Ohio Revised Code Chapter 303 - County Rural Zoning; Renewal Of Slums And Blighted Areas

• Section 303.01 - County Rural Zoning - Agriculture Defined.
  As used in sections 303.02 to 303.25 of the Revised Code, "agriculture" includes farming; ranching; algaculture meaning the farming of algae; aquaculture; apiculture; horticulture;...
• Section 303.02 - County Commissioners May Regulate Building And Land Use In Unincorporated Territory.
  (A) Except as otherwise provided in this section, in the interest of the public health and safety, the board of county commissioners may regulate...
• Section 303.021 - Designating Street Names And Assigning Numbers To Buildings.
  The board of county commissioners may designate street names and assign numbers to buildings along streets in unincorporated areas. The owners of such buildings...
• Section 303.022 - Establishing Or Modifying Planned-unit Developments.
  A county 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 303.023 - Prior Planned-unit Developments Continue To Be Governed By Regulations In Effect At Time Of Approval Or Modification.
  Any planned-unit development regulations adopted in accordance with section 303.12 of the Revised Code, or any planned-unit developments constructed or approved in a preliminary...
• Section 303.03 - Adoption Of Resolution Of Intention To Proceed With County Rural Zoning.
  Before availing itself of the powers conferred in section 303.02 of the Revised Code, the board of county commissioners shall pass a resolution declaring...
• Section 303.04 - County Rural Zoning Commission.
  The board of county commissioners of any county proceeding under sections 303.01 to 303.25 of the Revised Code, shall create and establish a county...
• Section 303.05 - Recommendations Of County Rural Zoning Commission - Powers And Duties Of Commission.
  The county rural zoning commission shall submit a plan, including both text and maps, representing the recommendations of the zoning commission for the carrying...
• Section 303.06 - Public Hearing On Recommendations - Notice.
  Before certifying its recommendations of a zoning plan to the board of county commissioners, the county rural zoning commission shall hold at least one...
• Section 303.07 - Submission Of Proposed Zoning Resolution To County Or Regional Planning Commission.
  Following the hearing provided for in section 303.06 of the Revised Code, the county rural zoning commission shall submit the proposed zoning resolution, including...
• Section 303.08 - Public Hearing On Zoning Plan.
  After receiving the certification of a zoning plan from the county rural zoning commission, and before adoption of any such zoning resolution, the board...
• Section 303.09 - Changes In Text Or Maps - Second Public Hearing.
  No change in or departure from the text or maps as certified by the county rural zoning commission, shall be made by the board...
• Section 303.10 - County Commissioners To Vote Upon Adoption Of Resolution.
  After receiving the recommended zoning plan from the county rural zoning commission and holding the public hearing provided for by section 303.08 of the...
• Section 303.11 - Zoning Plan To Be Submitted To Electors.
  If the zoning resolution is adopted by the board of county commissioners, such board shall cause the question of whether or not the proposed...
• Section 303.12 - Amendments To Zoning Resolution.
  (A) (1) Amendments to the zoning resolution may be initiated by motion of the county rural zoning commission, by the passage of a resolution...
• Section 303.121 - Ratifying Amendments To Zoning Resolution.
  All amendments or supplements to a county rural zoning plan adopted by a board of county commissioners prior to the effective date of this...
• Section 303.122 - Statue 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 303.13 - County Board Of Zoning Appeals - Term - Compensation.
  In any county which adopts zoning regulations the board of county commissioners shall appoint a county board of zoning appeals composed of five members...
• Section 303.14 - County Board Of Zoning Appeals - Powers And Duties.
  The county board of zoning appeals may: (A) Hear and decide appeals where it is alleged there is error in any order, requirement, decision,...
• Section 303.141 - Conditional Zoning Certificates For Surface Mining Activities.
  (A) If a county board of zoning appeals considers conditional zoning certificates for activities that are permitted and regulated under Chapter 1514. of the...
• Section 303.15 - Organization And Rules Of County Board Of Zoning Appeals.
  The county board of zoning appeals shall organize and adopt rules in accordance with the zoning resolution. Meetings of the board of zoning appeals...
• Section 303.16 - Enforcement Of Zoning Regulations - County Zoning Inspector.
  For the purpose of enforcing the zoning regulations, the board of county commissioners may provide for a system of zoning certificates, and for this...
• Section 303.161 - Architectural Review Board Authorized - Standards And Procedures.
  The board of county commissioners may create an architectural review board to enforce compliance with any zoning standards it may adopt pertaining to landscaping...
• Section 303.17 - 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 303.18 - County Regulations Not Applicable Within Municipal Corporations Except After Incorporation Or Annexation.
  Regulations enacted by a board of county commissioners under sections 303.01 to 303.25, inclusive, of the Revised Code, shall not apply within municipal corporations,...
• Section 303.19 - 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 303.20 - Outdoor Advertising Classified As Business Use.
  For the purposes of sections 303.01 to 303.25, inclusive, of the Revised Code, outdoor advertising shall be classified as a business use and be...
• Section 303.21 - Limitations On Powers - Agricultural Purposes.
  (A) Except as otherwise provided in division (B) of this section, sections 303.01 to 303.25 of the Revised Code do not confer any power...
• Section 303.211 - Limitations On Powers - Public Utility Or Railroads, Telecommunications Towers, Alcoholic Beverage Sales, Oil Or Gas Drilling.
  (A) Except as otherwise provided in division (B) or (C) of this section, sections 303.01 to 303.25 of the Revised Code do not confer...
• Section 303.212 - Limitations On Powers - Permanently Sited Manufactured Homes.
  (A) Except as provided in division (B) of this section, sections 303.01 to 303.25 of the Revised Code do not confer on any county...
• Section 303.213 - Small Wind Farms 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 303.214 - Compliance With Orc Section 5502.031.
  County rural zoning commissions, boards of county commissioners, and county boards of zoning appeals shall comply with section 5502.031 of the Revised Code. Added...
• Section 303.22 - Township Zoning Regulations To Take Precedence.
  Where the people of any township or part thereof have approved township zoning regulations in accordance with sections 519.02 to 519.25, inclusive, of the...
• Section 303.23 - Violation Of Resolution And Regulations.
  No person shall locate, erect, construct, reconstruct, enlarge, change, maintain, or use any building or use any land in violation of a resolution, or...
• Section 303.24 - Actions Instituted To Prevent Violation.
  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 303.25 - Repeal Of County Zoning Plan By Township.
  In any township in which there is in force a plan of county zoning, the plan may be repealed by the board of county...
• Section 303.26 - Removal Of Slum Or Blighted Area Definitions.
  As used in sections 303.26 to 303.56 of the Revised Code, unless a different meaning is clearly indicated by the context: (A) "Municipality" means...
• Section 303.27 - Rehabilitation Or Redevelopment Of County Renewal Area By Private Enterprise.
  The board of county commissioners, to the greatest extent it determines to be feasible in carrying out the provisions of sections 303.26 to 303.56,...
• Section 303.28 - Workable Program To Control Spread Of Slums And Blight.
  The board of county commissioners, for the purposes of sections 303.26 to 303.56, inclusive, of the Revised Code, may formulate for the county a...
• Section 303.29 - Adoption Of Resolution Of Necessity.
  No board of county commissioners shall exercise the authority conferred upon counties by sections 303.26 to 303.56, inclusive, of the Revised Code, until after...
• Section 303.30 - Prerequisites For Approval County Renewal Project For County Renewal Area.
  A board of county commissioners shall not approve a county renewal project for a county renewal area unless it has, by resolution, determined such...
• Section 303.31 - Preparing County Renewal Plan.
  A board of county commissioners may itself prepare or cause to be prepared a county renewal plan, or any person or agency, public or...
• Section 303.32 - Public Hearing On County Renewal Project.
  The board of county commissioners shall hold a public hearing on a county renewal project. Publication of the hearing shall be made on two...
• Section 303.33 - Approving County Renewal Project For County Renewal Area.
  Following the public hearing required by section 303.32 of the Revised Code, the board of county commissioners may approve a county renewal project for...
• Section 303.34 - Modifying County Renewal Plan.
  A county renewal plan may be modified at any time. If such a plan is modified after the lease or sale by the county...
• Section 303.35 - Plan Or Modification To Be In Full Force And Effect Upon Approval.
  Upon the approval by the board of county commissioners of a county renewal plan or any modification thereof, such plan or modification shall be...
• Section 303.36 - Redeveloping Or Rehabilitating Disaster Areas.
  Where the board of county commissioners certifies that an area in the county, but outside the corporate limits of any city or other incorporated...
• Section 303.37 - Board Of County Commissioners - Powers And Duties.
  Every board of county commissioners shall have all the powers, and the right to exercise such powers, necessary or convenient to carry out sections...
• Section 303.38 - Acquiring Real Property By Right Of Eminent Domain.
  Every board of county commissioners may acquire by eminent domain any interest in real property, whether owned privately or publicly, including a fee simple...
• Section 303.39 - Disposing Of Real Property.
  Notwithstanding any of the provisions of sections 303.07 to 303.10, inclusive, of the Revised Code, a county which acquires any real property, or any...
• Section 303.40 - Cost Of Street Maintenance Within A County Renewal Area.
  Cost of maintaining, repairing, constructing, relocating, paving, and repairing of public streets, alleys, curbs, and gutters within a county renewal area may be paid...
• Section 303.41 - Special Assessments.
  A board of county commissioners may levy assessments against specially benefited lots or lands within a county renewal area or areas for any purpose...
• Section 303.42 - Method Of Making A Special Assessment.
  In making a special assessment by percentage of the tax value or by the front foot on lots or lands not subdivided into lots,...
• Section 303.43 - Waiving Right To Collect Assessments.
  In the event a board of county commissioners instituted assessment proceedings affecting lots or lands within a county renewal area, and then or thereafter...
• Section 303.44 - Paying Assessments On County Owned Lands.
  In the event of the levy of special assessments against lots or lands within a county renewal area which lots or lands are or...
• Section 303.45 - Funds For Planning Or County Renewal Project Functions.
  In addition to all other powers of boards of county commissioners provided by any other laws, any board, in order to provide funds for...
• Section 303.46 - Bonds For County Renewal Project.
  In addition to all other powers of boards of county commissioners provided by any other laws, any board may issue bonds from time to...
• Section 303.47 - Validity Of Signatures Of Public Officials.
  In case any of the public officials whose signatures appear on any bonds or coupons issued under any of the provisions of sections 303.26...
• Section 303.48 - Validity Or Enforcement Of Bond.
  In any suit, action, or proceeding involving the validity or enforcement of any bond issued under any of the provisions of sections 303.26 to...
• Section 303.49 - Bond Interest And Income Exempted From Taxes.
  Bonds issued under any of the provisions of sections 303.26 to 303.56, inclusive, of the Revised Code, are declared to be issued for an...
• Section 303.50 - Bonds Are Lawful Investments.
  All banks, trust companies, bankers, savings banks, and institutions, building and loan associations, savings and loan associations, investment companies, and other persons carrying on...
• Section 303.51 - Property Exempt From Levy And Sale By Virtue Of Execution.
  All property of a county, including funds owned or held by it for the purposes of sections 303.26 to 303.56, inclusive, of the Revised...
• Section 303.52 - Property Exempt From Taxation.
  The property of a county, acquired or held for the purposes of sections 303.26 to 303.56, inclusive, of the Revised Code, is declared to...
• Section 303.53 - Transfer Of Property To County.
  Any public body, for the purpose of aiding in the planning, undertaking, or carrying out of a county renewal project located within an area...
• Section 303.54 - Presumption Of Compliance.
  Any instrument executed by a county respecting a county renewal project thereof and purporting to convey any right, title, or interest in any property...
• Section 303.55 - Establishing And Maintaining Records And Funds.
  Any board of county commissioners, in carrying out its operations and activities under sections 303.26 to 303.56, inclusive, of the Revised Code, with respect...
• Section 303.56 - Rules And Regulations.
  Any county availing itself of any of the provisions of sections 303.26 to 303.56, inclusive, of the Revised Code, in order to fully effectuate...
• Section 303.99 - Penalty.
  Whoever violates sections 303.01 to 303.25 of the Revised Code shall be fined not more than five hundred dollars for each offense. Effective Date:

Last modified: October 10, 2016