(a) Only one principal building or land use shall be permitted on a residential lot, except in the SO District or as otherwise specifically provided herein.
(b) Land Suitability and Environmental Performance Standards: No land which is subject to flooding, improper or inadequate stormwater drainage, limiting topographic, soil or geologic conditions, or other conditions which may be harmful to the health, safety and general welfare of the present or future inhabitants of the Municipality shall be approved for development unless the applicant presents and commits to methods adequate to overcome or avoid the limiting conditions.
(1) Soils Criteria:
A. Floodplain Soil Development Constraints: The following soils are floodplain soils, as determined by the USDA Soil Survey of Franklin County, Ohio. The frequency, duration, and extent of flooding may vary. However, in most cases, these soils do not constitute acceptable sites for building.
Symbol | Soil Types Typically Unacceptable for Development |
Ag | Algiers Silt Loam |
Ee | Eel Silt Loam |
Gn | Genesee Silt Loam |
Mh | Medway Silt Loam |
Rs | Ross Silt Loam |
Sh | Shoals Silt Loam |
So | Sloan Silt Loam |
B. High Water Table Soil Constraints: Most soils in the nearly level areas of Groveport are subject to a seasonally high water table which should be properly drained in order to create good building areas. However, the following soils, which are located in very flat or low areas, characteristically have severe seasonally high water table problems which often cannot be completely resolved. The creation of buildings with basements or wastewater leaching systems in the following soil types is therefore discouraged. The burden is on the applicant to demonstrate that safe and healthful building and leaching sites can be provided in these soils.
Symbol | Soil Types Typically Unacceptable for Basements or Wastewater Leaching Systems |
Cn | Condit Silt Loam |
Ko | Kokomo Silty Clay Loam |
Ms | Montgomery Silty Clay Loam |
Pm | Pewamo Silty Clay Loam |
Wt | Westland Silty Clay Loam |
(2) Stormwater Runoff:
A. All proposed development with a runoff rate exceeding the capacity of the downstream system shall be required to control the rate of stormwater discharge, as determined by the Municipality Engineer.
B. The Municipality shall not approve an application when the Municipality Engineer determines that adequate stormwater drainage cannot be provided to the proposed development.
(3) Natural and Scenic Features: Applications for zoning approval shall include measures to protect outstanding scenic spots, streambanks and watercourses, or exceptionally fine wooded areas when deemed necessary by the Planning Commission and Council.
(4) Use of Individual Sewage Treatment and Water Supply: A tract of land that was of record on the date of adoption of this Zoning Ordinance shall not be developed with individual sewage treatment or individual water supply for more than fifteen (15) dwelling units nor to more than fifty (50) percent of the tract area (whichever is the most restrictive) within a three (3) year period.
(c) Building Lines Along Public Rights-of-Way:
(1) Building Lines Established: Along every street right-of-way a building line shall be established from the edge of that right-of-way one half (1/2) the width of such right-of-way. See 1154.03(c) for exceptions.
(2) Required Setback: A structure or other use of land, except parking, shall locate no closer to a street right-of-way than the established building line.
(3) Parking Area Setback: Open parking, service, or loading spaces shall be located no closer to a street right-of-way than sixty (60) percent of the required setback distance. This does not include single and two-family residential uses.
(4) Reduced Setback: If existing structures or uses on both lots adjacent to a lot have a setback less than the setback line established by these Regulations, the setback on the center lot shall be the average setback established on the adjacent lots.
(d) Determination of Height:
(1) The height measurement shall be determined as the vertical distance measured from the grade to the highest point of the coping of a flat roof; to the deck line of a mansard roof; or to the mean height level between the eaves and ridge of a gable, hip, or gambrel roof.
(2) Height Restriction within Airport Hazard Overlay. A developer of construction within 20,000 feet of the Rickenbacker International Airport shall comply with the height restrictions contained in Section 1165.07 (Airport Hazard Overlay) and Federal Aviation Regulations, Part 77.
(Ord. 19-011. Passed 4-22-19.)