Planning Panel Okays Platinum Drive Subdivision Request; Broadway Avenue Rezoning Postponed
By Jeff Toquinto on May 17, 2025
The Bridgeport Planning Commission approved a subdivision request for property situated on Platinum Drive to subdivide a pair of parcels into three lots at a meeting on Monday, May 12.
Approval of the subdivision came after a public hearing on the matter. While no one spoke during the hearing, Commission member and Bridgeport Public Information Officer Andrea Kerr did read a letter of opposition into the record.
The letter was from a property situated at 97 Platinum Drive, which is the Marriott SpringHill Suites location. Kerr said that the property is directly adjacent to the parcel request for subdivision of two parcels into three.
The preliminary approval of the subdivision was given at April’s meeting. During that meeting, John Hornor, the vice president of Hornor Brothers Engineers, came before the Commission to seek the subdivision of the lots into three new lots. Each lot, said Hornor, would contain one of the three buildings as opposed to two parcels containing the three buildings. Hornor Brothers served as a representative for EBP, LLC, the owner of the property from Charleston.
Of the three buildings, the one likely most familiar to is the one that formerly housed the West Virginia Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV), which has since relocated to Clarksburg. Today, ResCare Family & Youth Services are in the building.
The other two buildings, if driving from Emily Drive past the old DMV site, would be the final two buildings before heading toward Citynet.
At the April meeting, Hornor told Connect-Bridgeport that he believed EBP had a buyer for the DMV building. He also believed that EBP 
would sell each subdivided parcel and the building with it but was not sure about buyers on the other buildings.
would sell each subdivided parcel and the building with it but was not sure about buyers on the other buildings.
On Monday, the letter read by Kerr stated there were several concerns based on what was described as insufficient information about intended future use and problems “intensive redevelopment” may create.
Among the objections listed were possible problems with traffic and the existing roadway capacity. That, along with not knowing the intended use, and concerns with the potential issue with frontage, access, or egress was also mentioned.
Kerr said that Hornor spoke to a representative of the group sending the letter and that the concern was that there would be more hotels on the property and subdivided. Ultimately, the Planning Commission approved the request pointing out that the property is currently zoned Business-2. Under the B-2, anyone could buy all three properties as currently configured and building anything that is permitted use, such as a hotel, with no issues.
The Commission tabled an item to rezone property at 210 Broadway Avenue from Residential-3 (single family, duplex, and multi-family residential to Business Professional Office (BPO). The request was by Chistopher J. Boyce.
Kerr said Boyce is looking to put his Allstate business on that site. However, there was one individual, an adjacent property owner, in opposition to the matter during the public hearing. The city sends out letters to all adjacent property owners during a rezoning request.
“The board wants to get more information, which is the reason for the postponement,” said Kerr. “There were two members missing and they want all members present looking at this request before making a decision.”
Editor's Note: Top photo shows, from left, PC President Rodney Kidd, Public Information Director Andrea Kerr, and, standing, John Hornor. Bottom photo shows the three buildings that would be included on three different parcels is the subdivision is approved. The building with 105 on it formerly housed the DMV.
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