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Oxford council advances comprehensive alley-development code package in first reading
Summary
City staff presented a set of ordinances to regulate building, site-plan review, parking and fire safety for properties accessed only from public alleys; the package remains at first reading and will return for subsequent action after staff and planning commission review.
Oxford City Council heard a multi-part proposal at first reading to revise the city's zoning and development codes to govern construction and site planning for properties that abut or are accessed solely from public alleys.
The package, presented by Sam Perry, Community Development Director, would replace or amend multiple chapters of the Oxford Codified Ordinances covering minor subdivisions, site plan review, district standards, parking and site access, definitions of frontage, and related administration. The package also includes a local amendment to the Ohio Fire Code that would require additional fire-protection measures for alley developments.
The proposed changes respond to a pattern city staff identified in recent years: new houses and infill development sited behind street-front parcels in the Mile…
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