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Votes at a glance: zoning commission forwards multiple draft ordinances to commissioners
Summary
At its Feb. 12 special meeting the Hocking County Zoning Commission voted to forward draft short-term rental, site-standards and impact-fee ordinances to county officials, recommended a special-event ordinance to emergency management and tabled a noise ordinance pending that special-event work.
The Hocking County Zoning Commission on Feb. 12, 2026, took formal votes on five draft items and recorded recommendations for next steps.
What the commission voted: - Short-term rental ordinance: The commission voted to recommend a draft STR ordinance to the Board of County Commissioners, asking the county prosecutor to add an authority section and consider enforcement changes before the item is placed on the commissioners’ agenda. (Motion made at SEG 036; motion recorded as unanimous.)
- Site standards ordinance: The commission recommended forwarding a site-standards draft with the same caveat that the prosecutor add an authority section and may modify enforcement language. The motion passed; the transcript notes at least one opposed vote. (Motion introduced SEG 057–061.)
- Impact-fee ordinance: The commission voted to forward the draft impact-fee ordinance to the county auditor for a feasibility review. If the auditor finds it feasible to create and administer such an ordinance, the commission supports consideration by commissioners. The motion passed unanimously in the transcript. (Motion SEG 070–079.)
- Special-event ordinance: The commission recommended support to emergency management to create a special-event ordinance; the motion carried. (Motion SEG 088–094.)
- Noise ordinance: The commission voted to table consideration of the noise ordinance until the Board of County Commissioners adopts a special-event ordinance that would tie into noise regulation; the motion to table passed unanimously. (Motion SEG 101–117.)
Next steps: The commission made clear that its recommendations are drafts and that the county prosecutor’s office and county auditor will review specific authority, enforcement and feasibility questions before the Board of County Commissioners decides whether to adopt or amend the drafts.
