This page focuses on citywide and regional zoning studies and plans, including large-scale infrastructure plans (not including mass transit), and established guidelines for area development. The archive is in PDF format and listed in chronological order.
**Last Updated: 11/8/2024- Added to 1970-1979.
2020-2029
2024
Zone-In Phase One
Zone-In Public Review Draft
2000-2009
2001
Traditional Neighborhood Development
Handbook for Private Development and Public Improvements in the Riverfront Corridor
1990-1999
1999
Traditional Neighborhood Development Code Greenfield Section
Railroad Corridor Preservation and Transit-oriented Development Final Report
1996
Greenways A Plan for Franklin County
1993
Columbus Comprehensive Plan
1980-1989
1989
Capital Improvements Program 1989-1994
1988
Goals for a better built environment in Columbus
Franklin County Fairgrounds Master Plan
1981
Public & Private Development Report by Area Planning (D-1)
1970-1979
1974
Proposed Neighborhood Improvement Program
1960-1969
1969
Mid-Ohio Regional Planning Commission
Preview of the Regional Plan for 1985
1966
Recreation An Inventory of Sites and Facilities
Review of Urban Renewal Progress
1963
Study of Problems of Planning in Columbus
1950-1959
1956
Subdivision Regulations for Franklin County, Ohio
Slum Clearance and Rehabilitation Commission- 1956 Annual Report
1940-1949
1947
City of Columbus Public Recreation Survey and Long-range Plan
1920-1929
1923
Columbus Zone Plan
1910-1919
1912
Columbus Flower and Garden Club Beautification Efforts
The Columbus Metropolitan Library system has much of its content online, so historic documents of all types are available.
