Zoning Office Hours

Mondays - 5 to 7 pm

Thursdays - 8 to 10 am

Larry Lister - Zoning Administrator

Office: 440-466-7170

Cell: 440-344-7165

zoning@harpersfield.us

Permits are REQUIRED for all

Structures, Fences, and Decks

(Agricultural buildings must have paperwork completed

with Zoning Administrator)

Short Term Rental Hosts

July 2026

Effective with the July Bed Tax (to be reported in August) , Owner/Operators will use the same form used to report their 5% bed tax to the county and will just add their 3% township tax to that same form.  Owner/Operators will no longer have to use 2 separate forms and 2 separate payment methods to report.  Owner/Operators should submit their June bed tax to the township.  June will be their last month to report to the township.  Please contact Mickey Mihalick at mickey@harpersfield.us or Cacoffield@ashtabulacounty.gov with any questions.

Garage and Yard Sale Requirements

   Cannot be open for more than 3 days

   Signs can be placed one day prior to sale

   Two (2) sales per location per year

   Do not place signs on telephone poles or road signs

   All signs must be removed when the garage or yard sale is over

   Any violations will justify permanent closure of sale

Zoning District Descriptions

Zoning District: R-1

Purpose: The purpose of the R-1 (Single and Two-Family) District is to permit development of rural and near rural areas which may not have public facilities in the near future. This district allows single-family dwelling units and two-family dwelling units which may be site built, modular, or manufactured housing conforming to Article10,

Sections 1008 through 1008.3. PUD’s are allowed as an overlay district.

Zoning District: R-2

Purpose: The purpose of the R-2 (Multi-Family) District is to permit the development of multi-family residences in groups of not less than 3 or more than 12 dwelling units per building in areas which have the necessary public utilities. Single- and two-family housing is permitted, but not encouraged unless part of a PUD as described in Article 15. PUD’s are allowed as an overlay district.

Zoning District: RC

Purpose: The purpose of the RC District (Recreation Commercial) is to allow the development of commercial and club related recreational land uses that will contribute to the local economy without significantly diminishing the rural character of the Township.

Zoning District: PUD

Purpose: The purpose of the PUD District (Planned Unit Development) shall be to provide sites in which a variety of uses of land and buildings may be located in supportive and compatible arrangements subject to a flexible design and approval process and responsive to the natural, locational and man-made resources and opportunities of such sites.

(See Article 15)

Zoning District: APoning District: AP

Purpose: The purpose of an AP District (Airport District) is to allow the establishment at areas for airport use only. This district is specifically

designed to serve aircraft. Residential buildings prohibited.

Zoning District: AC

Purpose: The purpose of the AC District (Accommodation Commercial) is to encourage the establishment of areas for a broad range of office, retail and highway commercial uses. This district is specifically designed to serve the motoring public. AC Districts are generally associated with interchange areas along the major limited access highways.

(See Article 15)

Zoning District: LC

Purpose: The purpose of the LC District (Limited Commercial) is to permit a mix of single-family residential uses, cultural, public, quasi-public, and commercial uses which tend to meet the common needs of the residents of the community and the surrounding areas is encouraged to be developed in a manner that best complies with contemporary commercial development requirements.

Zoning District: I/OP

Purpose: The purpose of the I/OP District (Industrial/Office Park) is to provide a protective zone for a park-like development of industry, warehousing, distribution and office buildings. These regulations have been established so as to provide a healthful operating environment and to protect these uses from encroachment from residential and retail commercial uses. The regulations for this district are intended to: minimize the impact of the allowable uses on surrounding non-industrial land uses; lessen traffic congestion; protect the health and safety of the residents and workers in the area; and, prevent detrimental effects on the use or development of adjacent properties or the general neighborhood.

Zoning District: I/OP-TC

Purpose: The purpose of the I/OP-TC District is to provide an environment suitable for industry, warehousing, distribution and office buildings and to protect these uses from residential encroachment and minimize the impact on the use and development of adjacent residential properties. It is a further purpose to permit tourist related commercial development in locations that mutually benefit the Township and the business by being

along and visible to and from I-90.

Zoning District: I/OP-NW

Purpose: The purpose of the I/OP-NW District is to provide a zone in the northwest corner of the township along the Norfolk & Western railroad corridor for non-residential uses, including industry, warehousing, distribution, and office buildings. These regulations have been established so as to provide a healthful operating environment and to protect these uses from encroachment from residential and retail commercial uses. The regulations for this district are intended to: minimize the impact of the allowable uses on surrounding non-

industrial land uses; lessen traffic congestion; protect the health and safety of the residents and workers in the area; and, prevent detrimental effects on the use or development of adjacent properties or the general neighborhood.

Zoning District: RAD

Purpose: The purpose of the Recreation Athletic Development (RAD) District is to provide for the coordinated development of land within the Township’s portion of the Geneva-Harpersfield Township Joint Economic Development District No. 1, (JEDD1) and other territory adjacent to or within a reasonably close proximity to JEDD1. All land in this district shall feature an orderly and thematically planned sports and recreational

development which may include integrated ancillary medical and health and wellness facilities along with compatible commercial land uses.