(A) Permitted uses. The permitted uses of the Residence A District shall be limited to those set forth in this division (A).
(1) Permitted residential uses.
(a) Detached single-family dwellings; or
(b) Designated historic single-family attached dwelling as per § 151.075(F)(10), (F)(11), and (F)(12).
(2) Permitted institutional uses.
(a) Public primary and secondary schools including uses defined and authorized in R.C. §§ 3313.75 through 3313.78;
(b) Churches and other places of worship, parish center and Sunday school buildings, public museums, public art galleries; or
(c) Public administration buildings, including fire and police stations.
(3) Permitted recreational uses.
(a) Parks, play fields, playgrounds, and recreational structures, tennis courts, and community center buildings, publicly owned and operated, including such structures and concessions as are necessary for their operation (see Park District, § 151.076); or
(b) Privately-owned tennis courts, swimming pools, and paved sports areas are permitted subject to the following limitations: in any residential district, tennis courts, swimming pools, and paved sports areas shall be located no closer than 30 feet from any property line and shall not occupy more than the equivalent of 25% of the required rear yard, with the following exception: if such uses are clearly a subordinate use, such as a basketball pole on a driveway, they shall be subject to the minimum sideyard setbacks for that property as specified in this chapter for the primary structure.
(4) Permitted office uses: None.
(5) Permitted commercial uses: None.
(6) Permitted industrial uses: None.
(7) Permitted accessory uses.
(a) Professional office occupations conducted as home occupations subject to the following limitations:
1. Such office occupation shall be limited to remunerative personal service which is of value primarily for the knowledge, talent, or skill which can be communicated in oral, written, fine-arts, or graphic-arts form;
2. Such office occupation shall be conducted entirely within a dwelling;
3. No special outside entrance shall be provided or used in connection with the office occupation;
4. No person other than a resident member of the family residing on the premises shall be directly or indirectly employed in such office occupation either on or off the premises;
5. The total floor area devoted to such use shall not exceed 25% of the gross floor area of the dwelling unit, and not more than 50% of the gross floor area of any story shall be devoted to such use;
6. There shall be no production, storage, or sale of merchandise or stock in trade except the written, fine-arts, or graphic-arts materials customarily incidental to office occupations as limited in division (A)(7)(a)1. above;
7. There shall be no instruction on the premises for more than two students or trainees at any one time;
8. No display of goods or services pertaining to such office occupations shall be visible from outside the building;
9. No mechanical or electrical equipment, other than that customarily used for household purposes, shall be permitted which has a capacity over one horsepower or requires electrical service over 30 amperes; and
10. Each office home occupation shall be limited to one sign as specified under § 151.126(A)(8).
(b) Accessory buildings, erected as part of the principal building or as separate from this division (A)(7)(b): when erected as a separate structure, the accessory building shall be located in the rear yard. Accessory buildings shall be located on the same lot as the principal building, shall not involve the conducting of any business, and there shall be not more than one separate accessory building on any lot.
1. Accessory buildings are permitted for one or a combination of one or more of the following uses:
a. A private garage or carport;
b. A building for the storage of tools, equipment, or supplies used for the maintenance of the buildings and land of the lot on which the accessory building is located;
c. A building for the storage of tools, equipment, or supplies used primarily for recreational use by persons residing on the premises on which the building is located; and
d. A building for the storage of tools, equipment, and supplies used for the growing of vegetation, vegetables, fruits, shrubs, and trees on the lot on which the building is located.
2. An accessory building erected as a separate building shall not exceed 15 feet in total height measured from the grade at front of the structure to the highest point of roof and shall be at least three feet from all lot lines of the abutting lots.
FRONT OF BUILDING shall mean that side facing the front property line. Such accessory buildings shall adhere to the following size requirements when located in a REQUIRED REAR YARD, defined as an area across the rear of the property 30 feet in depth multiplied by the average width of this area:
a. All accessory buildings erected as a separate building in a required rear yard, except those used for the storage of motor vehicles used by the occupants of the property, shall not exceed in area more than 25% of said required rear yard; and
b. An accessory building erected as a separate building in a required rear yard used for the housing of motor vehicles used by occupants of the property shall not exceed in area more than 30% of said required rear yard.
(8) Permitted other uses. Historic cemetery (see § 151.075(F)(17)).
(9) Permitted planned unit development uses. The uses within a planned unit development approved pursuant to the regulations as set forth in § 151.077 and on sites of a minimum size as herein indicated are as follows:
(a) Detached or attached single-family dwellings on sites one acre or more in size;
(b) Historic buildings used for two- family and multi-family dwellings with no minimum site size required, but subject to § 151.075; and
(c) All permitted and conditional uses set forth in this section may be permitted in a planned unit development.
(B) Conditional uses. The conditional uses of the Residence A District shall be limited to those set forth in this division (B), when authorized by the Building Commissioner after a finding that they meet the requirements and conditions specified hereinafter; provided further, that any conditional use shall meet the requirements and conditions specified in § 151.050.
(1) Conditional residential uses: None.
(2) Conditional institutional uses: Child care centers and preschools accessory to permitted or conditional institutional uses as in division (A)(2) above; provided, that no outdoor play area or play equipment shall be located or installed in any front yard.
(3) Conditional recreational uses: None.
(4) Conditional office uses.
(a) Business and professional offices where knowledge, talent, or skill is communicated in oral, written, fine-arts, or graphic-arts form;
(b) Other offices (including licensed medical practices) that are deemed to be compatible with the residential neighborhoods in which they may be located; and
(c) Parking for conditional office uses shall be provided as stipulated in § 151.089.
(5) Conditional commercial uses: None.
(6) Conditional industrial uses: None.
(7) Conditional other uses: None.
(8) Conditional planned unit development uses: None.
(9) Conditional accessory uses. None.
(1) Parking and loading as per § 151.089;
(2) Signs as per § 151.126;
(4) Dish-type satellite antennas and receiving systems:
(a) Dish-type antennas satellite and receiving system: A dish-type antennas satellite, plus its receiver used for receiving television signals; and
(b) The character of the village is directly linked to the economic, social, historical, and cultural health and well-being of the community. This division (C)(4)(b) therefor establishes dish-type antennas satellite and receiving system regulations to maintain the historic character of the village and to preserve the distinctive historical and architectural character of this community which has been influenced by the architecture of an earlier period. Consistent with overall village aesthetic regulations, dish-type antennas satellite signal and receiving systems, subject to the following regulations, may be located within the village.
1. Dish-type antennas satellite signal and receiving systems shall be located only in the rear yard, either behind the principal dwelling or structure located on the lot, or attached to the rear of the principal building or structure, and subject to divisions (C)(4)(b)2. through (C)(4)(b)4. below, except in the event that the optimal satellite signal cannot be obtained at this location, the property owner shall furnish, as a condition of the granting of the required building permit, a duly notarized affidavit from the supplier of the dish-type antennas stating that all appropriate measures were undertaken whichprecluded placing the antenna in any location other than the rear of the structure. In the event that the optimal satellite signal cannot be obtained at this location by the installer, the property owner must notify the Building Department to have the signal strength verified by village inspector. No deviation on the placement of the dish antenna is permitted without prior approval from the Building Department.
2. The maximum size of any dish antenna shall not exceed 18 inches by 20 inches parabolic dimensions. The dish-type antennas satellite signal and receiving system shall be located so that however turned or otherwise used, no part of the system or its mounting structure will project into a side yard at the rear corner of the principal building or structure and if mounted in the rear yard, shall be set back from the rear lot line no less than 15 feet. If mounted on the principal building or structure, no part of the system or its mounting structure shall extend above any part of the highest part of the roof of the principal building or structure; however, it may be mounted on the rear side of a chimney; provided, that no part of the structure may extend more than two feet above the top of the chimney. If ground mounted in the rear yard, no part of the system including the mounting apparatus may extend more than five feet above the ground.
3. No installation or erection of a dish-type satellite signal and receiving system shall commence before a permit is obtained in accordance with this chapter.
4. All other dish-type antennas satellite signal and receiving systems are prohibited.
(5) Cellular or wireless communications towers and facilities for the provision of personal wireless services shall be prohibited in any residential or business district (see § 151.093);
(6) In any residential district, one rod or wire antenna for the receiving of television or radio signals may be mounted on the principal building at a height of not more than five feet above the highest point of the structure;
(7) Animals: the keeping of wild animals, livestock, game, fowl, and the operation of a licensed kennel are prohibited. Domestic animals shall be kept in a manner that does not create a “nuisance” as defined in this code of ordinances;
(8) Construction support equipment and structures for projects on private property shall be located entirely on the building lot affected and not on the public thoroughfare. No temporary toilet, construction trailer, or trash disposal device shall be located nearer to the property line than 15 feet. Trash disposal devices shall be emptied promptly and as necessary to avoid clutter to the ground and surrounding properties. Temporary toilets shall be serviced regularly to avoid odor. All such devices shall be removed promptly at the end of construction. Projects located on public property shall not impinge on private property including access thereto; and
(9) No stormwater drainage shall be allowed to flow from a property onto a neighboring property on new construction completed after January 1, 2007. All stormwater shall be conducted to a storm sewer, street gutter line, or drainage swale located in the public right-of-way.
(2000 Code, § 151.060) (Ord. O-4-96, passed 3-25-1996; Ord. O-2-98, passed 1-12-1998; Ord. O-16-03, passed 11-24-2003; Ord. O-12-06, passed 12-26-2006; Ord. O-6-18, passed 2-12-2018)