Upon receipt of a petition for annexation, Council shall transmit a copy of the petition to the Planning Commission for its zoning classification recommendation. The Planning Commission shall determine the zoning classification of the property at its first regularly scheduled meeting following receipt of the petition from Council. Upon completion of this meeting, the Planning Commission shall transmit its zoning recommendation to Council. After the Planning Commission recommendation has been received by Council, the normal amendment procedures provided in Chapter 1246 shall be followed. If the recommendation has to be submitted to the Ohio Director of Transportation (as required by Section 1246.06), and if the Director has not responded by the effective date of the annexation, an interim zoning shall be established that is effective only until Council acts following the receipt of the Director's response, as follows:
(a) If an annexed lot is not zoned at the time of its annexation to the City, it shall be classified temporarily as an R-1 Low-Density Residential District.
(b) An annexed lot that is zoned at the time of its annexation to the City shall remain temporarily in that district and under the zoning regulations and control of the appropriate township or County officials.
In either case, any such interim zoning of annexed land shall not be added to the Official Zoning Map but shall be entered in the records of the Zoning Administrator.
(Ord. 186-91. Passed 10-15-92; Ord. 210-13. Passed 12-19-13.)