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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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1174.14 HIGHWAY OVERLAY DISTRICT.
   A.   The Highway Overlay District shall run along both sides of I-90 within the City and along both sides of SR 57 between the north corporate boundary and Route 113. It shall encompass two hundred (200) feet on each side of said right-of-way.
   B.   All signs within the Highway Overlay District shall comply with the regulations of the applicable district except that a permit is required to place, erect or display one freestanding or one ground-mounted sign per premises. Such sign shall have a maximum height of fifty (50) feet, with a maximum area of two hundred (200) square feet per face, and a total area not to exceed four hundred (400) square feet.
(Ord. 98-176. Passed 8-3-98.)
1174.15 LARGE PLANNED COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT.
   A.   For purposes of this section, a large planned commercial development shall be any unified commercial development of thirty (30) acres total land area or greater, or of three hundred thousand (300,000) gross square feet of building area or greater, planned and designed as an integral and coordinated development.
   B.   No permit is required to place, erect or display signs permitted under Section 1174.06. However, all other signs shall be permitted in a large planned commercial development only by a special variance granted by the Planning Commission after full consideration of the proponent's special variance request.
   C.   The proponent's special variance request shall set forth all proposed signs affecting the public rights-of-way in full detail and in coordination with the physical and architectural design of the proposed development.
   D.   The proceedings for the consideration of the proponent's special variance request shall be conducted pursuant to Chapter 1135 for the consideration of a petition for a conditional use permit with the exception of the need for approval by City Council.
(Ord. 98-176. Passed 8-3-98.)
1174.16 COS DISTRICT (CONSERVATION OPEN SPACE).
   A.   No permit is required to place, erect or display signs permitted under Section 1174.06 in the COS District.
   B.   A permit is required to place, erect or display the following signs in the COS District:
      1.   Subdivision identification signs.
         a.   One ground-mounted, wall or painted sign.
         b.   The maximum area of any subdivision sign shall be thirty-two (32) square feet per sign face, not to exceed a maximum area of sixty-four (64) square feet.
         c.   The maximum height of a ground-mounted sign shall be six (6) 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.
      2.   Institutional signs.
         a.   One ground-mounted, wall or painted wall sign.
         b.   The maximum area of any institutional sign shall be thirty-two (32) square feet per sign face, not to exceed a maximum area of sixty-four (64) square feet.
         c.   The maximum height of a ground-mounted sign shall be six (6) feet.
         d.   Such sign shall be located on the same lot to which it is an accessory use 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 Sate 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.)