(a) Land or buildings may be approved as permitted uses in the Exceptional Use District (EU) provided that such use is not a permitted or conditional use in any other district. For purposes of this section:
(1) PAWNBROKER means a person engaged in the business of lending money on deposit or pledges of personal property, other than securities, printed evidence of indebtedness, titles, deeds, or bills of sale, at a total charge, rate of interest, or discount or other remuneration in excess of 8% per annum, and includes a person engaged in the business of purchasing personal property from another person with an agreement that the personal property will be made available to that person for repurchase with an agreed-to-time period for an amount greater than the price originally paid to that other person for the purchase of property.
(2) PLASMA means the fluid portion of blood that has been stabilized against clotting, and is collected by plasmapheresis.
(3) PLASMAPHERESIS means a procedure in which blood is drawn from a donor, the plasma is separated from the formed elements, and the formed elements are returned to the donor during a single visit to the plasmapheresis center, but excludes such a procedure performed for the purpose of improving the health of a donor.
(4) PLASMAPHERESIS CENTER means a blood bank or other establishment except a hospital that collects plasma.
(b) The Exceptional Use District shall be limited to the following issues:
(1) Golf club, country club, fishing club or lake, gun club, riding stable, including boarding of animals or similar recreational facility operated on an admission fee or membership basis.
(2) Cemetery or crematory not otherwise allowed by the provisions of the Zoning Code. The following standards shall apply to the development and construction of cemeteries within the municipality.
A. The site proposed for a cemetery shall not interfere with the development of a system of collector and larger streets in the vicinity of such site. In addition, such site shall have direct access to a thoroughfare which Council determines is adequate to serve the size of the facility proposed.
B. Any new cemetery shall be located on a site containing not less than 20 acres.
C. All buildings, including but not limited to mausoleums and maintenance buildings, shall respect the required yards setback of the district in which it is located.
D. All graves or burial lots shall be set back not less than 25 feet from any street right-of-way line.
E. All required yards shall be landscaped and maintained in good order. A plan for perpetual care of the grounds shall be required.
(3) Agriculture.
(4) Pawnbrokers not otherwise allowed by the provisions of the Zoning Code. All requirements set forth in R.C. Chapter 4727 shall apply.
(5) Plasmapheresis centers not otherwise allowed by the provisions of the Zoning Code. All requirements set forth in R.C. Chapter 3725 shall apply.
(6) Other legal uses of unique or exceptional requirements of circumstances that are otherwise not permitted by this Zoning Code.
(Ord. 2020-10, passed 6-15-2020)