For the purpose of this chapter, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning. Any word not herein described shall be as defined under a specific regulation of this chapter, or if not so defined, in the State Building Code or in any recognized standard English dictionary.
ACCESSORY USE or STRUCTURE. A use or structure subordinate to the principal use of a building or to the principal use of the land and which is located on the same lot serving a purpose customarily incidental to the use of the principal building or land use. Accessory buildings shall not be used as a residential dwelling. ACCESSORY USES shall be located on the same lot as the principal use unless otherwise specified. An accessory building shall be considered part of the principal building and subject to all restrictions applying to the principal building when it has a common wall with the principal building or is attached to the principal building by a permanent structure or when any part is located four feet or less from the nearest part of the principal building. An accessory building shall be considered and regulated as a separate structure when it is more than four feet from the principal building (see § 151.060(A)(7)(b)2. and § 151.085(B)(1)(c)).
ADJOINING LOT. Contiguous or adjacent lots under different ownership. Where a public street or alley, railroad right-of-way, or public space intervenes between lots of different ownership, the nearest lot line beyond shall be considered the ADJOINING LOT-LINE.
ADULT DAY CARE FACILITY. A place, as recognized in R.C. Ch. 5119.70 et seq., in which day care is provided for five or more adults.
ALLEY. Any public or private way for vehicular use, less than 24 feet in width.
ALTER or ALTERATION. Any act or process that changes one or more of the exterior architectural features of any premises or results in any change to an archaeological feature of the premises, including a change or rearrangement in the structural parts or an enlargement, whether by extending a side or by increasing height. ALTERATION shall also include a change in design, material, or exterior architectural feature, but shall not include ordinary maintenance to correct any deterioration or damage to a structure or to restore the structure to its condition prior to such deterioration or damage; provided, such work does not involve a change in design, material, or exterior architectural feature.
ANTENNA. A device used to receive a remote television, radio, or other signal.
APARTMENT BUILDING. A building containing two or more suites of rooms (apartments) for rent or lease and building owned by a single company or private owner. An apartment is not a condominium.
AWNING. A roof-like structure usually made of canvas or other woven fabric with support framing wholly attached to a building and intended for protection against sun and precipitation.
BED AND BREAKFAST HOME. An owner- or operator-occupied dwelling, providing lodging for compensation for up to five persons. Breakfast shall be offered to lodgers. No kitchen facilities may be provided for use by lodgers. The maximum length of stay by any lodger shall be four consecutive weeks.
BUILDING. Any construction built or used for the shelter or enclosure of persons, animals, or property excluding any structure designed and used as a house trailer or other type trailer.
CANOPY. A roof-like structure usually made of canvas or other woven fabric with support framing extending over a space for shelter from the weather.
CARPORT. A structure intended for use by persons residing on the premises for housing or care of motorized vehicles used primarily for transportation.
CEMETERY. Land used or intended to be used for the burial of the human dead and dedicated for cemetery purposes.
CHILD DAY CARE CENTER. A place, as recognized in R.C. § 5104.01, in which day care is provided for five or more infants, preschool children, or school-age children outside of the schoolhouse.
CONDITIONAL USE. A use allowed in a zoning district after a permit is granted according to provisions of § 151.050.
CONDOMINIUM. Real property, portions of which are designated for separate unit ownership by the unit owners and the remainder of which is designated for common ownership by the unit owners association.
COURT. An open space other than a yard on the same lot with a building.
(1) INNER COURT. A court bounded by building walls.
(2) OUTER COURT. A court with one or more sides open to a yard.
DECK. An open area serving as an outdoor living area commonly constructed of wood either on grade or above grade.
DWELLING. A building occupied or designed to be occupied exclusively by one or more dwelling units, each of which is used or designed to be used as a permanent place of abode (see DWELLING UNIT).
(1) DWELLING, FOUR-FAMILY. A dwelling containing four single-family dwelling units.
(2) DWELLING, MULTIPLE. A dwelling containing five or more single-family dwelling units.
(3) DWELLING, SINGLE-FAMILY ATTACHED. A building used as a dwelling containing a group of single-family dwelling units which are attached to each other, and each of which has independent access to the outside of the building to ground level and which has no less than two exterior walls fully exposed and not in common with the exterior walls of any other unit. An attached dwelling unit is considered to be one “structure”.
(4) DWELLING, SINGLE-FAMILY DETACHED. A dwelling standing by itself and containing only one single-family dwelling unit, separated from other dwellings by open space.
(5) DWELLING, SUPPORTIVE LIVING. A detached single-family dwelling, occupied as a home that provides room and board, personal care, habilitation services, and supervision in a family setting for not more than four persons who have developmental disabilities or who are elderly. This dwelling shall be inhabited by no other persons except house parents and employees caring for the persons residing therein and be licensed and regulated by the State Department of Mental Retardation and Developmental Disabilities or the State Department of Aging.
(6) DWELLING, THREE-FAMILY. A dwelling containing three single-family dwelling units.
(7) DWELLING, TWO-FAMILY. A dwell ing containing two single-family dwelling units.
(8) DWELLING UNIT. One room, or a suite of two or more rooms in a building designed for or used by one family for living and sleeping purposes and having only one kitchen or kitchenette.
ESTABLISHED GRADE. The elevation of a street or alley grade as established by village authority. With reference to walls and excavations, the ESTABLISHED GRADE shall be taken as the elevation of that point of the recorded grade of the street or alley whereon the lot abuts, which is opposite the street or alley lot line and nearest to the point of the structure.
FAMILY. An individual or two or more persons related by blood, marriage, or adoption, living together as a housekeeping unit in a dwelling unit, or a group of not more than four persons, who need not be related, living together as a single housekeeping unit in a dwelling unit.
FENCE. A structure intended to prevent straying from within, physical intrusion, or sight intrusion (see STRUCTURE).
FIRST-STORY. See STORY.
GARAGE. A building or portion thereof primarily intended for housing or care of motorized vehicles. A GARAGE with one or more open sides is a CARPORT.
(1) PRIVATE GARAGE. A garage intended for use by persons residing on the premises for the storage of noncommercial motor vehicles except as otherwise provided for herein. A PRIVATE GARAGE is an accessory building.
(2) PUBLIC GARAGE. A garage other than a storage garage, where motorized vehicles are repaired and serviced.
(3) STORAGE GARAGE. Any garage other than those defined herein as a private or public garage, used exclusively for the storage of motorized vehicles.
HEREAFTER. After the time that this chapter, or any amendments thereto, becomes effective.
HERETOFORE. Before the time that this chapter becomes effective.
HISTORIC BUILDING. A building or structure, designated as historic by an ordinance, either as an individual structure or as a structure which is within the adopted Village Historic District.
HOME: NURSING, REST, or CONVA LESCENT. See NURSING, REST, or CONVA LESCENT HOME.
HOME OCCUPATION. An activity as permitted by this chapter which may be conducted within a dwelling by a member or members of the family residing within the dwelling, where the occupation is accessory to the use of the dwelling for living purposes and the residential character of the dwelling is maintained.
HOSPITAL. An institution classified as a hospital under R.C. § 3701.07 in which diagnostic, medical, surgical, obstetrical, psychiatric, or rehabilitation care are provided to in-patients for a continuous period longer than 24 hours.
HOT TUB OR SPA. An artificial container of water designed with a mechanical air injection system and/or recirculating device. These devices may filter and/or disinfect the water for reuse and are not intended to be drained between uses.
HOTEL. A building in which lodging is provided and offered to the public for compensation and in which ingress and egress to and from rooms is made through an inside lobby or office supervised by a person in charge at all hours, and which is open to transient guests, in contradistinction to a boarding house, lodging house, or motel.
INSTITUTION. A building or area occupied by a nonprofit corporation or a nonprofit establishment for public use.
LANE. See ALLEY.
LODGE. A building or portion thereof, or premises owned or operated by a corporation, association, person, or persons for a social, educational, or recreational purpose, but not primarily for profit or to render a service which is customarily carried out as a business.
LOT. A piece or parcel of land, abutting on a street whose area, in addition to the parts thereof occupied by a building and buildings necessary thereto, is sufficient to furnish the yards and courts required for a compliance with this chapter.
(1) CORNER LOT. Any lot abutting on two intersecting streets at their intersection or on two parts of the same street, and in either case forming an interior angle of less than 135 degrees.
(2) LOT DEPTH. The distance measured in the mean direction of the side lines of the lot from the midpoint of the street lot line to the opposite main rear line of the lot. In the case of any irregular or triangular lot, the rear line shall be deemed to be, for the purpose of this chapter, a line not less than ten feet long, parallel with the street line, and distant as far as possible therefrom while entirely within the lot.
LOT LINE. A line bounding a lot.
(1) ALONG THE LOT LINE. Parallel to the property line and set back not more than 18 inches from the property line.
(2) FRONT LOT LINE. The line dividing a lot from a street. On a corner lot only one street line shall be considered as a front line; provided, that where the length of a shorter street line is less than 90% of the length of the longer street line, the shorter street line shall be considered the FRONT LOT LINE.
(3) REAR LOT LINE. The lot line opposite the front lot line. In case of an irregular, triangular, or gore shaped lot, it shall mean a line within the lot, at least ten feet long, parallel to and at the maximum distance from the front lot line.
(4) SIDE LOT LINE. Any lot line not a front lot line or a rear lot line.
LOT, WIDTH OF. The width measured at right angles to its depth.
MARQUEE. Any fixed hood (other than a canopy or awning), projecting over the entrance to a building and which is supported solely by the building to which it is attached, consisting of metal or other incombustible material, and which includes a sign or advertising announcement. The location of MARQUEES shall be restricted to the main entrance of a theater.
MOTEL and TOURIST CABINS. A building or group of buildings, usually with blocks of rooms opening onto a parking area, containing sleeping accommodations which are available for temporary occupancy by automobile transients.
NONCONFORMING. A building, structure, or premises that does not conform with the provisions of this chapter.
NONCONFORMING USE. A building, struct ure, or premises occupied by a use that does not conform with the use regulations of the district in which it is situated.
NURSING, REST, OR CONVALESCENT HOME. An institution, residence, or facility, as recognized in R.C. Ch. 3721, that provides, for a period of more than 24 hours, accommodations to three or more unrelated individuals who are dependent upon the services of others, and who, by reason of age, illness, or physical or mental impairment, require skilled nursing care and/or personal assistance.
OCCUPANCY. The purpose for which a building or premises, or any portion thereof, is owned, leased, rented, or otherwise occupied, is used or intended to be used.
OCCUPANT. A person(s) or an organization who has certain legal rights to, or control over, the premises he or she occupies: a tenant or owner.
PARAPET. The extension of a false front or wall above a roof line.
PARKING LOT. Any surface lot which provides off-street parking for motorized vehicles.
PARKING SPACE. An area of not less than 162 square feet, exclusive of drives and aisles giving access thereto, accessible from streets or alleys, or from private driveways or aisles leading to streets or alleys and usable for the storage or parking of one self-propelled passenger automobile.
PATIO. A paved terrace (see TERRACE, PAVED).
PAVED SPORTS AREA. A hard surfaced area for use as a court for volleyball, badminton, hockey, paddle tennis, lawn tennis, basketball, handball, or similar activities.
PLAY STRUCTURE. A fixed structure, subordinate to the principal use of the land and erected as freestanding or part of the principal building or accessory structure, for the sole purpose of children’s play activities.
PUBLIC BUILDING or SEMIPUBLIC BUILDING. Any structure used and intended or designed for use as a church, Sunday school, public, or parochial primary or secondary school (including the uses defined and authorized in R.C. §§ 3313.75 through 3313.78), recreation and community center, public library, public museum, public art gallery, or municipal administration building; provided, that none of those structures contain dwelling accommodations other than a single-dwelling unit for use by one caretaker and his or her immediate family.
PUBLIC RIGHT-OF-WAY. A general term denoting land, property, or interest therein, usually in a strip, acquired for or devoted to a street for vehicular traffic, sidewalks, utilities, and other public uses.
REQUIRED. Demanded by some provisions of this chapter.
REQUIRED YARD SETBACKS. Required front, side, and rear yards as established in this chapter by required setbacks for structures within the various districts (see YARD).
RETIREMENT COMMUNITY. Housing for the elderly that includes congregate or shared living facilities, and may include independent living facilities.
ROW HOUSE. A building containing a group of single-family attached dwelling units placed side by side, in which each single-family unit has living accommodations on the first story or each subsequent story above, with a common wall between the family units and each family unit having a separate entrance. A ROW HOUSE is considered a single structure (see also DWELLING, SINGLE FAMILY ATTACHED).
SCHOOL, PRIVATE. An institution offering education of a character similar to that offered in public primary and secondary schools. This does not include nursery schools, play schools, secretarial schools, or similar limited-purpose institutions.
SCHOOL, PUBLIC. An institution offering primary and secondary education.
SETBACK. The minimum distance from a property line to the face of any structure. Yard dimensions are determined as the perpendicular distance from a property line to the wall element nearest the property line regardless of which floor the wall occupies. Roof overhangs, gutters, cornices, and other similar architectural elements are allowed to extend 18 inches beyond the wall line (see REQUIRED YARD SETBACKS).
SHED. A one-story covered structure with one or more of its sides unenclosed (see ACCESSORY BUILDING).
SIDEWALK SPACE. A part of a public street or alley between the curb and property lines.
SPECIMEN TREES. Trees such as oak, and other slow growing hardwood species and very large, full-headed pine trees.
STORY. A part of the building included between the surface of any floor and the surface of the floor
next above it, or if there be no floor above it, then the space between the floor and the ceiling next above it.
STORY, FIRST. The lowest level or story of a building, the floor of which is not more than three feet six inches below the average adjoining grade.
STREET. Any publicly- or privately-owned strip of land between property lines, 24 feet or more in width, whose primary function is to furnish the chief means of access to the properties abutting it.
STRUCTURAL ALTERATION. Any change in one or more of the structural members of a building such as walls, columns, beams, girders, and the like.
STRUCTURE. Anything constructed, the use of which requires permanent location in or on the ground or is attached to something having a permanent location on the ground.
TERRACE, PAVED. An open area, constructed at grade, serving as an outdoor living area constructed of stone, brick, tile, concrete, asphalt concrete, so as to make a firm level surface.
TERRACE, UNPAVED. An open area serving as an outdoor living area constructed of gravel, sand, or turf.
THEATER. A building, or part of a building, in which persons congregate to witness dramatic, operatic, motion picture, or other performances or displays.
TOWNHOUSE. See DWELLING and various types thereunder.
TREEHOUSE. A fixed structure, which shall be securely attached and entirely supported by the structure of the tree, and which is subordinate to the principal use of the land, and erected for the sole purpose of children’s play activities.
UTILITY SERVICES. Includes the following services: gas; electric; water; sewer; and telephone. Also included for § 151.093 are public
media and communication services, such as radio, television, and information system (see also Ch. 52).
WALL. A structure of stone, brick, block masonry, or concrete, raised to some height and intended to prevent straying from within, physical intrusion, sight intrusion, or to retain earth where yard level is at different planes (see STRUCTURE).
YARD. An open space on the same lot with a building.
(1) FRONT YARD. A yard extending across the full width of the lot and measured between the front lot line and the nearest point of the building.
(2) REAR YARD. A yard extending across the full width of the lot and measured between the rear lot line and the nearest point of the building.
(4) SIDE YARD. A yard extending from the front yard to the rear yard and measured between the side lot line and the nearest point of the building.
(2000 Code, § 151.005) (Ord. O-4-96, passed 3-25-1996; Ord. O-11-98, passed 1-12-1998; Ord. O-12-06, passed 12-26-2006; Ord. O-27-22, passed 11-14-2022)