Effective: June 4, 2012 Latest Legislation: House Bill 276 – 129th General Assembly As used in sections 519.02 to 519.25 of the Revised Code, “agriculture” includes farming; ranching; algaculture meaning the farming of algae; aquaculture; apiculture; horticulture; viticulture; animal husbandry, including, but not limited to, the care and raising of livestock, equine, and fur-bearing animals; […]
Effective: August 17, 2006 Latest Legislation: House Bill 23 – 126th General Assembly (A) Except as otherwise provided in this section, in the interest of the public health and safety, the board of township trustees may regulate by resolution, in accordance with a comprehensive plan, the location, height, bulk, number of stories, and size of […]
Effective: October 21, 1997 Latest Legislation: House Bill 280 – 122nd General Assembly A township zoning resolution or amendment adopted in accordance with this chapter may establish or modify planned-unit developments. Planned-unit development regulations shall apply to property only at the election of the property owner and shall include standards to be used by the […]
Effective: July 26, 1989 Latest Legislation: Senate Bill 164 – 118th General Assembly Any planned-unit development regulations adopted in accordance with section 519.12 of the Revised Code, or any planned-unit developments constructed or approved in a preliminary or final form, under the provisions of a zoning resolution adopted prior to the effective date of this […]
Effective: August 22, 1995 Latest Legislation: House Bill 99 – 121st General Assembly Before availing itself of the powers conferred by section 519.02 of the Revised Code, the board of township trustees shall pass a resolution declaring its intention to proceed under sections 519.02 to 519.25 of the Revised Code. The board may act in […]
Effective: March 22, 2019 Latest Legislation: House Bill 500 – 132nd General Assembly (A) The board of township trustees of any township proceeding under sections 519.01 to 519.99 of the Revised Code, shall create and establish a township zoning commission. The commission shall be composed of five members who reside in the unincorporated area of […]
Effective: September 17, 1957 Latest Legislation: Senate Bill 403 – 102nd General Assembly The township rural zoning commission shall submit a plan, including both text and maps, representing the recommendations of the zoning commission for the carrying out by the board of township trustees of the powers, purposes, and provisions set forth in sections 519.01 […]
Effective: September 17, 1957 Latest Legislation: Senate Bill 403 – 102nd General Assembly Before certifying its recommendations of a zoning plan to the board of township trustees, the township zoning commission shall hold at least one public hearing, notice of which shall be given by one publication in one or more newspapers of general circulation […]
Effective: March 22, 2019 Latest Legislation: House Bill 500 – 132nd General Assembly (A) Except as provided in division (B) of this section, following the hearing provided for in section 519.06 of the Revised Code the township zoning commission shall submit the proposed zoning resolution, including text and maps, to the county or regional planning […]
Effective: October 1, 1953 Latest Legislation: House Bill 1 – 100th General Assembly After receiving the certification of a zoning plan from the township zoning commission, and before adoption of any zoning resolution, the board of township trustees shall hold a public hearing on the resolution, at least thirty days’ notice of the time and […]
Effective: September 17, 1957 Latest Legislation: Senate Bill 403 – 102nd General Assembly No change in or departure from the text or maps, as certified by the township zoning commission, shall be made by the board of township trustees unless it is first resubmitted to the commission for approval, disapproval, or suggestions. Upon receipt of […]
Effective: October 1, 1953 Latest Legislation: House Bill 1 – 100th General Assembly After receiving the recommended zoning plan from the township zoning commission and holding the public hearing provided for by section 519.08 of the Revised Code the board of township trustees shall consider such recommendations and vote upon the adoption of the zoning […]
Effective: July 2, 2010 Latest Legislation: House Bill 48 – 128th General Assembly If the zoning resolution is adopted by the board of township trustees, such board shall cause the question of whether or not the proposed plan of zoning shall be put into effect to be submitted to the electors residing in the unincorporated […]
Effective: March 22, 2019 Latest Legislation: House Bill 500 – 132nd General Assembly (A)(1) Amendments to the zoning resolution may be initiated by motion of the township zoning commission, by the passage of a resolution by the board of township trustees, or by the filing of an application by one or more of the owners […]
Effective: July 6, 1956 Latest Legislation: House Bill 948 – 101st General Assembly All amendments or supplements to a township zoning plan adopted by a board of township trustees prior to the effective date of this act, except those amendments or supplements which a court of competent jurisdiction has declared unlawful or unreasonable or which […]
Effective: October 25, 1995 Latest Legislation: House Bill 50 – 121st General Assembly No action challenging the validity of a zoning resolution or of any amendment to such a resolution because of a procedural error in the adoption of the resolution or amendment shall be brought more than two years after the adoption of the […]
Effective: March 22, 2019 Latest Legislation: House Bill 500 – 132nd General Assembly (A) In any township which adopts zoning regulations the board of township trustees shall appoint a township board of zoning appeals composed of five members who shall be residents of the unincorporated territory in the township included in the area zoned. The […]
Effective: November 2, 2018 Latest Legislation: House Bill 34 – 132nd General Assembly The township board of zoning appeals may: (A) Hear and decide appeals where it is alleged there is error in any order, requirement, decision, or determination made by an administrative official in the enforcement of sections 519.02 to 519.25 of the Revised […]
Effective: April 6, 2007 Latest Legislation: House Bill 443 – 126th General Assembly (A) If a township board of zoning appeals considers conditional zoning certificates for activities that are permitted and regulated under Chapter 1514. of the Revised Code or activities that are related to making finished aggregate products, the board shall not consider or […]
Effective: March 22, 2019 Latest Legislation: House Bill 500 – 132nd General Assembly The township board of zoning appeals shall organize and adopt rules in accordance with the zoning resolution. Meetings of the board of zoning appeals shall be held at the call of the chairperson, and at such other times as the board determines. […]
