Harrison County Zoning Survey

Harrison County is considering the development of a zoning ordinance to help implement the Harrison County Comprehensive Plan adopted in 2016. During the comprehensive plan process, the citizens determined that preservation of the rural character of the county was a priority. Increased development and sprawl raised concerns among residents. Residents cited the need for zoning to direct development in the right places and to preserve the rural character of the county.

The Harrison County Planning Department held four (4) open-house workshops in December of 2019 to gauge interest in county-wide zoning. The planning department has created this survey to further receive public input on the support for county zoning.

Please take a few minutes to complete the survey. Thank you for your input!

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* 1. Do you support county-wide zoning in Harrison County? County-wide zoning is when the county would zone every parcel in the unincorporated areas of the county. Municipalities would not be included.

Yes

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* 2. Do you support the enactment of partial zoning in Harrison County? The county can just zone a particular area in the county, instead of zoning the entire county.

Yes

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* 3. Which method of zoning do you prefer in Harrison County:

County-wide zoning

Partial zoning

No zoning

Why?

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* 4. If you support partial zoning in Harrison County, what locations in the county should be zoned?

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* 5. What part of the County do you reside or own a business?

Northwestern (includes areas in and around Wallace, Enterprise, Gypsy, Spelter, and Hepzibah and along State Route 20 and US Route 19)

Southwestern (includes areas along Route 50 and Wolf Summit)

Southeastern (includes surrounding area outside of Lost Creek and within Mount Clare and Johnstown and along State Routes 20, 57, and 270)

Northeastern (includes surround area outside of Bridgeport, Clarksburg and within Despard and along State Routes 20, 58, 76, 131)