Only two people attended a public hearing for Perrysburg Township’s zoning initiative Monday night,
neither of whom spoke.
The township Planning Commission recommended the plan be considered by Wood County Planning Commission at
5:30 p.m. April 1. If it’s approved, the township commission will conduct another hearing at 6 p.m.
April 14 before voting on the zoning plan.
Township officials continue to make adjustments to the zoning map for about half of the township that is
presently unzoned, urging landowners, particularly those who operate businesses, to check what their
classification will be under the proposal.
A handful of changes have been made since the first draft to correctly align zoning with actual use of
property in an effort to avoid nonconforming uses. Zoning Inspector Kelly Hemminger said Monday that a
recent change from agricultural to industrial was made to a parcel at Carter and Dowling roads.
"That’s the only change that I have requested at this time," she said.
Township Administrator Walt Celley said about five or six inquiries have been made so far with either
questions or requested changes to the map.
"We’ve gone to pains to identify every area where there should be special zoning that’s not A-1, and
we think we’ve got them all," Celley said. "If there are a couple others, we’ll still have an
opportunity to address those. It would have been nice to address them (already), but no one has come
forward, so we just wouldn’t have any way of knowing."
The map is peppered with small patches of commercial and industrial zoning mixed into the
primarily-agricultural area, with larger portions of industry and commercial zoning shown in the areas
near U.S. 20 and the Ohio Turnpike.
To download a high resolution copy of the zoning map, visit
http://www.sent-trib.com/PburgTwp-ZoningMap.pdf.