Medina is about 33 miles west of our Tallmadge shop, roughly 45 minutes by road, mostly on I-76. We group Medina-area site visits and schedule deliveries ahead, and because the city publishes its full zoning code, many questions about your lot can be answered before the first visit.
Inside the city, pole buildings fit best on commercial and industrial land. Medina's I-1 district permits warehouses, light manufacturing, heavy-duty repair and vehicle storage, with Planning Commission site plan review. On residential lots the limits are tight: detached accessory buildings top out at 15 feet and a combined 744 square feet, or 1,032 square feet where the rear yard is large enough, so a two-car garage or a modest shop is the realistic size. Agriculture is permitted only in the O-C district on five-acre lots, which is why farm buildings, horse barns and larger equipment storage usually go in Montville, Lafayette, York or Medina townships.
Medina runs its own building department at 132 N. Elmwood Ave., which handles plan review, permits and inspections for city parcels and requires every contractor to register with the city. In the townships, the township zoning office handles zoning and the Medina County Building Department issues building permits.
