(a) Connection to Water and Sewer Required. It shall be unlawful to construct or occupy any residential dwelling that is not connected to an approved water supply and sewerage disposal facility. Wherever public or community water and sewerage systems are available, dwelling shall be connected to such systems. In every other case, individual water supply and individual sewerage disposal facilities must meet the requirements set by the Trumbull County Health Department and/or the Ohio E.P.A.
(b) Application of District Regulations.
(1) The following regulations pertain to the districts established by this ordinance. These regulations are supplemented and qualified by additional general regulations appearing in Chapter 1153 and the special regulations appearing in Chapter 1155. The regulations set by this ordinance within each district shall be minimum regulations and shall apply uniformly to each class or kind of structure or land, and particularly, except as hereinafter provided.
(2) No building, structure, or land shall hereafter be used or occupied, and no building or structure or part hereof shall hereafter be erected, constructed, reconstructed, moved or structurally altered except in conformity with all the regulations herein specified for the district in which it is located.
(3) No building or other structure shall hereafter be erected or altered:
A. To exceed the height or bulk;
B. To accommodate or house a greater number of families;
C. To occupy a greater percentage of lot area;
D. To have narrower or smaller rear yards, front yards, side yards, or other open spaces;
than herein required; or in any other manner contrary to the provisions of this ordinance.
(4) No part of a yard, or other open space, or off-street parking or loading space required about or in connection with any building for the purpose of complying with the ordinance, shall be included as part of a yard, open space, or off-street parking or loading space similarly required for any other building.
(5) No yard or lot existing at the time of passage of this ordinance shall be reduced in dimension or area below the minimum requirements set forth herein. Yards or lots created after the effective date of this ordinance shall meet at least the minimum requirements established by this ordinance.
(c) Newly Annexed Territory. When the City annexes new territory which was previously part of a township or county, and in which territory zoning regulations have been previously adopted as provided by Sections 303.03 to 303.25, inclusive, or Section 519.02 to 519.25, inclusive, to the Ohio Revised Code, such regulations as they pertain to the territory shall be adopted and continued by the City upon transfer of ownership brought into compliance with current City standards.
(Ord. 2015-10. Passed 12-8-15.)