110.01 Short title.
110.02 Authorization.
110.03 Purpose.
110.04 Uniformity of regulations.
SECTION 110.01 SHORT TITLE.
This Resolution shall be known as the "Rootstown Township Zoning Resolution", and shall be applicable to all land in Rootstown Township, Portage County, Ohio.
SECTION 110.02 AUTHORIZATION.
The authority for establishing "The Rootstown Township Zoning Resolution" is derived from ORC §519.01 through 519.99, inclusive.
SECTION 110.03 PURPOSE.
In order to promote and protect the public health, safety, and morals of the residents of the unincorporated area of Rootstown Township, Portage County, Ohio, and to ensure orderly growth and development in said Township, the Board of Township Trustees has found it necessary and advisable to adopt this Zoning Resolution in accordance with a Comprehensive Plan to regulate the: location; height; bulk; number of stories and sizes of buildings and other structures including tents, cabins, mobile homes and manufactured homes; percentages of lot areas which may be occupied; setback building lines; sizes of yards, courts, and other spaces; the density of population; the uses of buildings and other structures including tents, cabins, mobile homes and manufactured homes; and the use of land for trade, industry, residence, recreation, or other purposes and for such purposes to divide the unincorporated Township into districts or zones of such number, shape, and areas as the Board determines and to provide for the administration and enforcement of such regulations.
SECTION 110.04 UNIFORMITY OF REGULATIONS.
All such regulations shall be uniform for each class or kind of building or other structure or use through any district or zone, but the regulation may differ from those in other districts or zones.