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Findlay planning staff propose moving several commercial uses to conditional status; committee defers recommendation
Summary
City planning staff presented proposed zoning-code text amendments to move certain uses (parks, schools, convenience stores, automotive sales, drug-rehab facilities) from permitted to conditional in commercial districts; the planning and zoning committee asked for clearer definitions and will revisit the proposals next month.
Matt Cardania, Findlay City Director of Regional Planning, led a working discussion on Feb. 12 about proposed text amendments to the city’s zoning code that would reclassify a range of uses in multiple commercial districts and clarify where drug rehabilitation services may operate.
Cardania told the planning and zoning committee that the edits grew out of a recent micro-distillery zoning application and staff review. “We made them get a conditional use because that use was not specifically listed,” he said, explaining staff prefers listing uses explicitly rather than fitting them into broader categories. He said the goal of the proposed changes is to reduce gray areas in the code and give the city more oversight where uses could affect…
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