Plain City Council approves multiple zoning amendments, speed limit change and financing measures

Plain City Council on Aug. 25 voted to approve several second-reading ordinances affecting zoning districts and municipal financing, and adopted a resolution reducing the posted speed limit on North Chillicothe Street.

Council approved Ordinances 26–30, which amend various chapters of Part Eleven (Planning and Zoning Code) addressing neighborhood business (B1), central business (B3), restricted industrial (I1) and limited industrial (I2) districts, and the removal of Chapter 1175 (Office, Laboratory and Research District). Councilmembers also approved Ordinances 31–33 authorizing the issuance and sale of unvoted general obligation notes in these maximum aggregate principal amounts: $1,425,000 (Ordinance 31-2025), $1,550,000 (Ordinance 32-2025), and $1,000,000 (Ordinance 33-2025). Each of those finance ordinances was moved, seconded and declared an emergency during the meeting.

Council approved Resolution 40-2025 to amend the posted speed limit on North Chillicothe Street to 25 miles per hour; Chief Dale McKee confirmed the change will extend to US-42. The minutes record motions for each ordinance and the resolution with recorded seconders and a unanimous 'All in favor' for the listed votes.

Separately, Council approved a motion to release the Madison Meadows pavilion maintenance bond contingent upon completion of ground restoration, including seeding and trees. Village Administrator Haley Lupton told the Council this contingency was requested by the developer.

Council also scheduled public hearings for Oct. 13, 2025 on ZC-25-14 (fence-code revisions, Chapter 1183.12) and on two rezoning applications: RZ-25-2 (rezoning 57.91 acres at 0 US-42 from I1 to PUD) and RZ-25-3 (rezoning 0.65 acres at 370 N Chillicothe St from I1 to PUD).

The meeting moved into executive session later in the evening to consider property acquisition and adjourned at 7:43 P.M.