German Township, Clark County, Ohio

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Planning & Zoning

George Degenhart, Director of Planning & Zoning
Email: GDegenhart@GermanTownshipOH.com
Office: 937-964-1661 / Cell 937-605-3220
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Purpose of Zoning

The purpose of Zoning is to guide and regulate the planning, subdividing, and development of land within the township in order to promote and protect the health, safety, morals, and general welfare of the present and future property owners.

Zoning is among the powers given to the township by the state legislature. The Zoning Resolution, together with the Comprehensive Plan, establishes a framework for land use activity within the township. There are several components to zoning and planning within German Township.

Zoning COMPLAINT Form

Zoning Regulations

Zoning Fee Schedule

Zoning Certificate Application  (Print on Legal size paper)

Zoning Appeal Application  (Print on Legal size paper – 2 pages)

Zoning Change Application (Print on Legal size paper – 2 pages)

Agricultural Exemption Certificate

Completed certificates can be emailed to either; Staff@GermanTownshipOH.com or GDegenhart@GermanTownshipOH.com.

Fees can be mailed into the office, 3940 Lawrenceville Dr, Springfield, OH 45504. Checks made payable to German Township, Clark County.
*At this time German Township is unable to accept debit/credit cards*

ISSUED ZONING CERTIFICATES & AGRICULTURAL EXEMPTIONS
2015
2016
2017
2018
2019
2020

UPCOMING PLANNING & ZONING MEETINGS/HEARINGS:

 

Meetings/Hearings are held on an “as needed” basis.

 


LINKS:

Clark County, Ohio Planning and Zoning

Clark County Combined Health District

Clark County, Ohio GIS

History of German Township

German Township is one of the ten townships of Clark County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 7,336 people in the township, 7,012 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township. The township covers approximately 34 square miles. It is one of five German Townships in the state of Ohio.

The township is governed by a three-member board of trustees, who are elected in November of odd-numbered years to a four-year term beginning on the following January 1. Two are elected in the year after the presidential election and one is elected in the year before it. There is also an elected township fiscal officer,[5] who serves a four-year term beginning on April 1 of the year after the election, which is held in November of the year before the presidential election. Vacancies in the fiscal officership or on the board of trustees are filled by the remaining trustees.