No building shall be located, erected, constructed, reconstructed, enlarged, changed, maintained, or used, and no land shall be used in violation of any resolution, or amendment or supplement to such resolution, adopted by any board of township trustees under sections 519.02 to 519.25, inclusive, of the Revised Code. Each day's continuation of a violation of this section may be deemed a separate offense.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 15
cases (3 in the last 5 years), 1956–2025 · leading case: State v. Workman, 2014-Ohio-258.
State v. Workman, 2014-Ohio-258. · cites it 6דFirst and Second Assignments of Error {¶6} The gravamen of Workman’s argument on appeal is that the complaint did not mention or otherwise invoke R.C. 519.23, which is the state statute upon which criminal liability for violation of a township zoning code is predicated.”
State v. Keith, 720 N.E.2d 216 (Ohio Ct. App. 12th Dist. 1998). · cites it 2דOn October 20, 1997, three ten-count complaints were filed against Keith, alleging that on thirty separate occasions from September 8, 1997 to October 7, 1997, Keith maintained “unlicensed, dismantled or totally disabled automobiles, *458 discarded furniture, or other material…”
Mantua Twp. Bd. of Trs. v. Kukral, 2022-Ohio-1721. · cites it 6ד{¶30} Pursuant to R.C. 519.23, a violation of a zoning resolution constitutes an “offense.”
Benton Twp. v. Rocky Ridge Dev., L.L.C., 2020-Ohio-4162. “{¶ 19} Second, Benton Township sought a permanent injunction to prevent Rocky Ridge from continuing to violate the BTZR sections which require a valid zoning certificate for the use of the quarry and surrounding property, digging a borrow pit under the guise of creating a pond…”
State v. McNulty, 677 N.E.2d 405 (Ohio Ct. App. 6th Dist. 1996). · cites it 2ד01, a violation of R.C. 519.23. Appellant appeals her conviction and sets forth the following assignments of error: “I.”
State v. Grater, 2018-Ohio-3000. · cites it 4ד3 R.C. 519.23 provides: “No building shall be located, erected, constructed, reconstructed, enlarged, changed, maintained, or used, and no land shall be used in violation of any resolution, or amendment or supplement to such resolution, adopted by any board of township trustees…”
Kearns v. Monroe Twp. Bd. of Zoning Appeals, 2011-Ohio-1138, 962 N.E.2d 808. · cites it 2ד24 and/or a criminal proceeding under R.C. 519.23. Therefore, we reverse the trial court’s judgment without addressing the remaining two assignments of error, which are moot.”
Rauch v. Jefferson Twp. Bd. of Zoning Appeals, 2018-Ohio-4233. “Similarly, R.C. 519.23 creates a criminal cause of action for the use of a building or land in violation of a township zoning resolution.”
State v. Bond, 547 N.E.2d 422 (Ohio Cnty. Ct. 1988). “16 of the Madison Township Zoning Ordinances and R.C. 519.23. Upon receipt of evidence, the court allowed counsel for the defendant fourteen days to submit a written memorandum in support of the defense position and counsel for the state of Ohio an additional seven days to…”
State v. Spano, 2011-Ohio-6026, 966 N.E.2d 908. · cites it 6דOn December 29, 2008, appellant was cited for violating a township zoning regulation pursuant to R.C. 519.23. He was alleged to have violated Canfield Township Zoning Resolution (“Zoning Res.”
State v. Pierce, 164 Ohio St. (N.S.) 482 (Ohio 1956). · cites it 7דThis action is predicated upon the provisions of Section XXII of the Mentor Township Zoning Resolution and Sections 519.23 and 519.99, Revised Code.”
State v. Sulken, 2022-Ohio-2371. “Sulken testified that initially she “constructed a whole motor 1R.C. 519.23 states: “No building shall be located, erected, constructed, reconstructed, enlarged, changed, maintained, or used, and no land shall be used in violation of any resolution, or amendment or supplement to…”
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