MANSFIELD — Mansfield lawmakers voted Wednesday to adopt a new property maintenance code for residential and commercial buildings. City council, meeting a day later than normal due to Tuesday’s Election Day, voted 7-0 to add the International Property Maintenance Code to the city’s existing laws. The code is a set of regulations developed to establish minimum […]
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Metro housing board seeks state funds for affordable housing project
MANSFIELD — Steve Andrews said he’s still hopeful the Mansfield Metropolitan Housing Authority can secure the funding it needs to move forward with a proposed affordable housing project in Mansfield. The MMHA, which serves all of Richland County, hit a bump in the road after the Ohio Housing Finance Agency withdrew $5.5 million in bond gap […]
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Mansfield Planning Commission to meet Friday to review cannabis zoning regulations
MANSFIELD — The City of Mansfield Planning Commission will meet in special session Friday at 11 a.m. to review zoning changes needed to allow recreational cannabis dispensaries. Under the city’s codified ordinances, that step is needed before Mansfield City Council can vote Tuesday on the proposal that would allow up to four such dispensaries. The […]
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Mansfield mayor plans zoning proposal for recreational cannabis on Aug. 6
MANSFIELD — Mansfield Mayor Jodie Perry expects to have a zoning proposal on Aug. 6 for City Council regarding a possible recreational cannabis dispensary in the city. Armed with that information, local lawmakers held off Tuesday on scheduled votes that would eliminate a ban on medical marijuana facilities a previous council enacted seven years ago. […]
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No emergency: Mansfield’s annual block grant application delayed until June 4
MANSFIELD — Mansfield’s submission of its federal Community Development Block Grant application will have to wait a couple of weeks. A planned Tuesday vote on the city’s plan to spend $858,000 in funds from the U.S. Housing and Urban Development office was delayed until June 4 when Richland Source pointed out during the meeting there […]
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Mansfield City Council grudgingly OKs $600,000 for former YMCA demo re-do
MANSFIELD — 2nd Ward Councilwoman Cheryl Meier’s words echoed around Mansfield City Council chambers on Wednesday evening, likely representing the feelings of her lawmaking peers. It was as if council members were standing around and looking down into the huge hole at the former YMCA site at 455 Park Ave. West, watching $600,000 sink into […]
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Legislation returns aimed at reducing ‘cruising’ on Mansfield’s ‘Miracle Mile’
MANSFIELD — Legislation aimed at reducing weekend “cruising” on the so-called “Miracle Mile” is scheduled to be discussed Wednesday night by Mansfield City Council. Local lawmakers, meeting one day later than normal due to Tuesday’s primary election, will take up an issue it talked about six months ago before shelving it for the winter. The […]
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Mansfield may stiffen fees related to litter, junk, trash and unmown weeds
MANSFIELD — It may soon become more expensive to violate city laws involving litter, junk and trash. You may also have to do a better job of keeping your property mowed. Mansfield City Council on March 5 is scheduled to consider two updates to existing ordinances regarding both those topics, found in Chapter 917 and […]
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Open Source: What is going on at the old YMCA site on Park Avenue West?
OPEN SOURCE — We published this story in response to a reader question submitted through our Open Source platform. Do you have a question you want our reporters to answer? Click here to submit it. Question: What’s going on at the old YMCA site on Park Avenue West? There is orange construction fencing around the site. […]
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Here is your chance: Mansfield seeks input into how to spend CDBG/HOME funds
MANSFIELD — How would you like to see the City of Mansfield spend about $5.5 million over the next five years in federal community development funds? Adrian Ackerman, the city’s director of permitting and development, wants your input into the city’s next five-year consolidated plan, which will help set goals for federal Community Development Block […]