(a) Use Area. For the purpose of this Section, the term “use area” shall refer to the total area or campus that is a part of or is intended to be a part of a college, university, or other institution of higher education use.
(b) Existing Use Area. Any use area in an R-1 or R-2 District so identified on the Zoning Map and owned or otherwise controlled by Mount Union College as of the date of adoption of this Ordinance shall constitute an existing use area for the purposes of this Ordinance.
(c) New Use Areas. Any use area in an R-1 or R-2 District not identified on the Zoning Map as of the date of adoption of this Ordinance shall, if approved in accordance with the provisions of this Section, constitute a new use area for the purposes of this Ordinance.
(d) Additions to Use Areas. Any addition to a new or existing use area in an R-1 or R-2 District shall, if approved in accordance with the provisions of this Section, be considered part of said use area for the purposes of this Ordinance. Any addition to a use area shall be adjacent to or across the street from said use area, and shall meet all other requirements of this Ordinance.
(e) Permitted Uses. Permitted main buildings, structures, and uses within any use area shall include but not limited to the following:
(i) Academic building.
(ii) Administrative building.
(iii) Residence hall, sorority, fraternity.
(iv) Library, art gallery, playhouse, music hall, campus center.
(v) Religious building or other place of assembly.
(vi) Physical education building.
(vii) Recreation: open space, park, playground, stadium, athletic field.
(viii) Faculty residence.
(ix) All uses permitted in R-1 Districts.
(x) Rooming or boarding houses, owned by a college, university or other institution or higher education, and only for students and faculty thereof.
(f) Permitted Accessory Uses. Permitted accessory buildings, structures, and uses within any use area shall include but not limited to the following:
(i) Maintenance, storage, and heating facilities.
(ii) Off street parking and loading as required in supplemental regulations.
(iii) Signs and lighting as regulated in the supplementary regulations.
(g) Minimum Area. In an R-1 or R-2 District, a minimum contiguous area of 50 acres shall be necessary to establish a new use area. In an R-1 or R-2 District, no minimum contiguous area shall be required for any addition to a use area. In an R-1 or R-2 District, the minimum lot area requirement per Chapter 1124
, Schedule of Regulations, of this Ordinance shall not apply to a use area, or to any individual lot in such use area.
(h) Minimum Dimensions. In an R-1 or R-2 District, a minimum dimension in any direction of 1,000 feet shall be necessary to establish a new use area. In an R-1 or R-2 District, no minimum dimension in any direction shall be required for any addition to a use area. In an R-1 or R-2 District, the minimum lot width and minimum lot frontage requirements per Chapter 1124
, Schedule of Regulations, of this Ordinance shall not apply to a use area, or to any individual lot in such use area.
(i) Maximum Height of Structures. In an R-1 or R-2 District, the maximum height of structures in any use area shall not exceed three stories or 50 feet. In an R-1 or R-2 District, the maximum height of structures limitation per Chapter 1124
, Schedule of Regulations, of this Ordinance shall not apply to structures in any use area.
(j) Setbacks and Yards. In an R-1 or R-2 District, the minimum front yard for individual lots in any use area shall be 40 feet. In an R-1 or R-2 District, the minimum side and rear yard requirements per Chapter 1124, Schedule of Regulations, of this Ordinance shall not apply to individual lots in any use area.
(k) Maximum Lot Coverage. In an R-1 or R-2 District, the 25 percent lot coverage limitation per Chapter 1124
, Schedule of Regulations, of this Ordinance shall be measured over the entire use area.
(l) Separation. In an R-1 or R-2 District, off-street parking facilities inside any use area shall be not closer than 50 feet to existing dwellings outside the use area. New nonresidential buildings inside any use area shall be not closer than 100 feet to existing dwellings outside the use area. New residential buildings inside any use area shall be not closer than 150 feet to existing dwellings outside the use area. All new buildings inside any use area shall be not closer than 20 feet to existing buildings inside the use area. The Commission may reduce these requirements in exchange for enhanced screening.
(m) Instructional Signs. In an R-1 or R-2 District, instructional signs in any use area shall be limited to 24 square feet in area per sign. In an R-1 or R-2 District, the maximum area limitation per sign for instructional signs for nonresidential uses per Sec. 1134.05
of this Ordinance shall not apply in any use area.
(n) Parking and Access. In an R-1 or R-2 District, the 300 foot maximum distance between parking and structure per Sec. 1150.03, subsection c, of this Ordinance shall not apply in any use area, provided that a comprehensive master parking plan meeting all other requirements of this Ordinance is reviewed and approved by the Commission.
(o) Interior Landscaping. In an R-1 or R-2 District, the minimum interior landscaping requirement for parking spaces and parking areas per Sec. 1150.06
, subsections p and q , of this Ordinance shall not apply in any use area, provided that a comprehensive master parking plan meeting all other requirements of this Ordinance is reviewed and approved by the Commission.
(p) Screening. In an R-1 or R-2 District, any part of any use area abutting an R-1 District and which involves regular or planned outdoor assembly, unreasonable and excessive lighting, taking into consideration the safety of those utilizing the use area, shall require either installation of landscaping and/or fencing which provides reasonable visible and – to the extend possible - audible separation between the use area and the abutting R-1 District.
(Ord. 35-07. Passed 3-19-07.)
(q) Single Conditional Use Approval Required. In an R-1 or R-2 District, when any new use area, or addition to a use area is proposed, a conditional use approval by the Commission shall be required for such new use area or addition to a use area. Conditionally permitted uses within an approved new use area or addition to a use area shall not require additional conditional use approval, provided that such use conforms to all provisions of this Section.
(Ord. 45-09. Passed 9-8-09.)
(r) Site Plan Review. Notwithstanding exemption from subsequent conditional use approval, specific improvements within any use area shall be required to conform to all provisions of this Section. Any specific improvements within any use area shall be subject to and require site plan review by the Commission.
(s) Identification on Zoning Map. For purposes of graphic notation, any use area in an R-1 or R-2 District shall be identified on the Zoning Map. Each time a use area is established, added to, deleted from, discontinued, or otherwise modified, the Zoning Map shall be modified to note such change. Such change shall be administrative and not constitute an amendment to the Zoning Map.