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Codified Ordinances of Canton, OH
CODIFIED ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF CANTON, OHIO
CERTIFICATION
OFFICIALS OF THE CITY OF CANTON
COMPARATIVE SECTION TABLE
PART ONE - ADMINISTRATIVE CODE
PART THREE - TRAFFIC CODE
PART FIVE - GENERAL OFFENSES CODE
PART SEVEN - BUSINESS REGULATION CODE
PART NINE - STREETS, UTILITIES AND PUBLIC SERVICES CODE
PART ELEVEN - PLANNING AND ZONING CODE
TITLE ONE - Planning
TITLE THREE - Subdivisions
CHAPTER 1111 Platting Rules and Regulations
CHAPTER 1121 Preamble
CHAPTER 1122 Repeal and Validity
CHAPTER 1123 Policy Statement
CHAPTER 1124 Zoning Districts and Maps
CHAPTER 1126 Minimum Standards
CHAPTER 1127 Multiple Standards
CHAPTER 1128 Prohibitions
CHAPTER 1129 Meanings Generally
CHAPTER 1130 Terms and Words Defined
CHAPTER 1131 Definitions
CHAPTER 1132 Applicability
CHAPTER 1133 Nonconforming Uses, Approach to
CHAPTER 1134 General Provisions
CHAPTER 1135 Exceptions and Modifications
CHAPTER 1136 Purpose - Residential Zoning Districts
CHAPTER 1137 Bulk and Area Requirements - Residential Zoning Districts
CHAPTER 1138 Permitted Uses - Residential Zoning Districts
CHAPTER 1139 Permitted Accessory Buildings and Structures
CHAPTER 1140 Permitted Accessory Uses
CHAPTER 1141 Public Utilities in Residential Districts
CHAPTER 1142 Garage Sales in Residential Districts
CHAPTER 1143 Repair of Motor Vehicles
CHAPTER 1144 R-5 Planned Unit Development District
CHAPTER 1145 Purpose - Business and Industrial Zoning Districts
CHAPTER 1146 Bulk and Area Requirements - Business and Industrial Zoning Districts
CHAPTER 1147 Permitted Uses - Business and Industrial Zoning Districts
CHAPTER 1148 Special Provisions for Business and Industrial Uses
CHAPTER 1149 Accessory Uses
CHAPTER 1150 Outdoor Storage
CHAPTER 1151 Outdoor Merchandise Display in Business Zones
CHAPTER 1152 Drive-Thru Windows
CHAPTER 1153 Outdoor Dining Areas and Sidewalk Cafes
CHAPTER 1154 Purpose and Intent
CHAPTER 1155 General Requirements
CHAPTER 1156 Submittal Process
CHAPTER 1157 Review Criteria
CHAPTER 1158 Bulk and Area Requirements
CHAPTER 1159 Permitted Uses
CHAPTER 1160 Accessory Uses and Structures
CHAPTER 1161 Required Parking and Loading, On-Site and Off-Site
CHAPTER 1162 Purpose - Special Zoning Districts
CHAPTER 1163 Permitted Uses - Special Zoning Districts
CHAPTER 1164 Bulk and Area Requirements - Special Zoning Districts
CHAPTER 1165 Accessory Uses - Special Zoning Districts
CHAPTER 1166 Flood Hazard Zoning District
CHAPTER 1167 Urban Garden District
CHAPTER 1168 Live-Work Overlay District
CHAPTER 1169 Purpose and Intent
CHAPTER 1170 Permitted Uses
CHAPTER 1171 General Requirements
CHAPTER 1172 Submission Requirements
CHAPTER 1173 General Development Plan
CHAPTER 1174 Parking Demand and Management Study
CHAPTER 1175 Review Criteria
CHAPTER 1176 Target Investment Zones
CHAPTER 1177 Traditional Neighborhood Design Standards
CHAPTER 1178 Pedestrian Overlay District
CHAPTER 1179 Urban Form Overlay District
CHAPTER 1180 Purpose
CHAPTER 1181 Intent
CHAPTER 1182 Sustainable Development
CHAPTER 1183 Landscape Requirements
CHAPTER 1184 Off-street Loading and Parking Requirements
CHAPTER 1185 Outdoor Illumination
CHAPTER 1186 Refuse Storage
CHAPTER 1187 Signs
CHAPTER 1188 Wall Murals
CHAPTER 1189 Windmills and Wind Turbines
CHAPTER 1190 Solar Energy Systems
CHAPTER 1191 Wireless Telecommunications Facilities
CHAPTER 1192 Satellite Dish Antennae
CHAPTER 1193 Sexually Oriented Businesses
CHAPTER 1194 Enforcement
CHAPTER 1195 Administrative Agencies and Duties
CHAPTER 1196 Zoning Amendments
CHAPTER 1197 Appeals and Variances
CHAPTER 1198 Conditional Uses
PART THIRTEEN - BUILDING CODE
PART FIFTEEN - FIRE PREVENTION CODE
PART SEVENTEEN - HEALTH CODE
CHAPTER 1147
Permitted Uses - Business and Industrial Zoning Districts
1147.01   Table of permitted uses.
1147.01 TABLE OF PERMITTED USES.
Use
B-1
B-2
B-3
B-4
B-5
B-6
I-1
I-2
Single-Family Homes
P
P
CU
--
--
--
--
--
Home Occupations
P
P
P
P
P
P
--
--
Parking (1)
P
P
P
P
P
P
P
P
Government Buildings
CU
CU
CU
CU
CU
CU
CU
CU
Two Family Dwellings
P
P
CU
--
--
--
--
--
Multi-Family Dwellings
P
P
P
P
P
P
--
--
Group Social Service Facility
CU
--
CU
CU
CU
CU
--
--
Boarding/Rooming Facility
--
--
CU
CU
CU
CU
--
--
Child/Adult Day Care Facility
P
--
CU
CU
CU
CU
--
--
Fraternity/Sorority Houses
--
--
CU
CU
CU
CU
--
--
Limited Lodging (21)
P
P
P
P
P
---
---
---
Business Offices (20)
P
P
P
P
P
P
P
P
Medical and Dental Clinics and Offices
P
P
P
P
P
P
--
--
Funeral Parlors/Mortuary
P
P
P
P
P(10)
P(10)
--
--
Eating and Drinking Establishments
P
P
P
P
P
P
--
--
Retail, 1000 sf or less (2)
--
P
P
P
P
P
--
--
Service
--
P
P
P
P
P
--
--
Service, Repair Shops
--
P
P
P
P
P
P
P
Service, Laundromats
--
P
P
P
P
P
--
--
Service, Photography Studios
--
P
P
P
P
P
--
--
Service, Tailoring
--
P
P
P
P
P
--
--
Retail, Over 1000 sf
--
P
P
P
P
P
--
--
Barber Shop/Beauty Salon
--
P
P
P
P
P
--
--
Banks
--
--
P
P
P
P
--
--
Banks, Including Drive-thru
--
--
P
P
P
P
--
--
Schools, Commercial
--
--
--
P
P
P
P
P
Greenhouses and Nurseries
--
--
P
--
--
P
P
P
Laundry, Dry Cleaner
--
--
P
P
P
P
--
--
Motel and Hotels
--
--
P
P
P
P
--
--
Bakery, Retail
--
--
P
P
P
P
--
--
Amusement Arcade
--
--
P
--
P
P
--
--
Wholesale Merchandise
--
--
P
P
P
P
--
--
Home Repair Contractor (3)
--
--
P
P
P
P
P
P
Printers, less than 5,000 sf
--
--
P
P
P
P
--
--
Parking, Commercial
--
--
P
P
P
P
P
P
Automotive and Boat Sales
--
--
P(4)
P
--
P
P
P
Broadcasting Studios
--
--
--
P
P
P
--
--
Automotive and Boat Repair (5)
--
--
--
P
--
P
P
P
Contractor’s Shop (5)
--
--
--
P
--
P
P
P
Monument Work, w/Retail (5)
--
--
--
P
--
P
P
P
Distributor’s Warehouse (5)
--
--
--
--
--
P
P
P
Wholesale Outlet (5)
--
--
--
P
P
P
--
--
General Warehouse and Storage Yard (5) (6)
--
--
--
--
--
P
P
P
Printers, Over 5,000 sf
--
--
--
P
--
P
P
P
Sign Manufacturers
--
--
--
P
--
P
P
P
Bowling Alleys & Skating Rinks (7)
--
--
--
P
P
P
--
--
Dance Halls, Theaters, and Similar (7)
--
--
--
P
P
P
--
--
Testing and Research Labs (7)
--
--
--
--
P
--
P
P
Service Stations
--
--
--
P
--
P
P
P
Recreation Vehicle (RV) Park (22)
---
---
---
CU
---
---
---
---
Entertainment Clubs and Teen Clubs
--
--
--
P
P
P
--
--
Sexually Oriented Establishments (19)
--
--
--
CU
CU
--
--
--
Processing and Manufacturing, Limited (8)
--
--
--
--
P
--
P
P
Recycling Facilities (9)
--
--
--
--
--
--
P
P
Data Cemters
--
--
--
--
--
--
P
P
Light Manufacturing, Limited
--
--
--
--
P
--
P
P
Manufacturing, processing, packaging and assembling of products
--
--
--
--
--
--
P
P
Metal Works (11)
--
--
--
--
--
--
CU
P
Foundry (11)
--
--
--
--
--
--
CU
P
Ice Manufacturing, cold storage, creamery, and bottling (11)
--
--
--
--
--
--
P
P
Petroleum Storage (12)
--
--
--
--
--
--
CU
P
Building Material Yards (12)
--
--
--
--
--
--
P
P
Laundries and Dry Cleaning Plants
--
--
--
--
--
--
P
P
Plating Shops (13)
--
--
--
--
--
--
CU
P
Sand and Gravel Pits, No Processing
--
--
--
--
--
--
P
P
Billboards
--
--
--
--
--
--
CU
CU
Temporary Storage of Impounded Vehicles
--
--
--
--
--
--
P
P
Crematoriums (14)
--
--
P
P
--
--
P
P
Storage Tanks, above ground
--
--
--
--
--
--
CU
P
Truck Terminals (15)
--
--
--
--
--
--
P
P
Junk Yards (16)
--
--
--
--
--
--
--
P
Recycling Facilities (17)
--
--
--
--
--
--
--
P
Manufacturing, Heavy (18)
--
--
--
--
--
--
--
CU
Footnotes:
(1) Parking areas adjacent to and accessory to the principal use of multi-family residential, community service, business or industry, but not for the purpose of a commercial parking lot.
(2) Including such uses as drug store, beer and wine carryout/drive-thru and restaurant.
(3) Office and display, provided all work is done within the confines of the building.
(4) No repair, painting or washing; and provided that no vehicle parts shall be kept or stored outside of the building.
(5) Provided that all operations, except as herein modified, shall be conducted within the confines of a building; and provided that the building shall have no openings, other than required fire exits or stationary windows, within fifty (50) feet of any R-District, or twenty (20) feet from any residential structure.
(6) for storage of personal or other property, provided that all open areas and parking shall be screened from view of any adjoining R-District by a solid fence, wall or planting screen not less than six (6) feet nor more than eight (8) feet in height.
(7) Uses such as the following, provided that the building shall have no openings, other than required fire exits or stationary windows, within 100 feet of any R- District, or fifty (50) feet from any residential structure.
(8) Provided that such is incidental to a retail business conducted on the premises; and provided that not more than sixty percent (60%) of the gross floor area shall be used for such processing and manufacturing; and provided that such is not objectionable because of noise, smoke, dust or other nuisance.
(9) (Such facility to be distinguishable from a junkyard or salvage yard by the fact that only common household recyclables are to be handled); and provided that such use be limited to 10,000 square feet of floor area, all operations and storage to be within the building; such building to be no closer than fifty (50) feet from an R-District nor twenty feet from any lot line; and provided that the property be maintained in a safe, sanitary and neat appearance.
(10) No mortuaries.
(11) Provided that no part of a building occupied by such uses shall have any opening other than stationary windows or required fire exits within 100 feet of any R-District.
(12) Located not less than 200 feet from any R-District.
(13) Provided that the principal building shall be located not less than 100 feet from any R-District.
(14) Provided that such structure housing the crematorium shall be setback a minimum of 300 feet from any single-family residential and two-family residential use, a public school, or park and that such use in a Business District is accessory to and part of an established funeral home.
(15) Provided the site contains a minimum of three (3) acres, buildings shall be located 100 feet from all property lines, if a site abuts a residential zone, the fifty (50) feet closest to said zone shall be maintained with evergreen trees of four (4) to six (6) feet in height at the time of planting and planted approximately thirty (30) feet apart, or a hedge approximately four (4) feet in height at the time of planting or a fence with a minimum of six (6) feet in height constructed of vinyl or metal mesh screening, and the remaining fifty (50) feet may be used for vehicular parking including trucks and trailers. All site development at the terminal site must be reviewed and approved by the City's Site Plan Review Committee.
(16) Provided that such use is not less than 125 feet from public land or a residence district. Such use shall have a ten (10)-foot-high masonry wall or other suitable screening materials completely enclosing the property on all sides but not closer to the street line than the building set back line.
(17) Provided that all operations and storage be conducted within the confines of a building and that the building be no closer than 200 feet to an R-District and no closer than fifty (50) feet from any lot line, and further provided that any outdoor storage of vehicles and/or trash bins be located no closer than 200 feet from an R-District.
(18) Located not less than 600 feet from any R-District and not less than 200 feet from any other district except an I-1 District.
(19) Pursuant to provisions and requirements of Chapter 1185 of this Zoning Ordinance.
(20) Includes union, charitable, finance, professional, and consulting offices, but does not include retail or wholesale activities.
(21) Provided such use shall not abut a single-family or two-family residential structure or district, and that such use shall be not less than twenty-five (25) feet from any other lot in an R-District.
(22) Pursuant to provisions and requirements of Chapter 1198.13 of this Zoning Ordinance.
(Ord. 195-2024. Passed 10-7-24.)