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Strongsville resident seeks rezoning and B&B/event permits for historic property; city cautions on short‑term rental ban, code and gas‑line limits
Summary
A Strongsville resident asked council about operating a bed-and-breakfast and holding events in an 1830 barn and sought rezoning; the city law director said a short‑term rental ban exists, the owners must contact the building department and some uses are prohibited by zoning and a high‑pressure gas line.
Deborah Thomas Lemmers addressed Strongsville City Council on Feb. 18 to ask whether short‑term rentals such as Airbnb are allowed and to describe plans to operate a bed‑and‑breakfast and use a historic barn on her property at the corner of Albion and Pearl Road for weddings, performances and other events.
Lemmers said the house — built in 1830 — has been run as a rental while the owners are present and that they would not operate it as an absentee short‑term rental. “I heard that there’s, like, a new ordinance that… you can’t do rentals anymore like that. Is that…
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