Zoning, building permits and septic rules in Village of Kirkersville, Ohio

Village of Kirkersville’s own rules

• Local zoningPresent

  Land inside Kirkersville village limits (Licking County)

  • Village zoning inspector and zoning clerk administer the code; applications for zoning certificate, variance, lot split and amendment are on the village zoning page.
  • Where the code conflicts with the Ohio Revised Code, the Ohio Revised Code governs.

  “zoning inspector - (740) 513-9084 - kirkersvillezoning@gmail.com zoning clerk - (740) 964-9944”

• Zoning districtsPublished

  Zoning districts inside Kirkersville village

  • Ordinance includes at least a single-family residential district (R1), two-family residential district (R2), business (B), general commercial (GC) and accommodation business (AB) districts; a zoning map PDF is linked on the village zoning page. Full district list not enumerated here.

  “chap. 1123. single-family residential district (r1). chap. 1125. two-family residential district (r2). chap. 1133. business district (b). chap. 1135. general commercial district (gc). chap. 1136. accommodation business district (ab).”

• Minimum lot sizeSpecified

  Two-family residential district (R2) inside Kirkersville village

  • Exclusive of road right-of-way and in addition to easements of record.
  • Lots of official record may be built on although smaller, if frontage and yard conditions of section 1121.09 are met.

  minimum lot area: >= 8000 square feet (lot of record, section 1121.09) · minimum lot width: >= 80 feet

  “every lot shall have a minimum width of eighty (80) feet and a minimum lot area of not less than eight thousand (8,000) square feet, exclusive of road right-of-way, and shall be in addition to any easements of record.”

• Building heightSpecified

  Single-family residential district (R1) inside Kirkersville village

  • Also requires a one-foot roof overhang on new primary residential structures.

  maximum height: <= 35 feet (and not more than 2 stories)

  “(1) no building shall exceed thirty-five (35) feet in height, or more than two (2) stories in height. (2) a one (1) foot overhang shall be required on the roof lines of all new primary residential structures.”

  One more reviewed finding on this topic

  • Specified — Two-family residential district (R2) inside Kirkersville village

    “height limit: no building shall be erected or enlarged to exceed two and onehalf (2 ½) stories or thirty-five (35) feet.”

• Mandatory utility hookupConditional

  Two-family dwellings in the R2 district inside Kirkersville village

  • Either county board of health requirements are met, or public water and sewer is used; the permitted-use list marks single-family and two-family dwellings with an asterisk requiring centralized public water and sewer.
  • No distance or availability rule retrieved.

  “two-family dwelling units must meet the county board of health's requirements before being issued a zoning permit or the dwelling units must be with public water and sewage systems.”

Still unanswered

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

• Building permit — Building permits inside Kirkersville village
• Owner-builder exemption — Owner-builder exemption inside Kirkersville village
• Building code adopted — Building code inside Kirkersville village
• Inspections — Building inspections inside Kirkersville village
• Certificate of occupancy — Certificates of occupancy inside Kirkersville 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.