling units off North Bend Road in Boone County.

        Arlinghaus Builders Inc. of Edgewood has asked the Boone County Planning Commission to consider rezoning about 590 acres 2¹/₂ miles off Interstate 275 from agriculture to residential planned development.

        A public hearing has been set for Feb. 24.

        Bob Schroder, vice president of Arlinghaus, said the project would be phased in over 15 years.

        Houses in the neighborhood, which could be called either Northbrook or Northpoint, would sell for $125,000 to $300,000.

        Mr. Schroder said the houses would be similar to those in Hanover Park off Rogers Lane in Burlington.

        The development company has also offered to give land to the Boone County School District for an elementary school, although school officials say they are looking at several sites.

        “Our plan is, and our discussion with the school board is, if we get the zone change, they get the land,” Mr. Schroder said.

        The site is on 14 acres off Ky. 237 near North Bend Road in Hebron. If that site is chosen, a build ing similar to Erpenbeck Elementary would be built.

        By bypassing land costs and using existing designs, the school district would save about $700,000.

        Bryan Blavatt, superintendent of Boone County schools, said that the northwest sector of the county is its fastest-growing area and that the location offered by the develop ment company would be ideal.

        “We need to get moving as quickly as possible if we're going to keep up with the growth,” he said.

        The elementary school, which would hold 650 to 700 students, would be built before the houses.

        Boone County school board members say the school needs to be ready for the 2000-2001 school year.

Historic grave on property
        Part of the proposed development in Hebron contains the grave of Col. Abraham Depew, which developers say they'll leave untouched.

        Col. Depew died in Boone County in 1820. He and his wife operated a grist mill near the site, and he was a justice on the Boone County Court from No vember 1808 until he died. He was a militia member and may have served in the War of 1812.

        The ruins of the grist mill are about 600 feet from the grave, and although they are not on the developers' property, they say they will work with the county to preserve that site.

       

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