I can't believe they are allowing this to happen.
There is a way to show Jardine's the public's disapproval of this body burner being added on right there on Pearl. For those against a crematory, I suggest that any funeral business be taken to another place. They may be the only one in town, but they are not the only one nearby.

I WILL NOT be using their services and will do my best to convince anyone and everyone I know to also go somewhere else. Maybe it will take sending them this message to kick this over to Foltz where it belongs. Put it in an industrial area like most other cities require.

If they are going to be a business that thumbs its nose at its neighbors, then those same neighbors should take their business elsewhere. That is what people on our street have been saying. So, they think this will increase their business? Well, say bye-bye to other business.

RE: "City Council last year -- at Jardine's request -- established a set of local regulations for crematories in Strongsville."

Must be nice to have an "in" with the city. So, if you are a business with this influence, don't worry - just ask the city to draw up some regulations so you can build what you want, as you want.

I'm, with you Lyn. Who wants to see the building where your love one will be burned. I don't. They should have thought to get a building on Foltz Parkway away from school and residences. I know that they would not be met with as much negative comments and feelings, You may be the only funeral home in strongsville but there are many very nice one within a 15 mile radius and I for one will use one of them when the time comes!

The last time I was at Jardine's I was very unimpressed by what I saw. Some of the staff were outside the the front office dressed casually and laughing it up. It was very unprofessional and disturbing to those in attendance. I once saw their hearse driver getting gas with a "customer' in the back. Again, he was dressed as if the pick up call interupted his golf game. Now that they will be doing cremations I can only imagine how this lack of professionalism and dignity will affect that operation. I also have decided to take my business elsewhere when the time comes.

I just think the "take my business elsewhere" comment is humurous.

I agree with all the above statements-as to a lack of professionalism-that's been overstated.Just check out comments on the All Strongsville High School Memorial board,as well as here in various articles. Very sad day for Strongsville & our future-scares me that they care so little about the environment & the people that they are supposed to serve-but not suprising given all the comments/experiences.I myself had the unfortunate experience of using them for my loved one & being treated by"the young gun" with a very flip attitude & rude unprofessional comments,not to mention horrific paperwork errors that caused much more difficulty during an already stressful time. Perhaps to get a good visual people should also peruse the young wife's Facebook page(Crystal Sesock Jardine) where she posted a picture of her children in the parking lot of the business pushing each other around on a cart that normally carries a casket-very tasteless,but says it all-they think this is a big joke. I say hit them where it hurts,in the pocketbook.Tell everyone you know & share all the information you can.Perhaps they will change their mind & change the location,but I doubt it because that would cost them & they/he are ALL ABOUT THE MONEY.

No mention in the above article, but why were no residents allowed to speak in order to voice their opninions at what was a public meeting?

It wouldn't make a difference Tom- it's now obvious that their minds were made up a long time ago,as evidenced by the way the city drew up regulations specifically to favor that business way before this was presented. Best thing to do is get the word out about this & how they are as a business.

my husband was there and was informed before the meeting that they would not be allowed to speak with no explanation as to why.

Yep-that's Strongsville politics-bend over & take it! We really don't have a voice-unless our names like Catan,Kalinich,Jardine,Puzzitello-money talks & gets its way.Notice how the Jardine's & their grandchildren happened to be featured all over the article about the carnival-coincidence w/this coming up?I don't think so. I wouldn't want to be one of their children & have to hear about what their family is doing to this city-maybe that's why they are sending their son to private school or perhaps it's just that our schools aren't good enough anymore. We're only good for them as long as we keeping giving them our $-SO STOP & DON"T PATRONIZE their businesses. MONEY is the only thing that talks to them & there are certainly plenty of more reputable businesses in the area.

So now again I ask this question--if they put the new school behind Jardine's and their new crematory, will that be a healthy situation for the children??

What happened to Kate(oopsy daisy,I mean Crystal's )comment?Why was it deleted? Love it that she/her friends keep making up names/accounts to comment only on this subject-but come on-"Sarah Smith","Kate Johnson"-you are too obvious dear. There is no possible way to defend the businesses' ethics & what they have done to others & will now again with this possible menace to public health.To take the high road would be to admit/acknowledge mistakes ,make amends & move on. No need to get so defensive dear,it is what it is & you are who you are.

So why has Busch had a crematory in place and in operation for 20 years + in Parma without issues and or surrounding heatlh problems? Sounds to me this is a personal issues rather than a well thought out health concern. It makes perfect sense to me. This business will be far more regulated than all other business's in the community. I congratulate the city for making a GOOD decision based on fact and EPA approved standards.

I agree with J!

K and J-
I'm sure you will be very happy burning your loved ones bodies there. And you can enjoy those happy memories of those bodies burning down to ashes everytime you drive by Jardine's. For me, I'd rather have it out of sight. As I once said - I eat meat, but I don't want to have a slaughter house in the middle of town to drive by to remind me of how that meat got to my plate.
But, go for it - to each their own. I could not live daily with that image burned on my brain of someone I love in some oven, burning away.
I'm taking any family funeral business out of town, and I don't want my body any where near Jardine's.

As far as my family, extended family, and neighbors are concerned - Jardines is now considered a business that is not welcome in the neighborhood. You have lost a lot of business. Translation - you lost money!
I'm sure some will want you to fry their loved one's up, but just know that your family and its business has lost lots of respect. Too bad a respected family business has conducted itself in this manner. And, I particularly like how last year when you wanted the city to write regulations for you, you said there were no immediate plans for a crematory. Yeah, right.

Again, sounds like a personal issue, not anything based on health concerns, which I beiieve was the original grounds for most concerns posted.

You are obviously very ignorant if you don't understand that what affects our neighborhood's & resident's health is very personal to each of us here. Our health is a very personal concern "J"ason :) Other information shared just speaks to the trustworthyness of the business. Only time will tell if they keep to their word & only incinerate their own clientele.My guess,the lure of more money will be too great

J "ason" if you say the same lie over and over it still doesn't become true -- the EPA doesn't regulate human crematories or their emissions... They ONLY regulate pet/animal crematories. Therefore, by saying that the Crematory meets all "EPA approved standards" means ABSOLUTELY NOTHING. The only way the crematory won't emit mercury vapors is to either install scrubbers on the stacks or pull all the cadaver's teeth. Somehow I don't see the younger Jardine becoming a corpse dentist.

This is getting pretty nasty. But I really don't understand how anyone involved in the Jardine family business could fail to see that this whole idea could seem to be a bit disturbing to a large percentage of the populace. In retrospect, they probably should have just gotten the legislation regarding regulations passed and picked up a parcel in the industrial park. Legal or not, this whole idea seems a bit tasteless, and will likely rub a lot of people the wrong way.

"J"-
Just in case you missed my post above,

Okay, "J",
you want to compare to Busch?
I viewed their location by "bird's eye" map and see that their location is mainly surrounded by woods and is not in the middle of a bustling area. And, as their website says, it is in a wooded setting. So, maybe you should reconsider and take that body burner over to Foltz.
NO COMPARISON. NICE TRY!!

So, let me summarize what I have read as reasons to: OK this fryer, and the "falsehoods" that have been presented.
(1) Meets EPA approved standards. BUT, EPA does NOT cover cover HUMAN crematories or their emissions.
(2) Compares to Busch in Parma. But, location is no comparison.
(3) Mercury emissions are not a problem. But will not put on scrubbers to prevent emission of mercury vapors.
(4) Said a year ago no immediate plans for this. But, now they are going ahead with it now.

What have I missed?
Hope I have been accurate - this is based on what I have read on the Patch and in comments, so I am more than willing to be corrected.

I like to county corruption comment. It's incredibly hard to believe that Pay Coyne was operating entirely on his own. There have to be others involved, one man cannot come through on his own in making the kind of promises his did. Wonder how things are going down in Morgantown?

I know some involved in this investigation & it is far from over. They would have let Pat sing on all the cronies,but they haven't because there is much more work to be done & this is so far reaching & extensive it's unbelieveable. Until now the focus had been broad-on the "big fish"county employees & those connected(contractors) that could give info to the feds. Those who think they got away scott free are still being watched. Just as it took a few years to finally come out & charge the others,it is a long tedious process. Again,I'm aware of suspicions on the part of former & current councilmen,so I won't be suprised to see them exposed for the crooks they are when the time comes. Only then will alot of the decisions handed down in the city make too much sense to our citizens.

We were treated with great care and compassion by Jardine. The attack of children written above is foolish and mean-spirited. Your point is better received without desperate personal attacks. I see the point in "hiding" the crematorium out of public view. But, truthfully what is the difference between a looking at a cemetery knowing nature takes its course or having followed the desire of cremation? I am not educated on the emissions but trust this was fully studied if only to eliminate damage to health claims.

Pat,
The Jardines made their bed, let them sleep in it. The manufacture of the oven makes a filtration system. Why do you think they would offer such a device? to capture mercury and heavy metals from being released to the atmospehre, thats why! Crematories are necessary, but the Jardines have the chance to do the right thing here and protect the city of Strongsville from mercury contamination. They can add the scrubbers or move the oven to an industrial setting. The fact that they want to build next to the high school and bus yard which will be transporting 1000's of children (but not theirs, they pulled theirs out of Strongsville) 5 days a week should give you a really good idea of what type of people they are, and what they think of the children and the residents of Strongsville. Once the body burner is up and running, think about the mercury you will be coming in contact with when you open your mail, or when you park in Giant Eagles new location, or maybe you have relatives in the school system, think about them being exposed to mercury with every bus ride, the students, all of the athletes who play football, soccer, baseball etc.. within the proxiamety. ARE YOU COMFORTABLE that this was fully studied with NO CHANCE of contamination?
You are very naive if you think this was studied at all. The Jardine's established the regulations for crematories in Strongsville. This is ONLY about money and politics, when it should be about health and safety.

Ohio EPA
Northeast District Office
Location and Mailing Address:
2110 East Aurora Road
Twinsburg, Ohio 44087

Telephone: (330) 963-1200
Fax: (330) 487-0769
This seems like a more helpful avenue to voice you concerns, questions and opinions. Surely, you're not concerned the Ohio EPA is in cahoots with our local elected officials, leaders within the business community and Jardine family.

I'm left once again thinking that the younger generation has no concerns regarding the sensitivities of the community as a whole. I can't imagine either Millar or George ever believing that this whole project was a good idea. Again, just because it's legal does not make it right, especially considering the emotional nature associated with end of life issues.

At the same time, the fact that the Jardines approached city council looking for guidelines (which they probably wrote) and stating that there were no immediate plans to move forward, then doing exactly what they said they were not going to do, just sounds like business as usual in Strongsville. And the cynic in me thinks that Maloney's "NO" vote was pre-determined. He can walk away looking like he stuck up for his constituents while knowing full well which way the vote was going to go. Sorry, I've been in the city long enough to be VERY cynical.

Perhaps a petition could be started online& elsewhere in order to inform those who might be unaware how all this came down in the course of a year-seemingly quite deviously. It appears there are many facts that have not been acknowledged by the city-especially when it comes to crematories of human remains,which it seems are not closely monitored as everyone may have been led to believe . Residents could also boycott/picket Jardine's & their other development properties until they reconsider making it safer(by purchasing the needed safety precaution/scrubber to alleviate mercury & other unsafe emissions) or having them move it to an industrial location.Only money talks to them. I agree with you Tom,I find it hard to fathom that either Millar or George would support something of such a concern to residents.They built their business on old fashioned ethics,something that apparantly didn't get passed down in my opinion.

Those that have had negative experiences at the funeral home could also post negative reviews and comments in numerous places online for the funeral home and is anyone aware of the Clevelandcremation.com connection? This crematory is not just for the residents of Strongsville, they are attempting to attract business across the entire area.

lyn
You are correct. The entire family is involved in wanting to contaminate the city of Strongsville residents and their children.
Jardines (past and present), put the filtration system on or move to an industrial site, (preferrably an industrial site since you will be burning 1000's of bodies yearly). It is that easy. Show you care about the communities health and safety, especially the childrens, as you claim is your main concern instead of being driven by the all mighty dollar.

Again, being uneducated about crematory pollutants and based only on what I've read here and a bit online, if it is unsafe at the current location it would be unsafe at an industrial setting. Foltz is home to Strongsville soccer and ball diamonds, Progress Parkway has Drake Elementary nearby and I doubt Christ Church congregants or any of the countless adults that work in the industrial parks within Strongsville want to be doused with mercury. If this truly poses a danger, scrubbers or whatever proper filtration system is the only viable solution. A call to the manufacturer regarding proper installation procedures and intended purpose of the "optional" filtration system may be beneficial. What special circumstances exempt Strongsville? I would suggest those surrounding land owners request soil sampling annually.

Wow! After viewing their website, Clevelandcremation.com, it appears they are positioning themselves to create a real high production operation here. Not just the added comfort to their customers described in their application to the planning commission. Some one needs to put the brakes on this before it spins out of control.

Have to laugh @ how obvious the Jardine's are: making comments about themselves on this board supporting themselves as such caring people.In my opinion, if they really were they wouldn't have to try to convince others of it."Sarah Smith","Kate Johnson" or "K" ,then there's "J"ason & now "S". If you really care so much, than listen to what the citizens are saying -we don't want an unsafe,unmonitored crematory without safety precautions of a scrubber in the middle of our beautiful town next to the schools & athletic fields. All of the above aliases have registered right before the posts,have no history of posting on other stories and sometimes the aliases even agree with each other one comment after another-it's just laughably obvious.They know they have touched a nerve big time in this community ,& it's going to hurt their business just as big,given what I've seen & heard. So,K,J,Sarah,Kate& S ,why don't you listen to the residents & either buy the scrubber or relocate your venture to another area. "J"ason,it was your idea to convince your father a few years back to buy the current funeral home property & develop it w/another business out front. Bad move,as no one wants to be directly in front of a funeral home. So,wifey starts her crematory business which has health/environmental concerns. Despite all your efforts to slip it by citizens, doing an end run, through alleged political favoritism,people found out how detrimental it might be anyway.

Wow, such an emotional subject to begin with, and it's turned into a circus. I'm sure "J" doesn't want to hear what I have to say, but if I were his shoes I would just back off on this proposal and let things quiet down before reconsidering the whole idea. No harm in "re-evaluating" and possibly coming up with an alternative that would be more community friendly on multiple fronts. Just sayin'......

Hey S, I mean J or K, whichever one this is. If you expect the residents to believe that, you are very foolish. You have done nothing but lied to the city about your plans, starting back when you were able to set the regulations for a corpse burner last year, and quoting that there were no immediate plans for construction, you are lying about the safety of the children and residents of Strongsville, you are lying about the operation of the body burner and it's emissions of mercury and heavy metals. You will have bodies coming from all corners of Ohio just to make a buck, while putting the children and residents of Strongsville in harms way.
All of the corrupt city officials who rammed this through must be so trilled that they put their necks out for you and your family.

They applied to the city to run this crematory under the guise of Jardine Funeral Home ,,actually they are operating under Cleveland Cremation LLC, what happens in 15 years when this area is contaminated and they just close the LLC and the Jardine family has no liability? Shouldn't the city hold them to some higher standard?

Let's do a little digging..... If you read the agenda and minutes of the June 20th 2011 council meeting the ordinance ammending the planning and zoning code allowing the crematory is spelled out.. written by none other than good ole boy Ray Haseley, it says in section 3 page 4 ,, "crematories only as an integral component of a licensed funeral home",,, Is this crematory truly a "integral component" of Jardine Funeral Home? Or by way of their structuring it as a seperate LLC does it not meet the definition and should it have been disallowed in the first place?

If I was George Jardine, if he is still the owner, I would immediately sit down with my attorneys and add something to my legal documents to ensure that son Jason does not trash and take down the family name any further. And, I would put it in writing that no cremations shall ever take place at Jardines Funeral Home, and any such business they participate in shall be performed off site.
If I were the father, I would be concerned about preserving the good name of a business that I poured years into, all my heart and soul. Can you imagine having your entire life's work taken down so quickly, and it being a business that goes back another generation? I would also have a good talking to son Jason on how to better conduct himself in a more respectful and dignified manner.
Most parents would be proud to hand over the keys of a family business. If I were George, I would have much hesitation. That business grew with the community. But, by thumbing its nose to its neighbors only means that they don't remember (George may) how they got the reputation they once had. A good reputation is earned over time, but can quickly be destroyed by the actions such as those which have been taking place. And,from what I have been reading, its not just the crematory that is an issue with how people are forming an opinion of how Jardines conducts business.
George, Mr. Jardine, maybe you should take the reins and fix this.Once you lose the respect of the community, it is hard to win it back.

The City of Strongsville is more corrupt than the county. Maybe the FBI should investigate! The Jardines and every other Strongsville business owner who lives in the city are tight with every counsel member Therefore whatever they want, they get. Anyone ever notice who does all the road construction in the city? Fabrizi, thats the Fabrizi's who live in Strongsville. Doesn't that stuff go out to the lowest bidder??

Beverly-
I thought of you, and the difficulties you had, when I read these 2 recent articles in the Plain Dealer about the "Funeral Rule". I don't know if this issue is the one you had a problem with, but it was interesting to read. As one article said, "The Funeral Rule's sole purpose is to protect grieving consumers by making sure they get the price information and choices to control funeral expenses."

http://www.cleveland.com/consumeraffairs/index.ssf/2012/07/ftc_fails_public_by_burying_fu.html

http://www.cleveland.com/consumeraffairs/index.ssf/2012/07/3_cleveland-area_funeral_homes.html

It hurts me to see such harsh words about a wonderful family, and a wonderful funeral home. We had a great experience at the Jardine's. The staff was so kind, warm and sincere. The facility is spacious, wonderfuly decorated, comfortable and inviting. Our service was wonderful and the casket, flowers and everything else was perfect. I would highly reccomend this funeral home if you loose a loved one. I think everyone has a right to an opinion but overall my service with George, Jason, Crystal, and the rest of the staff was phenomenal. I think a lot of people in the world have more time on their hands bashing people for being successful. Maybe people in this town spend too much time judging the paths of others when they should be paying attention to where they are going.

Additionally-this is not about bashing people for being successful-it's about the manner in which they achieved this supposed "success" as you call it.I'd rather be successful in the eyes of the Lord ,knowing that my intentions are honorable & not to hurt others,but to keep them informed as to not have them experience the hurtful things so many here have given witness to.

James, I don't think picketing a funeral is the answer. You will be punishing those who are burying a loved one. To me, that is not much different from those who oppose the war picketing the funerals of soldiers. Please consider this before acting upon it. And NO, I am NOT a Jardine or a friend of a Jardine. And I oppose this crematory as much as the rest of you. The bottom line at this point is that the vote has been made; approval has been given by the city and the officials we helped elect. We need to be more vigilent as a community. Many said they heard the week of the 2nd meeting (when it was too late for public comment). It was here on the Patch and in the papers before that, and we (myself included) should have been at that first meeting, voicing our opposition. We need to be proactive and attend these meetings as much as possible so we know what is going on in our community, since we obviously can't trust those we elected to speak for us. Jason Jardine publicly stated that these machines will be used solely for Jardine's clients, with approx 500 bodies burned a year. If this expansion is really a front for Cleveland Cremation and will be burning in excess of that and servicing other counties and funeral homes, then he lied to the board prior to their vote. Does anyone know if there are any legal ramifications if this is the case? Let's move forward and see what we can productively do to salvage the situation.

You people and your opinions make me laugh, of course i truly believe your entitled to those opinions just as i am mine, slandering is not the right way to accomplish your mission, but im not convinced your on a legit mission, due to the fact i also am a lifetime resident of this great community and realize if this situation wasnt present for you to focus on it would be another, snobs, thats what you people are, yuppies who feel your owed something by your community, again im a lifer here in town and im embarrassed to think we wuld try to blacklist a legit small town buisness as you are doing here, grow up.

Chuck
The Jardine's do not care about the community! if they did, they would put additional filtration components onto the body burner or move to an industrial site to prevent even 1 child from mercury contamination. These people are not nice people. This is all KARMA coming back to bight them. They have ulterior motives for everything they do and for all the people they befriend. They can care less about anything except themselves and money. But as stated in above comments, if they are not the most hated family just yet, they are on the fast track to that title, which they so deserving have earned.
They want to build this mercury producing factory right next to the bus yard (1000"s of kids will be riding these buses 5 days a week), the high school and the proposed new middle school. Do you think that is normal? They lied about the amount of bodies they will be burning to all of the corrupt politicians while allowed to write their own regulations for the body burner. Instead of burning only their clientele as quoted by Jason, they will be burning 1000's of bodies through Cleveland Cremations. The biggest joke is their claim of how much they care about the veterans, what a giant lie that is and a disgrace to the veterans. Go to All Strongsville High School Memorial on Facebook. They are crooked and evil to the bone.

After reading comments here I have a few too. While you are busy finger pointing, three fingers are pointing back at you. Why did none of you show up for the public hearing? Didn't know,have time,or think it mattered? All invalid arguments (three fingers back at you).
Public meetings are posted in the paper if you read something besides sports, comics, front page headlines, and your horoscope. Most governments have websites. Call your councelman,ask whats going on/coming up. It is your responsibilty to stay informed. Didn't have time? Apparently wasn't important enough MAKE time. Didn't think it mattered? You would have made an effort, voiced your opinion. All poor excuses. Have a better idea? Gather your supporters, build your own. Who's stopping you? Don't like/trust elected officials? Get off your duff, run yourself! If you feel "taken advantage of" when in a vulnerable state making funeral arrangements, do the responsible thing and prearrange/preplan. Can't complain if done ahead. Don't want to see a crematorium? Don't look. Drive a different way. You want to picket during a funeral? Very disrespectable. How would you feel as that family? Personal attacks on any family are uncalled for & childish. Would your family survive that kind of public ridicule? Want your kids singled out & disrespected that way? Sounds like bullying to me. I live in a town very similar to yours. Haven't heard of a single poisoning from the crematorium. Seems like time to put up or shut up.

It all boils down to this: They used a recently ousted councilman to re-write the rules in their favor. Once this was done there was nothing the current council could do. They appealed to the planning commision to approve this to provide an additional level of comfort to their local customers but left out the part that they would form a new LLC to market this service to a three county area. The way the public hearing was scheduled left a lot of newly educated citizens completely shut out at the final voting meeting. I'm all in favor of picketing their location ,,,BUT,,the Ohio revised code contains very strict rules when it comes to picketing a funeral home,,these rules are meant to protect the family of the deceased and are not at all related to protesting that funeral homes policies. The rules limit pickets 1 hour before and 1 hour after any service. Be sure that if you are going to picket them that you may be charged with disorderly conduct if you violate these rules. An informational picket would be effective but they can turn it around on a technicality very easily. Be careful.

Look forward to seeing your name on the ballot in next election. Sounds like you can be fair and impartial.

Many of us are concerned Jardine's will be frying more bodies than they told the city that they would be burning.
As per cleveland.com, 6-29-11, Jason Jardine "indicated his business outsources cremation services, as do roughly 99 percent of Cleveland-area funeral homes that lack these capabilities." So, now that they plan on burning up bodies here, we are concerned that they will now be handling business from these other funeral homes that outsource this business. What guarantee do we have that this will not be done? And, in this same article he "states his business has no immediate plans to install a crematorium".

Also, if you look at clevelandcremation.com, Jason and wife Crystal Jardine's business (per manta), they also peddle their services heavily to veterans in northeast Ohio. So, once that burner is heated up, they are hoping to lure veterans here from outside the city and nearby. Cha-ching!!
On their cremation page, they list various types. Many involve providing services away from Jardine's itself. So, only the frying will happen here and then the rest of the ceremony, services...will NOT be taking place here.

http://www.metrowny.com/news/938-Crematory_complies_with_residents_requests__.html <- Check this out.

OK, so the city drew up regulations for a body burner at Jason Jardines request, and then Jardines was granted whatever variance they needed because the regs still were not quite custom fit, and they eventually, after a couple of weeks taken to evaluate its safety, were given the blessing by the city to go ahead. It seems this was pushed through rather quickly so that people who had issues with this really didn't realize what happened until it was too late. But Jardines made sure they had backers when it was important for the public to be there. I wich our council people would let us know when something this important comes up. Not everyone is up on how city government works and when the public needs to speak.

BUT...
maybe its not too late. What if there were improprieties in how the regs were drawn up? What if there was a conflict of interest in who drew up the regs? What if there are errors in the regs? What if the regs violates some clean air laws? Are these burners to be located a certain distance from school properties?
Are there other questions or errors that someone with legal knowledge can pursue against the city and then negate this whole endeavor?
If this whole creation of regulatuons for Jason can be thrown out the window, then maybe we can force the city to come up with new regulations that puts this kind of operation some place else.

If it's so safe, and his neighbors think it is such a great idea and have no fear of this, how about Jason and his wife try to get part of their property rezoned and put that body burner next to their home?

Or, maybe build it on his fathers property.

Maybe building it adjoining Jason's house WOULD be good.
Per county records, his lot is 150,848 sq. ft. - not much smaller than the funeral home lot which is 183,727 sq ft. And, since the city has no problem giving him the variances he wants - if any are needed, just give them to him.
Remember, at the council meeting he had his neighbors come and say they had no problem with this body burner being built. So, build it by people who don't object to it, and by the home of the people who want to build it. I would definitely vote to have the property rezoned for this to happen. And, its located away from the busy area where people wouldn't drive by all the time.

I can’t imagine the proponents of this crematory would disagree with allowing the city to perform a third party independent engineering analysis prior to construction. As I have read numerous times, they live in our community and share our same concerns for our children.

As I see it, there are 2 issues here.
First, how these regulations came to be created, by whom and were any favors granted? Were any discounts given to anyone in city government by the Jardine family? We all know what happened with one of our councilman and in the city of Cleveland. Maybe the best thing to do is to ask for an inquiry of city business by the division that has been conducting the corruption investigation and prosecution in Cleveland and of former Strongsville Councilman Patrick Coyne. The city appears to be more interested in furthering certain private citizens interests. When Aldi's was built, only a fence was OK behind, but not for Giant Eagle. Also, Aldi's got a parking space variance, but as I recall, Drug Mart had a problem with a location because of parking. Where I'm wrong, please correct me-I'm relying on memory. Then we have Pearl Rd. widening. Phase 1 needed done from the time the other part was widened to the post office. But, there is no need to go further to Boston, unless we have extra money to spend. No traffic, and using Foltz as a reason doesn't fly. And I have yet to hear how much it cost the city out of pocket to complete Phase 1 (a project that needed done), and how much for Phase 2 (a project that does not need done, but would be nice to speed down to get to 2 lanes in Brunswick).

Well, it only took 3 weeks after Jardines got the OK for building its body burner before Strongsville first realized the effects of this bad decision.

As reported in cleveland.com as one of the reasons to not build the new middle school on the land between Jardine's and the high school, "Carbone said the 14-ton crematorium Jardine Funeral Home is installing also played a role."

So, our schools DO NOT want to build there. Just who will want that land? At least that land can probably be bought at bargain basement prices. I'm sure some local family will scoop up that property at a great price from the schools. Then we'll see them try and pass it off for millions to some outside developer - especially since it is in a prime area, if it can get rezoned, if that's needed. What home buyer would want to build on land that a school doesn't want to build on - I would think the realtor would have to divulge that info.

This SCREAMS to be investigated-I'm not sure who the proper authorities would be,but if anyone knows please come forward.I guess a good start could be an investigative reporter like Ron Reagan of channel 5. This whole situation just smells bad--and the bodies haven't even begun burning yet!

It will be interesting to see what happens with that 17 acres that the school owns.
Actually, that would have been a great location for a retirement campus, or whatever you call those places. Where people can have homes and clusters, then move on to assisted living and then skilled nursing care. The location would be great since banking and stores would be so close for seniors to get to.
But, with Jardine's frying bodies next door, I would not want to spend my last years there, nor would I put my loved ones there.