UPDATED December 1, 2010 Address/Hours Staff: Meetings: County Information: Specialties/Activities Ashland County Planning Commission 110 Cottage Street Tim Cooper, Director Ashland, 44805 [email protected] P: 419-289-0000 Ashtabula County Planning 25 W. Jefferson St. Albert J. Dispenza, AICP, Director 4:30 p.m. on the third Population: 102,703 Areas of Specialty: Commission Jefferson, 44047 Todd L. Humphrey, Assistant Dir. Monday of each month. Area: 703 sq. mi. • Recently amended Subdivision Regulations with regards to Minor Sub. in general P: (440) 576-3772 Meetings are held in the County Seat: Jefferson and, specifically, defining “Original Tracts” [email protected] F: (440) 576-3775 Commissioners’ Meeting 27 Townships in which 24 have zoning • Completed a new zoning code in its entirety written from scratch which will now www.co.ashtabula.oh.us Room 2ND Floor Building D and 3 do not (one currently in process of serve as a Model for Townships who want to upgrade/amend their existing texts or 8:00 a.m. – 4:30 p.m. at 25 W. Jefferson St. in adopting). for those currently without zoning wanting to adopt Jefferson 10 municipalities including 3 cities and 7 • Produced 2 Corridor Plans and presently working on major multi-jurisdictional (6 villages all of which having political subdivisions and/or entities) with an intense concentration on transportation planning/zoning authority. elements MPO: Eastgate COG (Grants) Current Activities: Economic Development Responsibilities: • Continually advising and advocating for sound zoning amendments via legal Yes, those customarily associated with a precedent or technological advances planning agency although a majority of it • Preparing for a five-year revisit to the County Comprehensive Plan is administered through a private/public entity known as Growth Partnership. Athens County Regional Planning 28 Curran Drive Bob Eichenberg, AICP, Director 8 a.m. on the second Population: 62,223 Areas of Specialty: Commission Athens, 45701 Linda Watkins, Administrative Assistant Thursday of each month. Area: 507 sq. mi. • Floodplain management Meetings are held in the County Seat: Athens • Subdivision Regulations [email protected] P: 740-797-4401 Extension meeting room, 14 townships, none zoned • County Comprehensive Plan Update F: 740-797-4604 280 West Union St., Athens 8 villages, one zoned (Village of Albany) • Clearinghouse for development-related questions 2 cities, both zoned • Recreational trail planning and development • Conservation planning County contributes an annual amount to • Geographic Information Systems the Chamber of Commerce for economic • Planning in areas experiencing resource extraction development administration. • Capital improvements planning Butler County Planning Commission 130 High St. Michael F. Juengling, Director of 3:00 pm on the second Population: 346,560 Areas of Specialty: Conservation Development, Hamilton, 45011 Development Tuesday of each month Area: 467.3 sq. mi. Flood Plain Management Regulations [email protected] P: (513) 887-3413 David Fehr; Planning Director County Seat: City of Hamilton www.butlercountyohio.org F: (513) 785-5723 Joseph Schmidt; Senior Planner 13 townships, 6 with township zoning Current Activities: Updating Land Use Plan, and 7 under county zoning Revising Zoning resolution 8:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. MPO? OKI Regional Council of Updating Flood Plain Regulations Goverments Working w/ MPO to develop a “fiscal impact model” Designing a citizen access program for county permitting system Economic Development? No Designing corridor overlay district for villages in the county Clermont County Department of 2275 Bauer Road Ray Sebastian, Department Administrator 5:00 p.m. on the fourth Population: 193,490 (Census 2007 Est.) Merged with Permit Central 2005 Community Planning & Development Batavia, 45103 Jim Taylor, Grants Coordinator, Tuesday of each month in Area 452.1 sq. mi. Amended Subdivision Regulations October 1, 2005 P: 513.732.7213 CDBG/CHIP the Clermont Center Meeting County Seat: Batavia Amended Thoroughfare Plan Adopted April 26, 2006 [email protected] F. 513.732.7366 Julie Williams, Fiscal Support Specialist Room at 2381 Clermont 14 Townships: 13 with Township Zoning Composite Land Use Plan Update 2007 www.clermontcountyohio.gov Center Drive in Batavia. Planning and Zoning Training and Seminars for local jurisdictions and general public 8:00 a.m. – 4:30 p.m. Cities/villages: Amelia, Batavia, Bethel, Work Sessions are held at Chilo, Felicity, Loveland, Milford, Current Activities: 5:00 p.m. the second Moscow, Neville, New Richmond, Updating County Comprehensive Plan in 2008 Wednesday of each month at Newtonsville, Owensville, Williamsburg Permit Central, 2275 Bauer Road in Batavia. Economic Development? No, separate county department. Carroll County Regional Planning 119 S. Lisbon St. Ed Warner, Director 7:00 p.m. on the third Population: 28,836 • Floodplain Administrator for Carroll County, Floodplain Regulations up to date Commission Courthouse, Suite 101 Tuesday of each month. Area: 388.59 sq. mi. with higher standards, approved by County Commissioners in January 2006. Carrollton, 44615 Meetings are held at the County Seat: Carrollton (Pop. 3,190) • All of the addressing for Carroll County. [email protected] P: 330-627-5611 J.O.B.S. Building at 55 East 14 townships; no zoning, no building • Shares the duties of Fair Housing with the Commissioners’ clerk. www.carrollcountyohio.net/regionalplanni F: 330-627-7496 Main St., Carrollton, Ohio permits and no occupancy permits. • Responsible body for the Comprehensive Plan, approved 2006. County ng 44615 Villages: seven (7), Carrollton, Dellroy, Commissioners also accepted this plan in 2006. 8:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. Leesville, Magnolia, Malvern, Minerva,
and Sherrodsville. Current Activities:
Economic Development? No, separate • We are in the process of revising our regulations. department. • We are presently reviewing our Comprehensive Plan and a committee has been assigned with volunteers to work on this project. • Our GIS system is managed by Mapresearch Technologies and we are currently in the process of putting contours and floodplain overlays on our system. Clinton County Regional Planning 69 N. South Street Christian Schock, AICP Executive 7:00 p.m. third Tuesday of Population: 43,399 Activities: Commission Wilmington, 45177 Director the month. Meetings held Area: 411 sq. mi. • Entirely new Zoning Resolution 2008, Subdivision Regulations 2006, County [email protected] P: 937-382-3582 Frank Raeon, AICP Staff Consultant throughout the County, County Seat: Wilmington (pop. 12,694) Comp. Plan 2004 www.co.clinton.oh.us/regional_planning F. 937-383-1489 Lisa Kiley, Staff Consultant please contact the CCRPC to 13 Townships: 11 with County Zoning, 2 • Gateway Local Comprehensive Plan for 3 townships bordering Warren County Keri Jaehnig, Staff Consultant determine location. 20 voting without Zoning completed in collaboration with Ohio Kentucky Indiana Regional Council of 8:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. Rafael Underwood, Staff Consultant members, 25+ ex-officio Cities/villages: Wilmington, Blanchester, Governments (OKI) members representing Clarksville, Sabina, Port William, • Comprehensive Zoning Amendments drafted for City of Wilmington stakeholders. Martinsville, Midland, New Vienna • PUD amenities list
MPO? No, but non-MPO voting • Coordinated various grant applications member of the Miami Valley Regional Planning Commission (MVRPC) and non-voting consultative status to Ohio Kentucky Indiana Regional Council of Governments (OKI)
Economic Development? Shared with County Administrator. Columbiana County Planning 130 Maple Street Pamela Dray, Coordinator 7:00 p.m. on the second Population: 112,075 Current Activities: Commission & Development Lisbon, 44432 Marie Cox, Departmental Assistant Monday of each month. Area: 532.93 sq. mi. HUD Disaster Mitigation Grant for Village of Lisbon and Columbiana County-Wide Department 330-424-9078 Phone John Goempel, Chairman Planning Meetings are held at the County Seat: Village of Lisbon (pop. Projects [email protected] 330-424-0577 Fax Commission Community Action Agency 2,788) www.columbianacounty.org Conference Room, 7880 18 Townships: 2 with Township Zoning; Areas of Specialty: 8:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. Lincole Place, Lisbon. 1 with 2 precincts zoned Administer the County Subdivision Regulations; ODOD/CDBG Small Cities Cities: Columbiana, East Liverpool, East Program; County Revolving Loan Fund and Microenterprise Program; County Palestine, Salem Enterprise Zone Program; County Fair Housing Program; County Park District; Villages: Hanoverton, Leetonia, Lisbon, County Community Housing Improvement Program (CHIP); and the contact for New Waterford, Rogers, Salineville, County Travel and Tourism Summitville, Washingtonville, Wellsville Coshocton County Regional Planning Courthouse Annex Tiffany Swigert, Executive Director Commission Coshocton, 43812 P: 614-622-7776 [email protected] F: 614-622-8577 www.coshoctoncounty.net/agency/rpc/in dex.php
Crawford Regional Planning 112 E. Mansfield Mike McBeth, Director 7:00 p.m. on the fourth Population: 46,966 • Administration of CDBG Formula programs for Crawford County and the City Commission Street, Suite 207 Wednesday of each month. Area: 400 sq. mi. of Bucyrus Bucyrus, 44820 Meetings are held in the County Seat: Bucyrus (pop. 13,224) • Manage Crawford County ProCure Listings (industrial site selection program) [email protected] P: 419.562.8566 Crawford County Engineer’s • Crawford County Revolving Loan Fund program administrator www.crawford-co.org F. 419.563-1813 Office Conference Room 16 Townships: 13 without zoning, 3 with • GIS Map creation for various entities 815 Whetstone Street in Township Zoning
8:00 a.m. – 4:30 p.m. Bucyrus. A combined Cities: Bucyrus, Crestline, Galion Current Activities: meeting Villages: Chatfield, New Washington, November/December North Robinson, Tiro • Updating County Subdivision Regulations meeting is held the first • Synchronist Business Retention and Expansion Study Wednesday of December Economic Development? Yes, joint • Updating County Comp Plan and create Econ. Development Plan responsibilities with county E.D. office Cuyahoga County Planning 323 Lakeside Avenue Paul A. Alsenas, Director Commission West, Suite 400 John DeMuth, AICP, Deputy Director Cleveland, 44113 Community and Regional Planning [email protected] T: 216-443-3700 Christopher Alvarado, Associate Sen. Planner F: 216-443-3737 Alison Ball, Special Projects Coordinator www.planning.co.cuyahoga.oh.us TDD: 1-800-750-0750 Kristin Hopkins, AICP, Principal Planner Jennifer Karaffa, Senior Planner Claire Kilbane, Program Manager Tim McCormack, Special Projects Manager Marcia Moll, Senior Planner Elaine Price, Program Manager Carla Regener, Associate Senior Planner Marionette Richardson-Scott, Prin. Planner Richard Sicha, Principal Planner Carol Thaler, AICP, Program Officer Robin Dunn, GIS Specialist Kevin Leeson, Special Projects Coordinator Daniel Meaney, GIS/IS Manager Alexander Obianwu, Special Proj. Coord. Veronica Dunn, Administrative Secretary Toya Patton, Secretary Delaware County Regional Planning 109 N. Sandusky St. Scott B. Sanders, Executive Director 7:00 p.m. on the last Population: 163,645 • Created Conservation Subdivision code; zoning now adopted in three townships, Commission Delaware, 43015 Stephanie Matlack, Administrative Assistant Thursday of each month. Area: 457 sq. mi. net developable acreage used in others P: 740.833.2260 Da-Wei Liou, GIS Manager Meetings are held in the County Seat: City of Delaware (pop. • Created/updated individual Comprehensive Plans in 14 townships, 2 villages [email protected] F. 740.833.2259 Rutherford B. Hayes County 30,527) • Several versions of Planned Residential districts (PUD), Town Center district www.dcrpc.org Services Building at 140 N. zoning codes 8:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. Sandusky Street in Delaware. 18 Townships: 15 with Township • Adoption phase of revised Common Access Driveway regulations Zoning, 3 with County Zoning Cities/villages: Delaware, Powell, Dublin, • Continuing to update zoning codes Columbus, Westerville, Sunbury, Galena, • Working with park district, townships on a bikeway/paths plan Ashley, Ostrander, Shawnee Hills • Recently completed plan updates for two suburban/urbanizing townships
Economic Development? No, separate county department. Erie County Regional Planning 2900 Columbus Ave. Alex J. MacNicol, Director/Economic Commission Sandusky, 44870 Development P: 419-627-7792 Cindy Millis-Walker, Administrative Assistant [email protected] F: 419-627-6670 Timothy King, Senior Planner www.erie-countyohio.net/planning/ Steve Poggiali, Transportation Planner planning.htm 8:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. Carrie Whitaker (Bowman), Transportation MPO Engineer Fairfield County Regional Planning 210 Main Street, Holly Mattei, Executive Director Commission Room 102 Gail Beck, Administrative Assistant Lancaster, 43130 James Mako, Senior Planner [email protected] P: 740 687-7110 www.co.fairfield.oh.us/rpc Franklin County 150 South Front St. Jim Schimmer FSL Suite 10 Lee Brown, Planning Administrator [email protected] Columbus, 43215 Anna Thomas, Administrative Assistant Matthew Brown, Planner Scott Fulton, Planner Fulton County Regional Planning 152 S. Fulton St., Steven C. Brown, Director 7:00 p.m. on the fourth Population: 42,955 Areas of Specialty: Commission Suite 230 Tammy Mull, Administrative Assistant Tuesday of each month. Area: 401 sq. mi. • Subdivision Regulations Wauseon, 43567 Meetings are held in the County Seat: Wauseon • Zoning Codes for municipal, county, and township [email protected] P: 419-337-9214 Administrative Building at • Block Grant Administration/Other Grants www.fultoncountyoh.com F: 419-337-9297 152 S. Fulton Street in 12 Townships: 4 with Township Zoning, • Comprehensive Planning Wauseon. 4 with County Zoning 8:30 a.m. – 4:30 p.m. Cities/villages: Wauseon, Archbold, • Flood Plain Administration Metamora, Swanton, Delta, Fayette, • GIS Lyons • Current Activities: Economic Development Responsibilities? • Updating the Swanton Comprehensive Plan Yes but there is a separate county • Conducting a Safe Routes to School Study department. • Doing a Ag/Business Study Gallia County Planning Commission 18 Locust Street, Melissa Clark 1st Monday of each month @ Population: 31,069 January 2007 adopted Subdivision Regulations to incorporate Senate Bill 115 Rm. 1268 4:30pm; meetings held at the Area: 445.43 sq. mi. January 2007 adopted Access Management Regulations [email protected] Gallipolis, 45631-1268 Gallia County Courthouse, County Seat: Gallipolis www.gallianet.net/Gallia/planning.htm P: 740-446-4612, Ext. County Commissioners Townships 15 (no zoning) 272 office. Incorporated villages: 5 F: 740-446-4804
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Geauga County Planning Commission 470 Center Street, David Dietrich, Director The Geauga County Planning Population: 90,895 • Reviews all of the major and minor subdivision proposals within the Building 1C Karen Baptie, Administrative Assistant Commission meets at 7:30 Area : 408.7 sq. mi. unincorporated area of the county. [email protected] Chardon, 44024-1071 Eric McMillan, Planner II/GIS Coordinator p.m. on the 2nd Tuesday of County Seat: Chardon City (pop. 5,156) • Reviews and makes recommendations upon township zoning amendments. www.co.geauga.oh.us P: 440.279.1740 Heather Bickenheuser, Planner II/Farmland each month. Meetings are 16 Townships: 15 with Township Zoning • Prepares township land use plans. F. 440.285.7069 Preservation Coordinator held at 470 Center Street, (Auburn, Bainbridge, Burton, Chardon, • Provides census data. Building 8 in Chardon. Chester, Claridon, Hambden, Huntsburg,
8:00 a.m. – 4:30 p.m. Montville, Munson, Newbury, Parkman, Current Activities: Russell, Thompson, and Troy), 1 unzoned (Middlefield) • Township land use plan updates. • Farmland preservation. Economic Development? No, separate county department Greene County Regional Planning 651 Dayton-Xenia Stephen Anderson, Executive Director • Commission & Coordinating Road Karol Hendley, Planner Committee Xenia, 45385 Tamara Ennist, Planner P: 937-376-7480 Jennifer Swigart, Planning/Zoning Assistant [email protected] F: 937-376-7485 www.co.greene.oh.us
Hamilton County Regional Planning 138 E. Court St., Todd M. Kinskey, Executive Director 12:30 p.m. on the first Population: 842,369 (Census 2007 est.) Areas of Specialty: Here is a short list of the wide variety of talents/specialties. Commission Room 807 Complete staff directory available at: Thursday of each month. Area: 407.4 sq. mi. • Zoning Permit Review • Community Planning Cincinnati, 45202 www.hamiltoncountyohio.gov/hcrpc/contact Meetings are held in the County Seat: Cincinnati (332,252 - 2006 • Zoning Inspection/Abatement • Census Data Center [email protected] P: 513.946.4500 .asp Hamilton County Estimate) • Site Plan Analysis • First Suburbs Issues www.hamiltoncountyohio.gov/hcrpc F: 513.946.4475 Administration Building at 12 Townships: 7 with Township Zoning, • Subdivision Review/Administration • Housing Issues 138 E. Court Street (Room 3 with County Zoning (a portion of one 8:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. 805), Cincinnnati. of these Township does not have any • Zoning Code Revision & Preparation • Certified Planning Comm. Training zoning), 1 with “split” Zoning (majority • GIS Mapping • Government Shared Services under County, part under Township), 1 Township without any zoning Current Activities: Please see our websites for information about current projects: Cities/Villages: 37 Cities and Villages www.hamiltoncountyohio.gov/hcrpc http://www.hamiltoncountyohio.gov/hcrpc/partner/ OKI Regional Council of Governments - http://www.oki.org/ Econ. Dev. provided by contract through the Hamilton County Development Company - www.hcdc.com/ Hancock County Planning 306 Municipal William M. Homka, Director/Planner • Commission Building Findlay, 45840 [email protected] P: 419-242-7094 F: 419-424-7182 www.hancockrpc.org Hardin County Regional Planning 1 Court House Mark D. Doll, Director • Commission Square, Suite 130 Kenton, 43326 [email protected] P: 419-674-2215 F: 419-674-2272 www.hardincountyoh.com Harrison County Regional Planning P.O. Box 383 • Commission Courthouse Cadiz, 43907 P: 614-942-2027 F: 614-942-2000 Henry County Regional Planning 104 E. Washington Nick Rettig, Director • Commission Ave., Suite 301 Napoleon, 43545 [email protected] www.henrycountyplanning.com
Hocking County Regional Planning 88 S. Market Street Audie Wykle, Director The 3rd Monday of every Population: 28,241 • Amended Subdivision Regulations to incorporate Large Lot Rules and Parent Commission Logan, 43138 Randy Goldsberry, Urban Technician month, 2:00 p.m.@ The Area: 423 sq. mi. Tract P: 740-380-9634 regional planning office County Seat: Logan (pop. 6,704) • Adopted Access Management Regulations per ORC 5552 [email protected] F: 740-380-2094 conference room Townships: 11, no zoning • Completed update of the Hocking County Comprehensive Plan 2007 www.hockingcountyplanning.com Cities/villages: Logan (with zoning), • Participated in the establishment of the County’s GIS System 8:30 a.m. – 4:30 p.m. Laurelville & Murray City Updating the Hocking County Subdivision Regulations
Amend the County Flood Plain Regulations Economic Development? No, separate
county department. Holmes County Regional Planning 2 Court Street, Arnold Oliver, Director 12:00 p.m. on the second Population: 39,815 • Amended Sub Regs to incorporate large lot rules and parent tract Commission Suite 21 Mary Hoxworth, CHIP Wednesday of each month. Area : 412 sq. mi. • Revised Floodplain maps and update floodplain regulations Millersburg, OH Karen Koenig, Office Assistant Meetings are held in the Old County Seat: Village of Millersburg • Created a target area for our CHIP grant within the Village of Holmesville [email protected] 44654 Jail Office Building at 2 (pop. 3,300) website being revised P: 330.674.8625 Court Street unless an 14 Townships: 0 with Township Zoning, F. 330-674-1582 alternative location noted. 0 with County Zoning Cities/villages: Millersburg, Holmesville, 8:30 a.m. – 4:30 p.m. Killbuck, Nashville
Economic Development? Yes through the Planning Commission and through a separate 501 C3 Holmes Economic Development Council Huron County Planning Commission 8 Fair Road Cary A. Brickner, District Manager, 2nd Thursday each month at Population: 59,487 Areas of Specialty: c/o Huron Soil & Water Conservation Norwalk, 44857 Administrative Director 1:30 P.M. at Huron County Area: 497.00 sq. mi. Amended Subdivision regulations and added Large Lot Divisions Regulationsin 2007. District T: 419-668-4113 Ext 3 Russel P. Hetrick, P.S., Chairman Planning Administration Building, 180 County Seat: Norwalk (pop. 16,238 ) Completed Comprehensive Land Use Development Plan for County in 2007 F: 419-663-8405 Commission Milan Avenue, Norwalk 19 Townships, 15 with township zoning, Presently advertising for hearings on New Conveyance Standards [email protected] Gerald Hanko, Vice Chairman 4 townships unzoned Nearly finished with review of new proposed County Subdivision Regulations www.huronswcd.com 9:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. Cities/Villages: Norwalk, Bellevue, Assisting townships with adoption and revising of zoning codes Willard, New London, Greenwich, Milan, Plymouth, Monroeville, North Fairfield, Current Activities: Wakeman Completion and adoption of New Conveyance Standards, Subdivision Regu;lations Completion and adoption of new Engineering Code, Revision of bylaws for Planning Economic Development? No Commission Jefferson County Regional Planning P.O. Box 838 Domenick Mucci, Director Commission 500 Market Street, Room 614 Richard Fender, Planner [email protected] Stuebenville, 43952 P: 614-283-8568 F: 614-283-8656
Knox County Regional Planning 117 East High Street, Darrel Severns, Director Commission Suite 221 Mt. Vernon, 43050 [email protected] P: 740-393-6718 F: 740-393-6805 www.co.knox.oh.us
Lake County Planning Commission 125 East Erie Street Darrell Webster, Director Painesville, 44077 [email protected] P: 440-357-2740 F: 440-350-2606 www.lakecountyohio.gov Lawrence County Planning 305 N. Fifth Street Commission Ironton, 45638
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Licking County Planning Commission 20 South 2nd Street Jerry Brems, Director The third Monday of the Population: 148,000 Access Management Newark, 43056 Corinne Johnson, Administrative Assistant Month at the Donald Hill Area: 688 sq. mi. Floodplain Management: higher standards [email protected] P: 740-670-5200 Brad Mercer, Planning Manager County Administration County Seat: Newark www.lcounty.com F: 740-670-5197 Jim Lenner, Planner Building, Meeting Room A, Number of townships with zoning status: Ryan Edwards, Planner 20 S. 2nd Street, Newark Twenty townships with zoning; 6 8:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. 12 additional staff in Community townships without. Development, Economic Development and LCATS MPO: LCATS (Licking County Area Transportation Study) Economic Development? Yes Lima-Allen County Regional Planning 130 W. North Street Thomas M. Mazur, Executive Director The organizational structure Population: 108,455 Areas of Responsibility: Commission Lima, 45801-4311 Jim Greer, Associate Planner of the Planning Commission Area: 410 sq. mi. Census Affiliate 419-228-1836 Lisa Steffen, Associate Planner reflects 5 standing County Seat: Lima Farmland Preservation [email protected] 419-228-3891 Evelyn Smith, Assistant Planner committees and 5 advisory Member Governments: 20 Floodplain Management www.lacrpc.com Marlene Schumaker, Grants Administrator committees. Standing Housing Analyses 8:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. Dale Schumaker, Engineering Technician committees meet monthly. MPO Functions The advisory committees Platting meet as required. Notices and Traffic Safety minutes are mailed and Transit Planning posted to the agency website. Zoning Assistance Logan-Union-Champaign Regional P.O. Box 219 Jenny R. Snapp, Director Executive Committee meets Logan: 46,616 (’04 D.O.D.) Areas of Specialty: Planning Commission 9676 E. Foundry St. Weston Dodds, Planner the 2nd Thursday of every Area: 458.5 sq. mi. • Zoning Amendment Review & Recommendation per ORC 519.12 East Liberty, 43319 Kyle Hanigosky, Planner month at 1:15 PM at the County Seat: Bellefontaine – 16,787 • Subdivision Platting Authority [email protected] Heather Martin, Office Mgr/Fair Housing LUC Offices, 9676 E. Townships: 17 – 15.5 are zoned • Comprehensive Planning for all levels of local government P: 937.666.3431 Coordinator Foundry Street in East Villages: 12 • GIS Services [email protected] F: 937.666.6203 Liberty Cities: 1 – Bellefontaine • CDBG (Community Development Block Grant) Administration www.lucplanning.com 8:00 a.m. – 4:30 p.m. Union pop: 44,487 (’04 D.O.D) • Fair Housing Administration Area: 436.7 sq. mi. • Rural Planning County Seat: Marysville – 16,787 • Sprawl & Growth Management Townships: 14, 13 zoned Villages: 5 Current Activities: Cities: 2 - Marysville, Dublin • US 33 Corridor Group Administration & Planning • 208 Planning Champaign pop: 39,645 (’04 D.O.D.) • High Growth Management & Planning Issues from the Columbus Area: 428.6 sq. mi. Metropolitan Area County Seat: Urbana – 11,615 • Farmland Preservation Townships: 12, all zoned Villages: 6 • Parks Planning Cities: 1 - Urbana • County Comprehensive Plan Updates Madison County Regional Planning Madison County Mike Boeger, Chairman 2nd Tuesday of each month, Population: 42,000 Handling all unincorporated areas for Subdivision review, all lot splits, rezoning Commission Courthouse David Hughes, Administrator held at the County Area: 467 sq. mi. request, Comp. land use plan, zoning administrator and updates. 1 North Main St. Engineer’s Office located at County Seat: London [email protected] Rm#208 825 U.S. 42 N.E. www.co.madison.oh.us London, 43140 London, Ohio 14 Twps: 13 are currently zoned, 12 P: 740-852-2833 under county zoning. F: 740-852-7144
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Mahoning County Planning 50 Westchester Dr. Michael O’Shaughnessy Commission Suite 203 Youngstown, 44507 [email protected] P: 330-788-1843 F: 330-740-2309
Marion County Regional Planning 222 West Center Kenneth Lengieza, Director Commission Street Marion, 43302 www.marionohioplanning.org P: 614-387-6188 F: 614-387-1883 Maumee Valley Planning Commission 1300 E. Second St. Dennis Miller Suite 200 mvpo@pvpo**** Defiance, 43512
Medina County Planning Commission 124 W. Washington Patrice Theken, Director Planning Commission – 1st Population: 169,535 Areas of Specialty: Department of Planning Services Street, Suite B4 Susan Hirsch, AICP, Deputy Director Wednesday of every month Area: 421.6 sq. mi. Review subdivisions, zoning text and map amendments; Comprehensive plan Medina, 44256 Tom Russell, AICP, Associate Planning 6:30 p.m. – no meetings in County Seat: Medina preparation; Educational programs; Minor Subdivision Review; GIS mapping for www.planning.co.medina.oh.us P: 330.722.9219 Zack Greatens, Planner August. 17 townships with zoning communities – updated area zoning maps; Assist communities in updating zoning F: 330.764.8456 Chris Bartell, Planner Concept Plan Meeting – 3rd Cities: Brunswick, Medina, Wadsworth regulations and preparation of planned unit development text. [email protected] Cheryl Schmock, Administrative Assistant Wednesday of every month Villages: Spencer, Seville, Lodi, Westfield 8:00 a.m. – 4:30 p.m. 9:00 a.m. Center, Chippewa, Gloria Glens Current Activities: 124 W. Washington Street, MPO: NOACA Zoning workshop series; Newsletter bi-monthly; Housing Network; Sustainable Medina Medina County facilitator; RC & D; Farmers Market; Main Street Medina Board Economic Development? Work with member and committee participation; NOACA Technical Advisory Committee and Medina County Economic Development Planning Advisory Committee members; Comprehensive Plan Grant Assistance Corporation Program; Annual Community and Regional Planning Day Open House; OPC; Railroad Safety Task Force; Rocky River Upper West Branch Watershed Balanced Growth Plan
Partnerships: Emergency Management Agency; Health Department; OSU Extension Medina County School Districts; Soil & Water Conservation District Miami County Regional Planning 510 W. Water Street, Jacob Hoover, Planning Director Commission Ste. 110 Troy 45373 [email protected] Miami Valley Regional Planning One Dayton Centre, Donald R. Spang, Executive Director Board of Directors meets at Population: 942,005 The Miami Valley Regional Planning Commission is a forum and resource where Commission Suite 260 Tim Gilliland, Dir. of Finance and Admin. 9:30 a.m. on the 1st Thursday Area: 2,730.8 sq. mi. regional partners identify priorities, develop public policy and implement collaborative One South Main St. Martin Kim, Dir. of Regional Planning of each month. The (6 county region that includes Clinton, strategies to improve the quality of life and economic vitality throughout the Miami [email protected] Dayton, 45402 Matt Lindsay, Manager of Environmental Technical Advisory Darke, Greene, Miami, Montgomery, and Valley. www.mvrpc.org P: 937-223-6323 Planning Committee meets at 9:30 Preble counties) F: 937-223-9750 Laura Loges, Dir. of Marketing and Public a.m. on the 3rd Thursday of MVRPC acts as the RPC and MPO, performing various regional planning activities, MVRPC also serves as the MPO for the Affairs each month. Both meetings including Air Quality, Water Quality, Transportation, Land Use, Research and GIS. Dayton Metro Region that includes 8:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. Mike Lucas, Manager of Information are held in the Center for Green, Miami, Montgomery Counties and Technology Regional Cooperation located Transportation Planning northern part of Warren County. Ana Ramirez, Manager of Long Range at 1100 W. Third Street, Long Range Transportation Planning Planning and Engineering Dayton Short Range Transportation Planning – Transportation Improvement Program Bob Steinbach, Dir. of Regional Initiatives (TIP) Special Transportation Planning Projects - Miami Valley Comprehensive Regional-Local Bikeways Plan - Human Services Transportation Coordination Planning Regional Land Use Planning Going Places – An Integrated Land Use Vision for the Miami Valley Region Environmental Planning Air Quality Planning Water Quality Planning Geographic Information System (GIS) GIS Online Planning Support System Montgomery County Planning 451 W. 3rd, County Commission Admin. Building Dayton, 45422-1350 P: 937-225-4354 F: 937-225-6327 Morrow County Planning & 7 West High Street Development Office Mt. Gilead, 43331 P: 419-946-1911 F: 419-947-7686 Noble County Regional Planning 48535 Cold Water Chasity Schmelzenbach, President Third Tuesday, 4:30 pm at Population: 14,165 Current Activities: Update of Wayne Township Zoning ordinance. Commission Creek Rd. Clair Schockling, Vice President Noble County Health Area: 399.0 sq. mi. Caldwell, OH 43724 Mike Lloyd, Secretary Department Meeting Room County Seat: Caldwell [email protected] Phone: 740-732-7387 2 townships with zoning: Wayne and Fax: 740-732-6103 Buffalo
Economic Development? No Ottawa County Regional Planning 315 Madison Street, Todd Bickley Commission 1st Floor Port Clinton, 43542 [email protected] P: 419-734-4431
Perry County Planning Commission 121 West Brown St., P.O. 248 New Lexington, 43764 P: 614-342-2045 Pickaway County Planning 121 West Franklin St. Terry L. Frazier, Director 2nd Tuesday of each month at Population: 53,606 (Census 2006) Working with P3 on economic development planning; recently sponsored, with the Commission P.O. Box 601 Susan K. Liggins, GIS & Planning 10:00 a.m. in the Area (Sq Mi): 503 sq. mi. county prosecutor, a series of rural zoning workshops; updating county flood hazard Circleville, 43113 Coordinator multipurpose room of the County Seat: Circleville reduction resolution; acquiring updated mapping and aerial imagery; recently converted [email protected] P: 740-474-8897 Vicki S. Heiskell, Administrative Assistant county annex building, 110 Number of townships with zoning status: the Pickaway County Regional Planning Commission to a county planning commission www.pickaway.org F: 740-474-2627 Island Road, Circleville. 14 with new organizational structure, committees, fee schedules.
8:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. Economic Development? No; Pickaway Progress Partnership (P3) a private non- profit corporation with private and public membership maintains a separate board and staff for economic development. Pike County Regional Planning 111 South Market Commission Street Waverly, 45690 614-947-9573 Portage County Planning Commission Portage County Todd Peetz Admin. Building [email protected] 449 S. Meridian St. Ravenna, OH 44266 www.co.portage.oh.us/planningcommissi P: 330-297-3613 on.htm F: 330-297-3617 Richland County Regional Planning 35 North Park Street, Richard Adair, Executive Director The Richland County Population: 128,852 Areas of Specialty: Commission Suite 230 Mary Pat Kline, Administrative Assistant Regional Planning Area: 497 sq. mi. • CDBG Administration Mansfield, 44902-1777 John Adams, Transportation Technical Commission meets six (6) County Seat: Mansfield (2000 pop. • Ohio Public Works Commission- District 16 Liaison [email protected] P. 419-774-5684 Director times a year on the fourth 51,615) • Transportation Planning (MPO) F. 419-774-5685 Gene DelGreco, GIS Manager Wednesday of January, 18 Townships -13 with zoning, 5 un- • Public Transportation Administration & Ride Coordination [email protected] Kathy Adams, Public Transportation Planner March, May, June September zoned rcrpc.org 8:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. and October. • Enterprise Zone Administration Paul Bender, Transportation Planner Economic Development? Support for • Zoning & Subdivision Assistance (MPO) Ron Hout, Chief Land Use Planner The meetings are from 11:30 Richland Economic Development Corp. • Visioning Ron Laughery, Traffic Engineer am to 1:00 pm and are – Private, non-profit group • GIS Ted Stiffler, Planner currently held at Ed Pickins’ Café on Main in the Current Activities: Kobacker Room, 28 North • Comprehensive Plan Update- Countywide Main Street, Mansfield • Large Lot Subdivision Regulations (Formerly the Reed’s Department Store). Ross County Planning Commission 15 N. Paint Street, J. Devon Shoemaker, AICP every third Tuesday of the Population: 73,345 Areas of Specialty: Planning/GIS/Remote Sensing Suite 200 month at 7:30 pm at the Ross Area: 692.92 sq. mi. [email protected] Chillicothe, 45601 County Service Center County Seat: Chillicothe Current Activities: Township Comprehensive Planning, and LULC change analysis www.rossplanningandbuilding.com P: 740-702-3008 located at 475 Western Number of townships with zoning: 2 F: 740-773-1668 Avenue conference room A.
8:00 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.
Sandusky County Regional Planning 606 West State Street John Randolph Willey, Executive Commission Fremont, OH 43420 Director P: 419-334-6227
Seneca Regional Planning 109 S. Washington Ann M Bishop, Director 7:30 p.m. on the first Population: 58,683 Areas of Specialty: Commission Street Johna Smith, Administrative Assistant Wednesday of the odd Area: 457 sq. mi. • Recently amended Comprehensive Land Use Plan Tiffin, OH 44883 months, and December. County Seat: City of Tiffin (pop. 18,135) • Applied for CDBG Water and Sewer Grant [email protected] P: 419.443.7936 Meetings are held in the RTA 15 Townships: 7 with Township Zoning • Applied for Small Cities Formula Grant www.senecarpc.org F. 419.443.7948 Building in the basement, at Cities/villages: Tiffin, Fostoria, Attica, 109 S. Washington Street in Bettsville, Bloomville, Green Springs, Current Activities: 8:30 a.m. – 4:30 p.m. Tiffin. New Riegel, Republic, • Currently amending the Flood Plain Regulations
Economic Development? No, separate • Working with City of Tiffin, for the sewering of a Clinton Township area county department. • Assisting with the sewer project in the unincorporated area of Bascom
Shelby County Regional Planning 129 E. Court St., Gerald (Gary) J. Bensman, Executive 7:30 p.m. (full Commission) Population: 47,910 Areas of Specialty: Commission 2nd Floor Director or 12:15 p.m. (Executive Area: 410 sq. mi. • Economic Development Sidney, 45365 Dianna Reisinger, Administrative Assistant Committee) on the fourth County Seat: Sidney (pop. 20,211) • Township Zoning [email protected] P: 937.498.7273 Wednesday of each month. 14 Townships: Clinton, Cynthian, • County Subdivision Regulations www.co.shelby.oh.us F. 937.498.1293 Meetings are held in the Dinsmore, Franklin, Green, Jackson, • Flood Plain (shared Commissioners meeting Loramie, McLean, Orange, Perry, Salem, w/Commissioners) room on the first floor of the Turtle Creek, VanBuren, & Washington. • Formula, CHIP, Economic Development Grants County Annex, 129 E. Court 8 villages: Anna, Botkins, Ft. Loramie, • Fair Housing 8:00 a.m. – 4:30 p.m. St., Sidney. Jackson Center, Kettlersville, Lockington, • Comprehensive Plan Pt. Jefferson, & Russia. 1 City: Sidney. Current Activities: Economic Development? Yes. • Creation and implementation of County GIS and on-line capability • Update of the city of Sidney Comprehensive Plan • Update of FEMA/NFIP flood plain maps • Administering CHIP & Formula grants
Stark County Regional Planning Suite 201 Bab Nau, Executive Director Commission Third Street N.E. Canton, 44702 [email protected] P: 440-438-0389 www.co.stark.oh.us/internet/home.displa ypage?v_page=rpc Summit County Department of Room 207, Ohio Connie Krauss, Director Development Building 175 South Main Street [email protected] Akron, 44308
www.co.summit.oh.us/executive.dev.htm Toledo-Lucas County Planning 1 Government Center, Calvin Lawshe, Director Commission Suite 1620 Jackson St. Toledo, 43604 www.toledo.ohio.gov/Departments/Plan P: 419-245-1200 Commission F: 419-936-3730 Trumbull County Planning 347 North Park William F. Miller, Director 9:00 am on the second Population: 225,116 Areas of Specialty: Commission Avenue Trish Nuskievicz, Assistant Director Tuesday of each month. Area: 635 sq. mi. • Current and comprehensive planning; • Grant writing; Warren, 44481 Christine Clementi, Administrative Assistant Meetings are held at the County Seat: City of Warren (pop. • Environmental protection; • Economic development; [email protected] Greg Bugnone, Planner III (Housing Trumbull County Planning 46,000) • Housing rehabilitation and repair projects; • CDBG; www.co.trumbull.oh.us P: 330.675.2480 Programs) Commission Office in 20 Townships with Zoning, 4 with No • Park, greenway and bike trail planning; • Census updates www.planning.co.trumbull.oh.us F. 330.675.2790 Dave Dubiaga, Community Planning Warren. Zoning • GIS mapping Coordinator Cities/villages: Warren, Niles, Girard, 8:30 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. Julie Green, Grants Coordinator Cortland, Hubbard, Newton Falls, Current Activities: Lisa Ramsey, Planner II Lordstown, McDonald, Orangeville, • Implementing county’s Blueprint for Sanitary Sewers Mitzi Sabella, Secretary II West Farmington, Yankee Lake • Managing various enterprise zone, TIF, RLF, CDBG and EDA projects Mark Zigmont, Econ. Dev. Coordinator • Created/updated comprehensive plans with two townships and one village Economic Development? Yes. • Working with county park board and townships on a MetroParks Comprehensive Plan Tuscarawas County Regional Planning 125 E. High Ave., Jill Lengler, Director Commission Room 212 New Philadelphia, [email protected] 44663 P: 216-364-8811 www.co.tuscarawas.oh.us/RegionalPlanni F: 216-364-8811, x281 ng/index.htm Van Wert County Planning 114 East Main St., Sharon Krall, Executive Committee Commission Suite 1 Chairman Van Wert, 45891 [email protected]
Warren County Regional Planning 406 Justice Drive, Kimberly Lapensee, AICP, Executive Quarterly at 7:00 p.m. on the Population: 205,900 (2007 est.) Areas of Specialty: Commission Lebanon, OH 45036 Director second Tuesday in January, Area: 408 sq. mi. • ORC-busting Subdivision Regulations text amendments (avoidance of congestion P: 513.695.1223 Robert B. Ware, Senior Planner April, July and October. County Seat: Lebanon (pop. 20,346) of population) [email protected] F. 513.695.2933 Sharon Coffman, Office Coordinator Executive Committee meets 11 Townships: 6 under Township • Administration of multiple, large (1,000+ acre), planned development projects at 1:00 p.m. on the fourth Zoning, 5 under County Zoning • Comprehensive Planning www.co.warren.oh.us/planning 8:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. Thursday of each month Cities/Villages: Blanchester (part), • Administration of County OPWC infrastructure grant and loan program ($2M (third Thursday in Nov. and Butlerville, Carlisle (part), Corwin, annual budget) Dec.). Meetings are held in Franklin, Harveysburg, Lebanon,
Room 128 of the County Loveland (part), Maineville, Mason, Current Activities: Administration Building, at Middletown (part), Monroe (part), the above address. Morrow, Pleasant Plain, South Lebanon, • County-wide Comprehensive Plan update Springboro (part), and Waynesville. • Re-write of 1970’s era County Zoning Code • Contractual planning activities (City of Franklin and Village of Morrow) Wayne County Department of 428 West Liberty Betsy Sparr, Director second Wednesday of each Population: 111,564 (2000 Census) Planning Street Lisa Johnson, Assistant Director month at 3 P.M. in the Area: 555 sq. mi. Wooster, 44691 Jenny Frost, Administrative Secretary Meeting Room at the Wayne County Seat: Wooster (2000 pop. 24,811) [email protected] P:330-287-5420 County Administration 16 Townships, 14 Un-zoned; 2 Zoned www.wayneohio.org F. 330-287-5425 Building, 428 West Liberty Street, Wooster 7:30 a.m. – 4:30 p.m. Williams County Regional Planning One Courthouse Commission Square Bryan, 43506 P: 419-636-2059 F: 419-636-0643 Wood County Planning Commission One Courthouse Dave Steiner, Director 5:30 p.m. on the first Population: 121,065 Areas of Specialty: Square Jelly Hemminger, Planner Tuesday each month. Area: 617 sq. mi. Recently adopted updated Comprehensive Land Use Plan [email protected] Bowling Green, 43402 Cheryl Riffner, Administrative Assistant Meetings are held in the County Seat: Bowling Green Drafted and adopted higher standard floodplain regulations www.co.wood.oh.us/planning/ P: 410-354-9128 Wood County 19 Townships: 17 and a half with Drafted sample zoning language for residential wind turbines F. 4190352-4972 Commissioners Hearing Township Zoning as of June 2008 Administer all Block Grant Programs including the CHIP (hosing program) Room, Fifth Floor, County 5 Cities and 21 Villages Issue all rural addresses 8:30 – 4:30- p.m. Office Building in Bowling Issue floodplain development permits and enforce the County’s floodplain regulations. Green. Economic Development? No, separate Review and approve all parcel splits that occur within the unincorporated areas of the county department. However, the County. Planning Commission Office is Current Activities: responsible for all yearly Enterprise Zone Continuing to update zoning codes and CRA reporting. Beginning to update our Subdivision Regulations. Beginning the FEMA Flood Map Modernization process. Drafting zoning language to address outdoor wood burners. Wyandot County Regional Planning OSU Extension Eric Romich, OSU Extension Educator, Commission 137 S. Sandusky Ave Economic Development and Regional REAR Planning [email protected] Upper Sandusky, 43351
P: 419-294-5879 Ohio Regional Division Development Courthouse Annex Corporation 401½ Main Street Coshocton, 43812