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Council debates development minimums in proposed sale of Lombard parcel
Summary
Ironton council members debated changing a provision that would require the successful bidder on the Lombard property to build a minimum number of homes, with some urging a reduction from 20 to 12 units and others urging that deed restrictions and covenants enforce construction requirements.
Council members spent more than an hour debating the terms of ordinance 24-33, which would authorize the mayor to advertise for bids and accept offers above $300,000 for a city-owned parcel known as the Lombard property.
The ordinance, presented by the administration, includes a provision (section 3b) stating the successful bidder must construct a minimum number of residential dwellings. "Why 20?" a council member said, proposing an amendment to lower the minimum to 12 dwellings while keeping a total development-value expectation. The council member said…
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