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...(A) If a county 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 base its determination on matters that are regulated by any federal, state, or local agency. However, the board may require as a condition of the ap...

... The county 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. The chairperson, or in the chairperson's absence the acting chairperson, may administer oaths, and the board of zoning appeals may compel the attendance of witnesses. All meeti...

...For the purpose of enforcing the zoning regulations, the board of county commissioners may provide for a system of zoning certificates, and for this purpose may establish and fill the position of county zoning inspector, together with such assistants as the board considers necessary, fix the compensation for such positions, and make disbursements for them. In any county in which a county building inspector has been a...

... The board of county commissioners may create an architectural review board to enforce compliance with any zoning standards it may adopt pertaining to landscaping or architectural elements. The board of county commissioners shall adopt the standards and procedures for the architectural review board to use in reviewing zoning permit applications for compliance with those landscaping or architectural standards. If the ...

...No person shall locate, erect, construct, reconstruct, enlarge, or structurally alter any building or structure within the territory included in a zoning resolution without obtaining a zoning certificate, if required under section 303.16 of the Revised Code, and no such zoning certificate shall be issued unless the plans for the proposed building or structure fully comply with the zoning regulations then in effect.

...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, except that where county territory, subject to such regulations, is incorporated, such regulations shall apply therein and be enforced by the county officials until the election and qualification of the officers for the newly incorporated territory, and...

...The lawful use of any dwelling, building, or structure and of any land or premises, as existing and lawful at the time of enactment of a zoning resolution or amendment thereto, may be continued, although such use does not conform with the provisions of such resolution or amendment, but if any such nonconforming use is voluntarily discontinued for two years or more, any future use of such land shall be in conformity w...

...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 permitted in all districts zoned for industry, business, trade, or lands used for 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 on any county rural zoning commission, board of county commissioners, or board of zoning appeals to prohibit the use of any land for agricultural purposes or the construction or use of buildings or structures incident to the use for agricultural purposes of the land on which such bui...

...(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 any power on any board of county commissioners or board of zoning appeals in respect to the location, erection, construction, reconstruction, change, alteration, maintenance, removal, use, or enlargement of any buildings or structures of any public utility or railroad, whether pub...

...(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 rural zoning commission, board of county commissioners, or board of zoning appeals the authority to prohibit or restrict the location of a permanently sited manufactured home, as defined in division (C)(6) of section 3781.06 of the Revised Code, in any district or zone in which a single-fa...

... (A) As used in this section: (1) "Small wind farm" means wind turbines and associated facilities that are not subject to the jurisdiction of the power siting board under sections 4906.20 and 4906.201 of the Revised Code. (2) "Small solar facility" means solar panels and associated facilities with a single interconnection to the electrical grid and designed for, or capable of, operation at an aggregate capacity ...

... County rural zoning commissions, boards of county commissioners, and county boards of zoning appeals shall comply with section 5502.031 of the Revised Code.

... (A) Except as provided in this section, sections 303.01 to 303.25 of the Revised Code do not confer on any county rural zoning commission, board of county commissioners, or board of zoning appeals the authority to prohibit or restrict the location of a home education learning pod, as defined in section 5104.01 of the Revised Code, in any district or zone in the county. (B) A county rural zoning commission, board o...

...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 Revised Code, prior to the adoption of a county rural zoning resolution by the board of county commissioners, and the county plan includes any area covered by the township zoning plan, the zoning resolution adopted by the board of township trustees shall take prece...

...No person shall locate, erect, construct, reconstruct, enlarge, change, maintain, or use any building or use any land in violation of a resolution, or amendment or supplement to such resolution, adopted by any board of county commissioners under sections 303.01 to 303.25, inclusive, of the Revised Code. Each day's continuation of such violation is a separate offense.

...In case any building is or is proposed to be located, erected, constructed, reconstructed, enlarged, changed, maintained, or used, or any land is or is proposed to be used in violation of sections 303.01 to 303.25, inclusive, of the Revised Code, or of any regulation or provision adopted by any board of county commissioners under such sections, such board, the prosecuting attorney of the county, the county zoning ins...

...In any township in which there is in force a plan of county zoning, the plan may be repealed by the board of county commissioners, as to such township, in the following manner: (A) The board may adopt a resolution upon its own initiative. (B) The board shall adopt a resolution, if there is presented to it a petition, similar in all relevant aspects to that prescribed in section 303.12 of the Revised Code, sig...

... (A) If a program grant is awarded for an eligible project under sections 122.40 to 122.4077 of the Revised Code, the board of county commissioners of the county in which the project is situated, by resolution, may levy a special assessment upon residential property within the county for the purpose of providing a contribution from the county towards the funding gap for the eligible project. Assessments under this se...

...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 any incorporated city or village of the state. (B) "Public body" means the state, any county, municipality, township, board, commission, authority, district, or other subdivision. (C) "Federal government" means the United States or any agency or instrumentality, c...

...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, inclusive, of the Revised Code, shall afford maximum opportunity, consistent with the sound needs of the county, to the rehabilitation or redevelopment of the county renewal area by private enterprise. The board shall give consideration to this objective in exercising its...

...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 workable program for utilizing appropriate private and public resources to eliminate, and prevent the development or spread of, slums and blight, to encourage needed county rehabilitation, to provide for the redevelopment of slum and blighted areas, or to undertake such of t...

...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 it has adopted a resolution finding that one or more slum or blighted areas exist in the county; and the rehabilitation, conservation, redevelopment, or combination thereof, of such slum or blighted area or areas is necessary in the interest of the public heal...

...A board of county commissioners shall not approve a county renewal project for a county renewal area unless it has, by resolution, determined such area to be a slum area or a blighted area or a combination thereof and designated such area as appropriate for a county renewal project. The board shall not approve a county renewal plan until a general plan for the county has been prepared by the planning commission of t...

...A board of county commissioners may itself prepare or cause to be prepared a county renewal plan, or any person or agency, public or private, may submit such a plan to the county. Prior to its approval of a county renewal project, the board shall submit such plan to the planning commission of the county for review and recommendations as to its conformity with the general plan for the development of the county. The pl...