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Sylvania Council OKs ordinance to allow carports in R‑2 as special uses

Sylvania City Council · December 2, 2025
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Summary

After a public hearing with no public attendance, council advanced and then adopted Ordinance 106‑2025 to allow carports in the R‑2 residential district by treating them as special‑use permits; council noted a typographical correction to the dimensional language (width listed as 10 feet in the draft rather than 18 feet).

Sylvania City Council on Dec. 1 advanced and then approved Ordinance 106‑2025, amending the city’s planning and zoning code to allow carports in the R‑2 residential district under the special‑use permit provisions.

Council member Mary Westfall summarized the earlier public hearing and said the Planning Commission had reviewed the ordinance and unanimously recommended including carports in the…

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