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Codified Ordinances of Medina, OH
CODIFIED ORDINANCES OF MEDINA, OHIO
CERTIFICATION
DIRECTORY OF OFFICIALS
ADOPTING ORDINANCE NO. 19-77
EDITOR'S NOTE
COMPARATIVE SECTION TABLE
TABLES OF SPECIAL ORDINANCES
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
TITLE ONE - Zoning Code
CHAPTER 1103 General Provisions and Penalty
CHAPTER 1105 Definitions
1105.01 GENERAL PROVISIONS.
1105.02 AGRICULTURE.
1105.03 ALLEY.
1105.04 APARTMENT.
1105.05 APPLICANT.
1105.06 ASSISTED LIVING FACILITY.
1105.07 BAR OR TAVERN.
1105.08 BASEMENT.
1105.09 BED AND BREAKFAST INN.
1105.10 BOARD.
1105.11 BUFFER OR BUFFERYARD.
1105.12 BUILDING.
1105.13 BUILDING, ACCESSORY.
1105.14 BUILDING, PRINCIPAL.
1105.15 BUILDING HEIGHT.
1105.16 BUILDING LINE.
1105.17 BUILDING MATERIALS SALES YARD AND LUMBER YARD.
1105.18 BULK STORAGE AND DISPLAY.
1105.19 CARPORT.
1105.20 CAR WASH.
1105.21 CEMETERY.
1105.22 CENTRALIZED SEWER SYSTEM.
1105.23 CENTRALIZED WATER SYSTEM.
1105.24 CHILD DAY CARE CENTER OR NURSERY.
1105.25 CLINIC.
1105.26 CLUB.
1105.27 COMMISSION.
1105.28 COMMERCIAL ENTERTAINMENT.
1105.29 COMMERCIAL RECREATION.
1105.30 COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.
1105.31 CONDITIONAL USE.
1105.32 CONFERENCE CENTER, BANQUET FACILITY, OR MEETING HALL.
1105.33 CONSERVATION USE.
1105.34 CONTRACTOR EQUIPMENT STORAGE YARD.
1105.35 CONVENIENCE RETAIL.
1105.36 COUNCIL.
1105.37 COURT.
1105.38 CREMATORIUM.
1105.39 DENSITY.
1105.40 DEVELOPED LAND.
1105.41 DISCARDED MOTOR VEHICLE.
1105.42 DISTRIBUTION CENTER.
1105.43 DISTRICT.
1105.44 DRIVE-IN OR DRIVE THROUGH FACILITY.
1105.45 DRIVEWAY.
1105.46 DWELLING.
1105.47 DWELLING UNIT.
1105.48 EASEMENT.
1105.49 EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION.
1105.50 ESSENTIAL SERVICES.
1105.51 FAMILY.
1105.52 FENCE.
1105.53 FINANCIAL INSTITUTION.
1105.54 FLOOR AREA.
1105.55 FRONTAGE.
1105.56 FUNERAL HOME.
1105.57 GARAGE, PRIVATE.
1105.58 GARAGE, PARKING.
1105.59 GRADE, FINISHED.
1105.60 GRADE, NATURAL.
1105.61 GREENHOUSE, PLANT.
1105.62 GROSS ACRE.
1105.63 GROSS FLOOR AREA.
1105.64 GROUP HOME.
1105.65 HEAVY DUTY REPAIR SERVICES.
1105.66 HOME OCCUPATION.
1105.67 HOSPITAL.
1105.68 HOTEL.
1105.69 IMPERVIOUS SURFACE.
1105.70 INDEPENDENT LIVING FACILITY.
1105.71 INDUSTRIAL.
1105.72 INFILL.
1105.73 IN-LAW SUITE.
1105.74 INSTITUTION.
1105.75 JUNK.
1105.76 LOADING SPACE.
1105.77 LOT.
1105.78 LOT, CORNER.
1105.79 LOT, DOUBLE FRONTAGE.
1105.80 LOT, INTERIOR.
1105.81 LOT AREA.
1105.82 LOT COVERAGE.
1105.83 LOT DEPTH.
1105.84 LOT LINES.
1105.85 LOT LINE, FRONT.
1105.86 LOT LINE, REAR.
1105.87 LOT LINE, SIDE.
1105.88 LOT OF RECORD.
1105.89 LOT WIDTH.
1105.90 MAJOR THOROUGHFARE AND COLLECTOR THOROUGHFARE.
1105.91 MANUFACTURED HOUSING.
1105.92 MANUFACTURED HOUSING PARK.
1105.93 MANUFACTURING, HEAVY.
1105.94 MANUFACTURING, LIGHT.
1105.95 MAXIMUM LOT COVERAGE.
1105.96 MIXED USE.
1105.97 MOBILE HOME.
1105.98 MOBILE HOME PARK.
1105.99 MOTEL.
1105.100 MOTOR VEHICLE FILLING STATION.
1105.101 MOTOR VEHICLE SALES.
1105.102 MOTOR VEHICLE REPAIR, MAJOR.
1105.103 MOTOR VEHICLE REPAIR, MINOR.
1105.104 MOTOR VEHICLE STORAGE.
1105.105 MUSEUM.
1105.106 NONCONFORMING BUILDING.
1105.107 NONCONFORMING LOT.
1105.108 NONCONFORMING USE.
1105.109 NURSING HOME.
1105.110 OFF-STREET LOADING SPACE.
1105.111 OFFICE.
1105.112 OPEN SPACE.
1105.113 OTHER SIMILAR USES AS DETERMINED BY THE PLANNING COMMISSION.
1105.114 OUTDOOR DINING.
1105.115 OUTDOOR STORAGE.
1105.116 OVERLAY DISTRICT.
1105.117 PARK.
1105.118 PARKING LOT, PRIVATE.
1105.119 PARKING LOT, PUBLIC.
1105.120 PARKING SPACE.
1105.121 PASSENGER TRANSPORTATION AGENGY AND TERMINAL.
1105.122 PERSONAL OR PROFESSIONAL SERVICE.
1105.123 PLANNING DIRECTOR.
1105.124 PRINCIPAL BUILDING OR USE.
1105.125 PUBLIC UTILITY.
1105.126 PUBLICLY OWNED OR OPERATED GOVERNMENT FACILITY.
1105.127 RECREATION FACILITY.
1105.128 RELIGIOUS PLACE OF WORSHIP.
1105.129 RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT LABORATORY.
1105.130 RESTAURANT.
1105.131 RETAIL BUSINESS.
1105.132 SEATING CAPACITY.
1105.133 SELF-STORAGE WAREHOUSE.
1105.134 SETBACK.
1105.135 SEXUALLY ORIENTED BUSINESS.
1105.136 SIGN.
1105.137 SIGN FACE.
1105.138 SIGN PLATE.
1105.139 SITE PLAN.
1105.140 STORY.
1105.141 STREET, PUBLIC.
1105.142 STREET, PRIVATE.
1105.143 STREET RIGHT-OF-WAY LINE.
1105.144 STRUCTURAL ALTERATIONS.
1105.145 STRUCTURE.
1105.146 SWIMMING POOL, COMMERCIAL.
1105.147 SWIMMING POOL, PRIVATE.
1105.148 TAVERN.
1105.149 THOROUGHFARE.
1105.150 THOROUGHFARE PLAN.
1105.151 TRANSITIONAL HOUSING.
1105.152 TRUCK TRANSFER TERMINAL.
1105.153 URBAN GARDEN.
1105.154 USE.
1105.155 USE, ACCESSORY.
1105.156 USE, PRINCIPAL.
1105.157 VARIANCE.
1105.158 VETERINARY OFFICE.
1105.159 VETERINARY HOSPITAL.
1105.160 WAREHOUSE.
1105.161 WHOLESALE ESTABLISHMENT.
1105.162 WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATION FACILITY.
1105.163 YARD.
1105.164 ZONE.
1105.165 ZONING CERTIFICATE.
1105.166 ZONING CODE.
1105.167 ZONING MAP.
CHAPTER 1107 Administration and Enforcement
CHAPTER 1108 Fees
CHAPTER 1109 Site Plan Review
CHAPTER 1113 Zoning Districts; General Regulations
CHAPTER 1114 SPD - Special Planning District
CHAPTER 1115 O-C Open Space Conservation District
CHAPTER 1116 Overlay Districts
CHAPTER 1121 R-1 Low Density Urban Residential District
CHAPTER 1123 R-2 Medium Density Urban Residential District
CHAPTER 1125 R-3 High Density Urban Residential District
CHAPTER 1127 R-4 Multi-Family Urban Residential District
CHAPTER 1129 M-U Multi-Use District
CHAPTER 1130 P-F Public Facilities District
CHAPTER 1131 C-S Commercial Service District
CHAPTER 1133 C-1 Local Commercial District
CHAPTER 1135 C-2 Central Business District
CHAPTER 1137 C-3 General Commercial District
CHAPTER 1141 I-1 Industrial District
CHAPTER 1145 Off-Street Parking and Circulation
CHAPTER 1146 Wireless Telecommunications Regulations
CHAPTER 1147 Signs
CHAPTER 1149 Screening and Landscaping
CHAPTER 1151 Nonconforming Uses, Buildings, Structures and Lots
CHAPTER 1153 Conditional Zoning Certificates
CHAPTER 1155 Supplemental Regulations
Appendix Transition Corridor Overlay District (TC-OV)
TITLE THREE - Subdivision Regulations
PART THIRTEEN - BUILDING CODE
PART FIFTEEN - FIRE PREVENTION CODE
CHAPTER 1105
Definitions
1105.01    General provisions.
1105.02    Agriculture.
1105.03   Alley.
1105.04   Apartment.
1105.05   Applicant.
1105.06   Assisted living facility.
1105.07   Bar or tavern.
1105.08   Basement.
1105.09   Bed and breakfast inn.
1105.10   Board.
1105.11   Buffer or bufferyard.
1105.12   Building.
1105.13   Building, accessory.
1105.14   Buildilng, principal.
1105.15   Building height.
1105.16   Building line.
1105.17   Building materials sales yard and lumber yard.
1105.18   Bulk storage and display.
1105.19   Carport.
1105.20   Car wash.
1105.21   Cemetery.
1105.22   Centralized sewer system.
1105.23   Centralized water system.
1105.24   Child day care center or nursery.
1105.25   Clinic.
1105.26   Club.
1105.27   Commission.
1105.28   Commercial entertainment.
1105.29   Commercial recreation.
1105.30   Comprehensive Plan.
1105.31   Conditional use.
1105.32   Conference center, banquet facility, or meeting hall.
1105.33   Conservation use.
1105.34   Contractor equipment storage yard.
1105.35   Convenience retail.
1105.36   Council.
1105.38   Crematorium.
1105.39   Density.
1105.40   Developed land.
1105.41   Discarded motor vehicle.
1105.42   Distribution center.
1105.43   District.
1105.44   Drive-in or drive through facility.
1105.45   Driveway.
1105.46   Dwelling.
1105.47   Dwelling unit.
1105.48   Easement.
1105.49   Educational institution.
1105.50   Essential services.
1105.51   Family.
1105.52   Fence.
1105.53   Financial institution.
1105.54   Floor area.
1105.55   Frontage.
1105.56   Funeral home.
1105.57   Garage, private.
1105.58   Garage, parking.
1105.59   Grade, finished.
1105.60   Grade, natural.
1105.61   Greenhouse, plant.
1105.62   Gross acre.
1105.63   Gross floor area.
1105.64   Group home.
1105.65   Heavy duty repair services.
1105.66   Home occupation.
1105.67   Hospital.
1105.68   Hotel.
1105.69   Impervous surface.
1105.70   Independent living facility.
1105.71   Industrial.
1105.72   Infill.
1105.73   In-law suite.
1105.74   Institution.
1105.75   Junk.
1105.76   Loading space.
1105.77   Lot.
1105.78   Lot, corner.
1105.79   Lot, double frontage.
1105.80   Lot, interior.
1105.81   Lot area.
1105.82   Lot coverage.
1105.83   Lot depth.
1105.84   Lot lines.
1105.85   Lot line, front.
1105.86   Lot line, rear.
1105.87   Lot line, side.
1105.88   Lot of record.
1105.89   Lot width.
1105.90   Major thoroughfare and collector thoroughfare.
1105.91   Manufactured housing.
1105.92   Manufactured housing park.
1105.93   Manufacturing, heavy.
1105.94   Manufacturing, light.
1105.95   Maximum lot coverage.
1105.96   Mixed use.
1105.97   Mobile home.
1105.98   Mobile home park.
1105.99   Motel.
1105.100   Motor vehicle filling station.
1105.101   Motor vehicle.
1105.102   Motor vehicle repair, major.
1105.103   Motor vehicle repair, minor.
1105.104   Motor vehicle storage.
1105.105   Museum.
1105.106   Nonconforming building.
1105.107   Nonconforming lot.
1105.108   Nonconforming use.
1105.109   Nursing home.
1105.110   Off-street loading space.
1105.111   Office.
1105.112   Open space.
1105.113   Other similar uses as determined by the Planning Commission.
1105.114   Outdoor dining.
1105.115   Outdoor storage.
1105.116   Overlay district.
1105.117   Park.
1105.118   Parking lot, private.
1105.119   Parking lot, public.
1105.120   Parking space.
1105.121   Passenger transportation agency and terminal.
1105.122   Personal or professional service.
1105.123   Planning Director.
1105.124   Principal building or use.
1105.125   Public utility.
1105.126   Publicly owned or operated government facility.
1105.127   Recreation facility.
1105.128   Religious place of worship.
1105.129   Research and development laboratory.
1105.130   Restaurant.
1105.131   Retail business.
1105.132   Seating capacity.
1105.133   Self-storage warehouse.
1105.134   Setback.
1105.135   Sexually oriented business.
1105.136   Sign.
1105.137   Sign face.
1105.138   Sign plate.
1105.139   Site plan.
1105.140   Story.
1105.141   Street, public.
1105.142   Street, private.
1105.143   Street right-of-way line.
1105.144   Structural alterations.
1105.145   Structure.
1105.146   Swimming pool, commercial.
1105.147   Swimming pool, private.
1105.148   Tavern.
1105.149   Thoroughfare.
1105.150   Thoroughfare Plan.
1105.151   Transitional housing.
1105.152   Truck transfer terminal.
1105.153   Urban garden.
1105.154   Use.
1105.155   Use, accessory.
1105.156   Use, principal.
1105.157   Variance.
1105.158   Veterinary office.
1105.159   Veterinary hospital.
1105.160   Warehouse.
1105.161   Wholesale establishment.
1105.162   Wireless telecommunication facility.
1105.163   Yard.
1105.164   Zone.
1105.165   Zoning certificate.
1105.166   Zoning Code.
1105.167   Zoning Map.
CROSS REFERENCES
      Definitions for Subdivision Regulations - see P. & Z. Ch. 1163
1105.01 GENERAL PROVISIONS.
   For the purpose of this Zoning Code, certain terms are defined in this chapter. When not inconsistent with the context:
(a)   Words used in the present tense include the future;
(b)   The singular number includes the plural and the plural the singular;
(c)   "Shall" is mandatory and not directory;
(d)   "Should" is directive;
(e)   "May" is permissive;
(f)   "Building" includes the word "structure";
(g)   "Used" includes the words "arranged", "designed", "constructed", "altered", "converted" or "intended to be used";
(h)   "Person" means, in addition to an individual, a firm, corporation, association or any legal entity which may own and/or use land or buildings;
(i)   "Lot" includes "plot", "parcel" or "site".
      (Ord. 109-14. Passed 6-23-14.)
1105.02 AGRICULTURE.
   "Agriculture" means the use of land for agricultural purposes, including farming; ranching; aquaculture; apiculture and related apicultural activities, production of honey, beeswax, honeycomb, and other related products; horticulture; viticulture, wine making, and related activities; animal husbandry, including, but not limited to, the care and raising of livestock, equine, and fur-bearing animals; poultry husbandry and the production of poultry and poultry products; dairy production; the production of field crops, tobacco, fruits, vegetables, nursery stock, ornamental shrubs, ornamental trees, flowers, sod, or mushrooms; timber; pasturage; any combination of the foregoing; the processing, drying, storage, and marketing of agricultural products when those activities are conducted in conjunction with, but are secondary to, such husbandry or production; and provided that the above uses shall not include the commercial feeding of garbage or offal to swine and other animals. A use shall be classified as agriculture only if agriculture is the principal or main use of the land.
(Ord. 109-14. Passed 6-23-14; Ord. 198-23. Passed 11-27-23.)
1105.03 ALLEY.
   "Alley" means a public thoroughfare which affords only a secondary means of access to a lot or abutting property.
(Ord. 109-14. Passed 6-23-14; Ord. 198-23. Passed 11-27-23.)
1105.04 APARTMENT.
   "Apartment" see "Dwelling, Multi-Family".
(Ord. 109-14. Passed 6-23-14; Ord. 198-23. Passed 11-27-23.)
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