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? ' . CITY OF NORTH OLMSTED ORDINANCE NO. 2007 - 103 BY: Council Members Gareau, Jones and Barker AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTIONS 1115.06 AND 1139.01 1145.03 OF THE NORTH OLMSTED ZONING CODE IN ORDER TO LIMIT THE LOCATION OF CORRECTIONAL FACILITIES TO THE CITY'S LIMITED INDUSTRY- IND USTRIAL PARK DISTRICT, AS AMENDED. WHEREAS, this Council, upon review, finds that the State of Ohio permits severai types of community located correctional facilities including: 1) alternative residential facilities (defined in 2929.01(A)(1)); 2) community based correctional facilities (see 2301.51 through 2301.58); 3) half-way houses (defined in 2929.01(P)); and 4) community correctional facilities (for juvenile offenders, see 5139.36) and that all of such facilities may house persons with felony convictions or with histories of violent crimes; and If"HEREAS, this Council, upon review, finds that community based correctional facilities may pose a substantial rislc to the safety of residents as well as substantial bLu-den on community resources; and TVHEREAS, it is accordingly the desire of this Council to ameud Sections 1115.06 and 1139.01 of tlie Zoning Code in order to limit the location of con-ectional facilities as described above to the City's g°ra' r°*Et;' b,.s;n°ss limited industry- industrial park district; and WHEREAS, the Planning & Desigil Commission on the 12th day of September, 2007, vy f01"111a1 T110t1021, (Fc?eozniiiendvd dra--n6ti-cc0mmv°iid) -(vPrch-?suggefrted C-ha-??6j recommended t11at i-+is-Ordiiiance 2007-103 in its oriOnal form providing for correctional facilities to be permitted in the general retail business district be adopted; and WHEREAS, this Council, cognizant of the comments made at the Planning and Desism Commission meeting of September 12, 2007, as reflected in the minutes of the Planning and Desi2n Commission, re2ardin2 the feasibility of locating coi•rectional facilities in the City's limited industry-industrial park district, rather than in the general retail business district, specifically finds that there are in fact a suff'icient number of prouerties alon2 Lorain Road, west of the CEI right of wav easemeut that are currently zoned for limited industry-industrial park district use, and Nvhich wouid be feasible far the location of a correctionll facility; and WHEIZEAS, following piiblication of newspaper notice in conformance with the pi-ovisions of Section 14 of Article IV of the Charter of the City of North Olmsted and Section 1127.03 of the Nort11 QI nsted Zoning Code, a public hearing was held on this proposed legislation on fl1e day of 2007; i