CHAPTER 153: ZONING CODE

Section

General Provisions

   153.001   Title

   153.002   Purpose

   153.003   Conformance to the Future Land Use and Major Thoroughfare Plans

   153.004   Interpretation of terms or words

   153.005   Definitions

   153.006   Interpretation of Zoning Code generally

   153.007   Effective date

   153.008   Repeal of conflicting ordinances

Establishments of Districts

   153.020   Purpose

   153.021   Districts

   153.023   Zoning Map

   153.024   Interpretation of district boundaries

General Zoning Regulations

   153.040   Purpose

   153.041   Conformance required

   153.042   General lot area regulations

   153.043   General yard requirements

   153.044   Rear houses

   153.045   Building regulations

   153.046   Nonconformities

   153.047   Private swimming pools

   153.048   Parking and storage of certain vehicles

   153.049   Submission of plans

   153.050   Territory annexed

   153.051   Erosion

Single-Family Low Density
Residential District (R-1)

   153.065   Purpose

   153.066   Permitted uses

   153.067   Conditionally permitted uses

   153.068   Building height limit

   153.069   Required lot area and lot width

   153.070   Yards required

   153.071   Percentage of lot coverage

   153.072   Permitted signs

   153.073   Off-street parking and loading

   153.074   Dwelling requirements

   153.075   Certificate of completion

Single-Family Low Density
Residential District (R-2)

   153.090   Purpose

   153.091   Permitted uses

   153.092   Conditionally permitted uses

   153.093   Building height limit

   153.094   Required lot area and lot width

   153.095   Yard required

   153.096   Percentage of lot coverage

   153.097   Permitted signs

   153.098   Off-street parking and loading

   153.099   Dwelling requirements

   153.100   Certificate of completion

Single-Family Low Density
Residential District (R-3)

   153.115   Purpose

   153.116   Permitted uses

   153.117   Conditionally permitted uses

   153.118   Building height limit

   153.119   Required lot area and lot width

   153.120   Yards required

   153.121   Percentage of lot coverage

   153.122   Permitted signs

   153.123   Off-street parking and loading

   153.124   Dwelling requirements

   153.125   Certificate of completion

Medium Density
Residential District (R-5)

   153.140   Purpose

   153.141   Permitted uses

   153.142   Conditionally permitted uses

   153.143   Building height limit

   153.144   Required lot area and lot width

   153.145   Yards required

   153.146   Percentage of lot coverage

   153.147   Permitted signs

   153.148   Off-street parking and loading

   153.149   Dwelling requirements

   153.150   Submission of plans

   153.151   Certificate of completion

Multiple-Family
Residential District (R-6)

   153.165   Purpose

   153.166   Permitted uses

   153.167   Conditionally permitted uses

   153.168   Building height limit

   153.169   Required lot area and lot width

   153.170   Required yards

   153.171   Minimum gross floor area per dwelling unit

   153.172   Accessory structures

   153.173   Corner lots

   153.174   Percentage of lot coverage

   153.175   Minimum livable open space

   153.176   Minimum recreation space

   153.177   Distance between buildings on the same lot

   153.178   Required court dimensions

   153.179   Permitted signs

   153.180   Buffer yards

   153.181   Off-street parking and loading

   153.182   General regulations

   153.183   Certificate of completion

Office Business District (OB)

   153.230   Purpose

   153.231   Permitted uses

   153.232   Conditionally permitted uses

   153.233   Building height

   153.234   Required lot area

   153.235   Yards required

   153.236   Percentage of lot coverage

   153.237   Permitted signs

   153.238   Off-street parking and loading

   153.239   Submission of plans

   153.240   Certificate of completion

   153.241   Dwelling requirements

Neighborhood Business District (NB)

   153.255   Purpose

   153.256   Permitted uses

   153.257   Conditionally permitted uses

   153.258   Building height

   153.259   Required lot area

   153.260   Yards required

   153.261   Percentage of lot coverage

   153.262   Permitted signs

   153.263   Off-street parking and loading

   153.264   Submission of plans

   153.265   Certificate of completion

   153.266   Dwelling requirements

General Business District (GB)

   153.280   Purpose

   153.281   Permitted uses

   153.282   Conditionally permitted uses

   153.283   Building height limit

   153.284   Required lot area

   153.285   Yards required

   153.286   Percentage of lot coverage

   153.287   Permitted signs

   153.288   Off-street parking and loading requirements

   153.289   Submission of plans

   153.290   Certificate of completion

   153.291   Dwelling requirements

Central Business District (CB)

   153.305   Purpose

   153.306   Permitted uses

   153.307   Conditionally permitted uses

   153.308   Building height limit

   153.309   Required lot area

   153.310   Lot width

   153.311   Building setback

   153.312   Side yard

   153.313   Rear yard

   153.314   Building area

   153.315   Permitted signs

   153.316   Percentage of lot coverage

   153.317   Submission of plans

   153.318   Certificate of completion

Light Industrial District (LI)

   153.335   Purpose

   153.336   Permitted uses

   153.337   Conditionally permitted uses

   153.338   Building height

   153.339   Lot area, width and yard requirements

   153.340   Permitted signs

   153.341   Off-street parking and loading requirements

   153.342   Percentage of lot coverage

   153.343   Submission of plans

   153.344   Certificate of completion

Heavy Industrial District (HI)

   153.360   Purpose

   153.361   Permitted uses

   153.362   Accessory uses

   153.363   Conditionally permitted uses

   153.364   Building height

   153.365   Lot area, width and yard requirements

   153.366   Permitted signs

   153.367   Off-street parking and loading requirements

   153.368   Percentage of lot coverage

   153.369   Submission of plans

   153.370   Certificate of completion

Institutional Development District (ID)

   153.385   Purpose

   153.386   Permitted uses

   153.387   Area regulations

   153.388   Permitted signs

   153.389   Off-street parking and loading

   153.390   Submission of plans

   153.391   Certificate of completion

Signs

   153.410   Signs generally

   153.411   Governmental signs excluded

   153.412   General requirements for all signs and districts

   153.413   Permit required

   153.414   Signs permitted in commercial and manufacturing districts requiring a permit

   153.415   Temporary signs

   153.416   Free standing signs

   153.417   Wall signs pertaining to nonconforming uses

   153.418   Sign setback requirements

   153.419   Increased setback

   153.420   Setbacks for off- premises signs

   153.421   Setbacks for public and quasi-public signs

   153.422   Special yard provisions

   153.423   Surface area of a sign

   153.424   Limitation

   153.425   Maintenance

   153.426   Nonconforming signs and structures

   153.427   Loss of legal nonconforming status

   153.428   Violations

Off-Street Parking and Loading Facilities

   153.445   General requirements

   153.446   Parking space dimensions

   153.447   Loading space requirements and dimensions

   153.448   Paving

   153.449   Drainage

   153.450   Maintenance

   153.451   Lighting

   153.452   Location of parking spaces

   153.453   Screening or landscaping; parking area capacity

   153.454   Required trash areas

   153.455   Minimum distance and setbacks

   153.456   Joint use

   153.457   Wheel blocks

   153.458   Width of driveways

   153.459   Access

   153.460   Signs

   153.461   Striping

   153.462   Parking space requirements

   153.463   General interpretations

   153.464   Plot plan review

Cluster Subdivision -
Regulations For Single-Family Homes

   153.480   Purpose

   153.481   Development standards

   153.482   Permitted uses

   153.483   Lot size variation procedure

   153.484   Open space requirements

   153.485   Method of procedure

Wind Energy Systems

   153.490   Purpose

   153.491   Definitions

   153.492   Applicability

   153.493   Conditionally permitted

   153.494   Permit requirements

   153.495   Wind energy electric system requirements

   153.496   Non-use

Adult Entertainment Businesses

   153.500   Purpose

   153.501   Permitted uses

   153.502   Conditionally permitted uses

   153.503   Building height limit

   153.504   Required lot area and lot width

   153.505   Yards required

   153.506   Percentage of lot coverage

   153.507   Permitted signs

   153.508   Off-street parking and loading requirements

   153.509   Submission of plans

   153.510   Certificate of completion

   153.511   Conditions for the operation of a sexually oriented adult business

Administration and Enforcement

   153.520   Zoning permits required

   153.521   Contents of application for zoning permit

   153.522   Approval of zoning permit

   153.523   Submission to Director of the Ohio Department of Transportation

   153.524   Expiration of zoning permit

   153.525   Failure to obtain a zoning permit or certificate of completion

   153.526   Construction and use to be as provided in applications, plans, permits, and certificates

   153.527   Complaints regarding violations

   153.528   Reserved

   153.529   Revision of regulations generally

   153.530   Initiation of zoning amendments

   153.531   Contents of application

   153.532   Transmittal to Planning Commission

   153.533   Submission to the Director of the Ohio Department of Transportation

   153.534   Public hearing by Planning Commission

   153.535   Notice of public hearing in newspaper

   153.536   Notice to property owners by Planning Commission

   153.537   Recommendations by Planning Commission

   153.538   Public hearing by Village Council

   153.539   Notice of public hearing in newspaper

   153.540   Notice to property owners by Village Council

   153.541   Action by Village Council

   153.542   Effective date and referendum

Zoning Board of Appeals

   153.560   Purpose

   153.561   Organization and procedure

   153.562   Governing guidelines

   153.563   Jurisdiction and powers

   153.564   Procedure and requirements for appeals and variances

   153.565   Appeals

   153.566   Reserved

   153.567   Stay of proceedings

   153.568   Variances

   153.569   Application and standards for variances

   153.570   Guidelines for granting variances

   153.571   Conditions imposed by the Board

   153.572   Lapses of variances

   153.573   Public hearing by the Board of Zoning Appeals

   153.574   Notice of public hearing in newspaper

   153.575   Notice to property owners

   153.576   Procedure and requirements for approval of conditional use generally

   153.577   Contents of application for conditional use permit

   153.578   General standards applicable to all conditional uses

   153.579   Supplementary conditions and safeguards

   153.580   Public hearing by the Zoning Board of Appeals

   153.581   Notice of public hearing in newspaper

   153.582   Notice to property owners

   153.583   Expiration of conditional use permit

   153.584   Decisions of the Board

   153.585   Duties of Zoning Administrator, Zoning Board of Appeals, Village Council and courts on matters of appeal

   153.586   Appeal to courts

Alternative Energy Systems

   153.601   Purpose

   153.602   Definitions

   153.603   Applicability

   153.604   Permit requirements

   153.605   Appeals and variances

   153.606   Solar energy systems

   153.607   Wind energy systems

   153.608   Outdoor furnaces and boilers

   153.609   Outdoor generators

   153.610   Maintenance and non- use

   153.611   Penalty

Riverfront Overlay District

   153.701   Purpose

   153.702   District boundaries

   153.703   Permitted uses

   153.704   Conditionally permitted uses

   153.705   Board of Riverfront development

   153.706   Application and notice

   153.707   Standards for review; Certificate of Appropriateness

   153.708   Appeals

   153.709   Jurisdiction of existing boards and commissions unaffected

   153.710   Penalty

   153.999   Penalty

Statutory reference:

   Municipal zoning, general state law provisions, see R.C. §§ 713.12 et seq.