Items to Consider - Community Features
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
Where to Obtain Specific Information
Publications About Home Building
Where to Obtain Specific Information
| Hancock County Engineer | |||||
| Information available on
topography, drainage ditches, watersheds and drainage maps, roads,
county-located tile mains, air photos and traffic county.
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| Hancock County Health Department | |||||
| Information available on
regulations governing household sewage disposal and private water
systems in Hancock County.
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| Hancock County Regional Planning Commission | |||||
| Information available on
zoning ordinances, county subdivision, regulations, floodplain
administration, or other conditions that may affect the land use
or limit the type of housing you plan to build.
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| Hancock County Soil and Water Conservation District | |||||
| Information and
technical assistance available on soil capabilities and limitations,
erosion control measures and drainage, surface & subsurface drainage
design and layout, pond installations, logging of test holes,
information-type tours on specific topics. Can provide a
contractors list and tree seedling order blank.
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| Ohio Department of Natural Resources - Division of Forestry | |||||
| Information on value of
existing trees, recommendations on saving trees and types of trees
best suited for planting.
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| Ohio State University Extension | |||||
| (Informational/educational
arm of U.S.D.A.)
Information and assistance available on landscape and garden matters; chemical, biological, and mechanical treatment in pond management; soil tests for gardens and lawns; and energy saving building suggestions.
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| U.S.D.A. Natural Resources Conservation Service | |||||
| Information and
interpretations available on soil capabilities and limitations,
engineering properties of particular soils, surface and subsurface
drainage design and layout, pond installations, erosion control
measures, and logging of test holes.
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| Zoning Inspector | |||||
| Issues permits for construction of additions or original structure in townships and municipalities that have zoning. | |||||
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