Troy planning staff outlines major changes in draft Unified Development Code
June 25, 2026 | Troy, Miami County, Ohio
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Planning staff presented a suite of revisions to Troy's draft Unified Development Code (UDC) at the June 24 Planning Commission work session, saying a redline version of proposed edits will be delivered to commissioners and posted online next week for public review.
The presentation, led by planning staff, outlined several substantive edits staff said are intended to clarify existing policy and streamline review. Among the changes proposed: language to classify agricultural buildings (barns, silos and other structures associated with farm operations) as principal buildings on a lot rather than accessory structures; clarified gateway overlay boundaries to limit the overlay to properties with frontage on main thoroughfares; and removal of a sentence that would have limited rooftop solar to only conforming structures so owners of older nonconforming buildings could install panels.
Staff also recommended edits to the sign code to avoid conflicts with federal cases on trademarked logo colors, to correct a temporary-banner chart (changing a mistaken 30-day entry to the existing 28-day standard), and to include the urban-core (UC) district in residential temporary-yard-sign rules so downtown residential parcels follow the same limits as other residential areas.
On process, staff said they will add a new completeness-review section giving the development code administrator (DCA) authority to determine application completeness and notify applicants of deficiencies in writing; if deficiencies are not cured within defined timeframes an application could be deemed withdrawn. Staff described a two-part inactive-application rule (an initial 45-day acknowledgment window and up to 90 days to address comments) and said the draft will be refined to remove duplicative language.
Planned development (PD) procedures would be streamlined, staff said, by merging the final development plan and record plan steps to reduce cycles and ensure negotiated conditions are recorded as part of the legislative package forwarded to council. Staff also proposed adding sign and site standards to the nonconformities section so existing nonconforming signage and site conditions are addressed consistently in the UDC.
Commissioners asked for clarification on several technical points — including an objective standard for when "severe" and "permanent" damage would trigger demolition-by-neglect enforcement — and the law director told the commission staff and legal counsel will work to refine that language and consider a damage threshold or structural-engineer standard.
Staff said they would circulate a redline showing the changes by the next Wednesday and would work with consultant American StructurePoint to clean up formatting and graphics before posting the draft and scheduling a public-input session or formal hearing as appropriate.
The presentation, led by planning staff, outlined several substantive edits staff said are intended to clarify existing policy and streamline review. Among the changes proposed: language to classify agricultural buildings (barns, silos and other structures associated with farm operations) as principal buildings on a lot rather than accessory structures; clarified gateway overlay boundaries to limit the overlay to properties with frontage on main thoroughfares; and removal of a sentence that would have limited rooftop solar to only conforming structures so owners of older nonconforming buildings could install panels.
Staff also recommended edits to the sign code to avoid conflicts with federal cases on trademarked logo colors, to correct a temporary-banner chart (changing a mistaken 30-day entry to the existing 28-day standard), and to include the urban-core (UC) district in residential temporary-yard-sign rules so downtown residential parcels follow the same limits as other residential areas.
On process, staff said they will add a new completeness-review section giving the development code administrator (DCA) authority to determine application completeness and notify applicants of deficiencies in writing; if deficiencies are not cured within defined timeframes an application could be deemed withdrawn. Staff described a two-part inactive-application rule (an initial 45-day acknowledgment window and up to 90 days to address comments) and said the draft will be refined to remove duplicative language.
Planned development (PD) procedures would be streamlined, staff said, by merging the final development plan and record plan steps to reduce cycles and ensure negotiated conditions are recorded as part of the legislative package forwarded to council. Staff also proposed adding sign and site standards to the nonconformities section so existing nonconforming signage and site conditions are addressed consistently in the UDC.
Commissioners asked for clarification on several technical points — including an objective standard for when "severe" and "permanent" damage would trigger demolition-by-neglect enforcement — and the law director told the commission staff and legal counsel will work to refine that language and consider a damage threshold or structural-engineer standard.
Staff said they would circulate a redline showing the changes by the next Wednesday and would work with consultant American StructurePoint to clean up formatting and graphics before posting the draft and scheduling a public-input session or formal hearing as appropriate.
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