Council approves street renaming, advances zoning code changes and design‑standards reviews

North Ridgeville council acted on multiple planning and zoning items at its Nov. 17 meeting, approving a street‑name change and advancing several code amendments for further review.

Council approved the Planning Commission’s recommendation to rename Tebow Trail to Orchard Park Drive (ordinance 2025Dash145) with conditions to preserve Avon Belden addresses for certain dwellings. The Planning Commission had recommended approval 5–0 and council carried the motion unanimously.

On zoning text changes, council substituted an amended version of ordinance 2025Dash110 (updates to use regulations for automobile service stations and gasoline stations) that incorporated Planning Commission edits; the substitute passed on a roll-call vote. Council also read ordinances to suspend cluster‑by‑right development in the R‑1 district (2025Dash154) and to amend subdivision design standards (2025Dash157) with instructions to send those measures to the Planning Commission for review and recommendation. The clerk noted the draft zoning code is nearing completion with an adoption phase anticipated in 2026, and staff emphasized the intent is to give council and the Planning Commission greater control over residential development through a future planned-unit-development process.

No final rezoning votes were taken; several items were referred to Planning Commission and scheduled for additional hearings and committee consideration.