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Home builder warns new consolidated Medina County regulations will 'stop building'; county staff says code consolidates prior rules and will review concerns
Summary
A Wadsworth home builder told commissioners the newly compiled 2025 sanitary/subdivision regulations include provisions he says will halt development; county staff said the document consolidates previously adopted rules and agreed to meet with builders to review concerns.
Mark Michaels, a Wadsworth home builder, told the Medina County Board of Commissioners at its June 3 meeting that he and others in the development community discovered a consolidated 2025 sanitary and subdivision code only the day before and were taken aback by provisions he said require "100% financial guarantees" and new maintenance-camera inspections that he argued would effectively halt local building projects.
"We feel this is a crusade to stop building in Medina County," Michaels said, adding that his company and many subcontractors depend on ongoing work and that the newly…
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