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(A) General. Home occupations shall be permitted in all zones, provided the home occupation is clearly and obviously subordinate to the main use of the dwelling unit for residential purposes. Home occupations shall be conducted wholly within the primary structure on the premises.
(B) Conditions.
(1) The home occupation shall not exceed 15% of the floor area of the primary structure.
(2) Only those related by blood, marriage or adoption may be employed in the home occupation.
(3) Inventory and supplies shall not occupy more than 50% of the area permitted to be used as a home occupation.
(4) There shall be no exterior display or storage of goods on said premises.
(5) All home occupations shall require a conditional use permit.
(6) Sales and services to patrons shall be arranged by appointment and scheduled so that not more than one patron vehicle is on the premises at the same time.
(7) Two additional off-street parking spaces shall be provided on the premises, except only one need be provided if the home occupation does not have an employee. Said off-street parking shall comply with the parking requirements in § 152.130 of this chapter.
(8) Each home-based occupation and each home-based business shall be licensed as required by §§ 38.070 et seq.;
(Ord. 08-02, passed 2-19-2008; Ord. passed 2-2-2010; Ord. passed 5-16-2023)
(A) General. A conditional use permit shall be obtained for all private clubs.
(B) Provisions.
(1) No private clubs shall be located within 1,000 feet of a park, school, day care center, library or religious or cultural activity.
(2) No private clubs shall be located within 500 feet of any other private clubs or any agricultural or residential zone boundary.
(3) Such distances shall be measured in a straight line without regard to intervening structures, topography and zoning; provided, that on and after March 3, 2010, such distances shall be measured door-to-door with regard to intervening structures, topography and zoning; provided however, that on and after March 17, 2010, such distances shall be measured in a straight line without regard to intervening structures, topography and zoning.
(4) Private clubs shall not be located in R-1 or R-2 Zones and shall not be permitted as a home occupation.
(Ord. 08-02, passed 2-19-2008; Ord. passed 2-2-2010; Ord. 10-2, passed 3-2-2010)
SIGN REGULATIONS
(A) Conformance to chapter. Any sign hereafter erected shall conform to the provisions of this chapter and any other ordinance or regulation within this city.
(B) Signs in rights-of-way. No sign other than an official traffic sign or similar sign shall be erected within two feet of the lines of any street, or within any public way, unless specifically authorized by other ordinance or regulation of this city or by specific authorization of the Code Official.
(C) Projections over public ways. Signs projecting over public walkways shall be permitted to do so only subject to the projection and clearance limits either defined herein or, if not so defined, at a minimum of eight feet from grade level to the bottom of the sign. Signs, architectural projections or sign structures projecting over vehicular access areas must conform to the minimum height clearance limitations imposed by the city for such structures.
(D) Traffic visibility. No sign or sign structure shall be erected at the intersection of any street in such a manner as to obstruct free and clear vision, nor at any location where by its position, shape or color it may interfere with or obstruct the view of or be confused with any authorized traffic sign, signal or device.
(E) Computation of frontage. If a premises contains walls facing more than one property line or encompasses property frontage bounded by more than one street or other property usages, the sign area(s) for each building wall or property frontage will be computed separately for each building wall or property line facing a different frontage. The sign area(s) thus calculated shall be permitted to then be applied to permitted signs placed on each separate wall or property line frontage.
(F) Animation and changeable messages. Animated signs, except as prohibited in § 152.168 of this chapter, are permitted in all nonresidential zones. Changeable signs, manually activated, are permitted for nonresidential uses in all zones. Changeable signs, electrically activated, are permitted in all nonresidential zones.
(G) Maintenance, repair and removal. Every sign permitted by this chapter shall be kept in good condition and repair. When any sign becomes insecure, in danger of falling or is otherwise deemed unsafe by the Code Official, or if any sign shall be unlawfully installed, erected or maintained in violation of any of the provisions of this chapter, the owner thereof or the person or firm using same shall, upon written notice by the Code Official immediately in the case of immediate danger, and in any case within not more than ten days, make such sign conform to the provisions of this chapter, or shall remove it. If within ten days the order is not complied with, the Code Official shall be permitted to remove or cause such sign to be removed at the expense or the owner and/or the user of the sign.
(H) Obsolete sign copy. Any sign copy that no longer advertises or identifies a use conducted on the property on which the sign is erected must have the sign copy covered or removed within 30 days after written notification from the Code Official and upon failure to comply with such notice, the Code Official is hereby authorized to cause removal of such sign copy, and any expense incident thereto shall be paid by the owner of the building, structure or ground on which the sign in located.
(I) Nonconforming signs. Any sign legally existing at the time of the passage of this chapter that does not conform in use, location, height or size with the requirements of the zone in which such sign is located, shall be considered a legal nonconforming use or structure and shall be permitted to continue in such status until such time as it is either abandoned or removed by its owner, subject to the following limitations:
(1) Structural alterations, enlargement or re-erection are permissible only where such alterations will not increase the degree of nonconformity of the signs; and
(2) Any legal nonconforming sign shall be removed or re-built without increasing the existing height or area if it is damaged, or removed if allowed to deteriorate to the extent that the cost of repair or restoration exceeds 50% of the replacement cost of the sign as determined by the Code Official.
(Ord. 08-02, passed 2-19-2008; Ord. passed 2-2-2010)
(A) Generally. The following signs shall be exempt from the provisions of this chapter; provided, that no sign shall be exempt from the provisions of § 152.166(D) of this chapter.
(B) Exempt signs.
(1) Official notices authorized by a court, public body or public safety official;
(2) Directional, warning or information signs authorized by federal, state, county or municipal governments;
(3) Memorial plaques, building identification signs and building cornerstones when cut or carved into a masonry surface or when made of noncombustible material and made an integral part of the building or structure;
(4) The flag of a government or noncommercial institution, such as a school;
(5) Religious symbols and seasonal decorations within the appropriate public holiday season;
(6) Works of art displayed in conjunction with a commercial enterprise where the enterprise does not receive direct commercial gain; and
(7) Street address sign and combination nameplate and street address signs that contain no advertising copy and which do not exceed six square feet in area.
(Ord. 08-02, passed 2-19-2008; Ord. passed 2-2-2010)
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