Skip to code content (skip section selection)
Compare to:
Elyria Overview
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 (REPEALED)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
Loading...
1125.56 LOT LINE, SIDE.
   "Side lot line" means any lot line not a front lot line or a rear lot line. A side lot line separating a lot from a street is called a side street lot line.
(Ord. 98-176. Passed 8-3-98.)
1125.57 LOT OF RECORD.
   "Lot of record" means a lot which is part of a subdivision, the plat of which has been recorded in the office of the County Recorder of Lorain County, or a lot described by a metes and bounds description, the description of which has been recorded in the Recorder's office.
(Ord. 98-176. Passed 8-3-98.)
1125.58 MANUFACTURED HOUSING.
   "Manufactured housing" means any non-self-propelled vehicle transportable in one (1) or more sections, which, in the traveling mode, is eight (8) body feet or more in width or forty (40) body feet or more in length or, when erected on site, is three hundred twenty (320) or more square feet, and which is built on a permanent chassis and designed to be used as a dwelling with or without a permanent foundation when connected to the required utilities, and includes plumbing, heating, air conditioning, and electrical systems contained therein. Calculations used to determine the number of square feet in a structure are based on the structure's exterior dimensions measured at the largest horizontal projection when erected on the site. These dimensions include all expandable rooms, cabinets, and other projections containing interior space, but do not include bay windows.
(Ord. 98-176. Passed 8-3-98.)
1125.59 MANUFACTURING AND STORAGE, HAZARDOUS.
   "Hazardous manufacturing and hazardous storage" means the assembling, altering, fabricating, finishing or processing, or the treatment or storage, of a product using any substances or materials that, by reason of their toxic, caustic, corrosive, abrasive, flammable or explosive nature or otherwise injurious properties, may be detrimental or deleterious to the health of any person handling or otherwise coming in contact with such materials or substance.
(Ord. 98-176. Passed 8-3-98.)
1125.60 MANUFACTURING AND STORAGE, HEAVY.
   "Heavy manufacturing and storage" means the assembling, altering, fabricating, finishing or processing, or the treatment or storage, of a product using flammable or explosive materials or utilizing a process which potentially involves or creates commonly recognized offensive conditions such as smoke, noise, vibration, dust, or glare.
(Ord. 98-176. Passed 8-3-98.)
1125.61 MANUFACTURING AND STORAGE, LIGHT.
   "Light manufacturing and storage" means the assembling, altering, fabricating, finishing or processing, or the treatment or storage, of a product.
(Ord. 98-176. Passed 8-3-98.)
1125.61.1 MEDICAL MARIJUANA ENTITY.
   "Medical marijuana entity" includes cultivation facilities, processing facilities, dispensaries, and testing laboratories as provided in R.C. Chapter 3796.
(Ord. 2017-150. Passed 11-6-17.)
Loading...