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Hiram council reviews 500‑foot spacing rule for downtown historic overlay after salon inquiry
Summary
The Hiram City Council discussed distance rules in the downtown historic store overlay district after a property manager and prospective salon owner raised compliance questions. Staff said a 500‑foot restriction applies, with limited variance options, and the council referred the matter for further review at a future work session.
Hiram City Council members on Monday discussed whether a proposed salon could locate inside the downtown historic store overlay district, where a 500‑foot spacing rule limits similar businesses.
The item was placed on the agenda at the request of Councilmember Carroll, and staff told the council that the overlay contains a “hard threshold of 500 feet” for similar businesses but that other distance references — including a potential variance within about 1,000 feet — can sometimes apply. “It is. There there we were talking earlier tonight, that there are some other references to distance, like there's between if it's within a thousand…
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