#zoning

A new ordinance introduced in Cleveland City Council on April 24, 2026 would enact a comprehensive short-term rental regulatory framework — creating new code sections governing STR licensing, amending the Transient Occupancy Tax, adjusting single-family zoning rules, and repealing the existing limited lodging provisions that have governed Airbnb-style rentals since 2017.

Avon City Council passed Ordinance 37-26 as an emergency measure imposing a one-year temporary moratorium on all new data center development citywide, running through April 14, 2027. Council cited rising developer interest and said the city needs time to study state codes and draft comprehensive local regulations covering data-center land use, water, and power demand.

Avon Lake's Economic Development Committee is reviewing the Chapter 1219 Lakefront Mixed-Use Overlay District — the zoning framework that would govern what gets built on the former power plant site — along with infrastructure, economic, and fiscal analyses for the redevelopment.

Eight courts, 206 parking spaces, and a vacant wooded lot on Viking Parkway — how Westlake is quietly rewriting what belongs in an industrial district.

Liberty Development Company is seeking a conditional use permit to build a 51,620 sf indoor volleyball and basketball facility on Viking Parkway. The Planning Commission unanimously recommended approval in March 2026.

Dozens of North Olmsted residents spoke at a February 24 public hearing to oppose a rezoning request that would allow multi-family housing on Butternut Ridge Road, arguing it would set a damaging precedent for the city's Historic District.