Building Permits
Building Permits are required inside the Scio City Limits.
Land Use Planning
Land Use Planning applications (Partitions, Lot Line Adjustments, Subdivisions, Variances, and others) have various processes as defined by the Zoning Ordinance and the Land Division Ordinance, which are found in the Scio Municipal Code. Many require review by the City Planner and the Planning Commission and can take several weeks or longer, due to requirements for noticing and the logistics involved in processing a more complicated application. Depending on the type of application, they may require a surveyor and/or a civil engineer and professionally drawn plat maps.
The city’s Comprehensive Plan and the Standards for Public Improvement are an important pieces of the development process. These standards outline the requirements for the installation of the public improvements that may be required as part of your development.
If you are getting ready to submit a Land Use Planning Application, please contact city staff for more information on the process required by that kind of application.
Pre-Development
If you are considering a major project, a land use application, or something complicated that might require variances, you have the option of requesting a Pre-Development Conference. The Pre-Development Conference will cost $150. That $150 would then be deducted from the deposit charged by the City for Land Use Applications or Site Development Review Applications. This is meant to give applicants with a complex project access to the City Staff to determine feasibility.