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CITY OF NORTH OLMSTED, OHIO ORDINANCE NO. 2024 - 67 BY: Mayor Jones AN ORDINANCE DECLARING AN ADDITIONAL FORTY- FIVE (45) DAY MORATORIUM, THEREBY EXTENDING THE MORATORIUM APPROVED BY ORDINANCE 2024-11, RESTRICTING THE ISSUANCE OF ANY PERMITS, ZONING OR OTHERWISE, TO ANY BUSINESS OPERATING AS A THRIFT STORE IN ORDER TO ALLOW FOR SUCH A RETAIL USE TO BE PROPERLY DEFINED IN SECTION 1115 OF THE ZONING CODE AND ADDED TO THE USE TABLE IN CHAPTER 1139 OF THE BUSINESS CODE AND OTHERWISE REGULATED IN THE CITY OF NORTH OLMSTED, AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY. WHEREAS, by and through Ordinance No. 2024-11, effective February 6, 2024, this Council adopted a 180 -day Moratorium on the issuance of permits for retail Thrift Stores, the terms and conditions of which are incorporated by reference; and WHEREAS, Ordinance Nos. 2024-51, Ordinance No. 2024-52, and Ordinance No. 2024- 53, were introduced on May 21, 2024, and pending review before this Council to address Thrift Store regulations, and such review is not scheduled to be completed within the 180 -day Moratorium; and WHEREAS, this Council finds and determines that an additional forty-five day extension of the 180 -day Moratorium imposed by Ordinance No. 2024-11 is warranted on the issuance of permits, building permits and/or licenses under Title Three of the Planning and Zoning Code of the Codified Ordinances of North Olmsted, Ohio, or any other provision of the Codified Ordinances of the City of North Olmsted for the development, construction, use, or occupancy of any establishment designed or intended to be used in whole or in part as a thrift shop or thrift store is reasonable and necessary. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NORTH OLMSTED, COUNTY OF CUYAHOGA AND STATE OF OHIO: SECTION 1: For purpose of this Ordinance, "Thrift Store" or "Thrift Shop" shall include any person (real or corporate) engaged in any business of selling, exchanging or receiving used goods, products or merchandise from a commercial storefront premises and/or warehoused in storage facilities. For purpose of this Ordinance, "used" means previously owned, secondhand, or not "new" as when offered for sale by the original manufacturer and/or distributor. SECTION 2: For the reasons stated in the preamble of this Ordinance, this Council adopts and incorporates by reference the 180 -day moratorium imposed by Ordinance No. 2024- 11, effective February 6, 2024, and hereby further declares and imposes an extension of said moratorium for an additional forty-five days from August 4, 2024 until September 18, 2024.