CIRCLEVILLE, Ohio — The city’s water and sewer systems have more than enough capacity to serve the planned Scioto Preserve subdivision, City Planner Hannah Jackson said this week, as Circleville continues fielding resident questions about one of the largest developments moving through its approval process.
Responding to a resident question in the city’s weekly “Q&A Corner” feature on Facebook, Jackson said the city’s water treatment plant and wastewater treatment plant are each running at about 1.4 million gallons a day and have capacity for up to 4 million gallons a day. A conservative usage estimate for a development the size of Scioto Preserve is about 300,000 gallons a day, she said.
An 8-inch water line already runs under North Court Street to the corner of Bell Station Road, which Jackson said is sufficient to serve the site. A sanitary sewer line will need to be extended from the River Ridge subdivision to the Scioto Preserve property, a job that will fall to the developer, she said.
Scioto Preserve is a proposed subdivision of 252 multi-family units and 1,031 single-family lots on roughly 230 acres near North Court Street and Bell Station Road. City Council annexed the property Sept. 1, and the Circleville Planning and Zoning Commission took up a rezoning request for the site this month after a referendum petition seeking to block the annexation was rejected for lacking enough valid signatures.
The city fielded several other resident questions as part of the same weekly feature.
Paving on Third Avenue this week is part of the city’s 2026 Paving Project, the Department of Public Service said, after residents asked about new “no parking” signs posted along the street. The department said it does not have the staffing to notify residents door-to-door ahead of street paving, but puts up no-parking signs 48 hours in advance to give residents and visitors time to move their vehicles.
The city also clarified its rules on trailer parking after a resident asked whether utility trailers carrying work materials could be left on city streets. Trucks and trailers being used to haul, load or unload tools and materials are exempt from the city’s one-hour parking limit on heavy vehicles under Section 351.15 of the city code, officials said. However, that same section separately bars commercial vehicles and trailers, including those not actively in use, from parking on residential streets overnight, between an hour after sundown and an hour before sunrise. Residents who believe the rule is being violated can call the police non-emergency line at 740-474-8888. Temporary construction trailers approved under a site plan may be parked overnight but cannot be located in a street or public right of way, the city said.
The city additionally answered a question about its recent purchase of the Circleville Pumpkin Show headquarters building, saying multiple future uses for the property are still under consideration and will be determined at a later date.
The information contained in this story was obtained from the City of Circleville.
