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Ohio Rev. Code § 713.23 (2026)

Regional or county planning commission - powers and duties

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Effective:
April 13, 1990
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 254 - 118th General Assembly
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(A) The regional or county planning commission may make studies, maps, plans, recommendations and reports concerning the physical, environmental, social, economic, and governmental characteristics, functions, services, and other aspects of the region or county, respectively. The commission may make such studies, maps, plans, recommendations, and other reports as to areas outside the region or county concerning the physical, environmental, social, economic, and governmental characteristics, functions, services, and other aspects which affect the development and welfare of the region or county respectively, as a whole or as more than one political unit within the region or county.

(B) The duties of the planning commission include, but are not limited to:

(1) Preparing the plans, including studies, maps, recommendations, and reports on:

(a) Regional goals, objectives, opportunities, and needs, and standards, priorities, and policies to realize such goals and objectives;

(b) Economic and social conditions;

(c) The general pattern and intensity of land use and open space;

(d) The general land, water, and air transportation systems, and utility and communication systems;

(e) General locations and extent of public and private works, facilities, and services;

(f) General locations and extent of areas for conservation and development of natural resources and the control of the environment;

(g) Long-range programming and financing of capital projects and facilities.

(2) Promoting understanding of and recommending administrative and regulatory measures to implement the plans of the region;

(3) Collecting, processing, and analyzing social and economic data, undertaking continuing studies of natural and human resources, coordinating such research with other government agencies, educational institutions, and private organizations;

(4) Contracting with and providing planning assistance to other units of local government, councils of governments, planning commissions, and joint planning councils; coordinating the planning with neighboring planning areas; cooperating with the state and federal governments in coordinating planning activities and programs in the region;

(5) Reviewing, evaluating, and making comments and recommendations on proposed and amended comprehensive land use, open space, transportation, and public facilities plans, projects, and implementing measures of local units of government; and making recommendations to achieve compatibility in the region;

(6) Reviewing, evaluating, and making comments and recommendations on the planning, programming, location, financing, and scheduling of public facility projects within the region and affecting the development of the area;

(7) Undertaking other studies, planning, programming, conducting experimental or demonstration projects found necessary in the development of plans for the region or county, and coordinating work and exercising all other powers necessary and proper for discharging its duties;

(8) Carrying out all of the functions and duties of a director of economic development under division (B) of section 307.07 of the Revised Code pursuant to any agreement with a county under division (A)(1) of that section.

(C) Wherever a regional planning commission has been established within the area of the jurisdiction of a county planning commission, the regional planning commission or the county planning commission may, by mutual agreement, transfer or delegate to the other, all, or part, of the functions, powers, and duties which either may perform.

(D) A regional planning commission may perform, by contract, the purchasing of supplies, services, materials, and equipment on behalf of any political subdivision participating in the commission or on behalf of any other political subdivision. For purposes of this division, the purchase of services includes, among other things, the purchase of insurance coverage for a political subdivision and its officials and employees against the legal liability of the insured in a civil action for injury, death, or loss to persons or property caused by or claimed to be caused by the negligence of the political subdivision or its officials or employees. Any political subdivision desiring to participate in a purchase contract with a regional planning commission shall file with the commission a certified copy of an ordinance or resolution of the political subdivision. The ordinance or resolution shall request that the political subdivision be authorized to participate in such a contract and shall agree that the political subdivision will be bound by such terms and conditions as the commission prescribes and that it will directly pay the vendor under each purchase contract. The commission may charge a political subdivision a reasonable fee to cover the administrative costs the commission incurs as a result of the political subdivision's participation in the purchase contract. Purchases made by a political subdivision participating with a regional planning commission under this division are exempt from any competitive bidding required by law for the purchase of supplies, services, materials, and equipment. No political subdivision shall make any purchase under this division when bids have been received for such purchase by the political subdivision, unless such purchase can be made upon the same terms, conditions, and specifications at a lower price under this division.

A regional planning commission, when entering into a purchase contract on behalf of a political subdivision as provided in this division, shall follow the competitive bidding procedures specified in sections 307.86 to 307.92 of the Revised Code.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 7 cases (1 in the last 5 years), 1955–2021 · leading case: Holiday Homes, Inc. v. Butler Cnty. Bd. of Zoning Appeals, 520 N.E.2d 605 (Ohio Ct. App. 12th Dist. 1987).
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Holiday Homes, Inc. v. Butler Cnty. Bd. of Zoning Appeals, 520 N.E.2d 605 (Ohio Ct. App. 12th Dist. 1987). · cites it 4× “22, which empowers a board of county commissioners to create a county planning commission, and R.C. 713.23, which describes the powers and duties of a county planning commission, we conclude the county planning commission’s role in zoning, as the commission’s name suggests, is…”
Steingass Mech. Contracting, Inc. v. Warrensville Heights Bd. of Educ., 784 N.E.2d 118 (Ohio Ct. App. 8th Dist. 2003). · cites it 2× “the bidding for contracts by the board of education of any school district, when any such board determines to build, repair, enlarge, improve, or demolish any school building, the cost of which will exceed twenty-five thousand dollars, except in cases of urgent necessity, or for…”
Hardrives Paving & Constr., Inc. v. City of Niles, 650 N.E.2d 482 (Ohio Ct. App. 11th Dist. 1994). · cites it 2× “When an expenditure within the department, other than the compensation of persons employed therein, exceeds ten thousand dollars, such expenditure shall first be authorized and directed by ordinance of the city legislative authority. When so authorized and directed, except where…”
B.J. Alan Co. v. Cong. Twp. Bd. of Zoning Appeals, 2009-Ohio-5863, 124 Ohio St. 3d 1. “22 allows for the creation of county planning commissions; R.C. 713.23 sets forth their powers and duties: {¶ 16} “(B) The duties of the planning commission include, but are not limited to: {¶ 17} “(1) Preparing the plans, including studies, maps, recommendations, and reports…”
State ex rel. Barbuto v. Ohio Edison Co., 241 N.E.2d 783 (Ohio Ct. App. 9th Dist. 1968). · cites it 8× “the respondent is an Ohio private corporation, operating a public utility, and engaged in the business of generating and distributing electricity in the state of Ohio, with its principal office in Akron, Summit County, Ohio; that, pursuant to the laws of the state, there has…”
State ex rel. Kearns v. Ohio Power Co., 163 Ohio St. 451 (1955). · cites it 10× “) Reading Sections 713.23 and 713.25, Revised Code, together, we conclude that the term, “systems of transportation,” as used in Section 713.”
Rider-Durst v. Conotton Valley Union Local Sch. Dist. Bd. of Edn., 2021-Ohio-3587. · cites it 2× “rning the bidding for contracts by the board of education of any school district, when any such board determines to build, repair, enlarge, improve, or demolish any school building, the cost of which will exceed fifty thousand dollars, except in cases of urgent necessity, or for…”
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