Tipp City Council approves 365-day moratorium on 'flex buildings' to reassess zoning

TIPP CITY — The Tipp City Council on a unanimous roll call vote adopted Ordinance 19-24, an emergency ordinance imposing a 365-day moratorium on acceptance of applications for flex buildings in the city so staff can review the city’s approach to flex zoning.

Council Member Green told the council the topic was revisited after an initial moratorium expired, saying, “Approximately a year ago we had a discussion on flex zoning and flex buildings… we would ask the council to approve this 365 day moratorium to give us the time to re review where we wanna go with this in the future.” The ordinance was introduced as an emergency, which the clerk said required five affirmative votes for immediate adoption.

The ordinance would pause new applications for one year while staff and the council evaluate where flex zoning fits with the city’s land‑use goals. Council discussion as recorded focused on using the pause to reassess permitting standards and to clarify whether and where warehousing and mixed retail uses would be allowed under any revised flex standards.

No members of the public spoke during the hearing on the ordinance. The clerk called the roll and the motion carried with all voting members recorded as voting "yes." The ordinance was entered as Ordinance 19-24.

Council did not specify a timeline for follow-up public hearings or a detailed schedule for staff review during the meeting; staff indicated the moratorium would allow the time needed to decide how the city wants to proceed on flex zoning and flex buildings.

Next steps: council directed staff to undertake the review during the moratorium period; the meeting record did not list a firm deadline for the staff report beyond the moratorium’s 365‑day term.