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Garfield Heights council votes to send charter amendment on land-use rules to voters
Summary
On Jan. 27, 2025, the Garfield Heights City Council adopted Ordinance 08-2025 (7-0) to submit an amendment to Section 58 of the city charter that would let the planning and zoning code govern land-use changes instead of requiring voter referendums; council suspended readings and declared an emergency.
Garfield Heights City Council on Jan. 27, 2025 voted 7-0 to adopt Ordinance 08-2025 and submit an amendment to Section 58 of the Garfield Heights Charter to the electors. The ordinance, which the council adopted after suspending the three-reading rule, would allow the city’s planning and zoning code to govern land-use changes rather than automatically sending some zoning decisions to a citywide vote.
Council and city officials said the change is intended to speed local development decisions that have been delayed under what officials called “referendum zoning.” Mayor Matthew Burke described a recurring scenario in which a business buys…
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