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• Council takes steps to create building department

  By Jessica ThomasAugust 30, 2021

  

  At its regular meeting held virtually on Aug. 16, Village Council took additional steps to create a local building department. First, Council approved an ordinance that would create a fee schedule for building permits; second, they approved a resolution that enters into a contract with National Inspection Corporation, or NIC.

• COVID-19 update: Variant spurs new restrictions

  By Megan Bachman

  

  Last week, Village Council moved its meetings back online and revived its downtown mask mandate. The Yellow Springs Chamber of Commerce canceled the Oct. 9 Street Fair. Community events are once again paused or going remote. Vaccine mandates have been announced.

• Yellow Springs mask mandate revived

  By Megan BachmanAugust 11, 2021

  

  At an emergency meeting on Monday, Aug. 9, conducted remotely via Zoom, Village Council declared a state of emergency in the Village and re-enacted its downtown mask mandate, effective immediately.

• Village Council addresses Airbnb ‘proximity’

  By Megan BachmanJuly 27, 2021

  

  No Airbnb can be located within 500 feet of another one, according to legislation Council passed at its regular meeting on Monday, July 19.

• Village Council appoves local building department

  By Megan BachmanJuly 24, 2021

  

  At its regular meeting on July 6, Village Council unanimously approved the creation of a local building department. Two ordinances — one for residential permits and the other for commercial — were passed as an emergency.

• Council to annex 34 acres for residential development

  By Megan BachmanJuly 20, 2021

  

  Oberer, a Miamisburg semi-custom home builder, owns 55 acres at the southern end of Spillan Road, with 17 acres already within village limits. Oberer plans to build 138 housing units, with houses expected to start at $280,000.

• Village Council — Weeds are out, ‘managed’ yards are in

  By Megan BachmanJuly 8, 2021

  

  Villagers who are maintaining a natural landscape of native grasses and plants in their yard no longer have to comply with height limits on their plantings.However, those who simply “let their yards go” must pull the noxious weeds likely growing there and keep grasses to nine inches, or less.

• Council reviews ethics rules

  By Megan BachmanJune 24, 2021

  

  Should the Village of Yellow Springs public officials and employees comply with the bare minimum ethics rules set by the State of Ohio, or hold themselves to a higher standard?

• Village Council eyes street vending

  By Megan BachmanJune 16, 2021

  

  With most pandemic restrictions now lifted and summer in full swing, downtown Yellow Springs has been packed with visitors on recent weekends. But the influx of tourists has brought a problem: new street vendors and buskers setting up shop and clogging sidewalks.

• DORA opponents air views

  By Megan BachmanJune 11, 2021

  

  Opponents of creating a designated outdoor refreshment area, or DORA, in Yellow Springs shared their thoughts at a Village of Yellow Springs town hall two weeks ago. The meeting was arranged as a way to elicit public feedback about the proposal. However, no citizen or local business owner spoke in favor of it.