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Garfield Heights council advances new zoning code, delays effective date to February

Garfield Heights City Council · January 13, 2026
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Summary

The council voted to advance Ordinance 87-2025, a comprehensive revision of the city's planning and zoning code intended to allow more mixed-use development, and adopted a motion delaying the ordinance's effective date until February 2026. The measure passed on a recorded roll call 6–0.

Garfield Heights' City Council on Jan. 12 moved forward with a comprehensive rewrite of the city's planning and zoning code but voted to delay when the new rules take effect.

Council considered Ordinance 87-2025, described by the mayor as an effort to allow mixed-use development and repurpose underused parking and ‘‘dead’’ space for new housing and storefronts. Councilwoman Carty moved that the ordinance not…

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