1157.01 PURPOSE.
   The Village Residential District is established to provide for the continuance of single- family housing within the older portions of the Village of Millersburg, and to allow for limited expansion of such uses in appropriate areas, thereby encouraging the continued improvement of such housing environments and promoting private reinvestment and revitalization, while maintaining adequate development standards.
   It is recognized that property in the R-3 District is located in older areas of the Village, and that such areas are likely to be characterized by patterns of mixed land use. Many of these mixed uses are the result of past development practices and might not be allowed under the current provisions of this R-3 District. It is the intent of the Planning and Zoning Code, and this district in particular, to protect and preserve the basic property rights of such existing nonconforming uses. Specific provisions are made for the continuance, substitution and extension of such use, pursuant to Chapter 1145 and Section 713.15 of the Ohio Revised Code.
   The district can also be used to allow for new development in outlying areas of the Village by meeting standards intended to promote the historic neighborhood character of such new development. (Ord. 2004-111. Passed 7-26-04.)