In the Residence and R-1 Districts, the following uses only are permitted:
(A) In the Residence Districts, single-family and two-family dwellings, as well as the other uses permitted by this section.
(B) In the R-1 Districts, single-family dwellings, as well as the other uses permitted hereinafter in this section. However, lots in the R-1 Districts shall have a minimum width of 50 feet at the building line.
(C) Churches and other places of worship, Sunday school buildings, and parish houses.
(D) Schools, educational institutions, colleges, including dormitories, public libraries, public museums, and public art galleries.
(E) Municipal buildings or properties, except for any use that is customarily conducted as a gainful business.
(F) Parks, recreational and community center buildings, and grounds for games or sports, except those where the chief activity is carried on or is one customarily carried on primarily for gain.
(G) Hospitals, nursing homes, dispensaries, sanitariums, physicians' offices, clinics, and treatment rooms, and other welfare or charitable institutions (other than penal or correctional institutions, and those primarily for the care and treatment of epileptics or drug addicts, or alcoholics or the insane); provided no part of any such building is located within 50 feet of any adjoining lot in the residence district not used for a similar purpose. However, "dispensaries" as used in this subsection shall not include dispensaries for medical marijuana, as defined in this chapter and R.C. Chapter 3796.
(H) Cemeteries adjacent to or in extension of cemeteries existing on the effective date of this chapter.
(I) Telephone exchanges and static transformer stations, provided there is no yard or garage for service or storage.
(J) Greenhouses, nurseries, truck gardens, and farms, including the usual farm uses and buildings; provided no part of any greenhouse heating plant or any building in which farm animals are kept is located within 100 feet of the adjoining lot in the residence district not used for a similar purpose, and provided that greenhouses, nurseries, truck gardens, and farms may not cultivate or process medical marijuana, as defined in this chapter and R.C. Chapter 3796.
(K) Accessory uses and structures customarily incident to any permitted use and located on the same lot therewith, including private garages, carports, stables, and sheds, provided that such accessory uses shall not include the conduct of any business or industry or any private way, driveway, or walk giving access thereto. Accessory uses shall include:
(1) The leasing of rooms by a resident proprietor, provided the total number of roomers and boarders does not exceed six.
(2) The office of a resident person, provided that not more than 1/3 of the floor area of one story is devoted to such use, and in which not more than one person not a resident of the premises is employed.
(3) Home occupations, when conducted and entered from within the dwelling, and in which no persons not residents of the premises are employed; provided that not more than one-third of the floor area of one story is devoted to such use, and that no display of goods or commodities pertaining to such use is visible from the street. In connection with such occupation, no goods or commodities shall be sold on the premises, and no mechanical equipment used except such as is customarily employed for domestic or household purposes. Home occupations within the city limits may not engage in the commerce of medical marijuana, as defined in this chapter and R.C. Chapter 3796.
(4) Garage or parking space for four motor vehicles or trailers on any lot. Such space may be increased provided that the area of the lot shall contain not less than 1200 square feet for each motor vehicle, or trailer stored. Only one commercial motor vehicle, not exceeding 1-1/2 tons capacity, may be stored on any lot; this does not apply to the storage of such vehicles used exclusively for a conforming use. Garage space for not more than two motor vehicles may be rented to persons not occupants of the premises.
(5) The keeping of fowl or small animals not primarily for gain. Any building or enclosure for such fowl and animals shall be located in the rear yard, and shall be at least 20 feet from every adjoining lot in the residence district.
(6) The keeping of horses, cows, and other livestock not primarily for gain, and only within an enclosure which shall be at least 100 feet from every adjoining lot in the residence district.
(7) The sale only of vegetables, fruits, flowers, shrubs, trees, and farm products raised on the premises.
(8) Signs and canopies extending from any building or structure may project within three feet of the curb line, and must have a minimum height of ten feet from the sidewalk grade.
(L) Restricted parking lots, where the area is adjacent to a business district, or is separated therefrom by a street or alley not over 30 feet in width. Such restricted parking lots shall be subject, however, to the following conditions and limitations:
(1) The parking lot shall be for use in connection with uses located in the adjacent business district.
(2) The parking area shall be not less than 7,500 square feet, and shall abut at least 75 feet on the adjoining business district or on the alley or street constituting the boundary.
(3) The lot shall be used solely for the parking of passenger automobiles.
(4) The lot shall not be used for repair work or servicing of any kind.
(5) No charge shall be made for parking.
(6) No signs of any kind shall be erected on the lot.
(7) Such other or further conditions, as the zoning board of appeals may deem desirable, to reduce the adverse effect of a parking lot upon the preservation of the residential character and development of the residence district in which the parking lot is located.
(M) Septic tanks and sewage disposal plants publicly owned and operated.
(N) No outside storage except operable motor vehicles shall be permitted.
(O) No property or building shall be used in the Residence and R-1 Districts for the cultivation, processing, or sale of medical marijuana, as defined in this chapter and R.C. Chapter 3796.
('73 Code, § 150.06) (Am. Ord. 06-14, passed 10-3-06; Am. Ord. 19-25, passed 12-3-19) Penalty, see § 150.99