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State law adds new classification-request process for business uses; city staff preparing code language
Summary
New state requirements force cities to create a classification-request process for business license uses; Millcreek staff said the change creates an administrative-to-legislative path that staff and local counsel find awkward and will require additional code text.
Planning staff told the council that a recent state law requires a formal classification-request process to determine whether a proposed business use aligns with an existing listed use in city code, and that the law routes some administrative determinations to the city council.
Francis Lilly explained that, under the new process, an applicant can ask the planning director whether a proposed use (for example, a hypothetical…
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