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Grafton, OH Code of Ordinances
CODIFIED ORDINANCES OF THE VILLAGE OF GRAFTON, OHIO
PRELIMINARY UNIT
CHARTER FOR THE MUNICIPALITY OF GRAFTON LORAIN COUNTY, OHIO
PART TWO - ADMINISTRATION CODE
PART FOUR - TRAFFIC CODE
PART SIX - GENERAL OFFENSES CODE
PART EIGHT - BUSINESS REGULATION AND TAXATION CODE
PART TEN - STREETS, UTILITIES AND PUBLIC SERVICES CODE
PART TWELVE - PLANNING AND ZONING CODE
TITLE TWO - Planning
TITLE FOUR - Subdivision Regulations
TITLE SIX - Zoning
CHAPTER 1220 Title and Purpose
CHAPTER 1240 Interpretations and Definitions
CHAPTER 1242 Administration and Enforcement; Penalty
CHAPTER 1244 Amendments
CHAPTER 1246 Board of Zoning and Building Appeals
CHAPTER 1248 Site Plan Review Procedures
CHAPTER 1250 Conditional Uses
CHAPTER 1252 Nonconforming Uses
CHAPTER 1254 Establishment of Zoning Districts; Zoning Map
CHAPTER 1256 R-1A Single-Family, Low-Density Residential District
CHAPTER 1260 R-1B Single-Family, Medium-Density Residential District
CHAPTER 1262 R-2 Two-Family, Medium-Density Residential District
CHAPTER 1264 R-3 Multiple-Family Residential District
CHAPTER 1266 MHP Manufactured Home Park District
CHAPTER 1270 CB Central Business District
CHAPTER 1272 GB General Business District
CHAPTER 1274 LI Light Industrial District
CHAPTER 1276 GI General Industrial District
CHAPTER 1278 PO Professional Office District
CHAPTER 1280 IP Industrial Park District
CHAPTER 1282 ID Institutional Development District
CHAPTER 1284 PUD Planned Unit Development District
CHAPTER 1285 State Route 57 Overlay District
Chapter 1286 Yard, Lot Coverage and Height Restrictions
CHAPTER 1287 General District Regulations
CHAPTER 1288 Signs and Outdoor Advertising
CHAPTER 1290 Off-Street Parking and Loading
CHAPTER 1292 Landscaping
CHAPTER 1294 Sexually-Oriented Businesses
CHAPTER 1295 Construction and Post Construction Site Soil Erosion, Sediment, Storm Water Runoff and Storm Water Quality Controls and Regulations
CHAPTER 1296 Wind Energy Facility
CHAPTER 1297 Solar Power Plants
PART FOURTEEN - BUILDING AND HOUSING CODE
PART SIXTEEN - FIRE PREVENTION CODE
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1290.01   GENERAL REQUIREMENTS.
   No building or structure shall be erected, substantially altered, or its use changed, unless permanently maintained off-street parking and loading spaces have been provided in accordance with the provisions of this Zoning Code.
   (a)   The provisions of this chapter, except where there is a change of use, shall not apply to any existing building or structure. Where the new use involves additions or enlargements, there shall be provided as many of such spaces as may be required by this Code.
   (b)   Whenever a building or structure constructed before the effective date of this Zoning Code or amendment herein is changed to increase the number of employees; housing units; seating capacity; floor space, and creates a need for additional parking, additional parking spaces shall be provided, based on the enlargements or change, provided that the building or structure existing prior to the effective date of this Code is enlarged to an extent of 50% or more in floor area, number of employees, number of housing units, seating capacity, or otherwise such building or structure shall then and thereafter comply with the full parking requirements set forth herein.
(Ord. 01-014. Passed 7-17-01.)
1290.02   PARKING IN R-1A, R-1B, R-2, R-3, MHP, AND PUD DISTRICTS.
   In any R-1A, R-1B, R-2, R-3, MHP, and PUD District, no off-street parking space shall be located within any front yard on any lot except on an approved driveway. Such driveway shall be suitably paved with concrete. The area of the driveway in a front yard shall not exceed one-third of the area of such yard, and the width of such driveway shall not exceed 20 feet measured at the front lot line. Permitted front yard parking shall include motor vehicles as defined in Section 402.20, except trucks, tractors or any other commercially licensed vehicle over one-ton capacity which are prohibited from parking in the R-1A, R-1B, R-2, R-3, MHP and PUD Districts.
(Ord. 05-026. Passed 12-20-05.)
1290.03   PARKING SPACE DIMENSIONS.
   A parking space shall have minimum rectangular dimensions of not less than 9 feet in width and 18 feet in length for 90-degree parking, 9 feet in width and 23 feet in length for parallel parking, 10 feet in width and 21 feet in length for 60-degree parking, and 12 feet in width and 20 feet in length for 45-degree parking. All dimensions shall be exclusive of driveways, drive aisles, and other circulation areas. The number of required off-street parking spaces is established in Section 1290.19.
(Ord. 01-014. Passed 7-17-01; Ord. 05-026. Passed 12-20-05.)
1290.04   LOADING SPACE REQUIREMENTS AND DIMENSIONS.
   A loading space shall have minimum dimension of not less than 12 feet in width, 50 feet in length, exclusive of driveways, drive aisles, and other circulation areas, and a height of clearance of not less than 15 feet. One off-street loading space shall be provided and maintained on the same lot for every separate occupancy requiring delivery of goods and having a modified gross floor area of 5,000 square feet or more.
(Ord. 01-014. Passed 7-17-01; Ord. 05-026. Passed 12-20-05.)
1290.05   PAVING.
   The required number of parking and loading spaces as set forth in this chapter, together with driveways, drive aisles, and other circulation areas, shall be improved with acceptable impervious material to provide a durable and dust-free surface, typically portland cement concrete or asphaltic concrete. Any improvement(s) made to aprons, sidewalks, and driveways on residential streets must be improved using material(s) which shall be first approved by the Village Administrator or Village Engineer. Any improvement(s) made to aprons, sidewalks, and driveways in planned developments with concrete streets must be improved using like-kind material(s) which shall be first approved by the Village Administrator or Village Engineer. Any person desiring to replace or resurface any apron, sidewalk or driveway located on a residential street or in a planned development shall first submit a completed application, on a form provided by the Village, detailing the improvement(s) to be made and the material(s) to be used thereon, to the Village Administrator or Village Engineer for approval.
(Ord. 01-014. Passed 7-17-01; Ord. 05-026. Passed 12-20-05; Ord. 16-011. Passed 6-21-16.)
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