Marysville axes 'multi-family' as permitted housing in mixed-use district

MARYSVILLE, Ohio (WCMH) -- Developers will now need to earn additional approval if they want to build multi-family housing in certain parts of Marysville.

City council unanimously approved a zoning code amendment on Dec. 2 to remove multi-family as a permitted use within Marysville's regional mixed-use district, located east of downtown and around the U.S. 33 and Delaware Avenue intersection. A multi-family development is a property with more than one housing unit, like a duplex, townhome or apartment complex.

The amendment's passage means multi-family is now listed under "conditional use" for the district, meaning developers will need to receive additional approval from Marysville's planning commission and city council before they can build that type of housing development.

Uses that are permitted within Marysville's regional mixed-use district include banking services, general retail, medical offices, public safety facilities, senior living, car sales and more. A proposed development under these uses will not have to undergo the level of vetting that is now required for multi-family.

Marysville's city council originally asked the planning commission to consider removing multi-family altogether from the district. The commission decided to recommend a compromise and list it as conditional, and wrote in the meeting agenda that "council requested for staff to consider the removal of multi-family as a permitted use with [the district] due to the quantity of recent applications."