Articles About Yellow Springs Planning Commission

• Springers 4 More Springers seeks zoning reform, more low-income housing

  By Reilly DixonJuly 2, 2024

  

  Springers 4 More Springers is a citizens action group that seeks to work with local elected bodies and residents to reform the Village zoning code, support affordable housing initiatives such as Home, Inc’s 50-unit project and serve as an advocate for tenants.

• Village Council weighs future changes to zoning code

  By Reilly DixonApril 22, 2024

  

  At the most recent Village Council meeting, Monday, April 15, Council members wrestled with a familiar issue: Should the Village zoning code be modified to encourage more high-density and affordable developments? The answer from most Council members was “yes, but in due time.”

• Planning Commission | 32-unit senior housing advances

  By Reilly DixonApril 16, 2024

  

  Following unanimous approval from Yellow Springs Planning Commission members at the group’s most recent meeting, Tuesday, April 9, a 32-unit, senior-focused development is one step closer to realization.

• Planning Commission broaches changes to Airbnb rules

  By Reilly DixonDecember 27, 2023

  

  At the group’s most recent meeting on Thursday, Dec. 14, the Village Planning Commission considered the possibility of loosening regulations on the 42 registered — and future — Airbnbs in Yellow Springs.

• Planning Commission | Lumber Co. Market & Eatery project advances

  By Reilly DixonSeptember 21, 2023

  

  The future business sited for that land, dubbed the Lumber Co. Market & Eatery, owned by Massies Creek Ventures, LLC, aims to have approximately 10 vendors selling prepared foods and goods in a newly renovated facility where a 1940s-era lumber yard once stood.

• Planning and Zoning Administrator Swinger signs off

  By Reilly DixonJune 28, 2023

  

  Eight years and innumerable planning and zoning projects later, Swinger said her time has come to step down as a public servant. She is retiring later this month.

• Two Planning Commission members resign

  By Jessica ThomasJanuary 25, 2022

  

  Sarah Sinclair-Amend, who served as a voting member, resigned Jan. 13; and Matthew Kirk, who served as an alternate, resigned Jan. 6.

• 2021 in Review | Planning Commission

  By Cheryl DurgansJanuary 6, 2022

  

  In 2021, the Village of Yellow Springs Planning Commission approved a site plan for Cresco Labs, the development of Dave Chappelle’s proposed comedy club, the construction of a new eatery/market, among other projects.

• Planning Commission— ‘Safari Place’ approved

  By Megan BachmanMay 17, 2021

  

  A new local business is looking to host car shows and charity events, sell cars and campers and run area kayak tours.

• Planning Commission— New ‘do not plant’ list being considered

  By Audrey HackettNovember 28, 2020

  

  Proposed changes to the Village’s weeds ordinance are taking aim at dozens of “noxious weeds” and invasive plant species currently wreaking havoc in Ohio.