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A Motion by the Trotwood City Council to schedule a Public Hearing and authorize the Law Director to prepare legislation accepting the recommendation of the Trotwood Planning Commission to repeal Part Eleven “Planning and Zoning Code” of the City of Trotwood Code of Ordinances and the official Zoning Map of the City, and enact a new Part Eleven “Planning and Zoning Code” and official Zoning Map of the City, and declaring an emergency.
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PURPOSE: Schedule Public Hearing and draft legislation
DEPARTMENT: Administration
CONTACT INFORMATION: Stephanie Kellum, Deputy City Manager
INFORMATION: Over the last year, the City of Trotwood worked with a consultant and held public meetings in order to update its Planning and Zoning Code, which are the ordinances that regulate how you can use land, setbacks for building, buffers between land uses, and other physical design elements of new development. The current Code was implemented in 1999, after the merger between the City of Trotwood and Madison Township. This ordinance is being adopted as an emergency to allow the new Zoning Code to take effect on January 1, 2027.
FISCAL & STAFF IMPACT: N/A
RECOMMENDATION: Recommend Approval