New Richmond

Clermont County, Ohio (~210,000 residents; eastern suburban county of the Cincinnati metropolitan area; county seat Batavia (village); 14 townships including Batavia, Franklin, Goshen, Jackson, Miami, Monroe, Ohio, Pierce, Stonelick, Tate, Union, Washington, Wayne, and Williamsburg; incorporated villages Batavia, Bethel, Chilo, Felicity, Moscow, Neville, New Richmond, Newtonsville, Owensville, Williamsburg; cities Loveland (multi-county; mostly Hamilton) and Milford (mostly in Clermont); plus the dissolved village of Amelia which voted to dissolve in 2019 and reverted to Pierce and Batavia townships) does NOT operate a countywide zoning ordinance and has not adopted county-tier zoning under O.R.C. Chapter 303. Ohio is a home-rule state under Article XVIII of the Ohio Constitution; counties may adopt county zoning under O.R.C. Chapter 303 but most do not (Lake County is the canonical Ohio county that does), and Clermont County is among the majority that have not. Land-use authority in unincorporated Clermont County is therefore delegated to township-tier zoning under O.R.C. Chapter 519. Unlike most rural Ohio counties, Clermont's suburban-Cincinnati townships have ROBUST township-tier zoning resolutions in force - Union Township (Eastgate area), Pierce Township, Miami Township, Goshen Township, and Batavia Township all administer comprehensive zoning resolutions because the urbanized I-275 / SR-32 / SR-125 corridors generate sustained development pressure. The rural eastern and southern townships (Tate, Monroe, Franklin, Ohio, Washington, Wayne) tend toward looser or partial zoning. ADU permissibility in unincorporated Clermont County therefore turns on (1) which township the parcel sits in and that township's specific zoning resolution, (2) the parcel's zoning district within that township (most R-1 / R-2 districts permit one principal dwelling per lot and do not list ADU as a permitted accessory use, requiring a variance from the township Board of Zoning Appeals), (3) septic capacity under Ohio General Health District / Clermont County Public Health rules (OAC 3701-29), and (4) floodplain status under the county's 2012 floodplain regulations administered through Permit Central. The county's primary land-use role is operating Permit Central, a one-stop residential building-permit office certified by the Ohio Board of Building Standards that serves the entire county including villages and most townships under inter-governmental agreements.

• flood-zone
• watershed
• other
• other
• historic-district