NC Soccer Club backs off plan to build fields in Lake neighborhood

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The North Canton Soccer Club has withdrawn its application to build seven soccer fields in the St. Ives neighborhood following intense opposition from homeowners.

Township trustees are now in discussions with the club to potentially build the fields on 38 acres of township-owned land on Midway Street NW.

Residents of the St. Ives allotment raised concerns about property values, noise, and traffic that they believed would result from the proposed soccer fields complex.

LAKE TWP. − The North Canton Soccer Club has withdrawn its application to build a series of soccer fields in the middle of the St. Ives allotment amid intense opposition by nearby homeowners.

The controversial application, withdrawn on Dec. 10, will no longer go before the township's Board of Zoning A