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Akron to allow home building on smaller vacant lots
Akron’s City Council agreed to eliminate lot size requirements to build new homes, a change that city officials hope can spur development and help fill in gaps in neighborhoods where houses have been demolished. The change means homebuilders won’t need to ask permission to build houses on lots that were previously considered too small —…
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