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2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 3 | Counties › Chapter 303 | County Zoning; Renewal; Wind and Solar Generation Restrictions › Section 303.20 | Outdoor Advertising Classified as Business Use.

Effective:
October 1, 1953
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly
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.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 3 | Counties › Chapter 303 | County Zoning; Renewal; Wind and Solar Generation Restrictions › Section 303.212 | Limitations on Powers - Permanently Sited Manufactured Homes.

Effective:
March 30, 1999
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 142 - 122nd General Assembly
(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-family home is permitted.
(B) Division (A) of this section does not limit the authority of a county rural zoning commission, board of county commissioners, or board of zoning appeals to do either of the following:
(1) Require that a permanently sited manufactured home comply with all zoning requirements that are uniformly imposed on all single-family residences in the district or zone in which the permanently sited manufactured home is or is to be located, except requirements that specify a minimum roof pitch and requirements that do not comply with the standards established pursuant to the "Manufactured Housing Construction and Safety Standards Act of 1974," 88 Stat. 700, 42 U.S.C.A. 5401;
(2) Prohibit from any residential district or zone, travel trailers, park trailers, and mobile homes, as these terms are defined in section 4501.01 of the Revised Code, and manufactured homes that do not qualify as permanently sited manufactured homes.
(C) This section does not prohibit a private landowner from incorporating a restrictive covenant in a deed, prohibiting the inclusion on the conveyed land of manufactured homes, as defined in division (C)(4) or (6) of section 3781.06 of the Revised Code, or of travel trailers, park trailers, and mobile homes, as defined in section 4501.01 of the Revised Code. This division does not create a new cause of action or substantive legal right for a private landowner to incorporate such a restrictive covenant in a deed.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 3 | Counties › Chapter 303 | County Zoning; Renewal; Wind and Solar Generation Restrictions › Section 303.213 | Small Wind Farms Zoning Regulations.

Effective:
April 6, 2023
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 501 - 134th General Assembly
(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 of less than fifty megawatts.
(B) Notwithstanding division (A) of section 303.211 of the Revised Code, sections 303.01 to 303.25 of the Revised Code confer power on a board of county commissioners or board of zoning appeals to adopt zoning regulations governing the location, erection, construction, reconstruction, change, alteration, maintenance, removal, use, or enlargement of any small wind farm or small solar facility, whether publicly or privately owned, or the use of land for that purpose. With regard to a small wind farm, the regulations may be more strict than the regulations prescribed in rules adopted under division (B)(2) of section 4906.20 of the Revised Code.
(C) The designation under this section of a small wind farm or a small solar facility as a public utility for purposes of sections 303.01 to 303.25 of the Revised Code shall not affect the classification of a small wind farm or a small solar facility for purposes of state or local taxation.
(D) Nothing in division (C) of this section shall be construed as affecting the classification of a telecommunications tower as defined in division (B) or (E) of section 303.211 of the Revised Code or any other public utility for purposes of state and local taxation.
Last updated January 17, 2023 at 12:38 PM
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 3 | Counties › Chapter 303 | County Zoning; Renewal; Wind and Solar Generation Restrictions › Section 303.214 | Compliance With Orc Section 5502.031.

Effective:
August 15, 2012
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 158 - 129th General Assembly
County rural zoning commissions, boards of county commissioners, and county boards of zoning appeals shall comply with section 5502.031 of the Revised Code.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 3 | Counties › Chapter 303 | County Zoning; Renewal; Wind and Solar Generation Restrictions › Section 303.22 | Township Zoning Regulations to Take Precedence.

Effective:
October 1, 1953
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly
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 precedence over the zoning resolution adopted by the board of county commissioners, unless a majority of the voters in such zoned area of the township voting on the issue have voted to have the township plan of zoning replaced with the plan of county rural zoning.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 3 | Counties › Chapter 303 | County Zoning; Renewal; Wind and Solar Generation Restrictions › Section 303.23 | Violation of Resolution and Regulations.

Effective:
October 1, 1953
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly
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.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 3 | Counties › Chapter 303 | County Zoning; Renewal; Wind and Solar Generation Restrictions › Section 303.24 | Actions Instituted to Prevent Violation.

Effective:
October 1, 1953
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly
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 inspector, the county building inspector, or any adjacent or neighboring property owner who would be specially damaged by such violation, in addition to other remedies provided by law, may institute injunction, mandamus, abatement, or any other appropriate action or proceeding to prevent, enjoin, abate, or remove such unlawful location, erection, construction, reconstruction, enlargement, change, maintenance, or use.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 3 | Counties › Chapter 303 | County Zoning; Renewal; Wind and Solar Generation Restrictions › Section 303.25 | Repeal of County Zoning Plan by Township.

Effective:
July 2, 2010
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 48 - 128th General Assembly
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, signed by a number of qualified voters residing in the unincorporated area of such township included in the zoning plan equal to not less than eight per cent of the total vote cast for all candidates for governor in such area at the most recent general election at which a governor was elected, requesting the question of whether or not the plan of zoning in effect in such township shall be repealed, to be submitted to the electors residing in the unincorporated area of the township included in the zoning plan at a special election to be held on the day of the next primary or general election. The resolution adopted by the board of county commissioners to cause such question to be submitted to the electors shall be certified to the board of elections not later than ninety days prior to the day of election at which the question is to be voted upon. In the event a majority of the vote cast on such question in the township is in favor of repeal of zoning, then such regulations shall no longer be of any effect. Not more than one such election shall be held in any two calendar years.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 3 | Counties › Chapter 303 | County Zoning; Renewal; Wind and Solar Generation Restrictions › Section 303.251 | County Special Assessment to Fund Residential Broadband Expansion.

Effective:
May 17, 2021
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 2 - 134th General Assembly
(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 section shall be levied only upon the residential property that is subject to the eligible project. Before adopting the resolution, the board shall send written notice to each affected property owner stating the estimated assessment for that property. If an owner objects to the stated estimated assessment, the owner shall file a written objection with the board not later than two weeks after the notice is mailed. The board shall review the written objections and may revise the estimated assessments before adopting the resolution. If the property owner objects to the final assessment for the property levied in the resolution, the owner may appeal the final assessment under Chapter 2506. of the Revised Code.
(B) The assessment shall be at a rate that will produce a total assessment that is not more than the county's contribution towards the funding gap for the eligible project as described in the application under section 122.4020 of the Revised Code. The board shall certify the amount to be levied upon each affected property to the county auditor, who shall enter the amount on the tax duplicate for collection by the county treasurer in equal semiannual installments in the same manner and at the same times as the collection of taxes on real property. Assessments shall be paid by owners of the properties upon which assessments are levied.
(C) The assessments, when collected, shall be paid by the county auditor by warrant on the county treasurer into a special fund in the county treasury created for the purpose of funding an eligible project for which a program grant is awarded under sections 122.40 to 122.4077 of the Revised Code and that is located in the county. The board may expend moneys from the fund only for the purposes for which the assessments were levied.
Last updated June 9, 2021 at 1:05 PM
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 3 | Counties › Chapter 303 | County Zoning; Renewal; Wind and Solar Generation Restrictions › Section 303.27 | Rehabilitation or Redevelopment of County Renewal Area by Private Enterprise.

Effective:
October 21, 1959
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 1081 - 103rd General Assembly
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 powers under sections 303.26 to 303.56, inclusive, of the Revised Code, including the formulation of a workable program, the approval of county renewal plans, consistent with the general plan of the county, the exercise of its zoning powers, the enforcement of other laws, codes, and regulations relating to the use of land and the use and occupancy of buildings and improvements, the disposition of any property acquired, and the provisions of necessary public improvements.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 3 | Counties › Chapter 303 | County Zoning; Renewal; Wind and Solar Generation Restrictions › Section 303.28 | Workable Program to Control Spread of Slums and Blight.

Effective:
October 21, 1959
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 1081 - 103rd General Assembly
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 the aforesaid activities or other feasible county activities as may be suitably employed to achieve the objectives of such workable program. The workable program may include, without limitation, provision for: the prevention of the spread of blight into areas of the county which are free from blight through diligent enforcement of housing, zoning, and occupancy controls and standards; the rehabilitation or conservation of slums and blighted areas or portions thereof by replanning, removing congestion, providing parks, playgrounds, and other public improvements, by encouraging voluntary rehabilitation, and by compelling the repair and rehabilitation of deteriorated or deteriorating structures; and the clearance and redevelopment of slum and blighted areas or portions thereof.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 3 | Counties › Chapter 303 | County Zoning; Renewal; Wind and Solar Generation Restrictions › Section 303.29 | Adoption of Resolution of Necessity.

Effective:
October 21, 1959
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 1081 - 103rd General Assembly
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 health, safety, morals, or welfare of the residents of such county.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 3 | Counties › Chapter 303 | County Zoning; Renewal; Wind and Solar Generation Restrictions › Section 303.30 | Prerequisites for Approval County Renewal Project for County Renewal Area.

Effective:
October 21, 1959
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 1081 - 103rd General Assembly
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 the county. A board shall not acquire real property for a county renewal project unless it has approved the county renewal project in accordance with section 303.33 of the Revised Code.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 3 | Counties › Chapter 303 | County Zoning; Renewal; Wind and Solar Generation Restrictions › Section 303.31 | Preparing County Renewal Plan.

Effective:
October 21, 1959
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 1081 - 103rd General Assembly
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 planning commission shall submit its written recommendations with respect to the proposed county renewal plan to the board within thirty days after receipt of the plan for review. Upon receipt of the recommendations of the planning commission or, if no recommendations are received within thirty days, then without such recommendations, the board may proceed with the hearing on the proposed county renewal project.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 3 | Counties › Chapter 303 | County Zoning; Renewal; Wind and Solar Generation Restrictions › Section 303.32 | Public Hearing on County Renewal Project.

Effective:
October 21, 1959
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 1081 - 103rd General Assembly
The board of county commissioners shall hold a public hearing on a county renewal project. Publication of the hearing shall be made on two successive days by the board at least fifteen days prior to the scheduled hearing date in a newspaper having general circulation in the county. The notice shall describe the time, date, place, and purpose of the hearing; shall generally identify the county renewal area covered by the county renewal plan; and shall outline the general scope of the county renewal project under consideration.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 3 | Counties › Chapter 303 | County Zoning; Renewal; Wind and Solar Generation Restrictions › Section 303.33 | Approving County Renewal Project for County Renewal Area.

Effective:
October 21, 1959
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 1081 - 103rd General Assembly
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 the county renewal area if it finds that a feasible method exists for the location of families who will be displaced from the county renewal area in decent, safe, and sanitary dwelling accommodations within their means and without undue hardship to such families; the county renewal plan conforms to the general plan of the county; and the county renewal plan will afford maximum opportunity, consistent with the sound needs of the county, for the rehabilitation or redevelopment of the county renewal area by private enterprise. If the county renewal area consists of an area of open land to be acquired by the county, such area shall not be so acquired unless, if it is to be redeveloped for residential uses, the board determines that a shortage of housing of sound standards and design which is decent, safe, and sanitary exists in the county; that the need of housing accommodations has been or will be increased as a result of the clearance of slums in other areas, including other portions of the county renewal area; that the conditions of blight in the area and the shortage of decent, safe, and sanitary housing cause or contributed to an increase in and spread of disease and crime and constitute a menace to the public health, safety, morals, or welfare; and that the acquisition of the area for residential uses is an integral part of and essential to the program of the county, or, if it is to be developed for nonresidential uses, the board determines that such nonresidential uses are necessary and appropriate to facilitate the proper growth and development of the county in accordance with sound planning standards and county objectives, which acquisition may require the exercise of governmental action, as provided in sections 303.26 to 303.56, inclusive, of the Revised Code, because of defective or unusual conditions of title, diversity of ownership, tax delinquency, improper subdivisions, outmoded street patterns, deterioration of site, economic disuse, unsuitable topography, or faulty lot layouts, the need for the correlation of the area with other areas of the county by streets and modern traffic requirements, or any combination of such factors or other conditions which retard development of the area.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 3 | Counties › Chapter 303 | County Zoning; Renewal; Wind and Solar Generation Restrictions › Section 303.34 | Modifying County Renewal Plan.

Effective:
October 21, 1959
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 1081 - 103rd General Assembly
A county renewal plan may be modified at any time. If such a plan is modified after the lease or sale by the county of real property in the county renewal area, such modification may be conditioned upon such approval of the owner, lessee, or successor in interest as the board of county commissioners may deem advisable, and in any event shall be subject to such rights at law or in equity as a lessee or purchaser, or his successor or successors in interest, may be entitled to assert.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 3 | Counties › Chapter 303 | County Zoning; Renewal; Wind and Solar Generation Restrictions › Section 303.35 | Plan or Modification to Be in Full Force and Effect Upon Approval.

Effective:
October 21, 1959
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 1081 - 103rd General Assembly
Upon the approval by the board of county commissioners of a county renewal plan or any modification thereof, such plan or modification shall be in full force and effect for the respective county renewal area and the board may then cause such plan or modification to be carried out in accordance with its terms.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 3 | Counties › Chapter 303 | County Zoning; Renewal; Wind and Solar Generation Restrictions › Section 303.36 | Redeveloping or Rehabilitating Disaster Areas.

Effective:
October 21, 1959
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 1081 - 103rd General Assembly
Where the board of county commissioners certifies that an area in the county, but outside the corporate limits of any city or other incorporated municipality, is in need of redevelopment or rehabilitation as a result of a flood, fire, hurricane, earthquake, storm, or other catastrophe respecting which the governor has certified the need for disaster assistance under public law 875, eighty-first congress, or other federal law, it may approve a county renewal plan and a county renewal project with respect to such area without regard to the provisions of section 303.33 of the Revised Code and the provisions of sections 303.30 and 303.32 of the Revised Code requiring a general plan for the county and a public hearing on the county renewal project.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 3 | Counties › Chapter 303 | County Zoning; Renewal; Wind and Solar Generation Restrictions › Section 303.38 | Acquiring Real Property by Right of Eminent Domain.

Effective:
October 21, 1959
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 1081 - 103rd General Assembly
Every board of county commissioners may acquire by eminent domain any interest in real property, whether owned privately or publicly, including a fee simple title thereto, which it determines necessary for or in connection with a county renewal project within the county, and this power may be exercised in the manner provided in section 307.08 of the Revised Code, or it may be exercised in the manner now or which may be hereafter provided by any other statutory provisions for the exercise of the power of eminent domain by boards of county commissioners. Real property belonging to the United States, the state of Ohio, or any political subdivision of the state, or municipalities shall not be acquired under this section without its consent.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 3 | Counties › Chapter 303 | County Zoning; Renewal; Wind and Solar Generation Restrictions › Section 303.40 | Cost of Street Maintenance Within a County Renewal Area.

Effective:
January 1, 2018
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 26 - 132nd General Assembly
Costs of maintaining, repairing, constructing, relocating, paving, and repairing of public streets, alleys, curbs, and gutters within a county renewal area may be paid out of moneys distributed to counties under sections 5735.27 and 4501.04 of the Revised Code.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 3 | Counties › Chapter 303 | County Zoning; Renewal; Wind and Solar Generation Restrictions › Section 303.41 | Special Assessments.

Effective:
October 21, 1959
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 1081 - 103rd General Assembly
A board of county commissioners may levy assessments against specially benefited lots or lands within a county renewal area or areas for any purpose within or without such area or areas for which special assessments may be levied by a county. In the exercise of such power to levy special assessments, the provisions of, including but not limited to Chapters 5555., 5559., 6103., and 6117. of the Revised Code, shall control. A board may include among such specially benefited lots or lands any or all lots or lands then or thereafter owned by the county, provided that the specially benefited lots or lands may consist entirely of county-owned property.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 3 | Counties › Chapter 303 | County Zoning; Renewal; Wind and Solar Generation Restrictions › Section 303.42 | Method of Making a Special Assessment.

Effective:
October 21, 1959
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 1081 - 103rd General Assembly
In making a special assessment by percentage of the tax value or by the front foot on lots or lands not subdivided into lots, on county-owned, or other, lots or lands within a county renewal area or areas, when such lots or lands are not assessed for taxation, the board of county commissioners shall fix, for the purpose of such assessment the value of such lots as they stand and of such land at what the board considers a fair average depth for lots in the neighborhood, so that it will be a fair average of the assessed value of other lots in the neighborhood, if there be such lots.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 3 | Counties › Chapter 303 | County Zoning; Renewal; Wind and Solar Generation Restrictions › Section 303.43 | Waiving Right to Collect Assessments.

Effective:
October 21, 1959
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 1081 - 103rd General Assembly
In the event a board of county commissioners instituted assessment proceedings affecting lots or lands within a county renewal area, and then or thereafter eminent domain proceedings arising under sections 303.26 to 303.56, inclusive, of the Revised Code, are pending or contemplated against such lots or lands, the board may, by proper entry in such eminent domain proceedings, or by release in the event eminent domain proceedings are never brought, waive its right to collection out of the compensation awarded for such taking of the amounts levied or to be levied in such assessment proceedings. In the event of such waiver, the said assessment proceedings and the property liens resulting therefrom shall not be affected by the acquisition by the board of any or all of such lots or lands.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 3 | Counties › Chapter 303 | County Zoning; Renewal; Wind and Solar Generation Restrictions › Section 303.44 | Paying Assessments on County Owned Lands.

Effective:
October 21, 1959
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 1081 - 103rd General Assembly
In the event of the levy of special assessments against lots or lands within a county renewal area which lots or lands are or become county-owned, the board of county commissioners may authorize the amount of the assessments thereon, or the amounts of the respective unpaid installments of such assessments, to be certified by the clerk of the board of county commissioners to the county auditor, entered upon the tax list of all taxable real and personal property in the county, and collected as other taxes, provided that such certification for payment by the county at large shall cease upon sale of such lots or lands by the county. The unpaid portion of such assessments on lots and lands so sold shall continue as liens against the lots and lands in the hands of such purchasers, as other assessments, and shall be collected as other taxes.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 3 | Counties › Chapter 303 | County Zoning; Renewal; Wind and Solar Generation Restrictions › Section 303.45 | Funds for Planning or County Renewal Project Functions.

Effective:
October 30, 1989
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 230 - 118th General Assembly
In addition to all other powers of boards of county commissioners provided by any other laws, any board, in order to provide funds for or in connection with its planning or county renewal project functions, under sections 303.26 to 303.56 of the Revised Code, or for the exercise of any of the powers granted by those sections, may:
(A) Use its general tax revenues;
(B) Issue and sell its bonds, and its notes in anticipation of such bonds, pursuant to Chapter 133. of the Revised Code.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 3 | Counties › Chapter 303 | County Zoning; Renewal; Wind and Solar Generation Restrictions › Section 303.46 | Bonds for County Renewal Project.

Effective:
October 30, 1989
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 230 - 118th General Assembly
In addition to all other powers of boards of county commissioners provided by any other laws, any board may issue bonds from time to time to finance its undertaking and carrying out of any county renewal project of such county, including, without limiting the generality thereof, the payment of principal and interest upon any advances for surveys and plans for or in connection with any such county renewal project, and may also issue refunding bonds for the payment or retirement of such bonds previously issued by it pursuant to this section. The bonds covered by this section shall be payable, as to both principal and interest, solely from the county renewal project income, proceeds, revenues, and funds of the county derived by it from its undertaking and carrying out of the county renewal project with respect to which such bonds are issued. Such bonds, both as to principal and interest, may be made payable or additionally payable from or secured by a pledge of any loan, grant, gift, or contribution from the federal government or any other source, in aid of such county renewal project. Bonds issued under this section shall not constitute a part of the net indebtedness of the county. Bonds issued under this section shall not constitute general obligations of the county, and the general credit or taxing power of the county shall not be pledged for the payment of any part of the principal of or interest on such bonds. Bonds issued under this section shall be authorized by resolution of the board of county commissioners and may be authorized, issued, and sold without a vote of the electors of the county. Bonds issued under this section shall bear interest at such rate or rates, not exceeding the rate determined as provided in section 9.95 of the Revised Code, as may be provided by such resolution.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 3 | Counties › Chapter 303 | County Zoning; Renewal; Wind and Solar Generation Restrictions › Section 303.47 | Validity of Signatures of Public Officials.

Effective:
October 21, 1959
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 1081 - 103rd General Assembly
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 to 303.56, inclusive, of the Revised Code, cease to be such officials before the delivery of such bonds, such signatures shall, nevertheless, be valid and sufficient for all purposes, the same as if such officials had remained in office until such delivery. Any bonds issued under any of the provisions of sections 303.26 to 303.56, inclusive, of the Revised Code shall be fully negotiable.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 3 | Counties › Chapter 303 | County Zoning; Renewal; Wind and Solar Generation Restrictions › Section 303.48 | Validity or Enforcement of Bond.

Effective:
October 21, 1959
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 1081 - 103rd General Assembly
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 303.56, inclusive, of the Revised Code, or the security therefor, any such bond reciting in substance that it has been issued by the county in connection with county renewal project of such county shall be considered to have been issued for such purpose, and such project shall be considered to have been planned, located, and undertaken or carried out in accordance with the provisions of sections 303.26 to 303.56, inclusive, of the Revised Code.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 3 | Counties › Chapter 303 | County Zoning; Renewal; Wind and Solar Generation Restrictions › Section 303.49 | Bond Interest and Income Exempted From Taxes.

Effective:
October 21, 1959
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 1081 - 103rd General Assembly
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 essential public and governmental purpose and, together with interest thereon and income therefrom, shall be exempted from all taxes.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 3 | Counties › Chapter 303 | County Zoning; Renewal; Wind and Solar Generation Restrictions › Section 303.50 | Bonds Are Lawful Investments.

Effective:
October 21, 1959
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 1081 - 103rd General Assembly
All banks, trust companies, bankers, savings banks, and institutions, building and loan associations, savings and loan associations, investment companies, and other persons carrying on a banking or investment business; all insurance companies, insurance associations, and other persons carrying on an insurance business; and all executors, administrators, curators, trustees, and other fiduciaries, may legally invest any sinking funds, moneys, or other funds belonging to them or within their control in any bonds issued by a county pursuant to section 303.46 of the Revised Code. Such bonds shall be secured by an agreement between the issuer and the federal government in which the issuer agrees to borrow from the federal government and the federal government agrees to lend to the issuers, prior to the maturity of such bonds, moneys in an amount which, together with any other moneys irrevocably committed to the payment of principal and interest on such bonds, will suffice to pay the principal of such bonds with interest to maturity thereon, which moneys under the terms of said agreement are required to be used for the purpose of paying the principal of and the interest on such bonds at their maturity. Such bonds shall be authorized security for all public deposits. Under the provisions of this section any persons, political subdivisions, and officers, public or private, are authorized to use any funds owned or controlled by them for the purchase of any bonds. Nothing contained in this section with regard to legal investments shall be construed as relieving any person of any duty of exercising reasonable care in selecting securities.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 3 | Counties › Chapter 303 | County Zoning; Renewal; Wind and Solar Generation Restrictions › Section 303.51 | Property Exempt From Levy and Sale by Virtue of Execution.

Effective:
October 21, 1959
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 1081 - 103rd General Assembly
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 Code, shall be exempt from levy and sale by virtue of an execution, and no execution or other judicial process shall issue against the same, nor shall judgment against a county be a charge or lien upon such property. The provisions of this section shall not apply to or limit the right of obligees to pursue any remedies for the enforcement of any pledge or lien given pursuant to sections 303.26 to 303.56, inclusive, of the Revised Code by a county on rents, fees, grants, or revenues from any county renewal project.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 3 | Counties › Chapter 303 | County Zoning; Renewal; Wind and Solar Generation Restrictions › Section 303.52 | Property Exempt From Taxation.

Effective:
October 21, 1959
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 1081 - 103rd General Assembly
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 be public property used for essential public and governmental purposes and such property shall be exempt from all taxes of the county, any municipality, the state, or any political subdivision thereof. The tax exemption provided for in this section shall terminate when the county sells, leases, or otherwise disposes of such property in a county renewal area to a purchaser or lessee which is not a public body entitled to tax exemption with respect to such property.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 3 | Counties › Chapter 303 | County Zoning; Renewal; Wind and Solar Generation Restrictions › Section 303.53 | Transfer of Property to County.

Effective:
October 30, 1989
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 230 - 118th General Assembly
Any public body, for the purpose of aiding in the planning, undertaking, or carrying out of a county renewal project located within an area in which such public body is authorized to act, may, upon such terms, with or without consideration as it may determine: dedicate, sell, convey, or lease any of such public body's interest in any property or grant easements, licenses, or other rights or privileges therein to a county; incur the entire expense of any public improvements made by such public body in exercising the powers granted in this section; do any and all things necessary to aid or cooperate in the planning or carrying out of a county renewal plan; lend, grant, or contribute funds to a county; enter into agreements, which may extend over any period, notwithstanding any provision or rule of law to the contrary, with a board of county commissioners respecting action to be taken pursuant to any of the powers granted by sections 303.26 to 303.56 of the Revised Code, including the furnishing of funds or other assistance in connection with a county renewal project; and cause public buildings and public facilities, including parks, playgrounds, recreational, community, educational, water, sewer, or drainage facilities, or any other works, which it is otherwise empowered to undertake to be furnished, furnish, dedicate, close, vacate, pave, install, grade, regrade, plan, or replan streets, roads, sidewalks, ways, or other places; plan or replan, zone or rezone any part of the public body or make exceptions from building regulations; and cause administrative and other services to be furnished to the county. Any sale, conveyance, lease, or agreement provided for in this section may be made by a public body without appraisal, public notice, advertisement, or public bidding. For the purpose of aiding in the planning, undertaking, or carrying out of a county renewal project of a county, any affected municipality or any affected county or other public entity may, in addition to its other powers and upon such terms, with or without consideration, as it may determine, perform any or all of the actions or things which, by the foregoing provisions of this section, a public body is authorized to perform, including the furnishing of financial or other assistance. For the purpose of this section, or for the purpose of aiding in the planning, undertaking, or carrying out of a county renewal project of a county, any affected county, municipality, or other public entity may issue and sell its general obligation bonds. Any such bonds issued by such affected county, municipality, or other public entity shall be issued in the manner and within the limitations prescribed by Chapter 133. of the Revised Code. Nothing in this section shall limit, restrict, or otherwise affect adversely any of the other powers authorized by sections 303.26 to 303.56 of the Revised Code.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 3 | Counties › Chapter 303 | County Zoning; Renewal; Wind and Solar Generation Restrictions › Section 303.54 | Presumption of Compliance.

Effective:
October 21, 1959
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 1081 - 103rd General Assembly
Any instrument executed by a county respecting a county renewal project thereof and purporting to convey any right, title, or interest in any property under sections 303.26 to 303.56, inclusive, of the Revised Code, shall be conclusively presumed to have been executed in compliance with the applicable provisions of said sections insofar as title or other interest of any bona fide purchasers, lessees, or transferees of such property is concerned.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 3 | Counties › Chapter 303 | County Zoning; Renewal; Wind and Solar Generation Restrictions › Section 303.55 | Establishing and Maintaining Records and Funds.

Effective:
October 21, 1959
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 1081 - 103rd General Assembly
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 to any county renewal project or projects, may set up, establish, and maintain, for and on behalf of the county or any affected office, department, board, or commission thereof, such books, records, budgets, and accounts, and such general, separate, special, or specific funds, including, without limiting the generality of the foregoing, such revolving funds, general expense funds, planning funds, county renewal project funds, bond and interest retirement funds, and other funds, pertaining to said operations and activities, as the board determines to be necessary or appropriate for the purposes of these sections; and deposit or cause to be deposited in or to the credit of or transferred to any such fund any or all of such advances, donations, grants, gifts, contributions, appropriations, rentals, bond proceeds, proceeds from the sale, leasing, or other disposition of any of its county renewal project property, or other income, revenues, receipts, or profits derived by it from its undertaking of any county renewal project, as become available to the county in connection with its planning or project activities under the provisions of sections 303.26 to 303.56, inclusive, of the Revised Code.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 3 | Counties › Chapter 303 | County Zoning; Renewal; Wind and Solar Generation Restrictions › Section 303.56 | Rules and Regulations.

Effective:
October 21, 1959
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 1081 - 103rd General Assembly
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 the purposes and objectives of said sections in respect of any planning or project activities thereunder by such county, may, by its board of county commissioners, prescribe such reasonable rules and regulations not inconsistent with said sections, as such board of county commissioners determines to be necessary or appropriate.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 3 | Counties › Chapter 303 | County Zoning; Renewal; Wind and Solar Generation Restrictions › Section 303.57 | County Wind and Solar Generation Restriction Definitions.

Effective:
October 11, 2021
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 52 - 134th General Assembly
As used in this section and sections 303.58 to 303.62 of the Revised Code:
(A) "Economically significant wind farm" has the same meaning as in section 4906.13 of the Revised Code.
(B) "Large wind farm" and "large solar facility" have the same meanings as in section 4906.01 of the Revised Code.
(C)(1) "Material amendment" means an amendment to an existing power siting board certificate for the construction, operation, or maintenance of a utility facility that does any of the following:
(a) For utility facilities:
(i) Changes the facility's generation type from one type of utility facility to another;
(ii) Increases the facility's nameplate capacity;
(iii) Changes the boundaries of the facility, unless the new boundaries of the facility are completely within the previous boundaries of the facility or the facility components outside of the previous boundary are underground.
(b) For large wind farms and economically significant wind farms:
(i) Increases the number of wind turbines;
(ii) Increases the height of a wind turbine.
(2) Material amendments do not include the addition of a battery storage system to a utility facility.
(D) "Utility facility" means an economically significant wind farm, a large wind farm, or a large solar facility.
Last updated July 23, 2021 at 4:42 PM
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 3 | Counties › Chapter 303 | County Zoning; Renewal; Wind and Solar Generation Restrictions › Section 303.58 | Restricted Area Resolution by County Commissioners.

Effective:
October 11, 2021
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 52 - 134th General Assembly
(A) The board of county commissioners may adopt a resolution designating all or part of the unincorporated area of a county as a restricted area, prohibiting the construction of any or all of the following:
(1) An economically significant wind farm;
(2) A large wind farm;
(3) A large solar facility.
(B) A resolution described in division (A) of this section may designate one or more restricted areas and shall fix restricted area boundaries within the unincorporated area of the county.
(C)(1) The board may adopt a resolution designating a restricted area at a regular meeting of the board or at a special meeting called for the purpose of discussing such a resolution.
(2) At least thirty days prior to the meeting at which a resolution to designate a restricted area will be discussed, the board shall do all of the following:
(a) Provide public notice of the date and time of the meeting by one publication in a newspaper of general circulation within the county;
(b) Publicly post a map showing the boundaries of the proposed restricted area at all public libraries within the county;
(c) Provide written notice of the meeting, by first class mail, to all school districts, municipal corporations, and boards of township trustees located in whole, or in part, within the boundaries of the proposed restricted area.
(3) The board shall comply with the requirements of divisions (C)(1) and (2) of this section before the board modifies a resolution it previously adopted under this section.
(D) Any resolution designating a restricted area shall include a map of the restricted area, as well as texts sufficient to identify all boundaries of the restricted area. A copy of the resolution and any accompanying texts and maps shall be filed with the office of the county recorder of the county.
(E) A resolution adopted under this section shall not affect the construction of a utility facility that was presented to the board of county commissioners under section 303.61 of the Revised Code, and the board did not adopt a resolution prohibiting the facility within the time required under section 303.62 of the Revised Code.
Last updated July 23, 2021 at 4:43 PM
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 3 | Counties › Chapter 303 | County Zoning; Renewal; Wind and Solar Generation Restrictions › Section 303.60 | Power Siting Board Certificate or Amendment Prohibited in Restricted Area.

Effective:
October 11, 2021
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 52 - 134th General Assembly
If a resolution described in this section is adopted and becomes effective under sections 303.58 and 303.59 of the Revised Code, no person shall file, and the power siting board shall not accept, an application for a certificate, or a material amendment to an existing certificate, to construct, operate, or maintain a utility facility in a restricted area where the construction of such a utility facility is prohibited by the resolution.
Last updated July 23, 2021 at 4:43 PM