Zoning, building permits and septic rules in Village of New Waterford, Ohio

Village of New Waterford’s own rules

• Owner-builder exemptionConditional

  Owners doing their own work on their own property inside New Waterford village; exemption is from the village's artisan-contractor license only, not shown to exempt from zoning or building permits

  • Contractor license fee is $15/year for non-exempt contractors
  • Volunteers working without charge are also exempt

  “an owner of real estate who personally performs his or her own labor on property owned by him or her shall be exempt from the license requirements hereunder.”

• Local zoningPresent

  Land inside New Waterford village limits

  • Zoning map dated February 14, 2005 is part of the code
  • Exceptions only by Board of Zoning Appeals for practical difficulties or hardship (§ 110.03(e))

  “this zoning ordinance shall be known and cited as the "zoning code of the village of new waterford, ohio"”

• Zoning districtsPublished

  Zoning districts inside New Waterford village (at least A-1, R-1, R-2, R-3 appear in the dimensional table)

  • Chapters 115-116 (districts, permitted/conditional use table) were not read in full

  “mobile homes see chapter 117 for all requirements *larger front yards are required on certain street and highways. see § 119.08”

• Minimum dwelling sizeSpecified

  Single-family dwellings in New Waterford village residential districts (A-1/R-1 and R-2/R-3 rows appear to share the same minimums)

  • Only living quarters counted; utility rooms, garages, carports, porches, laundry areas, heater-rooms and basements excluded
  • PDF table is text-garbled so the district mapping is inferred

  minimum floor area, one story: >= 1000 sq ft · minimum floor area, more than one story: >= 1200 sq ft

  “districts singlefamily floor area (ft.) twofamily floor area (ft.) one story 1,000 1,000 more than one story 1,200 1,200”

• Minimum lot sizeSpecified

  R-1 district inside New Waterford village

  • Municipal sewage disposal system and water facilities required in R-1
  • The PDF table is text-garbled; column mapping is inferred from the standard column order (lot width, lot area, front, rear, side)

  minimum lot area: >= 20000 sq ft (BZA exceptions; § 119.06 existing lots of record) · minimum lot width: >= 100 ft

  “municipal sewage disposal system and water facilities required: r-1 100 20,000 50 50 10”

  One more reviewed finding on this topic

  • Specified — A-1 district inside New Waterford village

    “district a-1 minimum lot width 150 minimum lot area per family (sq. ft.) minimum yard (ft.) minimum yard width (ft.) maximum height of buildings front rear either side sum of side yards stories feet 3 acres 50* 50 10 60 21/2 35”

• SetbacksSpecified

  A-1 district inside New Waterford village, dwellings and accessory structures

  • Larger front yards required on certain streets and highways (§ 119.08)

  front yard: >= 50 ft (larger on certain streets) · rear yard: >= 50 ft · either side yard: >= 10 ft · sum of side yards: >= 60 ft

  “district a-1 minimum lot width 150 minimum lot area per family (sq. ft.) minimum yard (ft.) minimum yard width (ft.) maximum height of buildings front rear either side sum of side yards stories feet 3 acres 50* 50 10 60 21/2 35”

  One more reviewed finding on this topic

  • Specified — R-1 district inside New Waterford village, dwellings and accessory structures

    “municipal sewage disposal system and water facilities required: r-1 100 20,000 50 50 10”

• Building heightSpecified

  A-1 district inside New Waterford village, dwellings and accessory structures

  • Height of other building types governed by §§ 119.03 and 119.05

  maximum height: <= 35 ft · maximum stories: <= 2.5 stories

  “district a-1 minimum lot width 150 minimum lot area per family (sq. ft.) minimum yard (ft.) minimum yard width (ft.) maximum height of buildings front rear either side sum of side yards stories feet 3 acres 50* 50 10 60 21/2 35”

• Mandatory utility hookupWater and sewer (with conditions)

  R-1 district (and R-2/R-3 rows) inside New Waterford village

  • Table states municipal sewage disposal system and water facilities required for these districts; no distance rule found

  “municipal sewage disposal system and water facilities required: r-1 100 20,000 50 50 10”

• Subdividing landRegulated (with conditions)

  Land subdivision inside New Waterford village

  • Village adopted the Columbiana County land subdivision regulations; the regulations themselves were not read

  “the village of new waterford adopted the columbiana county land subdivision regulations in addition to the above land and use code:”

Still unanswered

We looked and could not find an official answer yet. Silence is not permission; ask Village of New Waterford or Columbiana County directly.

• Building permit — Building permits inside New Waterford village
• Building code adopted — Building code inside New Waterford village
• Inspections — Building inspection inside New Waterford village
• Certificate of occupancy — Certificates of occupancy inside New Waterford village
• Lot coverage — Dwelling lot coverage inside New Waterford village

Each answer was extracted from an official source and independently re-checked against that source by a second reviewer. That is an evidence check, not legal advice. Rules change; confirm with the authority before you buy or build.