The future is bright for Chardon football fans and students alike as Chardon Planning Commission approved concept plans for a long-awaited restroom building at their May 14 special meeting.
The future is bright for Chardon football fans and students alike as Chardon Planning Commission approved concept plans for a long-awaited restroom building at their May 14 special meeting.
The building will be 1,575 square feet and host storage space, as well as a concession stand, said Community Development Administrator Steve Yaney.
All standards, including setback and design, have been met, Yaney told the commission.
“There was a lot of back-and-forth between staff and the school on making sure we got the right location for where the water would come from and where the sanitary (sewer line) would exit this facility, too,” he explained. “And that’s all been reviewed by the city engineer and the water department and the sewer department — they’re on board with this.”
Jeff Henderson of ThenDesign Architecture presented the building’s concept plans.
A major challenge for the project was access to facilities such as water, sanitary services and power.
“We had to basically put in a lift station there,” Henderson said, adding the lift station will be located just outside the building, while the pathway for the force main will come around the north side of the field and tap into a manhole west of the high school. Water will come from Chardon Middle School.
Henderson described the building’s plan and design as simple, featuring — in addition to storage and concessions — a men’s, women’s and family bathroom along with a mechanical room.
The building will be a split-face block building with wood trusses and an asphalt shingle roof, he said, adding in keeping with Chardon’s classic color scheme, the face of the building will be red and the shingles black.
Commission member Robert Emmons asked if the building would become the only concession stand or if there would be concession stands on both sides.
Henderson replied as far as he was aware, each team would still have their own concession stand.
With no other questions, the committee voted in approval of the concept plans.
