Commercial Building and Zoning Department

DEPARTMENT GOALS


The Prairie Township Commercial Building & Zoning Department’s goals are to serve the residents of Prairie Township and improve their quality of life with the tools provided. The Commercial Building & Zoning Office:
  • Administrates and enforces the Township land use laws
  • Facilitates the operation of the Townships Commercial Building Department for multi-family structures with four or more units, and all commercial development and construction
  • Operates the nuisance abatement program for the Township - Nuisance Process
DEPARTMENT GOALS
DEPARTMENT GOALS

UPDATED ZONING FEES

The Prairie Township Building and Zoning Department has recently updated its fees, effective June 6, 2018. Please see the revised Fee Charts for more information.

Zoning Fee Schedule

Commercial Fee Schedule

IMPORTANT COMMERCIAL BUILDING & ZONING DOCUMENTS

APPLICATIONS AND REQUIRMENTS

  1. Conditional Use Application
  2. Drainage Requirements
  3. Garage-Yard Sale Permit
  4. Land Use Disturbance Permit
  5. Open Space Permit
  6. Open Space Use Permit Map
  7. Substantially Similar Use Permit
  1. Time Extension Application
  2. Transient Vendor Application
  3. Variance or Appeal Application
  4. Variance Submittal Requirements
  5. Zoning Amendment Application
  6. Zoning Compliance Application (Zoning Permit)
  7. Zoning Fee Schedule

COMMERCIAL BUILDING - Submit application with three (3) sets of full size plans

  1. Commercial Fee Schedule
  2. Commercial Permit Application
  3. Commercial Roofing Data Sheet
  4. Modification of an Exceptional Use Development Plan App
  1. Preliminary Approval of Mobile Home Park
  2. Final Approval for RMH
  3. Preliminary Approval of PUD
  4. Final Approval of PUD

PRAIRIE TOWNSHIP ZONING RESOLUTION

  1. Prairie Township Resolution
  2. Dimensional Requirements
  3. Illustrations 2018
  4. Land Disturbance Regulations
  1. Permit Use Table
  2. Township Map
  3. Transient Vendor Regulations

BOARD OF ZONING APPEALS APPLICATIONS

  1. 2018 BZA Application Schedule

ZONING COMMISSION APPLICATIONS

  1. 2018 Zoning Commission Application Schedule

OTHER IMPORTANT DOCUMENTS

  1. Article 18
  2. 2007 Comprehensive Plan
  3. 2016 Redevelopment Study
  1. Darby Accord Watershed Master Plan
  2. Strategic Plan 2015-2020

CURRENT PROJECTS

Hellbranch Meadows Restoration Plan - https://www.franklinswcd.org/hellbranch-meadows

  1. Hellbranch Meadows Restoration Plan 032918