Community Services:Planning

 

The Planning Department is responsible for all long and short-term physical planning functions for the City. Short-term planning involves review of new development and redevelopment of office, commercial, residential, and industrial projects to ensure that they meet Zoning Code requirements. Activities also include the review of signs (both permanent and temporary), fences and occupancy permits and other types of applications, such as variance requests and conditional use permits. The Department is also responsible for ensuring that existing development remains compliant with the Zoning Code.

The Planning Department accepts and processes zoning and subdivision (plat) applications and provides technical guidance to the Zoning Board of Appeals, Planning Commission, and the City Council. The Department is also responsible for the administration of various state and federal grant programs as well as conducting special studies including census and demographic data, and revisions to development codes.

The framework for long-term planning is the comprehensive plan, Imagine Sidney 2020, which provides guidance for development over the next 10 – 20 years. Sidney is constantly shaping its future through the daily decision-making process, but the community also needs to periodically examine itself from a wider perspective. This wider perspective is the function of the comprehensive plan.

The Zoning Board of Appeals reviews and determines requests for variances, conditional uses and interpretations of the Zoning Code.

Application forms and information about the processes can be downloaded. Forms Download page. If you have questions, please call the Planning Department at 498-8131.

The Zoning Board of Appeals meets on the third Monday of each month at 4:00 p.m. in the Council Chambers when there are requests to review. The Board generally reaches a decision for each case during the meeting, but may choose to table any item in order to clarify findings or request further information.

Zoning Board of Appeals agenda for
5/22/2013

 

Application Deadline (5:00 p.m.)	Meeting Date (4:00 p.m.)
1/07/2013	1/22/2013*
2/04/2013	2/19/2013*
3/04/2013	3/18/2013
4/01/2013	4/15/2013
5/06/2013	5/20/2013
6/03/2013	6/17/2013
7/01/2013	7/15/2013
8/05/2013	8/19/2013
9/03/2013*	9/16/2013
10/07/2013	10/21/2013
11/04/2013	11/18/2013
12/02/2013	12/16/2013

 

The Planning Commission is responsible for the City’s long range, comprehensive planning process. The Commission also advises Council on planning, zoning and platting matters. The following requests are reviewed by the Commission:

• Preliminary and final subdivision plats
• Replats and vacation plats
• Right-of-way (street and alley) vacations
• Rezoning (Zone Map amendments)
• Annexation petitions and establishment of zoning district for annexations
• Planned Unit Development preliminary and final plans
• Zoning Code and Subdivision Regulation amendments
  

Application forms for the majority of the above actions can be downloaded.Click here for Forms Download page. If no form is available or you are not sure which form to use, please call the Planning Department at 498-8131.

The Planning Commission meets on the third Monday of each month at 7:30 p.m. in the Council Chambers.

Planning Commission agenda for
5/20/2013

Application Deadline (5:00 p.m.)	Meeting Date (7:30 p.m.)	Forward to Council (no public hearing required)	or	Forward to Council (public hearing required)
12/31/2012*	1/22/2013*	1/28/2013		2/11/2013
1/28/2013	2/19/2013*	2/25/2013		3/11/2013
2/25/2013	3/18/2013	3/25/2013		4/08/2013
3/25/2013	4/15/2013	4/22/2013		5/13/2013
4/29/2013	5/20/2013	5/27/2013*		6/10/2013
5/27/2013*	6/17/2013	6/24/2013		7/08/2013
6/24/2013	7/15/2013	7/22/2013		8/12/2013
7/29/2013	8/19/2013	8/26/2013		9/12/2013
8/26/2013	9/16/2013	9/23/2013		10/14/2013
9/30/2013	10/21/2013	10/28/2013		11/11/2013
10/28/2013	11/18/2013	11/25/2013		12/09/2013
11/25/2013	12/16/2013	12/23/2013		1/13/2014

This site contains the complete comprehensive plan, Imagine Sidney 2025 and all of its maps and information about ways to obtain a Plan in CD or printed format. Use this site to contact use with questions and concerns. Please use the links below to navigate the site.

Request a CD or printed copy by calling the Community Services Department at 937-498-8131 or via email to bdulworth@sidneyoh.com . Please include your name, company name (if applicable), address, and phone number. The cost of the printed plan is $40.00 and the cost of the plan on CD is $2.00 plus postage costs.

Please note that the PDF document of the complete comprehensive plan is large and may take several minutes to download to your computer, depending on the speed of your internet connection.

Imagine Sidney 2025

Individual chapters of the plan are also provided to minimize downloading time.

Maps are also available for download as separate PDF's

Policy Areas are used in this plan to establish existing characteristics of an area and future preferred characteristics, land uses, and recommendations. If you would like information about a particular area of the city - click on a particular policy area and jump directly to the narrative concerning that policy area in the comprehensive plan