Nine years ago (March 7, 2005), Paulding Village enacted the following ordinance forbidding apartments or housing on the ground floor of business buildings in the downtown:
ORDINANCE NO. 1328-05
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE PRESENTLY EXISTING
ZONING CODE, SECTION 90.12 FOR THE VILLAGE OF PAULDING
AND DECLARING THE SAME TO BE AN EMERGENCY
Be it Ordained by the Village of Paulding, Ohio that the following is amended:
Section 1. Section 90-12 is hereby amended and Section 90.12(A) of the Zoning Ordinance is hereby enacted to read as follows: No persons shall use the ground floor of buildings for habitation or as a dwelling whether that person(s) rent(s) or own(s) the property in the following area: A nine block area in the Village of Paulding, Ohio which is described and surrounded by the following streets: Commencing at the intersection of Cherry Street and Harrison Street; then North on Caroline Street to the intersection of Cherry Street and Caroline Street; then East on Caroline Street to the intersection of Caroline Street and Water Street; then South on Water Street to the intersection of Water Street and Harrison Street; then West on Harrison Street to the point of beginning or the intersection of Harrison Street and Cherry Street.
Section 2. Whoever violates this section shall be guilty of a minor misdemeanor cf the fourth degree.
Section 3. Any sections of this ordinance not consistent with the amendment herein are hereby repealed.
Section 4. This ordinance is an emergency measure necessary for the immediate preservation of the public health, safety, and welfare due to said buildings are not presently constructed for human habitation at street level for dwellings for a renter or owner. And further, that said buildings create a condition that is neither safe nor conducive to human habitation in the Village of Paulding, Ohio.
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