Ronyak Paving Yard Noise, Dust Irritate Neighbors
Constant activity at the Ronyak Paving company property on North Cheshire Street in Burton Village led several Fisher Road residents to ask council for relief Oct. 22.
Constant activity at the Ronyak Paving company property on North Cheshire Street in Burton Village led several Fisher Road residents to ask council for relief Oct. 22.
Leonard Fife told council the operation at 14376 North Cheshire Street has escalated in the last year to a full paving yard with large diesel trucks starting up as early as 4:30 a.m.
“They used to just park their trucks there,” he said, adding the increased activity is hard to live with, and the dust and dirt from the yard and the traffic is bad.
Heidi Risk, who also lives on Fisher Road, said after the meeting the early morning activity wakes her school-age children before they need to get up, especially the back-up warning beeps of trucks and heavy equipment.
A row of trees on the property used to muffle the noise, but they have been taken down, she said.
Village Mayor Joe Hernandez said the village will reach out to Ronyak Paving and see if the noise can be minimized.
“We try to be sensitive to business and resident concerns,” he said during the meeting.
He added the company has done great things for the community and used to have three locations, but their Shalersville plant closed down, so they work more out of the Burton yard now.
Several years ago, the Ronyaks attempted to create a rear entrance to their yard down Colony Lane, but residents complained and the entrance was blocked.
Fisher Road is in Burton Township north of the village and the Ronyak yard is in the village.
Village Zoning Inspector Rick Gruber said after the meeting he does not know of anything in the village zoning resolution regarding noise, but there may be ordinances on the subject.
The Ronyak property is zoned industrial, he said.
During the meeting, he also said he had granted a permit for a large, new building the Ronyaks want to put up to replace the one that burned last winter.
In other business, Councilman Tom Blair said work on Goodwin Street will probably not begin until 2020, but it is time to get the paperwork started.
Hernandez said village Engineer George “Chip” Hess can work with the new village fiscal officer, Jennell Dahlhausen, to write a resolution for the village to initiate the project.
