CHAPTER 154: ZONING
Section
General Provisions
   154.001   Intent and purpose
   154.002   Interpretation
   154.003   Compliance
   154.004   Definitions
General Requirements
   154.015   Compliance
   154.016   Minimum requirements
   154.017   Building requirements
   154.018   Area requirements
   154.019   Single-family dwelling on lot of record
   154.020   Single- and two-family dwelling on large lot
   154.021   One principal building on R-1 or R-2 lot
   154.022   Exceptions to height limitations
   154.023   Exceptions to yard and frontage limitations
   154.024   Yard space; encroachments; steep slopes
   154.025   Zero lot line housing
   154.026   Accessory buildings
   154.027   Wind energy conversion systems
Zoning Districts and Maps
   154.040   Districts established; official zoning map adopted
   154.041   Annexed or vacated territory; district classification
   154.042   District boundaries; interpretation
District Regulations; Use Requirements and Restrictions
   154.055   Structures in R-1, R-2, R-3 and R-4 Districts
   154.056   R-1, Single-Family Residential District
   154.057   R-2, Medium Density Residential District
   154.058   R-3, Medium-High Density Residential District
   154.059   R-4, High Density Residential District
   154.060   R-5, Manufactured Home Park
   154.061   C-1, Neighborhood Convenience Commercial District
   154.062   C-2, Automotive Service Commercial District
   154.063   C-3, Central Commercial District
   154.064   C-4, Fringe Commercial District
   154.065   C-5, Conditional Commercial District
   154.066   I/C, Industrial/Commercial District
   154.067   I-1, Light Industrial Park District
   154.068   I-2, Heavy Industry District
   154.069   BP, Business Park District
   154.070   PD, Planned Development District
   154.071   GT, Gateway District
   154.072   MXD, Mixed Use District
Flood Plain Management
   154.085   Statutory authority; purpose
   154.086   General provisions
   154.087   Definitions
   154.088   Districts established; compliance required
   154.089   FW, Floodway District
   154.090   FF, Flood Fringe District
   154.091   GF, General Floodplain District
   154.092   Land development standards
   154.093   Public utilities, railroads, roads, and bridges
   154.094   Manufactured homes, manufactured home parks, and recreational vehicles
   154.095   Administration
   154.096   Nonconformities; continuance of nonconformities
   154.097   Violations; remedies
   154.098   Amendments
Development Standards
   154.110   Bed and breakfast establishments; conditions; licensing
   154.111   Automotive service stations; standards
   154.112   Car washes; standards
   154.113   Temporary recycling collection location; standards; licensing
   154.114   Pipeline setback
   154.115   Screening; landscaping; outdoor storage and display
   154.116   Off-street parking and loading
   154.117   Filling or removal of soil, sand or other materials
   154.118   Fences and walls
   154.119   Telecommunications
   154.120   Swimming pools
   154.121   Relocating structures
   154.122   Flammable liquids; storage or transfer
   154.123   Pole buildings/tube frame structures/temporary buildings
   154.124   Performance standards
   154.125   Addresses; streets and building numbers
Signs
   154.140   Purpose
   154.141   General requirements
   154.142   Sign standards by district
   154.143   Prohibited signs
   154.144   Amortization of non-conforming signs
Non-Conforming Lots, Uses and Structures
   154.155   Intent
   154.156   Non-conforming lots of record
   154.157   Non-conforming uses of land
   154.158   Non-conforming uses of structures
   154.159   Repairs and maintenance
Administration and Enforcement
   154.170   City Council powers
   154.171   Enforcement; Enforcement Officer
   154.172   Variances
   154.173   Ordinance amendments; land rezonings
   154.174   Site plan review
   154.175   Conditional uses
   154.176   Public hearings
   154.177   Fees, charges and expenses
   154.178   Consistency with state law
   154.179   Applications
   154.180   Final actions
   154.181   Additional extensions of time
   154.182   Applications for subdivision approval and building permits
 
   154.999   Penalty
   Appendix A: Dimensional Requirements by District
   Appendix B: Schedule of Off-Street Parking Requirements
GENERAL PROVISIONS
§ 154.001 INTENT AND PURPOSE.
   The intent and purpose of this chapter shall be:
   (A)   To regulate and limit the height and bulk of buildings hereafter to be erected;
   (B)   To establish, regulate and limit the building or setback lines on or along any street, traffic way, drive or parkway;
   (C)   To regulate and limit the intensity of use of lot areas and to regulate and determine the area of open spaces within and surrounding buildings hereafter to be erected;
   (D)   To classify, regulate and restrict the location of trades and industries and the location of buildings designed for specified industrial, business, residential and other uses;
   (E)   To divide the entire municipality into districts of such number, shape and area, and of such different classes according to use of land and buildings, height and bulk of buildings, intensity of use of lot areas, area of open spaces and other classifications, as may be deemed best suited to regulate development;
   (F)   To fix standards to which buildings or structures therein shall conform;
   (G)   To prohibit uses, buildings or structures incompatible with the character of established districts;
   (H)   To prevent additions to and alteration or remodeling of existing buildings or structures in such a way as to avoid the restrictions and limitations lawfully imposed;
   (I)   To classify, regulate and restrict the use of property on the basis of land use relationship;
   (J)   To provide for variations from these regulations, standards, restrictions and limitations;
   (K)   To provide for conditional uses, including planned development, within the established districts;
   (L)   To provide administrative bodies and procedures as shall be necessary to the implementation and enforcement of the various provisions of this chapter;
   (M)   To provide for the orderly amendment of this chapter; and
   (N)   To provide regulations pertaining to pre-existing lots, structures and uses which do not conform to the regulations, standards, restrictions and limitations established by this chapter.
(2004 Code, § 154.001) (Ord. 464, passed 1- -1996)
§ 154.002 INTERPRETATION.
   (A)   In their interpretation and application, the provisions of this chapter shall be held to be the minimum requirements for the promotion of the public health, safety, comfort, morals and general welfare.
   (B)   Where the provisions of this chapter impose greater restriction than those of any statute, other ordinance or regulation, the provisions of this chapter shall be controlling. Where the provisions of any statute, other ordinance or regulation impose greater restrictions than this chapter, the provisions of that statute, other ordinance or regulation shall be controlling.
(2004 Code, § 154.002) (Ord. 464, passed 1- -1996)
§ 154.003 COMPLIANCE.
   (A)   All buildings erected hereafter, all uses of land or building(s) established hereafter, all structural alteration or relocation of existing buildings occurring hereafter and all enlargements of or additions to existing uses occurring hereafter, shall be subject to all regulations of this chapter which are applicable to the zoning district in which those buildings, uses or land shall be located.
   (B)   However, where a building permit for a building or structure has been issued in accordance with law prior to the effective date of this chapter, which has not by its terms expired prior to the effective date; and, provided that, construction is begun before the permit’s expiration and within one year of its effective date and diligently pursued to completion, that building or structure may be completed in accordance with the approved plans on the basis of which the building permit was issued and further, may upon completion be occupied under a certificate of occupancy by the use for which originally designated, subject thereafter to the provisions of this chapter relating to non-conformities.
(2004 Code, § 154.003) (Ord. 464, passed 1- -1996)
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