Zoning Department

Online Permitting 

Here is our link to our Online permitting portal

https://violetoh.portal.opengov.com/

Zoning

The Zoning Department serves the community by protecting residential standards and property values for Violet Township residents. The Department ensures that property is in compliance with zoning and nuisance requirements which assures the health and safety of the public, and improves the appearance and quality of living conditions in neighborhoods to help maximize property values. The Zoning Department regulates land use, prevents land-use conflict, allows growth to occur in a rational manner, and manages density.

Zoning is the regulation of the use, location, height, number, and size of land, buildings, or structures within a specified zone or area of the community. Its purpose is to protect property values and preserve the desired character of the community while providing for orderly growth and uniform development. Since zoning is a restriction upon unlimited use of land by the owner, it must have reasonableness to public health and safety.

Ohio authorized township zoning in 1947. Ohio law provides for the submission of a zoning plan to the electors of the Township and if it is adopted, contains provisions for the administration, enforcement, and amendment of the zoning plan. The Zoning Inspector is appointed by the Board of Trustees for the purpose of enforcing the provisions of the Zoning Resolution.

If you plan to build or remodel anything on your property, from a house to a fence in the backyard, you will need to first obtain a Zoning Permit at the Zoning Office. Your plans and application will be reviewed to ensure they meet all applicable zoning requirements before a permit is issued. The Zoning Department also investigates complaints of possible zoning violations, ranging from construction without a valid zoning permit to the location of junk motor vehicles on the property.

For information on the zoning requirements for dwellings, additions, accessory buildings and structures, permitted signage, swimming pools, commercial development, variance or zoning amendment application procedures, and home occupations, please contact our office at 614-575-5560

Board of Zoning Appeals Meetings and Application Deadlines

Application Filing Deadline                                         BZA Meeting Date

November 22, 2024                                                         December 19, 2024

December 20, 2024                                                          January 16, 2025

January 17, 2025                                                               February 20, 2025

February 21, 2025                                                            March 20, 2025 

March 21, 2025                                                                 April 17, 2025

April 18, 2025                                                                     May 15, 2025

May 16, 2025                                                                      To Be Determined

June 20, 2025                                                                     July 17, 2025

July 18, 2025                                                                       August 21, 2025

August 15, 2025                                                                September 18, 2025

September 19, 2025                                                        October 16, 2025

October 17, 2025                                                              November 20, 2025

November 21, 2025                                                         December 18, 2025

December, 19, 2025                                                        January 15, 2026