Board of Zoning Appeals
***Effective January 1st, 2024, The Board of Zoning Appeals will take 3 items per Agenda. If you wait until the submittal deadline to turn in your application and the materials required, your project will not be guaranteed to make the next scheduled hearing***
The Board of Appeals has jurisdiction over all use and area variances, including requests for conditional use permits and appeals challenging a decision or determination of the Zoning Inspector.
All decisions of the Board of Appeals are final within Boardman Township. A citizen who is aggrieved with the Board’s decision has 30 days from the date of decision to file an appeal with the Mahoning County Common Pleas Court.
A legal notice is published at least 10 days before the hearing of the Board of Appeals. All hearings are open to the public.
A variance can be applied for through the online portal or by downloading the application below.
- BZA – Area Variance (Requests regarding the size and/or placement of a structure)
- BZA – Conditional Use (Requests for a use listed as conditional in the Zoning Resolution)
- BZA – Administrative Appeal (Requests for an appeal of the Director of Zoning & Development’s decision)
- BZA – Use Variance (Requests for a use not listed in the Zoning Resolution)
Members
The Board consists of five members and two alternate members appointed by the Boardman Township Trustees.
- Atty John Shultz, Chairman (January 1, 2021 to December 31, 2025)
- Patricia Brozik (January 1, 2022 to December 31, 2026)
- Marilyn Scheetz, Vice Chair (January 1, 2023 to December 31, 2027)
- Kenneth Tirpack (January 1, 2022 to December 31, 2026)
- Brian Racz (January 1, 2020 to December 31, 2025)
- Matthew Gambrel, Alternate (January 1, 2023-December 31, 2023)
- Tom Varley, Alternate (January 1, 2023-December 31, 2023)
2024 Meeting Schedule
EFFECTIVE IN MAY 2024 THE BZA MEETINGS WILL BE HELD AT 6:00 PM ON THE 2ND TUESDAY OF EACH MONTH!
**Please note the application submittal deadline has also been adjusted.**
*Meeting dates are subject to availability on the agenda.
Month | Appeal Deadline | Meeting Date | Legal Notice | |
January | 12/21/2023 | 1/16/2024 | ||
February | 1/23/2024 | 2/20/2024 | NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING BZA 20240220 | |
March | 2/20/2024 | 3/19/2024 | ||
April | 3/19/2024 | 4/16/2024 | NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING BZA April 16 2024 | |
May | 4/16/2024 | 5/14/2024 | ||
June | 5/14/2024 | 6/18/2024* | ||
July | 6/11/2024 | 7/9/2024 | ||
August | 7/16/2024 | 8/13/2024 | ||
September | 8/13/2024 | 9/10/2024 | ||
October | 9/10/2024 | 10/08/2024 | ||
November | 10/15/2024 | 11/12/2024 | ||
December | 11/5/2024 | 12/3/2024 | ||
Meetings will be held at 6:00 PM at the Boardman Township Administrative Building, 8299 Market Street, Boardman, Ohio 44512.
*6/18/2024 Meeting will be held at 7:00 PM