(A) Permitted use. The following uses shall be permitted in the Rural District:
(1) Agriculture. Agriculture including farming, dairying, pasturage, horticulture, floriculture, viticulture, and animal and poultry husbandry.
(a) Farm dwelling structures.
(b) Farm labor quarters for labor working on the premises.
(c) Roadside stand offering for sale only farm products produced on the premises.
(2) Dwelling structures. One-family dwelling structures. A lot of record on the date of adoption of the zoning ordinance may be subdivided in accordance with the subdivision regulations to provide up to four residential lots, providing the remaining portion of the lot is five acres or more.
(3) Home occupation. Home occupation in association with a permitted dwelling and in accordance with the provisions of § 153.073.
(4) Accessory uses. Accessory buildings and uses in association with agriculture or permitted dwellings as specified in § 153.074, including: noncommercial guest house provided the lot is five acres or more.
(5) Schools and parks. Public or private school offering general educational courses and having no rooms regularly used for housing or sleeping of students. Parks, playgrounds and playfields.
(6) Type B child care, as defined by R.C. Chapter 5104 as an accessory use of a dwelling provided it occupies a lot of not less than one acre and there shall be an outdoor play area of 200 square feet or more per child. Such play area shall be arranged in accordance with the provisions of this district for accessory uses and shall be enclosed with a fence permitted by Code.
(7) Storage and processing of agricultural products. Grain elevator, mill or other facilities for the storage, sorting or other preliminary processing of agricultural products, except that commercial grain elevator operations shall not be permitted. Storage facilities shall not be within 50 feet of a side or rear lot line, except when along a railroad right-of-way. Processing facilities shall not be within 100 feet of a side or rear lot line, except when along a railroad right-of-way.
(8) Accessory child and adult daycare. Accessory in association with a permitted school or religious use when the following standards are met:
(a) Outdoor recreation areas shall be arranged in accordance with the provisions of this district for accessory structures and shall be enclosed with a fence permitted by Code.
(b) A landscape plan shall be submitted with an application for certificate of zoning plan approval indicating compliance with the following requirements.
1. Evergreen, deciduous, or a mix of the two types of shrubs shall be installed along the outside of the outdoor recreation area fence.
2. Shrubs shall be planted to provide a minimum 50% opaque screen achieved within four years of installation. The minimum height requirement at planting shall be 24 inches.
3. A deciduous tree from Group B or C of Appendix E of the Dublin Zoning Code shall be planted every 30 feet along the outside of the play area fence. A minimum two-inch caliper size is required at planting.
(c) Outdoor play. All outdoor play equipment and shade structures visible from the right-of-way or adjacent properties shall utilize subdued colors. Height of outdoor play equipment shall not exceed the height permitted for accessory structures in accordance with the provisions of this district.
(B) Conditional use. The following uses shall be allowed in the Rural District subject to approval in accordance with § 153.236. The design, materials, bulk and height of buildings shall be compatible with and sufficiently buffered from surrounding development to mitigate any potential adverse impact(s).
(1) Mobile Home. A mobile home or house trailer for a period not to exceed 18 months.
(2) Private school or college with students in residence provided it occupies a lot of not less than ten acres or more and there is one acre or more per 25 day students, and one acre or more per 15 resident students.
(3) Cemetery. Cemeteries hereafter established, following the adoption of the zoning ordinance, shall occupy a parcel of not less than 40 acres, excepting those parcels added to an existing cemetery, which may be less than 40 acres.
(a) Interment shall not be within 100 feet of any property line.
(b) A mausoleum, crematory or other structure shall not be within 300 feet of any property line.
(4) Associated sales. Associated sales as accessory to and in association with an agricultural permitted use, such associated sales to cease upon cessation of the agricultural activity. This shall include, but is not limited to garden supplies with a nursery or greenhouse, milk products with a dairy, or imported produce with a permitted produce stand.
(5) Boarding and care of animals. Office of veterinarian and animal hospital, kennel or other facilities for care or boarding of animals provided it occupies a lot of not less than five acres and building pen or other enclosure so used shall not be within 200 feet of any property line.
(6) Commercial grain elevator operations. Commercial grain elevator operations, provided that Planning and Zoning Commission determines adequate lot area is available for such operation.
(7) Religious. Church or other place of worship provided it occupies a lot of not less than five acres.
(8) Child and adult daycare center. For the purposes of this section, DAYCARE CENTER shall mean any place in which child or adult care is provided for seven or more children or adults at one time that is not the permanent residence of the licensee or administrator.
(a) The daycare center shall be located on a lot that is two acres or larger and has frontage on a collector or arterial roadway as determined by the City Engineer at the time of application for certificate of zoning plan approval.
(b) Outdoor recreation areas shall be arranged in accordance with the provisions of this district for accessory structures and shall be enclosed with a fence permitted by Code.
(c) A landscape plan shall be submitted with an application for certificate of zoning plan approval indicating compliance with the following requirements.
1. Evergreen, deciduous, or a mix of the two types of shrubs shall be installed along the outside of the outdoor recreation area fence.
2. Shrubs shall be planted to provide a minimum 50% opaque screen achieved within four years of installation. The minimum height requirement at planting shall be 24 inches.
3. A deciduous tree from Group B or C of Appendix E of the Dublin Zoning Code shall be planted every 30 feet along the outside of the play area fence. A minimum two-inch caliper size is required at planting.
(d) Outdoor play. All outdoor play equipment and shade structures visible from the right-of-way or adjacent properties shall utilize subdued colors. Height of outdoor play equipment shall not exceed the height permitted for accessory structures in accordance with the provisions of this district.
(e) Design. Where daycare facilities are developed as a principal use, the facility shall be designed in accordance with the residential design standards of § 153.190.
(1) Lot area and coverage. For agricultural purposes in the determination of accessory and associated uses, the lot area shall be five acres or more. But this shall not exclude agricultural use of any smaller lot.
(a) For each dwelling unit there shall be a lot area not less than 40,000 square feet per dwelling unit.
(b) For each permitted use and conditional use, the lot area shall be adequate to meet the sanitation requirements of the County Board of Health but shall not be less than that prescribed for such use.
(c) Only one principal use shall be permitted on a lot, and such lot shall not be covered more than 20% by structure.
(2) Lot width. For a one-family dwelling there shall be a lot width of 150 feet or more at the front line of the dwelling, and such lot shall have access to and abut on a public right-of-way for a distance of 60 feet or more.
(3) Side yard. For dwellings or associated accessory buildings there shall be a total of side yards of 25 feet or more with a minimum of eight feet on one side. For a conditional use there shall be a side yard of not less than 25 feet, except when a larger side yard is required for such use, by the zoning ordinance.
(4) Rear yard. For main buildings, there shall be a rear yard of 20% or more of the lot depth, except that a rear yard of more than 50 feet shall not be required.
(5) Maximum height. No dwelling structure shall exceed 35 feet in height. Maximum height for other structures shall not exceed a safe height as determined by the Fire Chief and as reviewed and accepted by the Planning and Zoning Commission.
('80 Code, §§ 1145.01 - 1145.03) (Ord. 21-70, passed 7-13-70; Am. Ord. 54-77, passed 10-3-77; Am. Ord. 147-97, passed 12-15-97; Am. Ord. 57-07, passed 9-4-07; Am. Ord. 41-09, passed 9-8-09; Am. Ord. 13-11, passed 4-11-11) Penalty, see § 153.999