Ohio Rev. Code § 4303.262
The department of development shall designate resort areas, certify the geographical limits of such areas, and certify the tourist population of and the custom and habits of the tourists in such areas. The liquor control commission shall give notice as herein provided of public hearings to be held for the purpose of determining whether class D-7 permits shall be issued within such areas.
When the resort area certified by the department is located in whole or in part within the corporate limits of a municipal corporation, the liquor control commission shall notify the clerk of the legislative authority of such municipal corporation, by certified mail, of the date of the public hearing to determine whether such area shall be designated a resort area for purposes of issuing D-7 permits.
When the area certified by the department is located in whole or in part outside the corporate limits of a municipal corporation, the liquor control commission shall notify, by certified mail, the clerk of the board of county commissioners of the county in which such resort area is located. Such notice shall state the date of the public hearing to determine whether such area shall be designated a resort area for purposes of issuing D-7 permits.
In addition to the notice to the clerk of the legislative authority or the clerk of the county commissioners, or both, the liquor control commission shall cause public notice of the date of hearing for the purpose of designating such area as a resort area for the purpose of issuing D-7 permits to be published in a newspaper of general circulation within the area to be so designated. The hearing shall be held in a place designated by the liquor control commission.
At the public hearing the department shall testify concerning its findings and conclusions as to the designation of such area as a resort area. The legislative authority and the board of county commissioners shall be given the right to offer testimony either in support of or opposition to the designation of such area as a resort area. In addition, the liquor control commission shall give members of the general public the opportunity to give testimony either in support of or in opposition to such designation. Any member of the general public desiring to give testimony at such hearing shall give notice of such fact to the liquor control commission within five days of such hearing. The liquor control commission may limit the number of private citizens given the opportunity to testify at such public hearing and limit the length of their presentation. Any such limitation shall include an equal number of speakers in opposition to and in favor of such designation.
Within thirty days of such public hearing the liquor control commission shall approve or deny by order the designation as a resort area and may before approval modify the geographical limits certified to it. In its order the liquor control commission shall consider the testimony presented to it at such hearing and shall take into consideration the transient population during the resort season, the custom and habits of visitors and tourists to the area, and the promotion of the resort and tourist industry within the area. The commission shall revoke or modify the designation as a "resort area" when the area no longer qualifies. No revocation or modification of the designation shall be made unless the notice and hearing procedures provided in this section for the original designation of the area are followed.
R.C. §4303.262