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Maumee council members clarify role of development agreements; law director authorized to sign after consultation
Summary
Councilmembers and staff described development agreements as contracts that lock in developer commitments. The council approved language authorizing the mayor and law director, after consultation, to sign development agreements under specified codified ordinances.
Maumee City Council members discussed how development agreements are used to hold developers to promised improvements and streamline approvals, and the council approved language authorizing the mayor and the law director, after consultation with other department directors and staff, to enter into and sign development agreements as provided by codified ordinances.
Council President Barrow said the agreements let the city enforce specific developer performances without lengthy litigation. “They allow the city to move to enforce, rather than a long drawn out litigation… it holds them to the fire to do the things they promised to do,” Barrow said.
Barrow…
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