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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
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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1170.06 LANDSCAPE BUFFERING.
   Landscaping for TPD Districts shall be as follows:
   A.   General Purpose.
   The purpose of this section is to promote the health, safety morals, and general welfare of the residents of the community by providing for open space, visual screening and landscape buffers to remove, reduce, lessen or absorb the shock of impact of incompatible uses of real properties between one use or zone district and another.
   B.   Specific Intent.
   The intent of this section is:
      1.   To create a park-like environment conducive to the permitted uses;
      2.   To extend space or to screen undesirable views to reduce the impact of the one land use upon another;
      3.   To increase soil water retention through landscape requirements;
      4.   To protect and preserve the appearance and property values of residential uses from adverse effects of adjoining nonresidential uses; and
      5.   To enhance careful land use planning and not be considered as a substitute for it.
   C.   General Provisions.
      1.   Landscape buffering may include, but shall not be limited to, trees, shrubs, bushes, grass cover, earth berms or a combination thereof.
      2.   Screening shall consist of plant material.
      3.   Buffering is the act of enhancing or lessening the impact of one (1) area on another.
         a.   Location and width.
   Buffered areas shall be located on those portions of land bordering or abutting (adjacent to) more restrictive zoning districts and shall be a minimum of twenty (20) feet in width, unless varied by the Planning Commission.
         b.   Use.
   Designed buffered areas shall be used for no other purpose than planting or screening, except necessary ingress to or egress from the buffered area.
         c.   Design.
   A buffered area shall be designed to allow for access to easements in order to perform the functions for which such easements were granted and for fire protection purposes.
      4.   Fencing and walls are not desirable and may be used only as needed for screening and limited storage areas. Natural architectural elements of extension from the building may be used for screening. Chain link and/or perimeter fencing are prohibited. Earth mounding is encouraged to be used in screening applications and where aesthetic values could be gained in their placement.
(Ord. 98-176. Passed 8-3-98.)
1170.07 STREETS AND DRIVES.
   All streets and drives shall meet the standards specified by the Planning Commission, but in no event shall they be required to exceed City specifications. Streets in a Technology Park District may be private or public as approved by the Planning Commission. Where not all or substantially all of a District is to be improved initially, the Commission shall authorize the postponement of improvements and no performance guarantee shall be required prior to the issuance of certificates of occupancy.
(Ord. 98-176. Passed 8-3-98.)
1170.08 UTILITIES AND STORM WATER MANAGEMENT.
   All Technology Park Districts shall provide for underground installation of electric and telephone utilities, including transformers. Public or private water and sewer facilities shall be available or shall be provided as part of the development. Utilities and maintenance of facilities shall be in accordance with requirements approved by the Planning Commission.
   On-site storm water management may include retention ponds, swales and other means and shall be approved by the Planning Commission.
(Ord. 98-176. Passed 8-3-98.)
1170.09 SCREENING OF TRASH COLLECTION AREAS.
   Trash and/or garbage collection areas for all buildings shall be enclosed on at least three sides by a decorative solid wall or solid fence of at least four (4) feet in height or such greater height as needed to completely enclose the containers from top to bottom. If such area is not within an enclosed building or structure, such solid wall or solid fence shall be situated so as to screen the view of the collection area from adjacent streets and properties.
(Ord. 98-176. Passed 8-3-98.)
1170.10 OFF-STREET PARKING.
   A.   Parking areas shall be designed so that each motor vehicle may proceed to and from the parking space provided without requiring the movement of another motor vehicle.
   B.   The width of entrance and exit drives shall be a minimum of twelve (12) feet for one-way use only and a minimum of twenty (20) feet for two-way use.
   C.   Off-street parking requirements for various uses shall conform to Chapter 1175, except as approved by the Planning Commission. The Commission, upon request, may vary the number of spaces required.
   D.   All parking spaces and service drives shall be improved with bituminous concrete, Portland cement concrete or equivalent surfacing and so graded and drained as to dispose of all surface water accumulation within the area.
   E.   No less than twenty (20) feet of open space shall be provided between any principal building and the curb line of any surface parking area or access drive.
   F.   The curb line of any surface parking area or access drive shall be at least five (5) feet from any exterior lot line.
   G.   All dead-end parking lots shall be designed to provide a sufficient back-up area for the end stall.
(Ord. 98-176. Passed 8-3-98.)
1170.11 SIGNAGE.
   A.   Signage shall be in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 1174, except as provided hereinafter.
   B.   One identification sign may be located on private property at the entrance of the TPD District. Its maximum height shall be seven (7) feet above finished grade, with a maximum sign face of thirty-two (32) square feet per face with a maximum of two faces. The design, format, materials and color shall be consistent with the architectural design.
   C.   A ground mounted identification sign consistent with the design of the building may be located at the entrance to each building with a maximum sign face of twenty (20) square feet per face, with a maximum of two (2) faces and with a maximum height of seven (7) feet above finished grade.
   D.   Sign drawings and details shall be submitted for approval to the Planning Commission prior to the construction of the sign.
   E.   No other signs on or off premises shall be permitted.
   F.   Temporary or portable signage shall not be permitted with the exception of construction signs.
(Ord. 98-176. Passed 8-3-98.)
1170.12 SITE LIGHTING.
   A.   Site lighting of roadways, parking and service areas shall be provided by a free-standing pole with cut-off light fixtures to assure that lighting does not spread beyond the site or property limits or create a visual nuisance to adjoining sites or lots.
   B.   Lighting sources shall be the same throughout the development and shall be of high-pressure sodium or such other source as approved by the Planning Commission.
(Ord. 98-176. Passed 8-3-98.)
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