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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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1174.11 BUSINESS-DOWNTOWN DISTRICT (B-D).
   A.   No permit is required to place, erect or display signs permitted under Section 1174.06 in the B-D District.
   B.   A permit is required to place, erect or display the following signs in the B-D District:
      1.   Business signs.
         a.   One (1) ground-mounted sign to identify the business or center to be used by all tenants occupying the premises.
            (1)   The maximum height of a ground mounted sign shall be nine (9) feet with a maximum sign area of forty-eight (48) square feet.
            (2)   Such sign shall be placed or erected on the same lot to which it is an accessory use no closer than five (5) feet from the right-of-way.
         b.   One wall or painted wall sign, awning sign or marquee sign per tenant space. The maximum height of a wall, painted wall, marquee or awning sign shall be no higher than the wall on which it is erected, with a maximum sign area of 2.5 square feet per lineal foot of lot frontage, up to a maximum area of forty-eight (48) square feet per tenant space.
         c.   One projecting sign or under-canopy sign with a maximum area of three (3) square feet per sign face, not to exceed a maximum area of six (6) square feet.
      2.   Signs on corner lots.
   On a corner lot, one additional wall sign or painted wall sign and additional canopy, under-canopy, awning and marquee signs shall be permitted on the additional frontage, not to exceed the size limitations of other allowed wall and painted wall signs.
      3.   Conformity with State law.
   All signs shall conform to Ohio law regarding copy and use of symbols on the sign face.
(Ord. 98-176. Passed 8-3-98; Ord. 2008-138. Passed 10-6-08.)
1174.12 BUSINESS-GENERAL (B-G), BUSINESS-AUTOMOTIVE (B-AO), LIGHT-INDUSTRIAL (L-I), HEAVY-INDUSTRIAL (H-I), AND SPECIAL-INDUSTRIAL DISTRICTS (S-I).
   A.   No permit is required to place, erect or display the following signs in the B-G, B-AO, L-I, H-I and S-I Districts:
      1.    Signs permitted under Section 1174.06.
      2.   Festoons.
   B.   A permit is required to place, erect or display the following signs in the B-G, B-AO, L-I, H-I and S-I districts:
      1.    Business signs.
         a.   One (1) ground-mounted sign to identify the business or center to be used by all tenants occupying the premises.
            (1)   The maximum height of a ground-mounted sign shall be nine (9) feet, the maximum area shall be forty-eight (48) square feet per sign face, and the total area shall not exceed sixty-four (64) square feet.
            (2)   Such sign shall be placed or erected on the same lot to which it is an accessory use no closer than five (5) feet from the right-of-way.
            (3)   Free standing signs are prohibited for Sexually Oriented Business.
         b.   Any combination of three (3) wall, painted wall, projecting, awning, marquee, or under-canopy signs per tenant space shall be permitted.
            (1)   The maximum area of such signs, collectively, shall be three (3) square feet per lineal foot of building width.
            (2)   The maximum height of such signs shall be no higher than the wall to which they are fastened.
         c.   All signs for Sexually Oriented Businesses shall be "wall signs" as defined in Section 1174.02, with a maximum allowable sign area of fifty (50) square feet and measured in accordance with the standards and specified in Section 1174.02, and shall not be internally illuminated.
      2.   Subdivision identification signs.
         a.   One (1) ground-mounted, wall or painted wall sign.
         b.   The maximum area of such sign shall be thirty-two (32) square feet per sign face, not to exceed a total area of sixty-four (64) square feet.
         c.   The maximum height of a ground mounted sign shall be nine (9) feet.
         d.   Such sign shall be located on private property at the dedicated street entrance of the development and shall be located no closer than five (5) feet from the right-of-way.
      3.   Signs on corner lots.
         On a corner lot one additional wall sign or painted wall sign and additional canopy, under-canopy, awning and marquee signs shall be permitted on the additional frontage, not to exceed the size limitations of other allowed wall and painted wall signs.
      4.   Conformity with State law.
         All signs shall conform to Ohio law regarding copy and use of symbols on the sign face.
(Ord. 98-176. Passed 8-3-98; Ord. 2002-82. Passed 4-15-02; Ord. 2007-39. Passed 5-7-07; Ord. 2008-138. Passed 10-6-08.)
1174.13 TECHNOLOGY PARK DISTRICT.
   See Section 1170.11 for provisions relating to signs in TPD Districts.
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