Plain City Council approves annexation, rezoning and multiple ordinances and resolutions; public hearings set for June 9
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Summary
Plain City Council passed a package of emergency ordinances and resolutions including an annexation, rezoning to PUD, mobile-vendor rules and multiple routine resolutions; council also set two public hearings for June 9, 2025.
Plain City Council voted on a package of ordinances and resolutions and set two public hearings during its May meeting.
The council approved, by recorded motions and roll calls, emergency ordinances and resolutions including: Ordinance 12-2025 (annexation of about 184.667 acres from Jerome Township), Ordinance 13-2025 (mobile vendors code, passed as an emergency), Ordinance 14-2025 (amendments to the planning and zoning commission code), Ordinance 15-2025 (rezoning and PUD designation for multiple parcels, declared an emergency), and a series of resolutions to accept public improvements and authorize administrative actions (Resolutions 22-2025, 24-2025, 25-2025, 26-2025). The council also voted to set public hearings for ZC-25-6 (corridor development overlay amendment) and ZC-25-7 (planning/zoning code amendments) for June 9, 2025.
Why it matters: The annexation and rezoning votes change the municipal boundary and land-use designations for large parcels and permit planned-unit development on property that had been in Jerome Township. The mobile vendors ordinance establishes a new local regulatory framework for itinerant food and retail vendors; the planning and zoning code changes affect procedures and commissions that review development proposals.
Key votes and outcomes (as recorded in the meeting): - Motion to set public hearing for ZC-25-6 (Corridor Development Overlay) for 06/09/2025 — passed, motion seconded; tally recorded as "5 yes, 0 nay." (Motion recorded at the meeting.) - Motion to set public hearing for ZC-25-7 (Planning & Zoning code amendments) for 06/09/2025 — passed, recorded as "5 yes, 0 nay." - Ordinance 12-2025 (annexation petition, ~184.667 acres) — approved as emergency, recorded vote: 5 ayes, 0 nays. - Ordinance 13-2025 (mobile vendors; codified chapter enactment) — approved as emergency, recorded vote: 5 ayes, 0 nays. - Ordinance 14-2025 (planning & zoning commission code amendments) — approved (second reading), recorded vote: 5 ayes, 0 nays. - Ordinance 15-2025 (rezoning to PUD and related parcel rezoning; emergency) — approved as emergency, recorded vote: 5 ayes, 0 nays. - Resolution 22-2025 (authorizing sale of village property) — approved, recorded vote: 5 ayes, 0 nays. - Resolution 24-2025 (reestablishing Parks & Recreation Committee) — approved, recorded vote: 5 ayes, 0 nays. - Resolution 25-2025 (participation in ODOT road salt contracts for 2025) — approved, recorded vote: 5 ayes, 0 nays. - Resolution 26-2025 (accept public improvements — The Run at Hothbauer Preserve, Section 1) — approved, recorded vote: 5 ayes, 0 nays.
Discussion and next steps: Several items were approved on emergency passage, allowing immediate implementation as permitted under the village rules. The two public hearings (ZC-25-6 and ZC-25-7) were scheduled for the June 9, 2025 meeting; public notice and staff materials are expected to follow the normal notice procedures. Several first-read resolutions (including facility rental-rate changes and additional development acceptance items) were introduced and will return for later votes.
Provenance: The council began moving from discussion items to motions and public hearings at the segment beginning "Okay. That, takes care of all of our discussion topics..." and the meeting concluded with the motion to adjourn. The record of each motion and its roll call appears in the transcript segments identified below.
