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Committee votes to forward ordinance updating fair-housing code and removing local Fair Housing Board

5798288 · August 19, 2025
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The Building and Lands Committee voted to send Ordinance 2025-115 to council to amend Chapter 628 of the North Ridgeville General Offenses Code, align protected classes with federal and Ohio law, and eliminate the city’s Fair Housing Board in favor of referral partnerships with outside agencies.

The Building and Lands Committee voted to send Ordinance 2025-115 to the full council for consideration; the ordinance would amend Chapter 628 of the North Ridgeville General Offenses Code to align local language with current federal and Ohio fair-housing law and eliminate the city’s Fair Housing Board. Kim Lieber, director of planning, told the committee the existing ordinance dated to 1989 and “really not much had changed,” and said the update aligns the…

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