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DocuSign Envelope ID: 27CE1015-8397-4CCE-9DD9-31 F514ECBED3 ORDINANCE NO. 07-2023 111 read & referred to HPD & PC 3/20/23; 2nd reading 4 /3/23; recommended out of PC 10/5/23 with revisions. Please substitute for original BY: Baker, Bullock, Litten, Marx, Rader, Shachner AN ORDINANCE to take effect immediately provided it receives the affirmative vote of at least five (5) members of Council, or otherwise to take effect and be in force after the earliest period allowed by law, amending Sections 1103.02 Definitions, 1121.03 Permitted Accessory Uses, 1121.09 Maximum Lot Area Coverage, 1123.03 Permitted Accessory Uses, 1123.04 Conditionally Permitted Uses, 1123.09 Maximum Lot Coverage, 1133.06 Conversion of Single - Family Structure Prohibited, and 1161.03 Supplemental Regulations for Specific Uses of the Codified Ordinances of the City of Lakewood in order to update the provisions. WHEREAS, the City of Lakewood has established certain regulations limiting the building area coverage of lots and has restricted the conversion of single-family dwellings to accommodate more than one family despite the use being permitted by zoning district; and WHEREAS, the regulations subject to this Ordinance were authorized in 1996 with the adoption of a new Zoning Code for the City of Lakewood; and WHEREAS, the City desires to create new housing opportunities in the community, particularly those that support affordability, aging in place, and shared living; and WHEREAS, with the collective historic knowledge of the impact of these restrictions on furthering these desires, the City must amend the regulations; and WHEREAS, as set forth in Section 2.12 of the Third Amended Charter of the City of Lakewood, this Council by a vote of at least two thirds of its members determines that this ordinance is an emergency measure and that it shall take effect immediately and that it is necessary for the immediate preservation of the public property, health, and safety and to provide for the usual daily operation of municipal departments in that these provisions should be enacted to create new housing opportunities in the City; now, therefore BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY OF LAKEWOOD, STATE OF OHIO: Section 1. That Section 1103.02(rr) Definitions of the Codified Ordinances of the City of Lakewood, currently reading as follows: 1103.02. Definitions. (rr) LOT COVERAGE means that percent of the lot area occupied by a structure, including any part thereof, which extends beyond the foundation; roof overhangs of twelve (12) inches or less, including any rain gutter, shall be excluded from this calculation. is hereby repealed.