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Council advances alley vacation for MLJ Properties redevelopment on first reading

5489488 · March 18, 2025
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Summary

The council passed, 9-0, a first-reading ordinance to vacate platted alleys in the Falls Place Addition to allow MLJ Properties to replat five lots into a single parcel and pursue redevelopment into five duplexes (10 units); utility providers raised no objections, and staff will withhold second reading until a subdivision plat is filed.

The Columbus City Council voted 9-0 on first reading March 18 to advance Ordinance No. 2025, a petition from MLJ Properties to vacate a network of platted alleys in the Falls Place Addition to facilitate redevelopment on the east side of Columbus near Wallace Avenue and Oak Street.

City planning staff said the applicant seeks to consolidate five originally platted lots and the intervening alleys into a single parcel and redevelop the site with five duplex buildings (10 residential units),…

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