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North Ridgeville Council adopts moratorium on assisted-living permits, approves series of purchases and appropriations
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Council amended and adopted ordinance 20-26-39 to impose a temporary moratorium (not to exceed 180 days) on permits for assisted-living facilities and rest homes while zoning changes are considered, and approved multiple ordinances including equipment purchases and budget amendments with emergency clauses to secure pricing and funding.
The North Ridgeville City Council on March 16 amended and adopted an ordinance imposing a temporary moratorium on permitting assisted-living facilities and rest homes while the city finalizes zoning-code changes.
Council amended ordinance 20-26-39 to add explicit references to "rest homes" so the moratorium would not create a regulatory blind spot for similar residential care facilities. Council members said the pause, not to exceed 180 days from enactment, will give the planning commission and council time to consider updates to the zoning code. The mayor and others argued for adding an emergency clause so the moratorium could take effect immediately; council approved the amended ordinance with the emergency clause in place.
The meeting also included a series of procurement and appropriation votes. Council adopted ordinance 20-26-34 authorizing purchase of a Kobelco SK140 excavator and accessories (council cited a vendor pricing deadline and the availability of a unit on a dealer lot), and ordinance 20-26-35 amending the 2026 appropriations to fund several capital projects including replacement of a drain system in Fire Station 2, Miovision camera mounting supplies, Lorraine Road and Leer Nagle Road pedestrian improvements, and the city's share of the Beam Road waterline project. Multiple other third-reading ordinances were adopted that authorize public-works purchases and contracts (roadway materials, rental equipment for road maintenance, catch-basin rehabilitation, traffic-paint striping, full-depth concrete pavement replacement, PRV vault replacement, sewer camera van, and related items).
Council also accepted planning commission recommendations for Northridge Pointe Subdivision Phase 9 (final plat) with conditions and for conversion of Victory Park's Field 7 to artificial turf, and voted not to request a hearing on a liquor-permit transfer for Nikos Gyros To Go so the application can proceed to the state.
Several items were acted on with emergency clauses, a choice council members said was intended to secure pricing or to allow already-budgeted projects to proceed without the usual delay.
The council adjourned after announcing upcoming meetings and committee dates.
