Overview
Code type
euclidean
Naming convention
letter-code
| note | District code letter prefixes follow conventional Ohio municipal pattern (R = Residential, B = Business, C = Commercial, M/I = Industrial/Manufacturing). Specific district code enumeration NOT captured from primary source — Cloudflare-gated AmLegal deep pages + scanned-bitmap city PDFs prevented dimensional-table extraction. Confirmed individual codes from city ordinance PDFs and zoning text: C-4 (Highway Commercial), Single-Family Attached Residential. Chapter 1137 §1137.01 covers Single-Family Districts, §1137.02 covers Multi-Family Districts. Chapter 1141 covers Business Districts. Chapter 1145 covers Special Zoning Districts with Table 16 (1145.05) of dimensional requirements. |
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Zanesville Codified Ordinances Part Eleven is a long-standing chapter-organized Euclidean code (not a modern UDC). Chapter 1125 establishes districts and zoning map; Chapter 1137 covers residential districts (single-family §1137.01, multi-family §1137.02); Chapter 1141 covers business districts; Chapter 1145 covers special zoning districts with Table 16 (Special Zoning District Requirements) at §1145.05. Note: Chillicothe (also a Part Eleven city) repealed its Part Eleven effective 2025-12-01 in favor of a UDC; Zanesville has NOT undergone a comparable rewrite — the AmLegal stamp confirms continuous amendment through April 28 2025. Downtown supports multiple OVERLAY mechanisms: Arts & Culture Overlay District (zoning), Downtown Redevelopment District (DRD; statutory tax-incentive area under ORC §5709.45), TIF, and a state-liquor Revitalization District (36.32 acres approved May 2018 under ORC §4301.81 — liquor-permit-only, not a zoning overlay). | sub_flags_raw=[non-charter-statutory-city-likely, legacy-chapter-based-zoning, overlay-rich-downtown]
Worth knowing
- Part Eleven is the LONG-STANDING chapter-based zoning code (NOT a recent UDC rewrite). AmLegal version stamp confirms continuous amendments through April 28, 2025. Chillicothe (also Ohio Part Eleven) repealed and replaced Part Eleven with a UDC effective 2025-12-01 — Zanesville has NOT undergone a comparable rewrite as of 2026-05. — [c§Codified Ordinances overview page version stamp '2025-01 (current)'; cross-ref chillicothe-oh.json code_source_legacy_repealed]
- AmLegal Cloudflare gate prevents direct extraction of dimensional tables. Wayback CDX returns only the Part Eleven TOC shell (10 sections cached, all returning SPA shells for deep pages). City PDF agendas confirm district existence (C-4 Highway Commercial, Single-Family Attached Residential) but do not publish Chapter 1145 Table 16 numeric standards. This is the controlling retrieval failure mode for v2 dimensional completeness. — [retrieval-failure: drain-20260518T072625-oh-08-amlegal-cloudflare]
- §1145.05 Table 16 footnote (per Google snippet): side-setback requirement increases by 2 ft for every 1 ft of building height OVER 30 ft. This is a height-tapering rule that effectively caps as-of-right building height at ~30 ft without expanding setbacks. Primary text not directly retrieved. — [partial§1145.05 Table 16 footnote — Google snippet only]
+ 7 more in Quirks & notes
Districts
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| Code | Name | Category | Min lot | Height | Coverage | FAR | Du/ac | Parking | Setbacks F/S/R |
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| C-4 | Highway Commercial District | com | — | — | — | — | — | — | — / — / — |
| SF-A-Res | Single-Family Attached Residential District | res_th | — | — | — | — | — | — | — / — / — |
| MF-Res | Multi-Family Residential District (Chapter 1137.02 generic; sub-codes not captured) | res_mf | — | — | — | — | — | — | — / — / — |
Confidence: confirmed partial under review not found
Overlays
DACO
Downtown Arts & Culture Overlay District
SPECDowntown Zanesville core (approximate match to the 36.32-acre Revitalization District footprint per city documentation, though the zoning Arts Overlay boundary is established separately by ordinance). Specific boundary description not captured.
HPB
Historic Preservation Board Review (downtown historic facades)
SPECDowntown historic district / Y-Bridge area facades. Specific boundary description not captured.
FP
FEMA Floodplain (local administration)
SPECFEMA Special Flood Hazard Area (SFHA) along Muskingum River and Licking River, which converge at Zanesville's historic Y-Bridge. Specific FIRM panel inventory not captured.
State preemptions
OH-Art-XVIII-Home-Ruleapplies
Qualifying condition
Zanesville is a municipal corporation (incorporated city, pop ~24,400 per 2020 Census). Ohio Const. Art. XVIII §3 grants all municipalities home-rule authority over local self-government including zoning. As a non-charter statutory city (working inference — not in OH preemptions.md charter-city roster), Zanesville operates this authority through ORC Chapter 705 (form of government) and Chapter 713 (zoning enabling procedure). The Canton v. State (2002) four-part test governs any state-preemption analysis.
Effect
Meta-preemption framing. Zanesville's Part Eleven Codified Ordinances is a power of local self-government. For a state statute to preempt Part Eleven, it must be a 'general law' AND address a matter not purely local, OR expressly override in a state-interest field. Preemption burden sits on the state.
OH-713-Municipal-Zoning-Enablingapplies
Qualifying condition
Zanesville is a non-charter statutory municipal corporation per city_attributes.is_charter_city=false (partial confidence; absent from OH charter-city roster in preemptions.md; no separate Charter document found on AmLegal-hosted code or city website). ORC Chapter 713 (§§713.06–713.15) supplies procedural enabling authority for zoning in non-charter Ohio municipalities.
Effect
Zanesville's Part Eleven zoning adoption and amendment procedures must follow Chapter 713 procedural floors: §713.06 planning commission authority, §713.10 districting, §713.11 BZA/variances (Zanesville §1105.06 BZA authority), §713.12 public hearing (≥30 days notice), §713.15 nonconforming uses. Confirmed §1105.06 mirrors §713.11 framework.
OH-713.15applies
Qualifying condition
ORC §713.15 (statewide nonconforming-use floor: 6-month minimum to 24-month default discontinuance period) applies to non-charter municipalities under Chapter 713. Zanesville is a non-charter statutory city per city_attributes.is_charter_city=false. Part Eleven nonconforming-use provisions must conform to this floor — local discontinuance period may not be shorter than 6 months.
Effect
Zanesville Part Eleven nonconforming-use provisions must respect §713.15 floors: grandfather lawful pre-existing uses on each zoning amendment effective date; discontinuance amortization period within 6–24 month range; provide for completion/restoration/reconstruction/extension/substitution under reasonable terms.
OH-5104.054applies
Qualifying condition
Zanesville is a municipal corporation; ORC §5104.054 (HB 33, effective Jan 1 2025) applies uniformly to cities, villages, townships, and counties. Type B family child care homes (1–6 children in caregiver's personal residence) must be permitted as-of-right in residential districts; no CUP or special exception may be required.
Effect
Zanesville Part Eleven Chapter 1137 (Residential Districts §1137.01 single-family, §1137.02 multi-family) use tables must treat Type B family child care homes as a permitted use in all residential and any residential-allowing portion of mixed-use districts. Any Part Eleven provision requiring conditional/special-use review for Type B family child care in these districts is legally unenforceable post-2025-01-01 — local code update may not have caught up yet (April 2025 amendment cycle stamp does not confirm a Type B carve-out was added).
OH-3781.184applies
Qualifying condition
ORC §3781.184 incorporates 42 U.S.C. §5415 (National Manufactured Housing Construction and Safety Standards Act) as the exclusive construction/safety standards for manufactured homes in Ohio. Applies statewide regardless of charter status, including Zanesville as a municipal corporation.
Effect
Zanesville Part Eleven cannot impose construction standards on manufactured homes (roof pitch, wall thickness, materials) that conflict with federal HUD standards. Zanesville retains municipal-corporation discretion over manufactured-home PLACEMENT (only §519.212 township and §303.212 county preemptions touch zoning placement; neither applies to cities).
Non-applicable laws (3)
OH-519.212-Township-MH-Zoningunder_review
Qualifying condition
ORC §519.212 (permanently sited manufactured home zoning preemption) applies to TOWNSHIPS only — does NOT extend to municipal corporations. Zanesville is a municipal corporation (city), not a township. Counterpart §303.212 applies to counties (unincorporated territory), also not applicable.
Effect
Zanesville retains full zoning discretion over manufactured-home PLACEMENT under home rule. Part Eleven need not permit permanently sited manufactured homes in non-MH residential districts.
OH-519.21-Township-Agriculturalunder_review
Qualifying condition
ORC §519.21 agricultural preemption applies to TOWNSHIPS only; §303.21 to counties. Zanesville is a municipal corporation. These township/county preemptions structurally do not reach the corporate limits of a city.
Effect
Zanesville retains full zoning discretion over agricultural uses within corporate limits. Part Eleven may regulate, restrict, or prohibit agricultural use in any district without state-preemption constraint.
OH-STR-preemptionunder_review
Qualifying condition
Ohio SB 104 / HB 109 (136th GA) short-term-rental preemption bills remain PENDING in committee as of May 2026 — not enacted. No statewide STR zoning preemption exists. Zanesville retains full STR regulatory authority via Part Eleven.
Effect
No state preemption. Zanesville may license, zone, cap, or restrict STRs via Part Eleven.
Adopted building codes
Statewide
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Quirks & notes
- Part Eleven is the LONG-STANDING chapter-based zoning code (NOT a recent UDC rewrite). AmLegal version stamp confirms continuous amendments through April 28, 2025. Chillicothe (also Ohio Part Eleven) repealed and replaced Part Eleven with a UDC effective 2025-12-01 — Zanesville has NOT undergone a comparable rewrite as of 2026-05. — [c§Codified Ordinances overview page version stamp '2025-01 (current)'; cross-ref chillicothe-oh.json code_source_legacy_repealed]
- AmLegal Cloudflare gate prevents direct extraction of dimensional tables. Wayback CDX returns only the Part Eleven TOC shell (10 sections cached, all returning SPA shells for deep pages). City PDF agendas confirm district existence (C-4 Highway Commercial, Single-Family Attached Residential) but do not publish Chapter 1145 Table 16 numeric standards. This is the controlling retrieval failure mode for v2 dimensional completeness. — [retrieval-failure: drain-20260518T072625-oh-08-amlegal-cloudflare]
- §1145.05 Table 16 footnote (per Google snippet): side-setback requirement increases by 2 ft for every 1 ft of building height OVER 30 ft. This is a height-tapering rule that effectively caps as-of-right building height at ~30 ft without expanding setbacks. Primary text not directly retrieved. — [partial§1145.05 Table 16 footnote — Google snippet only]
- Zanesville sits at the confluence of the Muskingum and Licking rivers (the city's signature Y-Bridge crosses both). Significant SFHA exposure for downtown parcels. Federal NFIP 44 CFR §60.3 floor applies; local Flood Damage Prevention chapter location in Codified Ordinances not captured. — [FEMA NFIP (federal floor) + Zanesville Codified Ordinances Flood Damage Prevention chapter — partial]
- Downtown has FOUR distinct downtown-incentive frameworks operating in parallel: (1) Downtown Arts & Culture Overlay District (zoning overlay), (2) Downtown Redevelopment District / DRD (ORC §5709.45 tax-abatement framework — one established, second/third in formation), (3) TIF district, (4) Revitalization District (ORC §4301.81 liquor-permit-only, 36.32 acres approved May 2018). Only #1 is a zoning overlay; #2-4 are statutory financial/liquor tools that run parallel to zoning. Underwriters should be careful not to conflate the four. — [coz.org/167 Revitalization-District page; ORC §4301.81; ORC §5709.45; downtownzanesville.com strategy summary]
- Zanesville CRA Ordinance dated December 24, 2003, amended by Ordinance No. 2023-02 on January 23, 2023 — triggers OH_CRA_COMMUNITY_REINVESTMENT_AREA state-overlay applicability. Up-to-100% / 12–15-year tax abatements available on remodeling and new construction under §§3735.65–3735.70. — [c§Zanesville CRA Ordinance Dec 24 2003 (amended Ord 2023-02 of Jan 23 2023) — confirmed via city public-hearing PDF agenda 06092025-625]
- Zanesville is a non-charter statutory city (working inference per absence from OH preemptions.md charter-city roster and absence of a separate Charter document on AmLegal or city website). Confirmed direct fetch of the charter not completed. Status matters: as non-charter, ORC §713.15 nonconforming-use floor applies as statutory floor (charter cities like Akron escape that floor); §713 procedural requirements attach. — [partial — search_performed: OH preemptions.md charter roster + AmLegal TOC structure (Parts ONE/THREE/FIVE/SEVEN/NINE/ELEVEN, no Charter Part visible)]
- Zanesville Municipal Airport (ZZV) is ~4 mi east of downtown. Federal Part 77 imaginary surfaces apply per 14 CFR §77.9 within ~10,000 ft of runway ends regardless of any local airport overlay. No local airport zoning overlay observed in Part Eleven (verification limited by Cloudflare gating); Part 77 status independent. — [FAA 14 CFR §77.9 (federal floor); local airport overlay status uncertain]
- ORC §5104.054 (HB 33, effective Jan 1 2025) requires Type B family child care homes (1–6 children) to be PERMITTED BY-RIGHT in residential districts. Zanesville Part Eleven Chapter 1137 use tables MUST treat Type B family child care as by-right in §1137.01 (single-family) and §1137.02 (multi-family) — any conditional/special-use requirement is legally unenforceable post-2025-01-01. April 2025 Part Eleven amendment may not have caught up to this preemption — verify on next refresh. — [c§ORC 5104.054 (HB 33 135th GA); zoning/us/ohio/preemptions.md#ORC-5104.054]
- TEMPLATE BLEED reset: v1 record carried 64 'districts' that were actually extracted column-header strings (Minimum Lot Area, Lot Width, Max Height, Lot Coverage, FAR, Front Setback, Side Setback, Rear Setback, Parking Requirement, Density Range, Open Space Incentive, Accessory Structure Max, Historic District Overlay, plus 'Setback (all sides)') — each repeated multiple times across res_sf / res_th / com / ind buckets, all carrying identical 5000/35/0.5/25/25/10 numbers. These were ALL fabricated by the v1 converter scraping table-header cells. v2 NULLS OUT every fabricated dimensional value; restores the only THREE district codes for which existence is independently corroborated (C-4 Highway Commercial, Single-Family Attached Residential, Multi-Family per §1137.02); marks every dimensional standard not_captured pending Cloudflare bypass or city-supplied PDF. — [v1 self-evidence — 64 districts, all 6×repeated names, all identical numeric payloads; oh-triage.json TEMPLATE-BLEED flag]
Formulas
Definitions
- height
- not_captured — Part Eleven height definition not extracted (Cloudflare blocks AmLegal deep section pages; Wayback CDX returns SPA shells for all deep sections; city PDFs are scanned bitmaps). Working assumption pending fetch: grade-to-highest-point per typical Ohio municipal pattern.
- lot_coverage
- not_captured — Part Eleven lot-coverage definition not extracted.
- far
- not_captured — Part Eleven FAR usage not extracted; many older Ohio Part Eleven codes do NOT express FAR (rely on lot coverage + height + setbacks instead).
- du_ac
- not_captured — Part Eleven density expression not extracted.
- setback_front
- not_captured — Part Eleven front-setback definition not extracted; §1145.05 Table 16 footnote known to require 'plus two feet for every one foot of building height over thirty feet' as a side-setback increment per Google snippet (citation: c§1145.05 footnote, partial — primary text not retrieved).
- setback_side
- not_captured — Part Eleven side-setback definition not extracted; height-increment-over-30ft footnote noted above.
- setback_rear
- not_captured — Part Eleven rear-setback definition not extracted.
- parking
- not_captured — Part Eleven off-street parking schedule not extracted.
Capacity calculations
- max_footprint_sf
lot_area_sf * lot_coverage [generic formula; per-district values not captured]- max_gfa_sf
lot_area_sf * far [generic formula; many Part Eleven codes don't use FAR — values not captured]- buildable_width_ft
lot_width_ft - setback_side_ft * 2- buildable_depth_ft
lot_depth_ft - setback_front_ft - setback_rear_ft- max_stories_approx
max_height_ft / 10- side_setback_height_increment_note
§1145.05 Table 16 footnote: setback increases by 2 ft for every 1 ft of building height over 30 ft (partial confidence per Google snippet; primary text not retrieved due to Cloudflare gating).
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| District | Category | Height | FAR | Coverage | Setbacks | Parking | Density | Min lot | Overlays |
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Research status
Publication gates
| primary url present | passed | code_source = https://codelibrary.amlegal.com/codes/zanesville/latest/zanesville_oh/0-0-0-13971 (Part Eleven TOC, primary authority); city landing http://www.coz.org/269/Zoning + buildzanesville.com supplementary. |
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| no aggregator cited | passed | Scan clean — no zoneomics / steadily / siteplanguide / sitedesignguide / siteplancreator / propwire / zonara / unzoned citations. |
| confidence tags full form | passed | Every confirmed claim carries §-citation or named ordinance ref (Ord 2025-48, §1105.06, §1137.02, §1145.05, ORC §§713.06–713.15, §5104.054, §3781.184, §3735.65–3735.70, §4301.81). Every not_captured field has paired not_captured_reason. Every partial field has paired what_is_confirmed + what_is_missing. No one-letter c/i/p shorthand remains. |
| overlays have parameters trigger confidence | passed | 3 overlays (DACO Arts Overlay, HPB Historic Preservation, FP Floodplain) each carry parameters[] (2+ elements), geographic_trigger, status (partial — with paired what_is_confirmed / what_is_missing), citation, ordinance_ref, interaction_with_base, narrative_ref. |
| preempt section city specific | passed | 8 state_preemptions_applicable entries with city-specific qualifying_condition_checked (Zanesville-as-non-charter-statutory-city analysis for §713.15; Zanesville-as-municipal-corporation analysis for §519.21/§519.212 does-not-apply). Not link-stubs. |
Data quality
36%completeness14 confirmed8 partial
Documented gaps
- Chapter 1145 Table 16 (Special Zoning District Requirements) — full dimensional matrix not extracted
- Chapter 1137 §1137.01 and §1137.02 R-district sub-codes (R-1 / R-2 / R-3 / R-4 etc.) — names not enumerated; dimensional standards not captured
- Chapter 1141 Business District sub-codes (B-1 / B-2 / etc.) — names not enumerated; only C-4 Highway Commercial confirmed externally
- Chapter 1145 Industrial / Special district sub-codes — not enumerated
- Downtown Arts & Culture Overlay — boundary, parameters, citation specifics not captured
- Downtown Design Review Board ordinance text — not captured
- Flood Damage Prevention chapter location and freeboard rule — not captured
- City Charter document — fetch incomplete (charter-city status partial confidence)
Known issues
data:gaps-presentretrieval:cloudflare-blocks-amlegal-deep-sectionsretrieval:dimensional-tables-not-captured
Verification
| verifier_version | 1.0 |
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| atomized_claims | 24 |
| supported | 24 |
| contradicted | 0 |
| not_found_at_citation | 0 |
| method | Each claim verified against the actually-retrieved source (city public-hearing PDF Ord 2025-48 for district existence; AmLegal Google snippets for chapter/section numbers; ORC text for preemption applicability; OH preemptions.md for charter-city roster). No fabricated numerics — every dimensional standard either has paired status:not_captured + not_captured_reason or is omitted entirely. |
| notes | Verification surface is intentionally narrow because primary dimensional data was not retrievable. The claims that WERE made (district existence for C-4, Single-Family Attached Residential, Multi-Family per §1137.02; chapter numbers; overlay framework names; CRA / DRD / Arts Overlay / Revitalization District existence; preemption applicability) all carry primary or near-primary citation. Treating non-retrieval as 'no data' rather than 'estimated data' is the controlling discipline. |
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