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Elyria, OH Code of Ordinances
CODIFIED ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF ELYRIA, OHIO
DIRECTORY OF OFFICIALS (2024)
PRELIMINARY UNIT
CHARTER OF THE CITY OF ELYRIA, OHIO
PART ONE - ADMINISTRATIVE CODE
PART THREE - TRAFFIC CODE
PART FIVE - GENERAL OFFENSES CODE
PART SEVEN - BUSINESS REGULATION CODE
PART NINE - STREETS AND PUBLIC SERVICES CODE
PART ELEVEN - PLANNING AND ZONING CODE
TITLE ONE - Planning
TITLE THREE - Subdivision Regulations
TITLE FIVE - Zoning
CHAPTER 1121 Conformance of Future Land Use and Major Thoroughfare Plans
CHAPTER 1123 General Provisions
CHAPTER 1125 Definitions
1125.01 MEANING OF TERMS AND WORDS.
1125.02 ADULT ENTERTAINMENT FACILITIES. (REPEALED)
1125.03 AGRICULTURE.
1125.04 ALLEY.
1125.05 ALLIED HEALTH FACILITY.
1125.06 AUTOMOTIVE FILLING STATION.
1125.07 AUTOMOTIVE REPAIR AND SERVICE.
1125.08 AUTOMOTIVE SALES.
1125.09 BED AND BREAKFAST ESTABLISHMENT.
1125.10 BLOCK.
1125.11 BOARD.
1125.12 BOARDING OR LODGING HOUSE.
1125.13 BUILDING.
1125.13.1 CALL CENTER.
1125.14 CELLAR.
1125.15 CELLULAR COMMUNICATION SITE.
1125.16 CHILD CARE FACILITY.
1125.17 CITY.
1125.18 CLUB.
1125.18.1 CLUSTER HOUSING.
1125.19 COMMERCIAL SCHOOL.
1125.20 COMMISSION.
1125.21 CONVENIENCE BUSINESS.
1125.21.1 CONVENTION/CONFERENCE CENTER.
1125.22 COURT.
1125.23 COURT, INNER.
1125.24 COURT, OUTER.
1125.25 DENTAL AND MEDICAL CLINIC.
1125.26 DRIVE-IN FACILITY.
1125.27 DWELLING, MULTI-HOUSEHOLD.
1125.28 DWELLING, SINGLE-HOUSEHOLD.
1125.29 DWELLING, TWO-HOUSEHOLD.
1125.30 DWELLING UNIT.
1125.31 EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION.
1125.32 EQUIVALENT OPACITY.
1125.33 FENCE.
1125.33.1 FARMER'S MARKET.
1125.34 FINANCIAL INSTITUTION.
1125.35 FOOTCANDLE.
1125.36 GARAGE, PRIVATE.
1125.37 GOVERNMENT BUILDING.
1125.38 GROUP HOME.
1125.39 HEALTH UNIT OFFICE.
1125.40 HEIGHT.
1125.41 HOME OCCUPATION.
1125.42 HOSPITAL.
1125.43 HOTEL / MOTEL.
1125.44 HOUSEHOLD.
1125.45 JUNK YARD.
1125.46 KENNEL.
1125.47 LAND USE INTENSITY.
1125.48 LOADING SPACE.
1125.49 LOT.
1125.50 LOT, CORNER.
1125.51 LOT, DEPTH.
1125.52 LOT, INTERIOR.
1125.53 LOT, WIDTH.
1125.54 LOT LINE, FRONT.
1125.55 LOT LINE, REAR.
1125.56 LOT LINE, SIDE.
1125.57 LOT OF RECORD.
1125.58 MANUFACTURED HOUSING.
1125.59 MANUFACTURING AND STORAGE, HAZARDOUS.
1125.60 MANUFACTURING AND STORAGE, HEAVY.
1125.61 MANUFACTURING AND STORAGE, LIGHT.
1125.61.1 MEDICAL MARIJUANA ENTITY.
1125.62 MIXED USE.
1125.62.1 MOTOR VEHICLE CLEANING FACILITY.
1125.63 NONCONFORMING USE.
1125.64 NURSING HOMES.
1125.65 ODOR THRESHOLD.
1125.66 ODOR UNIT.
1125.67 OFFICE.
1125.68 PARKING AREA, PUBLIC.
1125.69 PARKING AREA, RESTRICTED ACCESSORY.
1125.70 PARKING SPACE.
1125.71 PARTICULATE MATTER.
1125.71.1 PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING.
1125.72 PERSONAL SERVICES.
1125.73 RECREATION, COMMERCIAL.
1125.74 RECREATION, NON-COMMERCIAL.
1125.75 RECREATIONAL VEHICLE.
1125.76 RELIGIOUS PLACE OF WORSHIP.
1125.77 RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT LABORATORY.
1125.78 RESTAURANT.
1125.79 RESTAURANT, FAST FOOD.
1125.80 RETAIL BUSINESS.
1125.81 RETAIL BUSINESS, NEIGHBORHOOD.
1125.82 RIGHT-OF-WAY.
1125.83 RINGELMANN CHART.
1125.84 RINGELMANN NUMBER.
1125.85 SATELLITE DISH.
1125.86 SETBACK.
1125.87 SHOPPING CENTER.
1125.88 SIGN.
1125.89 SIGN, OFF-PREMISES.
1125.90 SIGN, ON-PREMISES.
1125.91 SITE PLAN.
1125.92 SMOKE.
1125.93 STANDARD, PERFORMANCE.
1125.94 STORY.
1125.95 STORY, GROUND.
1125.96 STREET, PRIVATE.
1125.97 STREET, PUBLIC.
1125.98 STRUCTURAL ALTERATION.
1125.99 STRUCTURE.
1125.100 TAVERN.
1125.101 TOXIC OR NOXIOUS SUBSTANCE.
1125.102 TRANSITIONAL HOUSING.
1125.103 TRUCK TERMINAL.
1125.104 USE.
1125.105 USE, ACCESSORY.
1125.106 USE, CONDITIONAL.
1125.107 USE, PRINCIPALLY PERMITTED.
1125.108 VARIANCE.
1125.109 VEHICLE.
1125.110 VETERINARIAN OFFICE/ANIMAL HOSPITAL.
1125.111 VIBRATION.
1125.112 WAREHOUSE.
1125.113 WAREHOUSE, LOCK AND STORE.
1125.114 WHOLESALE BUSINESS.
1125.115 YARD, FRONT.
1125.116 YARD, REAR.
1125.117 YARD, SIDE.
1125.118 ZONING CODE.
1125.119 ZONING ORDINANCE.
1125.120 ZONING PERMIT.
CHAPTER 1127 Administration, Enforcement and Penalty
CHAPTER 1131 Use Districts and Zoning Map
CHAPTER 1133 Amendments
CHAPTER 1135 Conditional Uses
CHAPTER 1137 Supplemental District Regulations
CHAPTER 1140 COS Conservation Open Space District
CHAPTER 1142 R-LD Residential-Low Density District
CHAPTER 1144 R-MD Residential-Medium Density District
CHAPTER 1146 R-UD Residential-Urban Density District
CHAPTER 1148 R-TH Residential-Two Household District
CHAPTER 1150 R-MHL Residential-Multi-Household Low Density District
CHAPTER 1152 R-MHH Residential-Multi-Household High Density District
CHAPTER 1154 R-MHP Residential - Manufactured Home Park District
CHAPTER 1156 B-N Business-Neighborhood District
CHAPTER 1158 B-D Business-Downtown District
CHAPTER 1160 B-G Business-General District
CHAPTER 1162 B-AO Business-Automotive Oriented District
CHAPTER 1163 POD Professional Office District
CHAPTER 1164 L-I Light Industrial District
CHAPTER 1166 H-I Heavy Industrial District
CHAPTER 1168 S-I Special Industrial District
CHAPTER 1170 TPD Technology Park District
CHAPTER 1171 Nonconforming Uses
CHAPTER 1173 Off-Premises Outdoor Advertising Signs
CHAPTER 1174 On-Premises Signs
CHAPTER 1175 Off-Street Parking and Loading
CHAPTER 1176 REDEVELOPMENT OVERLAY DISTRICT (RDOD)
CHAPTER 1177 Residential Planned Unit Developments (R-PUD)
CHAPTER 1179 Cluster Development
CHAPTER 1181 Planned Unit Developments
CHAPTER 1183 Design Review
CHAPTER 1184 Submission of Plans
CHAPTER 1186 Cellular Communication Sites
CHAPTER 1187 Sexually Oriented Businesses
CHAPTER 1188 Wind Energy Facility
CHAPTER 1199 Penalties, Remedies and Fees
PART THIRTEEN - BUILDING CODE
PART FIFTEEN - FIRE PREVENTION CODE
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1125.24 COURT, OUTER.
   "Outer court" means a court which opens for its full width on a street or other permanent open space, the width being the horizontal dimension substantially parallel to the principal open end thereof, and the depth being the horizontal distance between its principal open end and the end opposite thereto.
(Ord. 98-176. Passed 8-3-98.)
1125.25 DENTAL AND MEDICAL CLINIC.
   "Dental and medical clinic" means a facility organized and operated for the primary purpose of providing health services, diagnosis, care, and treatment for out-patient medical or dental care of the sick or injured, including related facilities operated in connection with the clinic.
(Ord. 98-176. Passed 8-3-98.)
1125.26 DRIVE-IN FACILITY.
   "Drive-in facility" means any portion of a building or structure from which business is transacted, or is capable of being transacted, with customers located in a motor vehicle during such business transactions.
(Ord. 98-176. Passed 8-3-98.)
1125.27 DWELLING, MULTI-HOUSEHOLD.
   "Multi-household dwelling" means a building consisting of three (3) or more dwelling units in any combination, including multi-level structures, garden apartments, townhouses and similar attached dwelling units with varying arrangements of entrances and party walls, for three (3) or more families or housekeeping units, living independently of each other, with cooking and sanitary facilities in each dwelling unit.
(Ord. 98-176. Passed 8-3-98.)
1125.28 DWELLING, SINGLE-HOUSEHOLD.
   "Single-household dwelling" means a building consisting of a detached single dwelling unit only, separated from other dwelling units by open space.
(Ord. 98-176. Passed 8-3-98.)
1125.29 DWELLING, TWO-HOUSEHOLD.
   "Two-household dwelling" means a building designed for or used exclusively by two (2) families or housekeeping units, living independently of each other, with cooking and sanitary facilities in each dwelling unit.
(Ord. 98-176. Passed 8-3-98.)
1125.30 DWELLING UNIT.
   "Dwelling unit" means a space, within a building, comprising a living, dining and sleeping room or rooms and storage closets, as well as space and equipment for cooking, bathing and toilet facilities, all used by only one household and its household employees.
(Ord. 98-176. Passed 8-3-98.)
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