(a) Zoning Code Authority. The authority for the preparation, adoption, and implementation of this Zoning Code is derived from Ohio Revised Code Chapters 711 and 713, which permits the adoption of uniform rules and regulations governing the zoning and subdivision of land, and by the Charter of the City of Middleburg Heights.
(b) Reference to the Ohio Revised Code. Whenever any provision of this Zoning Code refers to or cites a section of the Ohio Revised Code (as amended), and that section is later amended or superseded, this Code shall be deemed amended to refer to said amended section or the section that most nearly corresponds to the superseded section.
(c) This Zoning Code enumerates only those uses which are permitted in the various zoning districts. If a particular use is not included in the list of permitted uses for a particular zoning district, it shall be interpreted as not permitted.
(d) In interpreting and applying the provisions of this Zoning Code, they shall be held to be the minimum requirements for the promotion of the public health, safety, morals, comfort and general welfare.
(e) If the provisions of this Zoning Code require a greater width or size of yards or other open spaces, a lower height of a building or structure, fewer stores, a greater percentage of a lot to be left unoccupied or a more restricted use of land, or impose higher standards than are required in any other ordinance, regulation, private deed restriction or private covenant, the provisions of this Zoning Code shall govern, but if the requirements of the other ordinance, regulation, deed restriction or private covenant are more restrictive, then those requirements shall govern.
(f) Conflicts Between Zoning Code Text. If any requirement or regulatory provision of this Zoning Code is found to be inconsistent with any other, the more restrictive or greater requirement shall be deemed, in each case, to be applicable.
(g) The title and chapter headings in this Zoning Code have been inserted for convenience in reference and are not intended to define or limit the scope of, or otherwise affect, any provision of this Zoning Code.
(Ord. 2022-24. Passed 5-24-22.)