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Staff member Mikaela said the draft incorporated prior council feedback and proposed adding a definitions section aligned with Ohio Revised Code terms, renaming the noise standard to \"nuisance animal noises,\" and creating an agricultural/livestock category rather than listing prohibited species. \"Staff took the feedback from the various discussions and developed this working draft, to update the animal ordinance,\" Mikaela said.

The draft would allow certain small livestock and poultry (examples discussed included chickens, ducks, pheasants and rabbits) with specific exclusions (the staff example excluded turkeys, geese and large species such as ostriches and emus). Proposed requirements include no roosters, structures located in rear yards with a suggested 15-foot setback from property lines, and that animals be attended or kept in enclosed structures. Sale of animal products and on-site slaughter would be prohibited except when performed inside the primary residence, and a zoning permit would be required similar to the city’s beekeeping permit process.

Mikaela and council discussed enforcement paths: zoning and code-enforcement processes would address permit and setback violations (7-day warning notice followed by potential property-maintenance proceedings), while animal-control or law-enforcement citations would apply to violations under the animal ordinance that are criminal in nature. Council members also raised public-health questions, including biosecurity and disease outbreaks; Mikaela said she would research health-agency requirements and provide guidance materials and references for permit applicants.

Council asked staff to refine the working draft with a clear definition of \"small livestock,\" to confirm setback dimensions versus standard accessory-structure setbacks, and to prepare a version for Planning Board review. No ordinance vote occurred; the draft remains under review.","mediaType","Video","parentTitle","Bellbrook - March 10, 2025 Regular City Council Meeting - Mar 10, 2025","oneSentenceSummary","City staff presented a working draft to revise Bellbrook’s animal ordinance on March 10, proposing definitions, a zoning permit for small livestock (poultry, rabbits), setback rules, limits on sales and slaughter, and enforcement procedures; council asked for clarifications and directed staff to refine the draft for planning review.","taxTitle","Bellbrook City Council, Bellbrook, Greene County, Ohio","taxId",72802,"location","Ohio","headline","","shortSummary",{"_33":77,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":78,"_41":79,"_43":80,"_45":81,"_47":82,"_49":83,"_51":84,"_53":85,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":86,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":87,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":72,"_73":74,"_75":74},6643391,"Council amends emergency language, approves $40,000 in supplemental appropriations for personnel and IT",425,2514000,2939000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=2532472-91f97ecfdb10c38a560dce559250e48e&start=2514&end=2939","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/2532472-91f97ecfdb10c38a560dce559250e48e/thumbnail_2514000.jpg","/articles/6643391/Ohio/Council-amends-emergency-language-approves-40000-in-supplemental-appropriations-for-personnel-and-IT","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6643391-27c26e73baa5f86b0418c6f3257ad116/orig.mp4?Expires=1771176693&Signature=lo1HvNiG7iuh3gPtmsMhiH6Jq62sMc05yYqNNuYajZvTT3P7IpiQwgG3iuHxlKPUOWYbIE4io50I8JLoL5aMqjzNQF0Nz-5grDgW8TttDRlvwQc~VLXLyHSFRaL0qdZonC5dSmgVKikISl3ZYerdTDxCuTucfBbWdLWfnNAok4YOxo2AFIjNsSdGL5oBRjdoaNWlvmATAbf~ogqtTd9Vn~K6k~8X1mBl2O9IfjHav6qCT26y~6HErYj1m6IoFiWzpy6ZNUjLSrpstr-JftoK0~q2sX~GHEuSaKL7j111iV34JF2J~-EqD2x~J1xddfQJsQkHCimUdEZ-d-V706U30A__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","Bellbrook City Council on March 10 amended Ordinance 2025-O-05 and approved supplemental appropriations totaling $40,000 to cover personnel and critical information-technology needs.

Councilwoman Cyphers introduced the ordinance, which she described as an amendment to the 2025 annual budget to address additional personnel and operational costs. The council moved to amend the ordinance’s emergency clause; the amendment changed the stated emergency reasons to read, in part, \"and for the further reason to provide required funding of personnel expenses and for the purchase of critical information technology equipment.\" The amendment was moved and seconded and passed by a council roll call.

City Manager Rob explained the requested appropriations: $10,000 for personnel to fund a part-time administrative assistant while a long‑time employee prepares for retirement and is temporarily absent; $30,000 for IT equipment and repairs after a power outage damaged a UPS and other network components, including a new network switch and upgraded firewall. Rob said the funding would also allow contracting with the Shared Resource Center for temporary financial and accounting assistance related to new GASB requirements and other staffing transitions. \"That allows us to replace and repair that as well as a new network switch with firewall,\" Rob said when explaining the IT need.

After the amendment passed, council moved to adopt the ordinance as amended and declared it an emergency measure to take effect immediately. The recorded votes show affirmative votes from the council members present.

The ordinance directs staff to purchase the approved IT components, fund the part-time administrative support, and contract as needed for short-term financial expertise. Council members characterized the spending as necessary to maintain city operations during a personnel transition and to protect city network services following the recent outage.","Bellbrook City Council on March 10 amended and adopted Ordinance 2025-O-05 to make supplemental appropriations for 2025, adding $10,000 for personnel coverage and $30,000 for information-technology equipment and related contracting for financial services.",{"_33":89,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":90,"_41":91,"_43":92,"_45":93,"_47":94,"_49":95,"_51":96,"_53":97,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":98,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":99,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":72,"_73":74,"_75":74},6643395,"Council introduces truck-route ordinance to limit large commercial vehicles on Main Street; public hearing set",823,1667000,2490000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=2532472-91f97ecfdb10c38a560dce559250e48e&start=1667&end=2490","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/2532472-91f97ecfdb10c38a560dce559250e48e/thumbnail_1667000.jpg","/articles/6643395/Ohio/Council-introduces-truck-route-ordinance-to-limit-large-commercial-vehicles-on-Main-Street-public-hearing-set","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6643395-f644d31f41502388988b97983f7e6716/orig.mp4?Expires=1771176693&Signature=IyVtrIYiX4zAZRIWYAYLVP9ZenjXiumEqXpmU0ajSwnZJ3w1m1VcCCEFv33LYH8nZY6ZjdVSHgsSk-Fwc8Zhek0244FSHk4z~DfEpBgE7qIiOtiNehj1uwUSCvyEsjJXfN9lFTpAXoaGxVR43~u4VziE6l-HdiCcdslzZdo0nHBneZF6J1H8jxfEHqj-fE9NqesQ06avHIsv6Y7Mp2Zq3NZtSSHlGhVdDp~Y7QkMbm5H2aqeeXwOuqUlQo39cQr7oIr2HQhkCNsR68jnUNpVzfUkg8z2eJKx~SdYOEdG7Sdc-l3HfGpC-TPQI8b42sCSLWuYzDCbPeRDKSIof~ZSfQ__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","Bellbrook City Council introduced Ordinance 2025-O-02 on March 10, proposing revisions to commercial and heavy-vehicle rules that would restrict large articulated semi-trailer traffic on North and South Main Street and limit certain heavy trucks from turning onto or from South Main Street.

Councilman Ashley read the ordinance’s findings, citing concerns that North and South Main Street have evolved into primarily residential streets and that more than 300 commercial and heavy vehicles traverse those streets per day. City Manager Rob described the motivation as safety and downtown walkability: \"The intent never has been nor continues to be to prohibit any truck traffic, but it is to create a balance of the truck traffic through our designated truck routes to the community,\" he said.

Under the proposal, routes such as Wilmington Pike and Franklin Street would remain primary truck routes, while large articulated commercial trucks would be prohibited on North and South Main Street; other commercial vehicles could continue to travel those streets but with limits on turning movements to reduce conflicts at pedestrian crossings. Rob told council that the city expects to need time after adoption to install signage and coordinate enforcement — he estimated 60 to 90 days post-adoption to have signage and enforcement fully in place.

Council members emphasized safety and a months-long public-input process that included meetings with residents and businesses. One councilmember noted that nearby county or township roads are also constrained and urged intergovernmental coordination with Greene County and Sugar Creek Township to address broader truck-routing issues outside city limits.

Council voted to introduce the ordinance and set the public hearing for March 24, 2025. The ordinance will return for public comment and formal action after the hearing and any further revisions.","Bellbrook City Council introduced Ordinance 2025-O-02 on March 10, 2025, proposing limits on commercial and heavy vehicles on North and South Main Street to address pedestrian safety and downtown impacts; council set a public hearing for March 24.",{"_33":101,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":102,"_41":103,"_43":104,"_45":105,"_47":106,"_49":107,"_51":108,"_53":109,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":110,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":111,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":72,"_73":74,"_75":74},6643399,"Bellbrook council adopts updated tax-abatement program expanding map and adding new-construction terms",463,1173000,1636000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=2532472-91f97ecfdb10c38a560dce559250e48e&start=1173&end=1636","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/2532472-91f97ecfdb10c38a560dce559250e48e/thumbnail_1173000.jpg","/articles/6643399/Ohio/Bellbrook-council-adopts-updated-tax-abatement-program-expanding-map-and-adding-new-construction-terms","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6643399-c67bc710fdd28c89cfb87c505eee01dd/orig.mp4?Expires=1771176693&Signature=G2x8uEivKLqQXSH6rgvCLErSKlVmr9xLAaH5VE~0aPmCyDWAJ2mz4shkml2xuCx5zbTubE90-2LvxJ~GtgKdTNtU60vKRkKxSmK8CeWCoEM9ZQhVYQZskMihh3R7NKDOha-H0hUoo~IiILO69KJqg3R4tISI6XOtsTzmE8hqdwsmUuQk7ydbtvhmC4WG11aS6PM-ibt06UpNRb~TCxdjl92nH9XmwMXfC4G5lw4H81G3e2Kr7bkdsxYhcqcS4V-Uy1DxeYHTbXBo9rI-AkxT2lYS77Y6CtB~KHgqjeNyuGdd4S7CCRKkxNBKMfmkAANuozYbVCT9nITW3IJCSUlfMQ__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","Bellbrook City Council on March 10 adopted Ordinance 2025-O-04, repealing and replacing Chapter 8.90 (tax abatement program) of the Bellbrook Municipal Code to expand the city’s Community Reinvestment Area (CRA) and add new-construction exemption terms.

The ordinance, enacted after a public hearing, revises the CRA boundaries to include additional acreage downtown and toward the city’s southern and eastern corporate limits and adds new-construction eligibility: seven-year exemptions for residential new construction and up to 15-year exemptions for commercial and industrial new construction. The council kept the existing remodeling thresholds unchanged: $2,500 minimum for family residences of two units or fewer and $5,000 minimum for dwellings of more than two units and commercial/industrial properties.

Miss Grant, a city staff presenter, summarized the proposed changes and described the owner application steps: property owners would file a pre-application with cost estimates, then a post-application with final costs for city review and county certification; the process also requires notifying the school board. \"We had spoken about this previously. These changes are to modernize and make the CRA more accessible to homeowners,\" Miss Grant said during the presentation.

Council members who spoke in favor said the program is intended as a long-term investment to support downtown rehabilitation and encourage property owners to reinvest in older structures. Councilmember Greenwood noted local examples of successful rehabs and told colleagues that bankers have lending products that can be paired with abatement incentives.

Council took no public comments in opposition during the hearing and moved to adopt the ordinance during the same meeting. The formal vote recorded affirmative votes from the six council members present, and the ordinance was declared adopted.

The city will implement the updated CRA procedures by accepting pre- and post-applications and coordinating certification with the county and notification to the school board. Property owners who want to pursue abatement should plan to provide cost estimates in the pre-application and documented costs in the post-application for city certification.

The municipal finding language attached to the ordinance cites Article 18, Section 3 of the Ohio Constitution as authority for municipal regulation and states that the council acted in open meeting in compliance with Section 121.22 of the Ohio Revised Code.","On March 10, 2025, Bellbrook City Council adopted Ordinance 2025-O-04 to repeal and replace Chapter 8.90 of the Bellbrook Municipal Code, expanding the Community Reinvestment Area (CRA) map and adding new-construction exemptions while retaining existing remodeling thresholds.","actionData","errors"]

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