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Planning committee rescinds Community Entertainment District ordinance for republication; landlords protest proposed $200 rental-registration fee
Summary
Planning committee found a procedural error in the city's Community Entertainment District ordinance and moved to rescind and republish it; at the same meeting landlords spoke during citizens' comments opposing a proposed $200 per‑unit rental registration fee.
Barberton’s Planning, Annexation and Codes committee on July 7 moved to rescind ordinance 80‑20‑25 — the initial Community Entertainment District measure — after law director Miller identified a procedural publication error and said the ordinance had not been published two consecutive weeks as required by RC codes prior to passage.
"According to the RC codes, prior to passage, it had to have been published 2 consecutive weeks in the newspaper of general circulation, and it was not. So this could not have been passed.…
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