(A) R-1, R-2, and R-3, Single-Family Residential Districts.
(1) Purpose. These districts are provided for in those areas of the city served by public water and a public sanitary sewer and where the principal use is intended to be single-family dwellings developed at various lot sizes. In addition to the dwellings permitted in this zoning district, certain non-residential and public uses may be permitted through special use approval.
(2) Permitted uses.
(a) A single-family dwelling and any use, building, or structure accessory thereto;
(b) Public parks and playgrounds;
(c) Family day care home;
(d) Adult foster care small group homes serving six persons or less and adult foster care family homes;
(e) Private, elementary, middle, and high schools; and/or
(f) Churches, synagogues, and other places of worship.
(3) Special uses.
(a) Open space development subject to the provisions of § 154.086;
(b) Golf courses, including accessory golf driving ranges;
(c) Country clubs, public swimming pools and recreation clubs, private parks and playgrounds;
(d) Private nursery schools and kindergartens;
(e) Group day care homes and day care centers subject to the provisions of § 154.089;
(f) Adult foster care small group homes between six and 12 persons and adult foster care large group homes subject to the provisions of § 154.090;
(g) Two-family dwellings;
(h) Bed and breakfast establishments in the R-3 District, subject to the provisions of § 154.097;
(i) Public buildings and facilities; and/or
(j) Sale of weapons.
(B) R-4, Multiple-Family Residential District.
(1) Purpose. This district is composed of those areas of the city where the principal use is intended to be multiple-family dwellings. Areas zoned R-4 shall be served by public water and public sanitary sewers, and which abut or are adjacent to such other uses, buildings, structures, or amenities, which support, complement, or serve such a multiple-family density. In addition to the dwellings permitted in this zoning district, certain non-residential and public uses may be permitted through special use approval.
(2) Permitted uses.
(a) All permitted uses allowed in the R-1, R-2, and R-3 Districts;
(b) Multiple-family dwellings and any use, building, or structure accessory thereto;
(c) Elderly housing; and/or
(d) Two-family dwellings.
(3) Special uses.
(a) Group day care homes and day care centers subject to the provisions of § 154.089;
(b) Adult foster care small group homes between six and 12 persons and adult foster care large group homes subject to the provisions of § 154.090;
(c) Adult foster care congregate facilities subject to the standards of § 154.090;
(d) Nursing homes and convalescent centers; and/or
(e) Sale of weapons.
(C) R-5, Mobile Home Park Residential District.
(1) Purpose. The intent of this district is to provide for mobile home residential development in areas where the street network, public services, and infrastructure are capable of supporting such development. Areas zoned R-5 shall be located in areas which are compatible with the character and density of adjacent uses.
(2) Permitted uses.
(a) Mobile home parks subject to the provisions set forth in § 154.088; and/or
(b) Parks and playgrounds.
(3) Special uses.
(a) All special uses allowed in the R-1, R-2, R-3, and R-4 Districts; and/or
(b) Sale of weapons.
(D) LS, Local Service District.
(1) Purpose. The district is designed primarily for the convenience of persons residing in the city by providing office, limited retail, and business service uses that serve the adjacent and surrounding neighborhoods. It is the purpose of these regulations to permit development of the enumerated functions in a manner which is compatible with uses in the surrounding area. To these ends, certain uses are excluded which would function more effectively in other districts.
(2) Permitted uses.
(a) Executive, administrative, professional, accounting, writing, clerical, stenographic, drafting, and sales offices;
(b) Medical and dental offices, including clinics and medical laboratories;
(c) Banks, credit unions, savings and loan associations;
(d) Public parks and playgrounds;
(e) Public buildings and facilities;
(f) Photographic studios;
(g) Food services including grocery, meat market, bakery, restaurant, delicatessen, and fruit market, and similar self-service units but not including any business of a drive-in type;
(h) Retail sales of drug and health care products, hardware, gifts, dry goods, notions, sporting goods, clothing, furniture, and appliances;
(i) Retail office supply, computer, and business machine sales;
(j) Business service establishments such as printing and photocopying services, mail and packaging services, and typing and secretarial services;
(k) Florist shops;
(l) Personal service establishments, such as barber and beauty shops; watch, clothing, and shoe repair; furniture repair; locksmith; and similar establishments;
(m) Private service clubs, social organizations, and lodge halls;
(n) Funeral homes; and/or
(o) Churches, synagogues, and other places of worship.
(3) Special uses.
(a) Veterinary offices and hospitals, including accessory boarding, provided no outdoor exercise runs or pens are permitted;
(b) Retail sale of alcoholic beverages;
(c) Joint working and living quarters (work/live unit), subject to § 154.099;
(d) Sale of weapons; and/or
(e) Day care centers subject to the provisions of § 154.089.
(E) GC, General Commercial District.
(1) Purpose. This district is intended to accommodate office, business service, and retail uses that serve a larger market than LS District including the city and portions of the surrounding townships. It is the purpose of these regulations to permit development of the enumerated functions in a manner which is compatible with uses in the surrounding area. To these ends, certain uses are excluded which would function more effectively in other districts.
(2) Permitted uses.
(a) All permitted and special uses allowed in LS Local Service District, except for joint working and living quarters;
(b) Grocery stores, meat market, bakery, delicatessen, and fruit market, and similar retail sales of food and beverages;
(c) Retail sales of candy and confections, antiques, gifts, dry goods, notions, toys, musical instruments, and clothing;
(d) Retail sales of drug and health care products, hardware, sporting goods, furniture, paint and home decorating products, and appliances;
(e) Retail sale of alcoholic beverages;
(f) Radio, television, and electrical appliance repair, and shops of plumbers, electricians, and other similar services and trades;
(g) Standard and/or carry out restaurants;
(h) Laundromats and dry cleaning establishments; and/or
(i) Planned shopping centers.
(3) Special uses.
(a) Bar/lounge serving alcoholic beverages and/or providing entertainment;
(b) Fast-food, drive-in, and drive-through restaurants;
(c) Lodging facilities;
(d) Sale of new and used automobiles, boats, mobile homes, farm machinery, and other vehicles provided outdoor sales comply with the requirements set forth in § 154.092;
(e) Automobile service stations and washes subject to the requirements set forth in § 154.094;
(f) Recreation and amusement services, including theaters, bowling alleys, roller and ice skating rinks, billiard halls, and miniature golf;
(g) Farm supply and feed stores;
(h) Sale of building materials, nursery stock, and garden supplies provided outdoor sales comply with the requirements set forth in § 154.068;
(i) Kennels, including commercial boarding and breeding facilities;
(j) Sale of weapons; and/or
(k) Day care centers subject to the provisions of § 154.089.
(F) CBD, Central Business District.
(1) Purpose. This district is designed to provide for a variety of office, business service, entertainment, and retail uses which occupy the prime retail frontage, by serving the comparison, convenience, and service needs of the market area which includes the city and surrounding townships. The regulations of the CBD District are designed to promote convenient pedestrian shopping and the stability of retail development by encouraging a continuous retail frontage and by prohibiting uses which tend to break up such continuity.
(2) Permitted uses.
(a) All permitted uses allowed in the LS and GC District;
(b) Theaters, when completely enclosed;
(c) Private service clubs, social organizations, and lodge halls;
(d) Lodging facilities;
(e) Multiple-family dwellings on the second floor and above;
(f) Public parks and playgrounds; and/or
(g) Public buildings and facilities.
(3) Special uses.
(a) Bar/lounge serving alcoholic beverages and/or providing entertainment;
(b) Fast-food restaurants; and/or
(c) Sale of weapons.
(G) LI, Limited Industrial District.
(1) Purpose. This district is designed to accommodate industrial, storage, and other uses that generate a minimum of noise, glare, odors, dust, vibration, air and water pollution, fire and safety hazards, or the emission of any potentially harmful or obnoxious matter or radiation or any other nuisance characteristics. It is the purpose of these regulations to permit development of the enumerated functions to protect surrounding areas from incompatible industrial activities, to restrict the intrusion of non-related uses such as residential, agricultural, business, and commercial, except retail businesses that normally do not require the customer to call at the place of business, and to encourage the discontinuance of uses presently existing in the District which are nonconforming by virtue of the type of use. To these ends, certain uses are excluded which would function more effectively in other districts and which would interfere with the operation of the uses permitted in this District.
(2) Permitted uses.
(a) Printing and blueprinting;
(b) Light manufacturing, processing, assembly, testing, and repair of the following:
1. Communication, transmission, and reception equipment such as coils, tubes, semi-conductors, navigation control equipment, and systems guidance equipment;
2. Data processing equipment and systems;
3. Graphics and art equipment;
4. Metering instruments;
5. Optical devices, equipment, and systems;
6. Stereo, audio units, radio equipment and systems;
7. Photographic equipment;
8. Radar, infrared, and ultraviolet equipment and systems;
9. Scientific and mechanical instruments such as calipers and transits; and/or
10. Testing equipment.
(c) Light manufacturing, processing, or assembling of the following:
1. Biological products, drugs, medicinal chemicals, and pharmaceutical preparation;
2. Electrical machinery, equipment and supplies, electronic equipment and accessories; and/or
3. Office, computing, and accounting machines.
(d) Research and design centers for the development of pilot or experimental products, together with related offices for such research facilities;
(e) Data processing and computer centers;
(f) Warehousing, refrigerated, and general storage, but not including self-storage facilities;
(g) Business service establishments such as printing and photocopying services, mail and packaging services, and typing and secretarial services;
(h) Training and/or educational centers where such centers are designed and intended to provide training at the business, technical, and/or professional level;
(i) Computer and business machine sales when conducted in conjunction with and accessory to a permitted principal use;
(j) Printing, publishing, or related activities;
(k) Manufacture and repair of signs, and heating and ventilating equipment; and/or
(l) Recycling operations.
(3) Special uses.
(a) Restaurants and cafeteria facilities for employees;
(b) Trucking and transit terminals;
(c) Contractors’ establishments subject to the requirements set forth in § 154.093;
(d) Metal fabrication, and tool and die shops;
(e) Automobile repair facilities and collision shops;
(f) Self-storage facilities, subject to the requirement of § 154.091;
(g) Sale of building materials, nursery stock, and garden supplies provided outdoor sales comply with the requirements set forth in § 154.068 and/or
(h) Sale of weapons.
(Ord. 285, passed 12-8-2003; Ord. 335, passed 3-26-2012; Ord. 358, passed 6-8-2015; Ord. 360, passed 6-8-2015; Ord. 366, passed 6-8-2015; Ord. 370, passed 6-8-2015)