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CODIFIED ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF EUCLID, OHIO
CERTIFICATION
DIRECTORY OF OFFICIALS (2024)
PRELIMINARY UNIT
THE CHARTER OF THE CITY OF EUCLID, OHIO
PART ONE - ADMINISTRATION CODE
PART THREE - TRAFFIC CODE
PART FIVE - GENERAL OFFENSES CODE
PART SEVEN - BUSINESS REGULATION AND TAXATION CODE
PART NINE - STREETS, UTILITIES AND PUBLIC SERVICES CODE
PART ELEVEN - HEALTH AND SANITATION CODE
PART THIRTEEN - PLANNING AND ZONING CODE
PART FIFTEEN - FIRE PREVENTION CODE
PART SEVENTEEN - BUILDING AND HOUSING CODE
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1363.03 USE REGULATIONS.
   (a)   Buildings and land shall be used, and buildings shall be designed, erected, altered, moved or maintained, in whole or in part, in Office Building Districts, only for the main or accessory uses set forth in this chapter.
   (b)   A building designed and constructed as a residence cannot be occupied in whole or in part by another use unless the entire building is redesigned and reconstructed to express and serve the proposed use in regard to the exterior design, the building plan and the site plan. Such building must also be made to conform to all requirements of the Building and Housing Code pertaining to commercial structures.
(Ord. 251-1967. Passed 10-2-67; Ord. 87-2019. Passed 9-3-19.)
1363.04 USES PERMITTED.
   In a Class U8 District, no building or premises shall be used, and no building shall be erected which is arranged, intended or designed to be used, except for a U8 use as set forth in this chapter.
   (a)   Principal Uses Permitted by Right. A use listed in Schedule 1363.04 shall be permitted by right as a principal use in a district when denoted by the letter “P” provided that all requirements of other city ordinances and this Planning and Zoning Code have been met.
   (b)   Conditional Uses. A use listed in Schedule 1363.04 shall be permitted as a conditional use in a district when denoted by the letter “C” provided the Planning and Zoning Commission first makes the determination that the requirements of this chapter have been met according to the procedures set forth in Chapter 1368 .
   (c)   Accessory Uses and Structures. A use or structure listed in Schedule 1363.04 shall be permitted as an accessory use or structure in a district when denoted by the letter “A”. Such use or structure shall be permitted as a subordinate building, structure or use when it is clearly incidental to and located on the same lot as the principal building or use. Accessory uses and structures are further regulated in subsequent sections of this code. Additional uses that are determined to be customarily incidental to a permitted principal or conditional use may be permitted by the Zoning Commissioner.
   (d)   Compliance Required. Although a use may be indicated as a permitted principal, conditional or accessory use in a particular district, it shall not be approved on a parcel unless it can be located thereon in full compliance with all of the standards and other regulations of this code applicable to the specific use and parcel in question.
   (e)   Uses Not Listed in Schedule. Any use not specifically listed as either a permitted principal or conditional use shall be a prohibited use in these zoning districts and shall only be permitted upon amendment of this code and/or the Zoning Map as provided in Chapter 1343 or upon a finding that a use is substantially similar as provided in Section 1323.03 .
   (f)   Uses listed in this Section 1363.04 shall be limited by the definitions included in Section 1359.04.
1363.04
PERMITTED USES
1363.04
PERMITTED USES
1)
Administrative and professional offices including but not limited to accounting, clerical, drafting, executive, financial, governmental, public utility offices, and other similar types of office uses. Office uses conducted in arrangements such as office sharing, shared workspaces, coworking spaces, and incubators are included within this category of use.
P
2)
Financial institutions, banks, insurance, real estate offices and other offices that accommodate frequent walk-in customers, but not including non-charter financial establishments
P
3)
Medical, dental, and other health service offices
P
4)
Personal service establishment including barber, beauty shops except as otherwise regulated below
P
5)
Animal clinic with all operations in a completely enclosed building
P
6)
Business equipment and supplies, including self-service printing services
P
7)
Business school
P
8)
Drive-through facility in association with a financial institution or bank, see also Section 1359.06(d)
C
9)
Dry cleaning counter service
P
10)
Repair shops for personal items such as shoes, watch, camera
P
11)
Studios for instruction
P
12)
Sound studios, recording facilities
C
13)
Museum, gallery
P
14)
Day care facility, adult or child, see also Section 1359.06(c)
C
 
(Ord. 251-1967. Passed 10-2-67; Ord. 87-2019. Passed 9-3-19.)
1363.05 ACCESSORY USES PERMITTED. (REPEALED)
   (EDITOR'S NOTE: Section 1363.05 was repealed by Ordinance 87-2019, passed September 3, 2019.)
1363.06 AREA REGULATIONS.
   Notwithstanding any other provision of this Planning and Zoning Code or of the Building and Housing Code, buildings and uses permitted in an Office Building District shall be located on a lot that complies with this section. The minimum lot area for such permitted use shall not be less than the area required to accommodate the main and accessory buildings and uses, on-site circulation, required parking and loading facilities and required yards. This section shall be construed to encourage sufficiently large sites for each development and to provide space for expansion and adjustment to future conditions.
(Ord. 251-1967. Passed 10-2-67; Ord. 87-2019. Passed 9-3-19.)
1363.07 YARD REGULATIONS.
   Notwithstanding any other provision of this Planning and Zoning Code or of the Building and Housing Code, all buildings and land shall be used, and all buildings shall be designed, erected, altered, moved and maintained, within any Office Building District, in accordance with the following regulations:
   (a)   Minimum Yard Area. The minimum area of the landscaped yards of any development, exclusive of area covered by buildings, open uses, parking areas, loading areas and driveways, shall be not less than that which is set forth in Section 1363.08. The Planning and Zoning Commission may require that such yard areas be landscaped with ground cover and shrubs and maintained in a condition satisfactory to the City.
   (b)   Front Yards. All buildings and parking areas shall be set back from the planned right-of-way abutting street not less than the distance set forth in Section 1363.08.
   (c)   Side Yards. Each lot or separate development shall have at least one side yard of not less than 12 feet in width unless the on-site circulation, parking and loading are coordinated with adjoining developments and set forth in a joint agreement. Where buildings are not built along the property line the minimum yard shall be 12 feet.
   (d)   Rear Yards. Each lot shall have a rear yard of not less than 40 feet in depth unless the on-site circulation, parking and loading facilities are coordinated with the adjoining development and set forth in a joint agreement.
   (e)   Yards Abutting Residential Districts. Where any office development abuts a residential district, the minimum dimension of side or rear yards shall be as set forth in Section 1363.08.
   (f)   Screening of Office Building Areas. Wherever an Office Building District abuts a residential district along a rear or side lot line, the Planning and Zoning Commission may require that all office buildings, uses, parking and loading facilities and driveways be screened from the adjacent residential district by a substantially solid fence and/or a hedge or other landscaping strip at least ten feet wide and not less than five and one-half feet in height.
(Ord. 251-1967. Passed 10-2-67; Ord. 87-2019. Passed 9-3-19.)
1363.08 MINIMUM SETBACK AND YARD DIMENSIONS.
   Notwithstanding any other provision of this Planning and Zoning Code or of the Building and Housing Code, in an Office Building District the following minimum setback requirements and minimum yard requirements are established:
 
1363.08
MINIMUM SETBACK AND YARD DIMENSIONS
Building or Use
Minimum Required Setback from:
Minimum Landscaped Yard (percent)
Minimum Yards Required When Adjacent To:
Arterial Street (feet)
Collector or Local Streets (feet)
U1, U2, U3 Districts
U4, U5, U6 Districts
Side (feet)
Rear (feet)
Side (feet)
Rear (feet)
Main Building
100
50
25
40
40
12
40
Off-Street Parking
20
20
 
15
15
10
10
 
(Ord. 251-1967. Passed 10-2-67; Ord. 87-2019. Passed 9-3-19.)
1363.09 PARKING REGULATIONS.
   Off-street parking spaces shall be provided in compliance with Chapter 1389.
(Ord. 251-1967. Passed 10-2-67; Ord. 62-2014. Passed 6-2-14; Ord. 87-2019. Passed 9-3-19.)
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