

Geauga County is named after the Onondaga word jyo’ä About 20% of the county's population is Amish, as of 2017. In 2008, Forbes Magazine ranked Geauga County as the fourth best place in the United States to raise a family.

Geauga County is part of the Cleveland, OH Metropolitan Statistical Area. The county is named for an Onondaga or Seneca language word meaning ' raccoon', originally the name of the Grand River. The county seat and largest city is Chardon.

As of the 2020 census, the population was 95,397. 4:30p.m.Geauga County ( / dʒ i ˈ ɔː ɡ ə/ jee- AW-gə) is a county in the U.S. Of the Plain Township Zoning Resolution orĬall the Plain Township Zoning Department at (330)492-4686īetween 8a.m.

See Article VI Section 602.14 and Article III Section 310.1 Plain Township has no power to regulate agricultural uses on lots greater than five acres. Any use which involves animal and poultry husbandry shall be located a minimum of 100 feet from all property lines. On a lot greater than one (1) acre but not greater than five (5) acres, all accessory uses and structures for an agriculturally related use involving trees or plants, including farm markets, shall be permitted, provided such buildings and structures comply with setback and height regulations in the district in which they are located.On a lot of one (1) acre or less, all agricultural uses shall be prohibited.Agricultural Uses are defined as: The use of land for agricultural purposes, including farming, ranching, aquaculture, apiculture, horticulture, viticulture, animal husbandry, including, but not limited to, the care and raising of livestock, equine, and fur-bearing animals poultry husbandry and the production of poultry and poultry products dairy production the production of field crops, tobacco, fruits, vegetables, nursery stock, ornamental shrubs, ornamental trees, flowers, sod, or mushrooms timber pasturage any combination of the foregoing the processing, drying, storage, and marketing of agricultural products when those activities are conducted in conjunction with, but are secondary to, such husbandry or production.Īs provided in Section 519.21 of the Ohio Revised Code, the following restrictions are established to regulate agricultural uses on applicable lots:
