ORC §§3735.65–3735.70 — Community Reinvestment Area (CRA) Tax Abatement Framework (OH)

Tracked preemption from the Ohio overlay bundle.

Overview

Effective
1977-01-01
Sunset
Authority
state
Scope
state:OH

Trigger predicate

When this evaluates true for a parcel, the law's preempted fields take precedence over base zoning.

city.has_cra_designation == True

Preempted fields

0 fields on the base district schema are rewritten when the trigger fires.

Citation

Authority source
ORC §§3735.65–3735.70
§ §§3735.65–3735.70
https://codes.ohio.gov/ohio-revised-code/section-3735.65

Research notes

CRA is a state-enabled, locally-adopted tax abatement framework for residential, commercial, and industrial remodeling/new construction in designated areas. Not a zoning preemption per se — it is an opt-in tax incentive program that runs parallel to zoning. Post-1994 CRAs must be confirmed by the Ohio Department of Development; abatement percentage (up to 100%) and term (up to 15 years residential, 12 years commercial/industrial) are set by local legislation. Captured here as a 'state framework' overlay so that city profiles with has_cra_designation=true are flagged for downstream tax/financial underwriting. No zoning fields preempted.