BOARDMAN — Residents soon will be able to move into a new senior living center in the township now that a stop-work order has been lifted and the finishing touches can be put on the building.

The Pointe at Walker Mill — a multi-family residential building at 8034 South Ave. owned by Cincinnati-based Pivotal — has submitted revised landscaping plans to satisfy zoning standards about the placement and screening of air conditioning and utility metering units.

“They’re back to work and hopefully people will be moving in within the next two weeks,” said Zoning Inspector T.J. Keiran. “We try very hard to avoid issuing any stop work orders, but it became necessary in this case until we were able to get the assurances it was going to be handled properly. The management was good to work with once they understood that the township was serious about getting these necessary improvements.”

Keiran said work on the building stopped Feb. 26 and did not resume until March 25.

“We had ongoing permits, and we noticed that the work they were performing was not in accordance with the permits that were approved,” he said.

The utility and air conditioning units at The Pointe were put on pedestals in front, but township zoning ordinances say they must either be placed on the side or rear of the building or be screened in accordance with the specifics outlined in the township’s zoning resolution.

“I pulled their landscape plans and those plans were not providing the type of buffer we require,” he said. “They got approved before they got their permit, and those did not depict the AC units laying on the ground the way they were doing it.”

He said he had been keeping an eye on the project because Pivotal has another facility in Liberty Township where he lives and the AC units there are not screened the way Boardman requires.

“I told them they could not do it the way they did in Liberty, and then I waited for them to submit revised landscape plans,” he said.

In addition to putting the AC units on pedestals in the front of the building without screening, Keiran said Pivotal also had installed a 10-foot-long utility meter panel that was not going to be properly screened.

Keiran said he had been monitoring the pending violation since December when the units were delivered, but he had to issue the stop work order when Pivotal applied for occupancy permits without making the necessary corrections.

Keiran said the zoning resolution allows them to put down financial assurances and submit revised plans, and the stop work order was lifted last week when those were submitted and approved.

The company has taken the AC units off the pedestals and will install 8-foot arborvitae evergreens in front of the units and meters.

“We’re glad that they’re getting it worked out, because this is going to be good for the community, to provide new housing options for our senior population,” Keiran said.