2025 Board Meeting Calendar & Notes

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Unless otherwise noted, all meetings are held at 8 am sharp, at the Zane Township Building, 10495 Columbus Ave, Middleburg, Ohio, 43316.

| January

  • January 06 | Regular Board Meeting | Read the meeting minutes
  • January 27 | Special Public Meeting | Read the meeting minutes
    • A special meeting to discuss and pass Resolution 2025-2, whereas Zane Township is reviewing and considering the application process to becoming one of Ohio’s “America 250” communities.
      All township residents are encouraged to attend.
    • Learn more about the Ohio communities selected to officially participate in the America-250 festivities.
      Note: Logan County has been selected (contact Todd McCormick at the Logan County Historical Society. Zane Township has also been selected. Joni Cox, Zane Township’s Fiscal Officer and Patti Livingston, Zane Township Parade Committee President are the points of contact.

| February

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| July

  • July 14 | Regular Board Meeting | Read the meeting minutes.
    Re: the minimal zoning mention about RVs in the minutes –below are the current Zane Township zoning codes on RVs, which are mentioned 11 times in the code. Use this information to guess your best as to what was being discussed in the meeting…the permanent campers on the former school site, the roached-out RV ditched along Road 152, or the assortment of RVs parked on lots in Middleburg proper. We include the “Nuisance” code for good measure, as some of the township’s junk/automobile storage concerns include RVs.
    • Campground, Commercial or Private. An area of land providing space for or containing two (2) or more recreational vehicles, camping tents, or other similar temporary recreational structures, where they may be parked or erected for a continuous period of time not exceeding sixty (60) days. Campgrounds shall include any building, structure, tent, vehicle, or enclosure, used or intended for use as part of the equipment of such campground, and providing sewer, water, electric, or other similar facilities required to permit occupancy of such recreational vehicles or camping tents.
    • Nuisance. A building or property that is structurally unsafe, unsanitary, or not provided with adequate safe egress; that constitutes a fire hazard, is otherwise dangerous to human life, or is otherwise no longer fit and habitable; or that, in relation to its existing use, constitutes a hazard to the public health, welfare, or safety by reason of inadequate maintenance, dilapidation, obsolescence, or abandonment. A nuisance could constitute an offensive activity on a property that reduces the property value of neighboring properties or results in a lessening of normal use and enjoyment to neighboring properties. Examples include, junk, automobile storage, accumulation of rodents and/or insects or mosquitoes, rubbish, refuse, and debris.
    • Recreational Vehicle. A vehicle type unit primarily designed as temporary (not more than 120 days) living quarters for recreational, camping, or travel use only, which either has its own motive power or is mounted on or drawn by another vehicle. The basic entities are: travel trailer, camping trailer, truck camper, and motor home. A recreational vehicle must have a current license. A recreational vehicle shall not be used as a permanent residence or residential dwelling and must have a current license.
    • Recreational Vehicle Park. A parcel of land upon which two or more recreational vehicles sites are located, established, or maintained for occupancy by recreational vehicles of the general public as temporary living quarters for recreation or vacation purposes.
    • Recreational Vehicle Site. A plot of ground intended for the accommodation of either a recreational vehicle, tent, or other individual camping unit on a temporary basis.
    • Travel Trailer. A non-self propelled recreational vehicle that does not exceed an overall length of thirty five (35) feet, exclusive of bumper and tongue or coupling, and contains less than three hundred and twenty (320) square feet when erected on site. “Travel trailer” continues to include a tent-type fold-out camping trailer as defined in section 4517.01 of the Ohio Revised Code. A travel trailer is designed to be used as temporary (not more than 90 days) and shall not be used as a residential dwelling.

| August

| September

  • September 08 | Regular Board Meeting | Read the meeting minutes (published November 5; final version approved with corrections at the November 10, 2025 Board Meeting)

| October

  • October 13 | Regular Board Meeting | Read the meeting minutes (published on or near November 15; approved at the November 10, 2025 Board Meeting). It’s noted in the minutes that the township zoning officer, Tom Scheiderer, presented a Summary of House Bill 315 to the trustees. Township residents should be aware of the following items in the bill, as it relates to townships:
    • Township Tax Increment Financing District — Townships may now amend a tax increment financing district resolution that was originally adopted before January 1, 2006, to extend the life of an incentive district created by that resolution. The extension can only be for a period not to exceed 15 years and shall not increase the percentage of the value of improvements exempted from taxation. See R.C. 5709.73.
    • Township Admissions Charge — HB 315 allows townships to impose a “protect and serve charge” on admissions to certain event venues within the township to fund police, fire, and emergency medical services. The charge may equal up to $1.00 per admission to event venues that have a capacity of at least 2,000 and are exempt from property taxation. The charge cannot apply to admissions to county fairgrounds, events sponsored by the state or a local government, or events where a ticket price is $10.00 or less. Before adopting a resolution imposing the charge, the township must hold two public hearings on the proposal, with notice of each meeting published in a local newspaper.
    • Newspaper Notices — Similar to municipalities under House Bill 33, townships may now meet its public notice requirements by posting on the township’s website, social media account, or the state’s public notice website by purchasing digital advertisements only. Note that in order to publish a document on the official public notice website, a township must purchase an advertisement (at the “government rate”) in the newspaper of general circulation, either print, digital, or both.
    • Zoning Violations — HB 315 establishes a civil enforcement process for township zoning violations. The bill modifies current law, which specifies that a person who violates a township zoning law must be fined up to $500 per offense, to provide that a civil fine must be collected by filing a civil action in the court of common pleas in the county where the property is located. HB 315 allows a complaint to combine the collection action with a cause of action for injunction, abatement, mandamus, or other appropriate relief. Each day the violation continues – beginning the day the judgment granting relief is issued – is a separate offense.
    • Fire Equipment, Roads, Town Halls
      • Townships are no longer required to gain the county prosecutor’s approval of the specification in order to purchase and lease fire-related equipment.
      • Townships are no longer required to obtain voter approval for a township town hall to be built, improved, enlarged, or removed at a cost above a certain amount (currently $75,000).
      • Townships will now be able to use general funds in addition to road funds to pay for machinery, tools, material, and labor used in constructing, reconstructing, maintaining, or repairing roads and culverts.
    • Township Preservation Commission — The board of township trustees may adopt a resolution to establish a preservation commission to preserve historic properties in the unincorporated territory of the township and appoint seven members to the commission. The commission has the following duties:
      • Promote the importance of historic preservation throughout the unincorporated territory of the township.
      • Maintain a register of historic properties located within the unincorporated township.
      • Make recommendations to the board of township trustees regarding properties that may be designated as registered, historic properties.
      • Consider applications and issue certificates for exterior alterations at registered properties.
      • The commission will not designate properties as registered properties, but will make recommendations to the board of township trustees. If a township has established a preservation commission, the exterior of a registered property may only be altered after obtaining a certificate from the commission allowing the alteration.

| November

  • November 10 | Regular Board Meeting | Read the meeting minutes
  • Winners in this year’s trustee election: Janel Spain – the first woman trustee in the history of Zane Township – and Doug Henry, who ran as the write-in candidate. See tallies below.

| December

  • December 08 | Regular Board Meeting | Read the meeting minutes

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