Over $266,000 in Facade Grants have been issued to match over $300,000 of private investment in downtown facades!
THE DEVELOPMENT PLANNING PROCESS Our Business Concierges will walk you through the entire development process and act as your teammate and liaison with Planning, Engineering, Building, Fire, Police and City Council. For already annexed and zoned sites, the full pre-development process takes 3 to 4 months from start (for a combined preliminary and final development plan option). A separate preliminary and final development plan requires additional Planning Commission and Council Hearings for each adding around 2 months to the process. If a site needs to be annexed and zone, the full process will normally take 6 months at minimum due to required annexation waiting periods. The Shortest Process
With Annexation and Zoning
RESTAURANT SIDEWALK To create the vibrancy and energy that you see in our Downtown Historic District, the City of Delaware partnered with MainStreet Delaware to create a way for restaurants to set up sidewalk patio/bistro seating. The following design guidelines and application process document outlines how you go about getting your sidewalk patio/bistro approved. An application PDF also is below. The application must be accompanied with diagrams of the proposed patio layout in relation to all other items on the sidewalk including trees, trash cans and benches. It must also include images of the desired fencing if you are proposing such. If you are an establishment that sells alcoholic beverages, the Ohio Division of Liquor Control must also approve your sidewalk configuration if you intent to serve alcoholic beverages to patrons in the proposed area.
HEALTH DEPARTMENT INFO FOR RESTAURANTS & FOOD SERVICES Restaurant and other food related business also must be inspected and permitted by the Delaware General Health District if they are selling retail. MAPS OUR BUSINESSES Nearly 2,000 businesses call the City of Delaware home due to the low cost of doing business here, access to labor and access to local, regional and national markets. Find out more about a few of these businesses here. | BUILDING & CONSTRUCTION PERMITS
WATER & SEWER CAPACITY FEES We utilize a capacity fee based calculation rather than a tap fee. This fee utilizes Equivalent Domestic Units (EDUs) to calculate a company's capacity fee. To estimate your project's capacity fees, download our Capacity Fee Worksheet (Excel). SIGN PERMITS Non-Historic Permanent Signs For permanent signs in a non-historic area, applicant must submit the following application with renderings of the proposed sign along with a fee of $25 plus $0.75 per sq. ft. of the sign(s). Multiple signs can be included on one application and for one fee.
Non-Historic Temporary Signs For temporary signs in a non-historic area, applicant must submit the following application with renderings of the proposed sign along with a fee of $25. Multiple signs can be included on one application and for one fee.
Historic District Permanent Signs For permanent signs in an historic area, applicant must submit the following application with renderings of the proposed sign along with a fee of $50 plus $0.75 per sq. ft. of the sign(s). A Certificate of Appropriateness ($50) also must be completed and submitted. Multiple signs can be included on one application and for one fee.
Historic District Temporary Signs For temporary signs in an historic area, applicant must submit the following application with renderings of the proposed sign along with a fee of $25. A Certificate of Appropriateness ($50) also must be completed and submitted. Multiple signs can be included on one application and for one fee. PLANS, STUDIES & REPORTS |