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CERTIFICATION
DIRECTORY OF OFFICIALS
EDITOR'S NOTE
COMPARATIVE SECTION TABLE
TABLES OF SPECIAL ORDINANCES OF KENT
CHARTER
PART ONE - ADMINISTRATIVE CODE
PART THREE - TRAFFIC CODE
PART FIVE - GENERAL OFFENSES CODE
PART SEVEN - BUSINESS REGULATION CODE.
PART NINE - STREETS, UTILITIES AND PUBLIC SERVICES CODE
PART ELEVEN - PLANNING AND ZONING CODE
PART THIRTEEN - BUILDING CODE
PART FOURTEEN - PROPERTY MAINTENANCE AND HOUSING CODE
PART FIFTEEN - FIRE PREVENTION CODE
CHAPTER 1106
General Provisions
1106.01   Permitted uses: compliance.
1106.02   Permitted height exceptions.
1106.03   Approval of sewerage and water facilities.
1106.04   Construction previously started.
1106.05   Principal buildings.
1106.06   Substandard lots.
1106.07   Lots, yards, and open spaces.
1106.08   Projections into yards.
1106.09   Visibility of corner lots and clear vision triangle area.
1106.10   Subordinate buildings and subordinate structures.
1106.11   Outdoor swimming pools.
1106.12   Fences and walls.
1106.13   Business displays.
1106.14   Satellite signal reception devices.
1106.15   Temporary structures.
1106.16   Recreational vehicle storage.
1106.17   Exterior lighting and glare.
1106.18   Solar energy.
1106.19   Wind energy.
1106.20   Public art.
 
 
 
1106.01 PERMITTED USES: COMPLIANCE.
   Whenever any building is erected, converted, enlarged, reconstructed or structurally altered, or whenever any building or land is used, arranged to be used, or designed to be used, that building or land must comply with all of the provisions established by these regulations for the districts in which the building or land is located.
(Ord. 2021-057. Passed 6-16-21.)
1106.02 PERMITTED HEIGHT EXCEPTIONS.
   (a)   Except as specifically stated in other parts of this code, no building is allowed to be erected, converted, enlarged, reconstructed or structurally altered to exceed the height limit hereinafter established for the district in which the building is located.
   (b)   Penthouse or roof structures for the housing of elevators, stairways, tanks, ventilating fans or similar equipment required to operate and maintain the building, and fire or parapet walls, skylights, towers, steeples, stage lofts and screens, flagpoles, chimneys, smokestacks, wireless masts, water tanks or similar structures may be erected above the district height limits stated herein according to the following regulations:
      (1)   Maximum additional permitted height is fifteen (15) feet.
      (2)   Maximum total area must not be greater than twenty-five (25) percent of the roof area of the building.
      (3)   Such structure must be incidental to the principal use of the building.
   (c)   Radio, television and wireless aerial towers or masts may be erected to any height.
   (d)   Churches and temples may be erected to a height not to exceed seventy-five (75) feet if the building is set back from each yard line at least one (1) foot for each one (1) foot of additional building height above the height limit otherwise provided in the district in which the building is located.
(Ord. 2021-057. Passed 6-16-21.)
1106.03 APPROVAL OF SEWERAGE AND WATER FACILITIES.
   In the event that central sanitary sewer and central water facilities are not available, the minimum lot size for a single-family dwelling is one (1) acre and for two family dwellings is two (2) acres, subject to State regulations, as administered by the Health Department.
(Ord. 2021-057. Passed 6-16-21.)
1106.04 CONSTRUCTION PREVIOUSLY STARTED.
   Nothing contained in this Code applies to the construction of a building or prohibit its use where construction has started before the effective date of this Code, provided that a zoning permit has been issued prior to the effective date of these regulations and provided that such construction must be completed within two (2) years from the date of passage of this Code.
(Ord. 2021-057. Passed 6-16-21.)
1106.05 PRINCIPAL BUILDINGS.
   No more than one (1) principle building is permitted on any O-R, R-1, or R-2 lot, and the principle building must be located on a lot having the required frontage on a public or private street. (Ord. 2021-057. Passed 6-16-21.)
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