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Planning to Buy or Build?

Living in the County?

Did you Know?

Getting a Good Start

Items to Consider - Community Features

Items to Consider - Soils

Items to Consider - Water Supply

Items to Consider - Sewage System

Items to Consider - Regulations, Legal Requirements, Local Assessments

Items to Consider - Natural Features & Drainage Characteristics

Agency and Office Information

Zoning Officials

Cities & Villages

Schools

Township Buildings

Utility Companies

Where to Obtain Specific Information

Publications About Home Building

 

 

 

PLANNING TO BUY ? ? ?

OR BUILD? ? ?

 

The purpose of this brochure is to assist prospective home buyers and home builders by providing a list of procedures to follow and items to consider when evaluating a lot/building site or selecting land for development.

***This information booklet is meant to be a guideline . . . . . .

. . . . . . . . . . . . Information is not necessarily all inclusive. ***

This brochure was patterned after the booklet, “Information for Wyandot County Home Buyers and Home Builders” (1998).

 

Thank you to the following individuals who developed this brochure:

Don Bledsoe, The Ohio Bank

Barbara A. Brahm, Ohio State University Extension

Christine Furr, Hancock Regional Planning Commission

Richard Kelley, Hancock Co. Township Trustees Assoc.

John Motter, Hancock Soil and Water Conservation District

Dianne Silvers, RE/MAX Realty, Findlay

Key to Agencies Listed in Booklet as “Contact”

1

Findlay City Engineer

2

Hancock County Engineer

3

Hancock County Health Department

4

Hancock Regional Planning Commission

5

Hancock County Schools

6

Hancock County Soil and Water Conservation District

7

Ohio Department of Transportation

8

Ohio State University Extension

9

Public Utilities Commission of Ohio

10

Hancock Township Trustees Association

11

U.S.D.A. Natural Resources Conservation Service

12

Zoning Inspector

 
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