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CITY OF NORTH ROYALTON, OHIO CODIFIED ORDINANCES
DIRECTORY OF OFFICIALS (2024)
COMPARATIVE SECTION TABLE
COMPARATIVE SECTION TABLE - ZONING
CHARTER OF THE MUNICIPALITY OF NORTH ROYALTON, OHIO
PART TWO - ADMINISTRATION CODE
PART FOUR - TRAFFIC CODE
PART SIX - GENERAL OFFENSES CODE
PART EIGHT - BUSINESS REGULATION AND TAXATION CODE
PART TEN - STREETS, UTILITIES AND PUBLIC SERVICES CODE
PART TWELVE - PLANNING AND ZONING CODE
TITLE TWO - Planning
TITLE FOUR - Subdivision Regulations
TITLE SIX - Zoning
CHAPTER 1260 General Provisions and Definitions
CHAPTER 1262 Administration, Enforcement and Penalty
CHAPTER 1264 Board of Zoning Appeals
CHAPTER 1266 Amendments
CHAPTER 1268 Districts Generally and Zoning Map
CHAPTER 1270 Residential Districts (Other Than Senior Citizen and Rural Residential Districts)
CHAPTER 1272 Senior Citizen District
CHAPTER 1273 Rural Residential Districts
CHAPTER 1274 Public Facilities Districts
CHAPTER 1276 Business Districts
CHAPTER 1278 Industrial Districts
CHAPTER 1280 Planned Unit Developments (Repealed)
CHAPTER 1281 Traditional Town Center/Main Street District (TCD)
CHAPTER 1282 Off-Street Parking and Loading
CHAPTER 1284 Signs
CHAPTER 1286 Nonconforming Uses
CHAPTER 1288 Buffering
Appendix I: Illustrations of Yard Regulations for Multifamily Dwellings
Appendix II: Parking Area Design Standards
Appendix III: Illustrations of Yards and Building Line
CHAPTER 1290 Wireless Telecommunications Facilities
CHAPTER 1292 Wind Energy Turbines
COMPARATIVE SECTION TABLE
PART FOURTEEN - BUILDING AND HOUSING CODE
PART SIXTEEN - FIRE PREVENTION CODE
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1278.06 YARD REGULATIONS.
   Yards shall be provided for every main and accessory building and use in a Research-Office, Commercial Service and General Industrial District in accordance with the following schedule and regulations:
SCHEDULE OF YARD REGULATIONS FOR RESEARCH-OFFICE, COMMERCIAL
SERVICE AND GENERAL INDUSTRIAL DISTRICTS
Minimum Yard Dimensions (ft.)
District
Use
Setback from Street R.O.W. Line
Setback from Side Lot Line
Setback from Rear Lot Line
Lot Abuts Arterial Street
Lot Abuts Industrial Road
Lot Adjns. Res. Dist.
or
Lot Adjns. Within Nonres. Dist
Lot Adjns. Res. Dist.
or
Lot Adjns. Within Nonres. Dist
SCHEDULE OF YARD REGULATIONS FOR RESEARCH-OFFICE, COMMERCIAL
SERVICE AND GENERAL INDUSTRIAL DISTRICTS
Minimum Yard Dimensions (ft.)
District
Use
Setback from Street R.O.W. Line
Setback from Side Lot Line
Setback from Rear Lot Line
Lot Abuts Arterial Street
Lot Abuts Industrial Road
Lot Adjns. Res. Dist.
or
Lot Adjns. Within Nonres. Dist
Lot Adjns. Res. Dist.
or
Lot Adjns. Within Nonres. Dist
Research- Office
Main bldg. or use
100(a)
70(b)
100(c), (d),(f)
25(e)
75(c), (d),(f)
40(e)
Parking
100
70
25
10
20(c)
10
Loading
Not allowed in front yd.
25
10
20
10
Drives
0
0
25
10
20
10
Commer. Serv.
Main bldg. or use
70(d)
70(d)
50
10
50(c)
25
Parking
25
25
20
5
20
5
(officials & visitors only)
(officials & visitors only)
Loading
Not allowed in front yd.
Not allowed in front yd.
20
10
20
10
Drives
0
0
20
10
20
10
Gen. Indus. "A"
Main bldg. or use
100(a)
70
20(f)
10(e)
50(c), (d),(f)
10(e)
Parking
50
25
10
10
20(c)
10
(officials & visitors only)
(officials & visitors only)
Loading
Not allowed in front yd.
Not allowed in front yd.
20
10
20
5
Drives
0
0
10
0
20
5
 
   (a)   With minimum 50-ft. wide landscaped area.
   (b)   With minimum 30-ft. wide landscaped area.
   (c)   With 5-7 ft. high solid fence parallel to District boundary. Fence to extend full length of District boundary and to within 50 ft. of street line. Yard shall also include a 20-ft. side landscape screen to serve as a buffer between adjoining Residential Districts.
   (d)   Or three times the building height, whichever is greater.
   (e)   Or two times the building height, whichever is greater, when approved by a conditional use permit for office structures only in the Research-Office or General Industrial District, as provided for in Sections 1278.02(d) and 1278.04(d)(2).
   (f)   Or three times the building height, whichever is greater, when approved by a conditional use permit for office structures only in the Research-Office or General Industrial District, as provided for in Sections 1278.02(d) and 1278.04(d)(2).
(Ord. 96-165. Passed 10-15-96.)
1278.07 SUPPLEMENTARY YARD REGULATIONS.
   (a)   Front yard setbacks shall be not less than as established in the schedule set forth in Section 1278.06. If a portion of the front yard in Commercial Service Districts is used for parking in accordance with such schedule, a poured concrete curb or precast concrete barrier shall be erected or installed along the parking area line not less than the distance from the front property line set forth in such schedule. In addition, the yard between such curb or barrier and the street line shall be attractively landscaped and maintained.
   (b)   Side and rear yards, where adjoining a Residential District, shall be provided as set forth in the above schedule and such requirements shall apply to all buildings, structures and parking and open yard uses. However, the side and rear yards may be less than scheduled for the addition to and alteration of a service, storage or industrial building existing on the effective date of this Zoning Code, if approved by the Planning Commission. A landscaped buffer area of not less than twenty feet in width and a solid fence approximately five to seven feet high shall be required by the Planning Commission along a side or rear yard line of a Research-Office, Commercial Service or General Industrial lot where adjoining a residential lot.
   (c)   Whenever an industrial building is located on a corner lot, the width of the side yard on the side street shall be not less than seventy feet in Research-Office and General Industrial Districts and twenty-five feet in Commercial Service Districts.
   (d)   In all Industrial Districts, a five-foot parking setback from any industrial building shall be required.
(Ord. 1988-174. Passed 10-17-88.)
   (e)   Along Royalton Road, the minimum setback for all Industrial Districts shall be 100 feet for buildings and fifty feet for parking, as measured from the centerline of the street, or as provided in the District regulations as specified in Section 1278.06, whichever is greater.
(Ord. 1988-268. Passed 1-3-89.)
1278.08 HEIGHT REGULATIONS.
   Height regulations for all buildings in Research-Office, Commercial Service and General Industrial Districts shall be provided accordingly.
   The height of any main or accessory buildings in Commercial Service or General Industrial Districts shall not exceed forty feet or three floors when adjoining Residential Districts, or fifty feet when adjoining non-residential districts. Side and rear yard setbacks shall be three times the building heights where adjoining a Residential District.
   The height of any main or accessory building in Research-Office Districts shall not exceed forty feet or three floors when adjoining Residential Districts, or sixty feet when adjoining non-residential districts. Side and rear yard setbacks shall be three times the building height where adjoining a Residential District.
   As used in this section, "adjoining" means having a side lot line in common or a side and rear lot line in common, but not where only rear lot lines adjoin.
   All dormers, stairwells, elevator shafts, air conditioning units or other similar structures or equipment extending above the roof line of a building shall be provided with a solid cover with a design conforming to the architectural style and materials of the building, and shall extend no more than ten feet above the height of the building.
(Ord. 1988-174. Passed 10-17-88.)
1278.09 PERFORMANCE STANDARDS.
   Any use established in a Research-Office, Commercial Service or General Industrial District, after the effective date of this Zoning Code, shall comply with the performance standards set forth hereinafter for the district in which such use shall be located, as a condition precedent to occupancy and use. Any use already established in such districts shall not be altered, added to or otherwise modified so as to conflict with or further conflict with the performance standards set forth hereinafter for the district in which such use is located as a condition precedent to further use. Statements in writing may be required from the owner by the Planning Commission indicating that such uses comply or will comply with such performance standards.
   (a)   Administration and Enforcement.
      (1)   Determinations necessary for administration and enforcement of performance standards set forth herein range from those which can be made with satisfactory accuracy by a reasonable person using normal senses and no mechanical equipment to those requiring great technical competence and complex equipment for precise measurement. It is the intent of this Zoning Code that:
         A.   Where determination can be made by the Building Inspector, using equipment normally available to the City, such determinations shall be so made before notice of a violation is issued.
         B.   In cases where technical complexity of extraordinary expense makes it unreasonable for the City to maintain the personnel or equipment necessary for making difficult or unusual determinations, the City shall select and arrange for an independent survey by a professional engineer qualified in the particular field, and the costs for the services shall be paid by the owner.
      (2)   If the Building Inspector finds, after making determinations in the manner set forth in this section, that there is violation of performance standards, he or she shall take or cause to be taken lawful action to cause correction to within the limits set by such performance standards. Failure to comply with such action shall result in the assessment of a penalty, in accordance with Section 1262.99(h).
   (b)   Conformance Required. All uses within the City shall conform to the performance standards set forth herein.
      (1)   Enclosure. All permitted main and accessory uses and operations, except off-street parking, shall be performed wholly within an enclosed building or buildings in any Research-Office, Commercial Service or General Industrial District. All raw materials, finished products and mobile and other equipment shall be stored within enclosed buildings in any Research-Office or Commercial Service District, and within enclosed walls or fencing so as not to be visible from adjacent properties in any General Industrial District.
      (2)   Fire and explosive hazards. The storage, handling and use of flammable or explosive materials shall be permitted only in structures having incombustible exterior walls, and all operations in connection therewith shall be provided with adequate safety and protective devices against hazards of fire and explosion, as well as with adequate fire-fighting and suppression equipment and devices standard to the operation involved.
      (3)   Smoke, dust, dirt and fly ash. It shall be unlawful to discharge into the atmosphere, from any single source of emission whatsoever, any air contaminator, for a period or periods aggregating more than four minutes in any one-half hour, which contaminator is:
         A.   As dark or darker in shade as that designated as No. 2 on the Ringelmann Chart. The Ringelmann Chart, as published by the United States Bureau of Mines, which is hereby made a part of this section, shall be the standard. However, the Umbrascope readings of smoke densities may be used when correlated with the Ringelmann Chart. A Ringelmann Chart shall be on file in the office of the administrative official.
         B.   Of such opacity as to obscure an observer's view to a degree equal to or greater than the smoke described in paragraph (b)(3)A. hereof, except when the emission consists only of water vapor.
            The quantity of gas-borne or air-borne solids shall not exceed two-tenths grains per cubic foot of the carrying medium at a temperature of 500 degrees Fahrenheit.
      (4)   Drifted and blown material. The drifting or air-borne transmission beyond the lot line of dust, particles or debris from any open stock pile shall be unlawful and may be summarily caused to be abated.
      (5)   Odor. The emission of noxious, odorous matter in such quantities as to be readily detectable at any point along lot lines, when diluted in the ratio of one volume of odorous air to four or more volumes of clean air, or such as to produce a public nuisance or hazard beyond lot lines, is prohibited.
      (6)   Toxic or noxious matter. The emission of toxic, noxious or corrosive fumes or gases which would be demonstrably injurious to property, vegetation, animals or human health, at or beyond the boundaries of the lot occupied by the use, shall not be permitted.
      (7)   Noise standards.
         A.   Method of measurement. Sound levels shall be measured with a sound level meter and associated octave band filter manufactured according to standards prescribed by the American Standards Association (American Standard Sound Level Meters for Measurement of Noise and Other Sounds, Z24.3-1944, American Standards Association, Inc., New York, New York, and American Standard Specification for an Octave-Bank Filter Set for the Analysis of Noise and Other Sounds, Z24.10-1953, American Standards Association, Inc., New York, New York).
         B.   Locational requirements for measurement. Sound levels shall be measured along the boundaries of the site
         C.   Permitted sound levels. Sound levels will be in accordance with Chapter 634 of these Codified Ordinances. The standards shall apply to all noises, due to intermittence, beat frequency or shrillness.
      (8)   Vibration standards.
         A.   Requirements. All uses shall be controlled to prevent the transmission of any vibration, from any source or at any time whatever, that exceeds the maximum displacement set forth in paragraph (b)(8)D. hereof.
         B.   Method of measurement. The displacement of earth caused by vibration shall be measured in inches by an appropriate instrument approved by Council upon recommendation of the City Engineer.
         C.   Locational requirement. Vibration shall be measured as specified along the boundaries of the site.
         D.   Permitted vibration transmissions.
      Frequency      Maximum Permitted Displacement Along the
      (hertz per sec.)      Abutting Zoning District (in.)
      0 to 10         .0008
      10 to 20      .0005
      20 to 30      .0002
      30 to 40      .0002
      Over 40      .0001
      (9)   Radioactive and hazardous materials. Radioactive materials shall not be emitted to exceed quantities established as safe by the U.S. Bureau of Standards or its successor.
      (10)   Electromagnetic radiation. Applicable rules and regulations of the Federal Communications Commission in regard to propagation of electromagnetic radiation are hereby made a part of this section and shall be on file in the office of the administrative official.
      (11)   Glare and heat. Any operation producing intense glare or heat shall be performed within an enclosure so as to completely obscure and shield such operation from direct view from any point along the lot line, except during the period of construction of the facilities to be used and occupied.
      (12)   Light. Exterior lighting shall be so installed that the surface of the source of light shall not be visible from any bedroom window and shall be so arranged, as far as practical, to reflect light away from any residential use.
      (13)   Incineration facilities. Incineration facilities emitting neither smoke nor odor shall be provided and located within the main or accessory building. No garbage, rubbish, waste matter or empty containers shall be permitted outside of buildings, except in approved containers awaiting pickup.
      (14)   Waste materials. Liquid wastes shall not be discharged into an open reservoir, stream or other open body of water or sewer, unless they are treated or controlled so that the amount of solid substances, oils, grease, acids, alkalines and other chemicals shall not exceed the amount permitted by other codes of the State, County or City of North Royalton.
(Ord. 1988-174. Passed 10-17-88.)
1278.10 SIGN REGULATIONS.
   Signs in Research-Office, Commercial Service and General Industrial Districts shall be designed, erected, altered, moved or maintained, in whole or in part, in accordance with Chapter 1284.
(Ord. 1988-174. Passed 10-17-88.)
1278.11 PARKING.
   Parking and loading facilities in Research-Office, Commercial Service and General Industrial Districts shall be in accordance with Chapter 1282.
(Ord. 1988-174. Passed 10-17-88.)
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