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Codified Ordinances of Celina, OH
Codified Ordinances of the City of Celina, Ohio
CERTIFICATION
ROSTER OF OFFICIALS
ADOPTING ORDINANCE
EDITOR'S NOTE
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 - Subdivision Regulations
TITLE THREE - Zoning Ordinance
CHAPTER 1141 General Provisions
CHAPTER 1142 Definitions
CHAPTER 1143 Administration
CHAPTER 1144 Enforcement
CHAPTER 1145 Conditional Uses
CHAPTER 1146 Site Plan Guidelines Standards
CHAPTER 1147 Overlay Districts
CHAPTER 1148 Design Review
CHAPTER 1150 Nonconforming Uses
CHAPTER 1153 Board of Zoning Appeals
CHAPTER 1157 District Changes and Regulation Amendments
CHAPTER 1161 S-1 Special District
CHAPTER 1162 R-1 Low Density Residential District
CHAPTER 1163 R-2 Medium Density Residential District
CHAPTER 1164 R-3 High Density Residential District
CHAPTER 1165 R-O Residence Office District
CHAPTER 1166 B-1 General Business District
CHAPTER 1167 B-2 Central Business District
CHAPTER 1168 B-3 Community Shopping District
CHAPTER 1169 M-1 Manufacturing District
CHAPTER 1170 M-2 Light Manufacturing District
CHAPTER 1180 Supplemental Regulations
CHAPTER 1181 Off-Street Parking and Loading
CHAPTER 1183 Additional Provisions for Integrated Apartment, Office, Research and Industrial Uses
CHAPTER 1184 Adult Entertainment Facilities
CHAPTER 1185 Signs
CHAPTER 1186 Medical Marijuana Dispensaries, and Recreational Marijuana Facilities
CHAPTER 1199 Violation, Remedies and Fees
PART THIRTEEN - BUILDING CODE
PART FIFTEEN - FIRE PREVENTION CODE
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   1180.01 FLOOR AREA REQUIREMENTS FOR DWELLINGS.
   The floor area per family in dwellings erected on any lot shall not be less than that established by the following table. In determining floor area, only area used for living quarters shall be counted. Common areas such as utility rooms, laundry areas, mechanical rooms, halls, and stairways are to be excluded. Also excluded are garages, carports, porches, and basements.
MINIMUM FLOOR AREA PER EACH FAMILY UNIT
(Expressed in square feet)
Apartment of Multiple Dwellings

District
Single and Two
Family Dwellings
 

Efficiencies

1 Bedroom Unit 
2 or More
Bedrooms
"R-1 "
1100
N/A
N/A
N/A
"R-2"
900
N/A
575
820
"R-3"
750
285
575
750
"R-O"
N/A
285
575
750
 
   In other districts where residences are allowed as conditional uses, R-3 standards apply.
(Ord. 26-99-0. Passed 8-23-99.)
   1180.02 SIDE AND REAR YARD REQUIREMENTS FOR NONRESIDENTIAL USES ABUTTING "R" DISTRICTS.
   (a)   Minimum Yard Requirements. Nonresidential buildings or uses shall not be located nor conducted closer to any lot line of "R-l", "R-2" or "R-3" District than the distance specified in the following schedule, except as provided in subsection (b) hereof.
Minimum Side or Rear Yard Modification
Abutting any "R" District (ft.)

Use
25
Off-street parking and loading spaces and access drives for nonresidential uses.
50
Churches, schools and public or semipublic buildings.
60
Recreation facilities, entertainment facilities, motels, trailers and mobile home parks, all commercial uses and billboards.
100
Outside sale or storage of building material or construction equipment, all industrial uses, except those listed herein.
500
Auto and metal salvage operations; mineral extraction or processing.
   (b)   Landscaping or Screening Provisions. For nonresidential uses abutting "R" Districts the minimum yards may be reduced to fifty percent (50%) of the requirements stated in subsection (B) hereof if landscaping or screening, approved by the Zoning Inspector, is provided.
(Ord. 26-99-0. Passed 8-23-99.)
   1180.03 HEIGHT REGULATIONS FOR INSTITUTIONAL, OFFICE, INDUSTRIAL AND APARTMENT BUILDINGS AND STRUCTURES.
   (a)   Institutional, industrial and apartment buildings with a height in excess of the maximum height specified in the respective district for such buildings shall be permitted provided the required front, side and rear yards are increased by one foot for each foot of additional building height above the maximum specified in the respective district.
   (b)   The height regulations prescribed herein shall not apply to television and radio towers, church spires, belfries, monuments, tanks, water and fire towers, stage towers or scenery lofts, cooling towers, ornamental towers and spires, chimneys, silos and similar structures, elevator bulkheads, smokestacks, conveyors and flagpoles, except where the height of such structures will constitute a hazard to a safe landing and take-off of aircraft at an established airport.
   (c)   No building shall exceed a maximum height of 100 feet without prior approval of the Planning Commission.
(Ord. 26-99-0. Passed 8-23-99.)
   1180.04 EXISTING LOTS OF RECORD.
   The following applies to all lots of record at the effective date of this Zoning Ordinance.
   (a)   Any existing lot of record forty feet or wider in districts allowing single family residences as permitted uses may be used for the erection of a single-family dwelling even though its area and width are less than the minimum requirements set forth herein.
   (b)   On lots of record setbacks for new, altered or expanded residences and their accessory structures shall be determined according to the following:
      (1)   The minimum side yard setback shall be determined by the proportional reduction of the requirements specified in the district up to a maximum of 50% of the minimum setback stated in the district.
      (2)   The front and rear setbacks shall be established by the corresponding prevailing setbacks for the front and rear yards on the same side of the block on which the structure is located up to a maximum of 50% of the minimum setback stated in the district.
   (c)   On existing single-family structures and their accessory structures, an existing wall may be extended parallel to the side yard property line if the following conditions are met:
      (1)   No buildings on the adjacent lot are within 10 feet of the wall extension.
      (2)   Extension is no longer than 50% of the length of the wall at the time of the adoption of the Ordinance.
      (3)   Limited to a minimum setback of three (3) feet in all cases.
      (Ord. 26-99-0. Passed 8-23-99.)
   1180.05 ARCHITECTURAL PROJECTIONS.
   Certain architectural features may project into required minimum yard setbacks as follows:
   (a)   Front, side and rear yards. The following architectural features may project into the minimum yard setback of any front, rear or side yard adjoining a side street:
      (1)   Cornices, canopies, eaves, or other architectural features may project a distance not exceeding two feet, six inches.
      (2)   Fire escapes may project a distance not exceeding four feet, six inches.
      (3)   An uncovered stair, including landings, may project a distance not to exceed six (6) feet. Such stair and landing shall not extend above the entrance floor with the exception of handrailings. Handrailings may extend an additional three (3) feet above the floor level.
      (4)   Bay windows, balconies, uncovered porches or decks, and chimneys may project a distance not to exceed three (3) feet. These features shall not occupy more than one-third (1/3) the width of the building toward the yard in question.
   (b)   Interior side yards. The structures or features as listed in (a) above, may project into an interior side yard (those side yards not facing a side street) a distance up to one-fifth (l/5) the required setback distance.
   However, such projection shall not exceed three (3) feet. Structures or features which extend into more than one minimum side yard setback are subject to all combined limitations.
      (Ord. 26-99-0. Passed 8-23-99.)
   1180.06 SPECIAL YARD REQUIREMENTS.
   (a)   Lots having frontage on more shall one street shall provide the required front yard on the principal street and the minimum side yard required in that district, but not less than fifteen feet on the side street.
 
   (b)   In the case of lots having frontage on more than one street, accessory structures in that side yard shall meet the prevailing front yard setback on the street on which it is located.
   (c)   Where a building lot is comprised of more than one lot of record, building setbacks for all interior lot lines shall be as for any property line. However, a building may overlap an interior lot line.
(Ord. 26-99-0. Passed 8-23-99.)
   (d)   Lot width, area, height, land use intensity, front, side and rear yard regulations for new and existing dwellings and their accessory buildings in any zone other than those with an “R” designation shall be those of the R-3 zone.
(Ord. 44-99-0. Passed 1-24-00.)
   1180.07 TRAFFIC VISIBILITY ACROSS CORNER LOTS.
   In any district, except in the B-2 district, on any corner lot, no fence, structure or planting shall be erected or maintained within a triangle 20 feet from the intersection of the right-of-way lines which may interfere with traffic visibility across the corner.
(Ord. 26-99-0. Passed 8-23-99.)
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