About our Board of Zoning Appeals
Members of the Board of Zoning Appeals are Eulon Foder of Waggoner Road, Terry Broas
of Mann Road, Mat Mosbacher, Clark State Road, Bob Navarro of Swisher Creek Drive
and John Clark of Reynoldsburg New Albany Road. Eulon is retired from the City of
Gahanna, Terry and Matt are retired from private business; Bob operates a contracting
business, and John works in private industry.
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John Clark
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12/31/2007
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Terry Broas
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12/31/2008
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Matt Mosbacher
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12/31/2009
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Brad Shull
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12/31/2010
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Eulon Fodor
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12/31/2011
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The BZA is judiciary in nature and has the authority to hear and decide variances
from certain zoning regulations; approve conditional uses and hear and decide appeals
from the decision of the Zoning Inspector.
Under certain conditions, property owners may request a variance from strict compliance
to the Regulations. Setbacks, size of signs and size of buildings are frequent subjects
of the variance process.
In some zoning categories, specific uses are not permitted except when certain conditions
are set by the BZA. Applicants wanting those uses must apply for a Conditional Use
and have their cases heard by the Board.
A major job of the Zoning Inspector is to enforce the Zoning Regulations. Enforcement
actions may be appealed to the BZA.
Like the Zoning Commission, the BZA operates under the authority of Section §519
of the Ohio Revised Code. Unlike the Zoning Commission, however, BZA members may
deliberate on their decisions privately, once they have heard all the evidence on
each case in a public hearing. They must then return to the public meeting to render
their decision. Also, the BZA’s decision is final and appealable only to a court
of common pleas.
Each member is appointed by the Township Trustees for a five-year term and must be
a resident of the unincorporated area of Jefferson Township.
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