Ohio Revised Code

Ohio Rev. Code § 713.11 (2026)

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(A) The legislative authority of a municipal corporation may create an administrative board to administer the details of the application of the regulations under sections 713.06 to 713.12 of the Revised Code, and may delegate to such board, in accordance with general rules to be set forth in the districting ordinances and regulations, the power to hear and determine appeals from refusal of building permits by building commissioners or other officers, to permit exceptions to and variations from the district regulations in the classes of cases or situations specified in the regulations, and to administer the regulations as specified therein. Such administrative powers and functions may be delegated by the legislative authority to the planning commission or board.

(B) If the county in which a village is located administers a county zoning resolution, the legislative authority of the village and the board of county commissioners of the county may contract with each other to have the county administer village zoning regulations, with its powers to include hearing and deciding zoning appeals and authorizing variances.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 14 cases (1 in the last 5 years), 1955–2023 · leading case: Waltco Truck Equip. Co. v. City of Tallmadge Bd. of Zoning Appeals, 531 N.E.2d 685 (Ohio 1988).
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Waltco Truck Equip. Co. v. City of Tallmadge Bd. of Zoning Appeals, 531 N.E.2d 685 (Ohio 1988). · cites it 10× “The issue before us is whether a board of zoning appeals in a non-chartered municipality has jurisdiction, pursuant to R.C. 713.11, to hear and determine, an appeal from the grant of a zoning certificate.”
Highland Square Mgt., Inc. v. Akron, 2015 Ohio 401 (Ohio Ct. App. 2015). · cites it 3× “121 contemplates the filing of an “action” challenging the validity of an ordinance or regulation due to “procedural error” in the actions of an administrative board created under R.C. 713.11. Given the express statutory language set forth in R.”
Jones v. Vill. of Chagrin Falls, 674 N.E.2d 1388 (Ohio 1997). “R.C. 713.11 establishes the vehicle a landowner may utilize to challenge zoning determinations.”
State ex rel. Broadway Petroleum Corp. v. City of Elyria, 247 N.E.2d 471 (Ohio 1969). · cites it 2× “Section 713.11, Revised Code, reads in part: “The legislative authority of a municipal corporation may create an administrative board to administer the details of the application of the [zoning] regulations * * * and may delegate to such board, in accordance with general rules…”
Dsuban v. Union Twp. Bd. of Zoning Appeals, 748 N.E.2d 597 (Ohio Ct. App. 2000). “This further highlights the inapproprialeness of comparing township or county variances to municipal variances.”
Jones v. Chagrin Falls, 1997 Ohio 253 (Ohio 1997). “That remedy is part of a broader statutory scheme, which permits municipal corporations to exercise their constitutional authority to adopt and enforce a zoning code.”
Trademark Homes v. Avon Lake Bd. of Zoning Appeals, 634 N.E.2d 685 (Ohio Ct. App. 1993). “Under R.C. 713.11(A), administrative boards are only authorized to “permit exceptions to and variations from the district regulations * * * and to administer the regulations as specified therein.”
Conrad v. Babcock, 707 N.E.2d 44 (Ohio Ct. App. 1997). “The powers and duties of BZA are in accordance with R.C. 713.11, which permits the creation of boards of zoning appeals and provides: “[A] municipal corporation may create an administrative board * * * and may delegate to such board, in accordance with general rules to be set…”
Evans v. Lakeview, 585 N.E.2d 1018 (Ohio Ct. App. 1990). · cites it 3× “However, in the event a planning commission is established, R.C. 713.11 mandates that any zoning ordinance amendment must be submitted to the planning commission prior to submission to council.”
Jodka v. Cleveland, 2014 Ohio 208 (Ohio Ct. App. 2014). “For example, R.C. 713.11 allows municipalities to create boards with the power to “hear and determine appeals from refusal” of building and zoning permits, R.”
State, Ex Rel. Adams v. Pendleton, 135 N.E.2d 458 (Ohio Ct. App. 1955). · cites it 2× “) Section 713.11. “The legislative authority of a municipal corporation may create an administrative board to administer the details of the application of the regulations under Sections 713.”
Giambrone v. City of Aurora, 621 N.E.2d 475 (Ohio Ct. App. 1993). “We do not agree that the Code is devoid of standards and thus unconstitutional, because R.C. 713.11 and a wealth of case law interpreting the statute enumerate the standards for the granting of variances.”
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— Ohio Rev. Code § 713.11(A) — 2 cases
Dsuban v. Union Twp. Bd. of Zoning Appeals, 748 N.E.2d 597 (Ohio Ct. App. 2000). “This further highlights the inapproprialeness of comparing township or county variances to municipal variances.”
Trademark Homes v. Avon Lake Bd. of Zoning Appeals, 634 N.E.2d 685 (Ohio Ct. App. 1993). “Under R.C. 713.11(A), administrative boards are only authorized to “permit exceptions to and variations from the district regulations * * * and to administer the regulations as specified therein.”
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