(a) Minimum Lot Requirements. Lots shall be arranged and designed to meet all zoning requirements of the district in which they are located and are appropriate to the location of the subdivision, as specified in subsection (b) (Lot Standards Matrix).
(1) Effect of on-site sewage treatment system. Lots that are not served by a public sanitary sewer shall meet the area requirements established by the Stark County Board of Health if a greater area is required than specified herein.
(2) Frontage along public street.
A. No building site shall be created that does not front on a public street, except for planned unit developments which contain privately owned streets maintained by a owners' association.
B. Flag Lots. An application for the creation of a lot that has less than the specified lot frontage along a public street shall require a variance. If such "flag lot" is approved, the front setback shall begin at the point from a line parallel to the street where the lot satisfies the minimum specified lot frontage requirement.
(3) Lot shape. No lot may be created that is so narrow or otherwise so irregularly shaped that it would be impracticable to construct on it a building that could be used for purposes that are permissible in that zoning district, and could satisfy any applicable setback requirements for that district.
(4) Lot depth to width ratio. The average depth of a lot shall not exceed three and one-half times its average width.
(Ord. 09-20. Passed 6-22-09.)
(b) Lot Standards Matrix.
District | Type of Building | Minimum Lot Size | Minimum Lot Frontage | Minimum Lot Width at Building Line |
F-P | All | 3 acres | 150 ft. | 200 ft. |
A-1 | All | 5 acres | 50 ft. | 100 ft. |
P-CD | See Chapter 1156 (Planned Conservation Development District) | |||
R-1 | Single-Family | 12,000 s.f. | 50 ft. | 80 ft. |
R-2 | Single-Family | 10,000 s.f. | 50 ft. | 80 ft. |
Two-Family | 15,000 s.f. | 100 ft. | ||
R-3 | Single-Family | 10,000 s.f. | 50 ft. | 80 ft. |
Two-family | 15,000 s.f. | 100 ft. | ||
Multifamily | 18,000 s.f. for first three units plus 5,000 s.f. for each additional unit | 120 ft. | ||
B-1 | All | None | None | None |
B-2 | All | One-half acre | 100 ft. | 100 ft. |
B-3 | All | None | None | None |
B-4 | All | None | 50 ft. | 50 ft. |
B-5 | All | None | 50 ft. | 50 ft. |
I-1 | All | One-half acre | 80 ft. | 100 ft. |
I-2 | All | One-half acre | 100 ft. | 100 ft. |
PGMI | All | 5 acres | 200 ft. | 200 ft. |
(Ord. 11-54. Passed 12-19-11; Ord. 17-03. Passed 1-23-17.
(c) Double Frontage or Reversed Frontage Lots.
(1) General restriction. Double frontage or reversed frontage lots shall be prohibited except where they are deemed necessary by the Planning Commission to provide separation of residential development from traffic arteries or to overcome unusual topographic conditions.
(2) Planting screens or fences. The Planning Commission may require planting screens or fences where reverse frontage lots abut a major arterial street or between a major arterial thoroughfare and marginal access street, provided that such planting screens or fences shall not constitute a safety hazard. A plan of proposed planting screens or fences shall be submitted for approval with the Final Plat.
(d) Variable Lot Size Development Option. As a Conditional Land Use option in the R-1, R-2, and R-3 Districts, an applicant may apply to the Planning Commission for a Variable Lot Size Development subject to the following requirements:
(1) Each variable lot size development shall consist of a minimum of three (3) acres.
(2) Overall density requirements of the zoning district or districts within which the project is located shall not be exceeded.
(3) The average net area of all lots within a Variable Lot Size Development shall not be less than the minimum lot size specified in Section 1154.01(b) for the district in which the development is located, provided that no individual lot shall be less than the following minimum lot size:
District | Type of Building | Minimum Lot Size |
R-1 | Single-family | 8,000 s.f. |
R-2 | Single-family | 6,000 s.f. |
Two-family | 10,000 s.f. | |
R-3 | Single-family | 6,000 s.f. |
Two-family | 10,000 s.f. | |
Multifamily | 15,000 s.f. for first three units plus 2,000 s.f. for each additional unit |
(4) Unless otherwise specified during subdivision review, minimum yard and frontage requirements for each lot in a variable lot development may be reduced in proportion to the total reduction in lot size below the standard zoning requirements for the zone in which the lot is located.
(5) Review of a Variable Lot Size Development Option subdivision by the Planning Commission will include consideration of the variable lot sizes as a condition for approval of the subdivision. Subdivision approval and variable lot size approval may take place concurrently.
(6) Upon approval of the Variable Lot Size Development Option, such lots shall be placed on the subdivision map and filed with the City Zoning Inspector. At the time of filing, the approved lot lines shall become binding to each lot as they appear on the final subdivision map.