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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 (REPEALED)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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1125.101 TOXIC OR NOXIOUS SUBSTANCE.
   "Toxic or noxious substance" means any solid, liquid or gaseous matter including, but not limited to, gas, vapor, dust, fumes and mist containing properties which by chemical means are inherently harmful and likely to destroy life and impair health, or are capable of causing injury to the well being of persons or damage to property.
(Ord. 98-176. Passed 8-3-98.)
1125.102 TRANSITIONAL HOUSING.
   "Transitional housing" means temporary housing or shelter where residents stay less than twenty-four (24) months while receiving rehabilitative and related services provided on the premises.
(Ord. 98-176. Passed 8-3-98.)
1125.103 TRUCK TERMINAL.
   "Truck terminal" means a premises which is used for the loading and unloading of trucks upon which the storage of cargo is incidental to the primary function of motor freight shipment or shipment point, and which is designed to accommodate the simultaneous loading or unloading of two (2) or more trucks.
(Ord. 98-176. Passed 8-3-98.)
1125.104 USE.
   "Use" means the purpose for which land or a building or structure is arranged, designed, or intended, or for which either land or a building or structure is, or may be, occupied or maintained.
(Ord. 98-176. Passed 8-3-98.)
1125.105 USE, ACCESSORY.
   "Accessory use" means the use subordinate to the principal use of a building on the same lot and serving a purpose naturally and normally incidental to such principal use of a building, provided any such use was begun at the same time or after the construction of the principal building.
(Ord. 98-176. Passed 8-3-98.)
1125.106 USE, CONDITIONAL.
   "Conditional use" means a use which is permitted in a district only if such use is expressly authorized by the Planning Commission, the Board of Zoning Appeals, and/or City Council.
(Ord. 98-176. Passed 8-3-98.)
1125.107 USE, PRINCIPALLY PERMITTED.
   "Principally permitted use" means a use which is permitted outright in a district.
(Ord. 98-176. Passed 8-3-98.)
1125.108 VARIANCE.
   "Variance" means a modification of the strict terms of the relevant regulations where such modification will not be contrary to the public health, safety, or welfare and where, owing to conditions peculiar to the property and not the result of the action of the applicant, a literal enforcement of such regulations would result in unnecessary and undue hardship.
(Ord. 98-176. Passed 8-3-98.)
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