Jeffersonville

Madison County, Ohio (west-central Ohio between Columbus and Springfield along I-70 and US-40; ~44,700 residents; county seat London; 14 townships - Canaan, Darby, Deer Creek, Fairfield, Jefferson, Monroe, Oak Run, Paint, Pike, Pleasant, Range, Somerford, Stokes, Union; one city (London), six villages (Mount Sterling, Plain City - partial, South Solon, West Jefferson, Midway, the south fringe of Plain City), and numerous unincorporated communities (Irwin, Jeffersonville - actually in Fayette County but mirrored, Lafayette, Lilly Chapel, Resaca, Sedalia, Summerford)) is one of the small minority of Ohio counties that HAS adopted a countywide rural zoning resolution under O.R.C. Chapter 303. The Madison County Zoning Resolution (originally adopted 12/1/2006, periodically amended) is administered by the Madison County Planning and Zoning Department (1 N. Main Street, London) and covers 13 of the 14 unincorporated townships countywide; one township (Pleasant) has retained township-level zoning under O.R.C. 519 instead of joining the county resolution. This is a structurally different setup from neighboring Champaign County (Ohio's typical rural pattern of township-tier zoning under O.R.C. 519 for every township with no county resolution). Inside the city of London, the villages, and the Plain City portion within Madison County, municipal zoning controls. The countywide resolution establishes A-1 (Agricultural) and R-1 (Single-Family Residential) as the predominant unincorporated districts; A-1 lots are large (typically 2+ acres) and R-1 lots are platted subdivision parcels. The 2006 resolution does NOT use the term 'accessory dwelling unit' as a defined permitted use; a second dwelling on an A-1 or R-1 parcel is typically pursued either as (a) an accessory structure containing dwelling space (permitted only with explicit BZA approval), (b) a Conditional Use, or (c) a Variance from the single-family-dwelling-per-lot limit. Section 21.12 of the resolution is the Big Darby Scenic Rivers overlay, which imposes additional riparian-setback and impervious-surface limits along the Big Darby Creek federally designated National Scenic River corridor in eastern Madison County (Canaan, Darby, Monroe, Pleasant townships).

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