The following words and phrases shall have the meanings given in this section, unless the context clearly indicates a different meaning.
(1) “Accessory Use or Structure” means a use or structure subordinate to the principal use of a building or use on the same lot and serving a purpose customarily incidental to the use of the principal building or use.
(2) “Alterations, Structural” means any change in the supporting members of a building, such as walls, floors, columns, beams, or girders.
(3) “Alterations, Substantial” means any change in a building or structure, the cost of which exceeds 50% of the estimated replacement cost of the building or structure.
(4) “Automotive and Auto-Accessory Sales” means an area within a building or open area other than a street used for display, sales, or rental of motor vehicles, or parts or accessories used in conjunction therewith, such as mechanical parts, radios, tires, batteries, truck or "camper" tops, and the like. On-site installation and servicing shall be limited to minor repair work, as defined herein.
(5) “Automotive Service Station/Repair Garage” means a place where gasoline or any other motor fuel or lubricating oil or grease for operating motor vehicles is offered for sale to the public and deliveries are made directly into motor vehicles, and may include incidental polishings, greasing, and oiling on the premises and replacement or installation of minor parts and accessories. Major repairs as defined herein may be allowed provided they take place within an enclosed building.
(6) “Board of Appeals” means the Board of Zoning Appeals of the Village of Columbus Grove.
(7) “Building” means any structure having a roof supported by columns or walls, used or intended to be used for the shelter or enclosure of persons, animals, or property.
(8) “Building Height” means the vertical distance from the average contact ground level at the front wall of the building to the highest point on the coping of a flat roof or to the deck line of a mansard roof or to the ridge for gable, hip or gambrel roofs.
(9) “Building Line” means the line nearest the front and across a lot establishing the minimum open space to be provided between the front line of the building foundation and the front lot line. The front line of the foundations or enclosed porches or vestibules if nearer the front line than the main foundations.
(10) “Business” means an occupation, enterprise, undertaking or employment which engages in the purchase, sale, barter or exchange of goods, wares, merchandise or services, or where there is the maintenance or operation of an office or offices for the exhibition, sale, or offering of merchandise or services.
(11) “Comprehensive Plan” means a plan adopted by the Village Planning Commission and the Village Council showing the general location and extent of present and proposed land use and transportation facilities including residential development and housing, commercial and industrial uses, highways and roads, schools and parks, and other community facilities. This plan establishes the goals, objectives and policies of the Village of Columbus Grove.
(12) “Conditional Use” means a use permitted within a district other than a principally permitted use, requiring a conditional use permit and approval of the Board of Zoning Appeals.
(13) “Conditional Use Permit” means a permit issued by the Zoning Enforcement Officer upon approval by the Board of Zoning Appeals to allow a use other than a principally permitted use to be established within the district.
(14) “Condominium” means the same as "Dwelling, Multiple-Family" where each family owns its own dwelling unit but where the common areas of the building and site are owned and maintained jointly by the occupants.
(15) “Conversion” means an alteration of a residential structure so as to accommodate one or more additional dwelling units.
(16) “Coverage” means the percentage of the lot area which is covered by any building or part thereof.
(17) “Drainage way” means a watercourse, gully, dry stream, creek, or ditch which carries storm water runoff, which is subject to flooding or ponding, which is fed by street or building gutters or by storm water sewers, or which serves the purpose of draining water from the lands adjacent to such watercourse, gully, dry stream, creek, or ditch.
(18) “Dwelling” means any building or portion thereof designed or used as the residence of one or more persons, but not including a tent, cabin, travel trailer, tree house, or a room in a hote1 or motel.
(19) “Dwelling, Single-Family” means a building designed for or used for residence purposes by one family or housekeeping unit. In no case shall a mobile home be considered a single-family dwelling.
(20) “Dwelling, Two-Family” means a building designed for or used by two families or housekeeping units.
(21) “Dwelling, Multiple-Family” means a building or portion thereof designed for or used by three or more families or housekeeping units living independent of one another.
(22) “Dwelling, Detached” means a building having no party wall in common with an adjacent building.
(23) “Dwelling, Row” means a building having a party wall on each side in common with an adjoining building unless it is situated as the outermost building; in the latter case, it will have a party wall on one side only.
(24) “Dwelling, Pre-Existing” means a dwelling unit in existence, or under construction, at the time of enactment of these regulations.
(25) “Dwelling Unit” means one room or a suite of two or more rooms designed for or used by one family for living and sleeping purposes and having only one kitchen or kitchenette.
(26) “Establishment” means a building or structure used for commercial or industrial purposes including stores, shops, plants, factories, warehouses, wholesale houses and the like.
(27) “Family” means a person living alone, or two or more persons living together as a single housekeeping unit in a dwelling unit as distinguished from a group occupying a boarding house, lodging house, dormitory, motel or hotel.
(28) “Fence” means an enclosure, barrier or screen whose purpose is to physically and/or visually contain certain uses and activities which are carried out on a particular lot.
(29) “Floor Area of a Residential Building” means the sum of the gross horizontal area of the several floors of a residential building, excluding basement floor areas not devoted to residential use, but including the area of roofed porches and roofed terraces. All dimensions shall be measured between interior faces of walls.
(30) “Floor Area of a Non-Residential Building” (To Be Used in Calculating Off-Street Parking Requirements) means the floor area of the specified use excluding stairs, washrooms, elevator shafts, maintenance shafts and rooms, storage spaces, display windows, and fitting rooms, and similar areas.
(31) “Garage, Private” means a detached accessory building or a portion of the principal building used only for the storage of vehicles and incidental personal property.
(32) “Garage, Public” means a building or portion thereof, other than private garage or filling station, used for equipping, servicing, repairing, hiring, selling or storing vehicles, or similar equipment.
(33) “Garden Apartment” means a multi-story, walk-up apartment building, usually grouped around a common open space with off-street parking provided on the periphery of the site.
(34) “Health Department” means the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency and the Putnam County Health Department.
(35) “Home Occupation” means an occupation engaged in by a resident of a particular dwelling which does not significantly alter the use of the dwelling unit for residential purposes by its occupants.
(36) “Hotel” means a building occupied primarily as the temporary abiding place of individuals who are lodged with or without meals, and in which there are more than twelve (12) sleeping rooms or apartments.
(37) “Land Use Plan” means a plan, or any portion thereof, adopted by the Village Planning Commission and the Village Council showing the general location and extent of present and proposed land use and transportation facilities including housing, industrial and commercial uses, highways and roads, parks, schools, and other community facilities. This plan establishes the goals, objectives, and policies of the Village.
(38) “Loading Space” means a space within the same zoning lot with providing space for the standing, loading, or unloading of trucks and other delivery vehicles.
(39) “Lot” means a parcel of land defined by metes and bounds or boundary lines in a recorded deed or on a recorded plat, fronting on a legally dedicated public thoroughfare. In determining lot area, no part thereof within the limits of the proposed thoroughfare rights-of-way shall be included.
A. “Lot Area” means the computed area contained within the lot lines.
B. “Lot, Corner” means a lot at the juncture of and fronting on two or more intersecting streets.
C. “Lot Depth” means the mean horizontal distance between the front and the rear lot lines.
D. “Lot Lines” means the property lines bounding the lot.
E. “Lot Line, Front” means the line separating the lot from a street.
F. “Lot Line, Rear” means the lot line opposite and most distant from the front lot line.
G. “Lot Line, Side” means any lot other than a front or rear lot line. A side lot line separating a lot from a street is called a side street lot line. A side lot line separating a lot from another lot or lots is called an interior side lot line.
H. “Lot Width” means the width of the lot measured at the building setback line.
(40) “Mobile Home” means any vehicle or mobile structure more than forty (40) feet long, on wheels, skids, rollers, or blocks, designed to be pulled, pushed, or carried by a motor vehicle on a highway, and designed for living as a one-family dwelling, complete and ready for occupancy as such except for minor and incidental packing and assembly operations, location on permanent foundations, connections to utilities, and the like. In no case shall a mobile home be considered a single family dwelling.
(41) “Mobile Home Park” means an area of land under uniform ownership or management, divided into three (3) or more lots with foundations laid out to provide sites for mobile homes permanently affixed to the land for a period of time exceeding sixty (60) days.
(42) “Modular Housing” means a dwelling consisting of an assembly of materials comprising all or part of a total residential structure which, when constructed, is self-sufficient or substantially self-sufficient and when installed, constitutes a dwelling unit, except for necessary preparations for its placement.
(43) “Motel” means a building, or group of buildings, comprising individual sleeping or living units for the accommodation of transient guests, not containing individual cooking or kitchen facilities.
(44) “Nonconformities” means a legally existing use, structure, or land which fails to comply with the standards set forth in these Regulations applicable to the district in which it is located.
(45) “Official Thoroughfare Plan” means the Comprehensive Plan adopted by the Village Planning Commission indicating the general location recommended for state highways, and Village streets within the incorporated areas of the Village and its planning area.
(46) “Parking Space” means the area required for parking one (1) automobile, which in these regulations is held to be an area not less than 8 feet wide and 18 feet long, either within a structure or in the open, exclusive of driveways or access drives.
(47) “Person” means a corporation, firm, partnership, association, organization, or any other group acting as a unit, as well as a natural person.
(48) “Planning Commission” means the Village Planning Commission of the Village of Columbus Grove, Ohio.
(49) “Private Non-Commercial Recreational Area, Facility or Club” means any privately owned and operated recreation facility or area such as a golf course, tennis courts, ball fields, or swimming pools.
(50) “Professional Office” means any building or structure used for providing professional services such as doctors, lawyers, accountants, architects, engineers, photographers, and other similar professions.
(51) “Repair Work, Minor” means routine maintenance or other servicing of motor vehicles including but not necessarily limited to lubricating and installation of parts and accessories such as batteries, belts, filters, safety devices, and the like. In no case shall minor repair work including welding, body and fender repair, spray painting, upholstery work, glass work, tire recapping, auto dismantling, or major mechanical repair involving engine, transmission or exhaust system components of a motor vehicle.
(52) “Repair Work, Major” means automotive work including those operations prohibited under "minor repair work", but not including automobile wrecking or long-term storage of inoperable vehicles or parts.
(53) “Research and Development” means a use, building, or structure which houses facilities for scientific investigation, testing experimentation, or engineering, but no facilities for the manufacture or sale of products except as incidental to the main purpose.
(54) “Restaurant”.
A. “Restaurant, Sit-Down” means an establishment whose primary function is the offering of food and beverages which are sold and consumed within the restaurant building. Sit-down restaurants have lower customer turnover than carry-outs or drive-ins.
B. “Restaurant, Carry-Out” means an establishment whose primary function is the offering of food and beverages which are sold only inside the building, and are usually packaged to be carried and consumed off of the premises, but may be consumed within the restaurant building or on the premises.
C. “Restaurant, Drive-In” means an establishment offering quick-service food and beverages which are sold within the building, or to persons while in motor vehicles in an area designated for drive-in service, and may be consumed on or off the premises. Drive-in restaurants usually have a higher customer turnover than sit-down restaurants.
(55) “Semi-Public Building or Use of Land” means a building or use owned, operated, or maintained by a private club, association, or organization but which may frequently be open to the general public for purposes of assembly or educational/cultural use.
(56) “Setback Line” means the closest point at which a building may be constructed in relation to the lot line.
(57) “Sewers, Central or Group” means an approved sewage disposal system which provides a collection network and disposal system and central sewage treatment facility for a single development, community, or region.
(58) “Sewers, On-Site” means a septic tank or similar installation on an individual lot which utilizes an aerobic bacteriological process or equally satisfactory process for the elimination of sewage and provides for the proper and safe disposal of the effluent, subject to the approval of the County Health Department and the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency.
(59) “Sign, Business” means a sign which directs attention to a business, profession, commodity or entertainment conducted, sold, or offered upon the same lot.
(60) “Similar Use or Establishment” means a use not specifically listed but similar to any of the permitted building or use classifications of any district, but which may be found analogous and added to a classification as determined by the Zoning Enforcement Officer, Planning Commission, or Board of Zoning Appeals.
(61) “Story” means that portion of a building included between the upper surface of any floor and the upper surface of the floor next above; also any portion of a building used for human occupancy between the topmost floor and the roof. A basement shall not be counted as a story unless more than one-half (½) of the basement is above grade level at the front of the building.
(62) “Structure” means anything constructed, the use of which required permanent location on the ground or attachment to something having a permanent location on the ground.
(63) “Use” means the employment or occupation of a building, structure or land for a person's service, benefit or enjoyment.
(64) “Variance” means a variation from a strict interpretation of the terms of these Regulations, owing to peculiar conditions or circumstances which apply only to the property in question, and no other. As used in these Regulations, a variance is authorized only for height, area, yard, or setback requirements.
(65) “Village” means the Village of Columbus Grove, Ohio.
(66) “Village Council” means the Village Council of the Village of Columbus Grove, Ohio.
(67) “Village Planning Commission” means the Village Planning Commission of the Village of Columbus Grove, Ohio.
(68) “Yard” means a space on the same lot with a main building, open, unoccupied and unobstructed by buildings or structures from the ground to the sky, except as otherwise provided in these Regulations.
A. “Yard, Front” means a yard extending across the full width of the lot, the depth of which shall be the least distance between the front lot line and the front of the main building.
B. “Yard, Rear” means a yard extending the full width of the lot between the rearmost main building and the rear lot line, the depth of which shall be the least distance between the rear lot line and the rear of such main building. Where an existing lot-of-record abuts upon an alley, one-half the alley width may be considered as part of the required rear yard.
C. “Yard, Side” means a yard between the main building and the side lot line, extending from the front yard or front lot line where no front yard is required, to the rear yard. The width of the required side yard shall be measured horizontally and perpendicularly from the nearest point of the side lot line toward the nearest part of the main building.
(69) “Zoning Certificate” means the document issued by the Zoning Enforcement Officer authorizing buildings, structures or uses consistent with the terms of these Regulations and for the purpose of carrying out and enforcing its provisions.
(70) “Zoning District” means a portion of the incorporated area of the Village of Columbus Grove for which certain uniform regulations governing the use, height, area, and intensity of use by buildings and land and open spaces about buildings are herein established.
(71) “Zoning Enforcement Officer” means the Zoning Enforcement Officer who is appointed by the Village Council to administer and enforce the Village's Regulations and to issue Zoning Certificates.
(72) “Zoning Lot” means a single tract of land which at the time of the filing for a Zoning Certificate is designated by its owner or developer as a tract to be used, developed or built upon as a unit under single ownership or control. Therefore, a "Zoning Lot" may or may not coincide with a lot of record. The Zoning Lot shall have adequate frontage on an improved dedicated roadway of adequate width.
(Ord. 1986-2. Passed 2-24-86.)