ZONING PERMIT REQUIREMENTS PROCEDURE:
1. Obtain and complete application for Zoning Permit.
2. Submit completed application with plot plan showing location, height, bulk of structure in relationship
to existing lot lines and road right of way.
3. New homes or buildings requiring septic system permits are to obtain
them from Trumbull County Health Department prior to applying for a Zoning
Permit.
4. Decision from Zoning Administrator must be made in five working days,
if all is in order.
5. Pay applicable fees, obtain permit and post permit card.
6. Notify Zoning Administrator of deviations or changes from specifications
stated on permit application.
7. Call Zoning Office at 330-824-2510 when construction stakes are set.
** Applications for certain uses requiring Special Use
Permit may need additional information before the application is forwarded
to the Village Board of Zoning Appeals. Special Uses are determined from
Chapter 1175.
EVALUATION OF ZONING PERMITS:
Applications for Zoning Permits are evaluated in terms of the following
Ordinance considerations. Not all of these items may be relevant to your
application. Numbers in parentheses following
each item represent corresponding
Ordinance sections.
Checklist:
o Complete application form. (1125.02)
o A plot plan drawn to scale showing the exact dimensions and area of
the lot to be built upon.
Show existing lot line and structures. (1125.03)
o Septic system permit from the Trumbull County Health Department.
o Elevation drawings.
o Parking and Circulation areas and driveways. (1163.06)
o Location of natural drainage ways and/or water courses.
o Percentage of lot to be covered. (1137.01)
o Square footage area of building or structure.
o Entrances and exits upon public streets – number, width, location.
(Chapter 1173)
FEES RATE SCHEDULE:
Zoning
Permits:
Residential
(R-1, R-2, & R-3)
--
5 cents per square foot.
Business & Commercial (B-1 & B-2)
--
7 1/2 cents per square foot
Industrial (I-1)
--
10 cents per square foot.
Minimum fee of $15.00. (1125.05)
Sign Permits:
Up to ten square feet
--
$15.00
Over ten square feet but less than 20 square feet
--
$20.00
Twenty square feet or more
--
$25.00
Board of Zoning Appeals Deposits: For Zoning Appeals and Petitions for Zone Change:
Residential (R-1, R2 & R-3)
--
$200.00
Business & Commercial (B-1 & B-2)
--
$300.00
Industrial (I-1)
--
$500.00
DEFINITION OF PRACTICAL DIFFICULTIES
STANDARD TO BE USED IN DETERMINING WHETHER
OR NOT TO GRANT A VARIANCE:
To comply with an Ohio Supreme
Court case concerning the granting of variances and the standard to
be used in determining whether or not to grant a variance, Lordstown’s Zoning Code has been amended
and the previous standard of unnecessary hardship has been replaced with
a new standard entitled “Practical Difficulties”.
The factors to be considered and weighed in determining
whether a property owner seeking a variance has encountered practical
difficulties in the use of his property include, but are not
limited to:
1. Whether the property in question will yield a reasonable
return or whether there can be any beneficial use of the property without
the variance;
2. Whether the variance is substantial;
3. Whether the essential character of the neighborhood would be substantially
altered or whether adjoining properties would suffer a substantial detriment
as a result of the variance;
4. Whether the variance would adversely affect the delivery of governmental
services (e.g. water, sewer, garbage);
5. Whether the property owner purchased the property with knowledge of
the zoning restrictions;
6. Whether the property owner’s predicament feasibly can be obviated
through some method
other than a variance;
7. Whether the spirit and intent behind the zoning requirement would be
observed and substantial justice done by granting the variance.
The Supreme Court has set forth the above seven standards,
but in addition indicate that there may be other factors that may be considered
in each individual case.
This is intended to aid the Board of Zoning Appeals
in determining whether or not to grant
variances.
§711.00.1
As used in sections 711.001 to 711.38, inclusive, of the Revised Code:
(A) “Plat” means a map of a tract or parcel of land.
(B) “Subdivision” means:
(1) The division of any parcel of land shown as a unit or as contiguous
units of the last preceding tax roll, into two or more parcels, sites,
or lots, any one of which is less than five acres for the purpose, whether
immediate or future, of transfer of ownership, provided, however, that
the division or partition of land into parcels of more than five acres
not involving any new streets or easements of access, and the sale or
exchange of parcels between adjoining lot owners, where such sale or exchange
does not create additional building sites, shall be exempted; or
(2) The improvement of one or more parcels of land for residential, commercial
or industrial structures or groups of structures involving the division
or allocation of land for the opening,
widening or extension of any street
or streets, except private streets serving industrial structures;
the
division or allocation of land as open spaces for common use by owners,
occupants or lease holders or as easements for the extension and maintenance
of public sewer, water, storm
drainage or other public facilities.
§711.101 Municipal corporation
may adopt general rules.
As to land falling within its jurisdiction or the jurisdiction of its
planning commission, the legislative authority of a municipal corporation
may adopt general rules setting standards and requiring and securing the
construction of improvements shown on the plats and plans required by
sections 711.05, 711.09 and 711.10 of the Revised Code.
Such rules may establish standards and specifications
for the construction of streets, curbs,
gutters, sidewalks, street lights,
water mains, storm sewers, sanitary sewers, and other utility
mains, piping,
and other facilities, may require complete or partial installation of
such improvements, and may make such installation a condition precedent
to the sale or lease of lots in a subdivision
or the issuance of a building
permit for the improvement of a lot, and may require in lieu of actual
construction a performance agreement and the furnishing of a performance
bond or other guarantee or security for the purpose of assuring the installation
of such improvements deemed necessary or appropriate in the public interest.
The legislative authority of a municipal corporation may accept
such performance
bond or other guarantee or security, under such conditions and time limitations
as it may determine. However, any actual construction or performance bond
required by the legislative authority of a municipal corporation shall
be limited to improvements and facilities
directly affecting the lots
to be improved or sold.
Such rules may require the submission of plans and specifications
for the improvements set
forth in this section for approval as a condition
precedent to the approval of a plat required by sections 711.05, 711.09,
and 711.10 of the Revised Code, and may require the actual construction
as a condition precedent to the approval required under those sections.
The rules shall not require the alteration of plans and specifications
for improvements, as long as the plans and
specifications are in accordance
with the rules provided for in this section in effect at the time the
plat was submitted.
Such rules may provide for the administration thereof
by the regulating body or by a city, county, or regional planning commission
having platting jurisdiction over the land affected and may provide
for
the modification thereof in specific cases, where unusual or exceptional
factors or conditions require such modifications, by such body or commission.
Before the adoption or amendment of rules pursuant to
this section, a public hearing shall be
held thereon by the legislative
authority of the municipal corporation.
§713.03 Planning commission
shall be platting commission.
The planning commission of a municipal corporation shall be the platting
commission thereof,
and all the powers and duties provided by sections
735.17 to 735.26, inclusive, of the Revised
Code, shall, upon the appointment
of a municipal planning commission under section 713.01
of the Revised
Code, be transferred to it.
§713.04 Control as to buildings.
The legislative authority of a municipal corporation may authorize the
planning commission to
control the height, design, and location of buildings.
§713.05 Employment of architects
and engineers.
The planning commission may control, appoint, or employ such architects,
engineers, and other professional service, and may appoint such clerks,
draftsmen, and other subordinates as are necessary for the performance
of its functions. The expenditures for such service and employment shall
be within the amounts appropriated for such persons by the legislative
authority of the municipal corporation, and such legislative authority
shall provide for the expenses and accommodations necessary for the work
of the commission.
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