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Bellbrook council introduces rewritten CRA tax-abatement ordinance to encourage downtown redevelopment
Summary
Council introduced Ordinance 2025‑O‑04 to repeal and replace Chapter 8.90 (Community Reinvestment Area) to expand boundaries, add roughly 93 housing units and 102 acres, and set new abatement terms including a staff-recommended seven‑year 100% term for new residential construction; commercial terms remain negotiable up to 15 years.
Bellbrook City Council introduced Ordinance 2025‑O‑04 on the Community Reinvestment Area (CRA), a rewrite of municipal Chapter 8.90 intended to make the city’s tax‑abatement tool more usable for downtown redevelopment. The council moved to introduce the ordinance and the motion carried.
The ordinance would repeal the existing Chapter 8.90 and enact a new version that expands the CRA boundaries to include additional land north and south of downtown, adding about 93 housing units and roughly 102 acres to the designated area. The update also clarifies which types of projects are eligible and creates separate approval paths for residential and commercial projects.
City staff said the changes are intended to give property owners and developers clearer guidance and to increase the number of projects eligible for…
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