Ohio Revised Code Chapter 519 - Township Zoning

• Section 519.01 - Township Zoning - Agriculture Defined.
  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;...
• Section 519.02 - Board Of Township Trustees May Regulate Location, Size And Use Of Buildings And Lands In Unincorporated Territory.
  (A) Except as otherwise provided in this section, in the interest of the public health and safety, the board of township trustees may regulate...
• Section 519.021 - Planned-unit Development Regulations.
  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...
• Section 519.022 - Prior Planned-unit Development Regulations.
  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...
• Section 519.03 - Adoption Of Resolution Of Intention To Proceed With Township Zoning.
  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...
• Section 519.04 - Township Zoning Commission.
  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...
• Section 519.05 - Recommendations Of Zoning Plan By Commission - Powers And Duties Of Commission.
  The township rural zoning commission shall submit a plan, including both text and maps, representing the recommendations of the zoning commission for the carrying...
• Section 519.06 - Public Hearings On Recommendations - Notice.
  Before certifying its recommendations of a zoning plan to the board of township trustees, the township zoning commission shall hold at least one public...
• Section 519.07 - Proposed Zoning Resolution To County Or Regional Planning Commission - Approval - Public Hearing If Resolution Disapproved - Certification To Township Trustees.
  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...
• Section 519.08 - Public Hearing On Zoning Plan.
  After receiving the certification of a zoning plan from the township zoning commission, and before adoption of any zoning resolution, the board of township...
• Section 519.09 - Changes In Text Or Maps - Second Public Hearing.
  No change in or departure from the text or maps, as certified by the township zoning commission, shall be made by the board of...
• Section 519.10 - Trustees To Vote Upon Adoption Of Resolution.
  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...
• Section 519.11 - Zoning Plan To Be Submitted To Electors - Majority Vote Required For Approval.
  If the zoning resolution is adopted by the board of township trustees, such board shall cause the question of whether or not the proposed...
• Section 519.12 - Zoning Amendments.
  (A) (1) Amendments to the zoning resolution may be initiated by motion of the township zoning commission, by the passage of a resolution by...
• Section 519.121 - Ratification Of Zoning Amendments.
  All amendments or supplements to a township zoning plan adopted by a board of township trustees prior to the effective date of this act,...
• Section 519.122 - Statute Of Limitation On Procedural Challenges.
  No action challenging the validity of a zoning resolution or of any amendment to such a resolution because of a procedural error in the...
• Section 519.13 - Township Board Of Zoning Appeals.
  In any township which adopts zoning regulations the board of township trustees shall appoint a township board of zoning appeals composed of five members...
• Section 519.14 - Powers Of Township Board Of Zoning Appeals.
  The township board of zoning appeals may: (A) Hear and decide appeals where it is alleged there is error in any order, requirement, decision,...
• Section 519.141 - Conditional Zoning Certificates For Surface Mining Activities.
  (A) If a township board of zoning appeals considers conditional zoning certificates for activities that are permitted and regulated under Chapter 1514. of the...
• Section 519.15 - Rules, Meetings And Procedures Of Board.
  The township board of zoning appeals shall organize and adopt rules in accordance with the zoning resolution. Meetings of the board of zoning appeals...
• Section 519.16 - Enforcement Of Zoning Regulations - Township Zoning Inspector.
  For the purpose of enforcing the zoning regulations, the board of township trustees may provide for a system of zoning certificates, may establish and...
• Section 519.161 - Township Zoning Inspector's Bond.
  The township zoning inspector, before entering upon the duties of office, shall give bond, signed by a bonding or surety company authorized to do...
• Section 519.17 - Zoning Certificate Required.
  No person shall locate, erect, construct, reconstruct, enlarge, or structurally alter any building or structure within the territory included in a zoning resolution without...
• Section 519.171 - Architectural Review Board Authorized - Standards And Procedures.
  The board of township trustees may create an architectural review board to enforce compliance with any zoning standards it may adopt pertaining to landscaping...
• Section 519.18 - Township Regulations Not Applicable Within Municipal Corporations - Exception.
  Regulations enacted by a board of township trustees under sections 519.02 to 519.25, inclusive, of the Revised Code, shall not apply within municipal corporations,...
• Section 519.19 - Nonconforming Use Of Buildings And Land Not Affected By Zoning.
  The lawful use of any dwelling, building, or structure and of any land or premises, as existing and lawful at the time of enactment...
• Section 519.20 - Outdoor Advertising Classified As Business Use.
  For the purposes of sections 519.02 to 519.25, inclusive, of the Revised Code, outdoor advertising shall be classified as a business use and be...
• Section 519.21 - Powers Not Conferred On Township Zoning Commission By Chapter.
  (A) Except as otherwise provided in division (B) of this section, sections 519.02 to 519.25 of the Revised Code confer no power on any...
• Section 519.211 - Limits On Township Zoning Power - Telecommunications Towers.
  (A) Except as otherwise provided in division (B) or (C) of this section, sections 519.02 to 519.25 of the Revised Code confer no power...
• Section 519.212 - Location Of Permanently Sited Manufactured Home.
  (A) Except as provided in division (B) of this section, sections 519.01 to 519.25 of the Revised Code do not confer on any township...
• Section 519.213 - Township Small Wind Farm Zoning Regulations.
  (A) As used in this section, "small wind farm" means wind turbines and associated facilities with a single interconnection to the electrical grid and...
• Section 519.214 - Compliance With Orc Section 5502.031.
  Township zoning commissions, boards of township trustees, and township boards of zoning appeals shall comply with section 5502.031 of the Revised Code. Added by...
• Section 519.22 - County Rural Zoning Regulations To Take Precedence.
  Where the people of any township or part thereof have approved county rural zoning regulations in accordance with sections 303.02 to 303.25, inclusive, of...
• Section 519.23 - Prohibition Against Violating Resolution.
  No building shall be located, erected, constructed, reconstructed, enlarged, changed, maintained, or used, and no land shall be used in violation of any resolution,...
• Section 519.24 - Actions Instituted To Prevent Violations Of Zoning Regulations - Special Counsel.
  In case any building is or is proposed to be located, erected, constructed, reconstructed, enlarged, changed, maintained, or used or any land is or...
• Section 519.25 - Township Zoning Plan May Be Repealed - Procedure.
  In any township in which there is in force a plan of township zoning, the plan may be repealed by the board of township...
• Section 519.99 - Penalty.
  Whoever violates sections 519.01 to 519.25 of the Revised Code shall be fined not more than five hundred dollars for each offense. Effective Date:

Last modified: October 10, 2016