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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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1175.10 ESTABLISHMENT OF RESTRICTED ACCESSORY PARKING AREA.
   The establishment and operation of a restricted accessory off-street parking area may be authorized by the Board of Zoning Appeals as a special exception in such parts of any R-UD, R-TH, R-MHL and R-MHH District as abut, either directly or across an alley, a business or industrial district or the premises of any institutional building nonconforming in the particular residential district, subject to the following conditions:
   A.   Plan; List of Names; Notice.
   Any application to the Board of Zoning Appeals for permission to establish and maintain a restricted accessory parking area within the meaning of this section and Sections 1175.11 to 1175.15, shall be accompanied by a plan which clearly indicates the proposed development, including the location, size, shape, design, landscaping, curb cuts and other features and appurtenances of the parking area, together with a list of the names and addresses of record of all the owners of all properties within the same block as the proposed parking area, and of all properties separated therefrom by not more than one street, any part of any one of which properties is within two hundred (200) feet of any part of such proposed parking area and is located in any residential district. All such property owners shall be notified of the time and place of public hearing, as provided in Section 1126.16, before the Board makes the final determination.
   B.   Size and Location.
   An accessory off-street parking area shall be comprised of not less than five thousand (5,000) square feet, and shall abut a minimum fifty (50) feet, either directly or across an alley, a business or industrial district, or the premises of the non-conforming institutional building to which such parking area is accessory.
   C.   Use.
   A parking area shall be used solely for the parking of passenger vehicles without charge. No commercial repair work or service of any kind shall be conducted and no sign of any kind, other than designating entrances, exits and conditions of use, shall be maintained thereon.
   D.   Hours.
   A parking area shall be open only during the hours from 7:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m., except when supervised by one or more full-time attendants, and specifically authorized by the Board of Zoning Appeals, in which case it may be kept open until 12:00 midnight.
   E.   Requirements; Inspection.
   A parking area shall be subject to all the requirements of this chapter regarding development and maintenance. No entrance or exit shall be within twenty (20) feet of any premises located in any residential district. The location and design of entrances, exits, surfacing, marking and lighting shall be subject to the approval and periodic inspection of the City departments and divisions having jurisdiction.
(Ord. 98-176. Passed 8-3-98.)
1175.11 REQUIRED OFF-STREET LOADING AND UNLOADING SPACE.
   In all districts, in connection with every building or part thereof hereafter erected, having a gross floor area of ten thousand (10,000) square feet or more, which is to be occupied by manufacturing, storage, warehouse, goods display, retail store, wholesale store, market, hotel/motel, hospital, mortuary, laundry, dry cleaning or other uses similarly requiring the receipt or distribution by vehicles of materials or merchandise, there shall be provided and maintained on the same premises with such building one off-street loading space plus one additional such loading space for each twenty thousand (20,000) square feet or major fraction thereof of gross floor area so used in excess of twenty thousand (20,000) square feet.
(Ord. 98-176. Passed 8-3-98.)
1175.12 OFF-STREET LOADING DESIGN STANDARDS.
   All off-street loading spaces shall be in accordance with the following standards and specifications:
   A.   Setbacks. Notwithstanding other provisions of this chapter and other setback requirements, unenclosed off-street loading spaces may be located in the required rear or side yard of any business, multi-household, or industrial district, provided, however, that not more than eighty percent (80%) of the required rear yard or side yard is occupied, and no part of any loading space shall be permitted closer than fifty (50) feet from any right-of-way or residential district unless wholly enclosed.
   B.   Screening. In addition to the setback requirements specified above, screening shall be provided on each side of an off-street loading space that abuts any residential district. Screening shall comply with the requirements of Section 1137.14.
   C.   Access. All required off-street loading spaces shall have access from a public street or alley in such a manner that any vehicle leaving the premises shall be traveling in a forward motion.
   D.   Paving. Any required off-street loading spaces, together with its appurtenant driveways, aisles and other circulation areas, unless greater than two hundred (200) feet from a residential district, shall be surfaced with a pavement having an asphalt or concrete binder of sufficient strength to support vehicular loads imposed on it while providing a durable, dustless surface.
   E.   Drainage. All loading spaces, together with driveways, aisles and other circulation areas, shall be graded and drained so as to dispose of surface water which might accumulate within or upon such area, and shall be designed to prevent the excess drainage of surface water onto adjacent properties, walkways or onto public streets. Adequate arrangements shall be made to ensure acceptable diversion to an adequate storm water drainage system.
   F.   Lighting. Any lights used to illuminate a loading area shall be so arranged as to reflect the light away from any adjacent properties or right-of-way.
(Ord. 98-176. Passed 8-3-98.)
1175.13 ZONING PERMIT REQUIRED FOR OFF-STREET PARKING AND LOADING FACILITIES.
   Detailed drawings of all new and modified off-street parking and loading facilities shall be submitted to the Building Inspector for approval prior to the granting of any zoning permit. Such drawings shall show the number of spaces and locations, dimensions and descriptions of all features enumerated in this chapter or as required elsewhere in this Zoning Code and shall be stamped approved by the City Engineer or his or her designated representative as to compliance with grading and drainage concerns. Off-street parking and loading facilities are covered by site work included in building permit construction documents approved by the City Engineer prior to issuance of a building permit.
(Ord. 98-176. Passed 8-3-98.)