The planning commission of any municipal corporation may frame and adopt a plan for dividing the municipal corporation or any portion thereof into zones or districts, representing the recommendations of the commission, in the interest of the public health, safety, convenience, comfort, prosperity, or general welfare, for the limitations and regulation of the height, bulk, and location, including percentage of lot occupancy, set back building lines, and area and dimensions of yards, courts, and other open spaces, and the uses of buildings and other structures and of premises in such zones or districts.
Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 713.06
Division of municipal corporation into zones
Applied in 2 court decisions — leading case 282 F. Supp. 2d 673 - BAS Enterprize, Inc. v. City of Maumee (2003)
Most recently applied in 55 F. Supp. 3d 990 - Wooster Industrial Park, LLC v. City of Wooster (October 2014)
Effective: October 1, 1953; Latest Legislation: House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly
Official source: Ohio Laws & Administrative Rules (Legislative Service Commission). Reproduced from public-domain Ohio statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.