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Planning commission recommends broad zoning-code changes to city council, including EV-charging and Creek Side review criteria
Summary
The commission voted to recommend CC-00001-2026 — a package of zoning-code amendments — to city council. Changes include updated EV-charging standards (EV-ready vs EVSSE), restoring certain buffering/screening rules, adding funeral services to the use table, clarifying temporary sign prohibitions, and new evaluation criteria for Creek Side Mixed-Use (CMU) deviations.
The Gahanna Planning Commission voted on March 11 to recommend a comprehensive set of amendments to Part 11 of the city codified ordinances (CC-00001-2026) and to forward the package to city council.
Director of Planning Michael Blackford presented the package as a mix of restored prior-code language, clarifying revisions, and new provisions. Restored provisions include buffering and screening standards and certain sign prohibitions (including language to prohibit attention-getting devices that do not display copy). Clarifications include adding definitions and use-table…
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