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Council debates zoning ordinance critics say could bar foster children from residential neighborhoods
Summary
Ironton council members and staff discussed ordinance 24-47, which would restrict group residential and independent living homes in R1–R3 zones; staff warned that, as written, the text could prohibit foster children in those neighborhoods and council members asked for clearer definitions and exemptions.
The Ironton City Council spent a prolonged portion of its meeting debating ordinance 24-47, a proposed zoning change that would restrict group residential and independent living homes in single-family residential zones.
The ordinance was read in first reading by the clerk and then drew sustained discussion from council members, staff and residents about its scope. A staff member said, "the way this actual ordinance is written, it prohibits having more than 1 foster child in in those areas," raising concern that the…
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