For the purpose of this chapter, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
ABANDONED SIGN. A sign or sign structure which no longer identifies or advertises a business, service, owner, product, or activity. Such sign(s) and sign structures shall be removed within 30 days of notification by the responsible authority.
ACCESSORY BUILDING. A detached subordinate building or portion of a main building, the use of which is clearly incidental to that of the main building or the use of this land.
ACCESSORY USE. A use customarily incidental and subordinate to the principal use or building and located on the same lot with such principal use or building.
ADVERTISING SIGN. A sign which directs attention to a business, commodity, or service or entertainment conducted, sold, or offered elsewhere than on the premises and only incidentally on the premises, if at all.
AGRICULTURE.
(1) Includes farming, dairying, pasturage, agriculture, horticulture, viticulture, animal and poultry husbandry; and only the sale of such products as are raised on the premises; AGRICULTURE shall not include kennels.
(2) Including the necessary accessory uses, provided however that:
(a) The operation of any such accessory uses shall be secondary to that of normal agricultural activities; and
(b) The above uses shall not include the feeding or sheltering of animals or poultry in penned enclosures within 1,000 feet of any residential zoning district. AGRICULTURE does not include the feeding of garbage to animals or the operation or maintenance of a commercial stockyard or feed yard.
AIRPORT or AIRCRAFT LANDING FIELD. Any landing area, runway, or other facility designed, used, or intended to be used either publicly or by any person or persons for the landing and taking off of aircraft, including all necessary taxiways, aircraft storage, and tie-down areas, hangars, and other necessary buildings and open spaces.
ALLEY. A public thoroughfare which typically affords a secondary means of access to the back or side of properties abutting another street.
ALTERATION, STRUCTURAL. Any change which would tend to prolong the life of the supporting members of a building or structure, such as bearing walls, columns, beams, or girders.
ANIMAL CARE FACILITIES. Structures, buildings, or enclosures used for medical treatment, including care and temporary housing of animals.
ANIMATED SIGN. A sign or display manifesting either kinetic or illusionary motion occasioned by natural, manual, mechanical, electrical, or other means.
AREA IDENTIFICATION SIGN. A sign which identifies a neighborhood, a residential subdivision, a multi-family residential complex or a commercial or industrial complex.
AREA OF A SIGN. The area of the largest single face of the sign where the copy is placed, but excluding the necessary supports or uprights on which the sign may be placed. Embellishments and other architectural features are not included in the square footage of the SIGN AREA calculation, and are not to exceed 25% of the single face area.
ASSISTED LIVING FACILITY. A licensed residential care facility that is designed, maintained, and operated for persons in need of assistance/medical/rehabilitative care, where, in addition, a limited number of support services such as meals, housekeeping, transportation, and social and recreational activities are provided.
ATHLETIC FIELD. An area substantially open to the sky that may include, along with the natural environmental features, any other recreational facilities that the Planning Commission deems permissible. Streets, parking areas, structures for habitation, and the like shall not be included.
AUTOMOBILE SERVICE STATION. Any premises used for supplying gasoline, oil, grease, batteries, tires, and motor vehicle accessories, at retail direct to the customer, and where in addition, auto repairs and services may be rendered and sales made. See also CONVENIENCE GAS STATION.
AUTOMOTIVE REPAIR. The repair, rebuilding, or reconditioning of motor vehicles or parts thereof, including collision service, painting, and steam cleaning of vehicles.
AUTOMOTIVE, TRAVEL TRAILER, AND FARM IMPLEMENT SALES. An open area, other than a street, used for the display or sale of new or used automobiles, travel trailers, and farm implements, and where no repair work is done except minor incidental repair of automobiles, travel trailers, and farm implements to be displayed and sold on the premises.
AWNING SIGN. A sign attached to an awning covering a doorway, window, or face of the building.
BACKLIT AWNING SIGN. A sign attached to an awning that is covered with translucent fabric and is internally illuminated.
BALCONY. A railing enclosed platform projecting from the outer wall of a building.
BANNER. A temporary sign not exceeding 30 square feet in aggregate displayed on a flag or strip of lightweight material made of paper, cloth, or fabric which is attached to a building, another sign (but as not to obstruct the view of traffic) or some other existing structure. One BANNER sign is allowed for two, 30-day periods per year and requires a sign zoning certificate.
BASEMENT. A story partly or wholly underground. For purposes of height measurement, a basement shall be counted as a story where one-half of its height is above average level of the adjoining ground.
BED AND BREAKFAST. A building in which board or rooming, or both are offered to the traveling public for compensation, and open to transient guests, in contradistinction to a hotel, boarding house, or rooming house.
BOARD. The Zoning Board of Appeals of the Village of Pemberville, Ohio.
BOARDING HOUSE. A building or portion thereof, other than a hotel, where meals or lodging and meals for five or more persons are provided for compensation.
BOATS AND BOAT TRAILERS. Includes boats, floats, and rafts, plus the normal equipment to transport same on the highway.
BUILDING. A structure having a roof supported by columns or walls designed or intended for the shelter, support, protection, or enclosure of persons, animals, property, or chattels.
BUILDING, COMMUNITY. A building for social, educational, and recreational activities of a neighborhood or community, provided any such use is not operated for commercial gain.
BUILDING FACE OR WALL. All window and wall area of a building in one plane or elevation.
BUILDING, FRONT LINE OF. The line of the face of the building nearest the front line of the lot. This face includes sun parlors and covered porches whether enclosed or unenclosed, but does not include steps.
BUILDING FRONTAGE. The length of an outside building wall on a right-of-way.
BUILDING HEIGHT. The vertical distance measured from the adjoining curb grade to the highest point of the roof surface, if a flat roof; to the deckline of a mansard roof; and to the mean height level between eaves and ridges for a gable, hip, or gambrel roof, provided that where the buildings are set back from the street line, the HEIGHT of the building may be measured from the average elevation of the finished grade along the front of the building.
BUILDING, MAIN. A building in which is conducted the principal use of the lot on which it is situated.
BUILDING, UNIT GROUP. Two or more buildings (other than dwellings) grouped upon a lot and held under one ownership, such as universities, hospitals, and institutions.
BUSINESS CLASSIFICATIONS.
(1) BUSINESS, GENERAL. Retail and service establishments which, in addition to catering to the community residents’ and workers’ daily needs for convenience goods and services, also include establishments offering comparative-type shopping facilities. GENERAL BUSINESS includes, but is not limited to, supermarkets and stores for the sale of drugs, hardware, appliances, furniture, apparel, footwear, business and personal services, professional services, and other similar or related activities. Establishments in this classification are located in the “C-2” General Commercial and “C-3” Central Business District Zoning Districts.
(2) BUSINESS, HIGHWAY. Includes commercial uses requiring locations on major thoroughfares and at their principal intersections. Highway uses include motels, motor vehicle service stations, motor vehicle repair, restaurants, drive-in establishments, automotive and farm implement rental, sales and services, building trades and services, commercial recreation, and similar commercial activities, when maintained inside an enclosed building. Establishments in this classification are located in the “C-2” General Commercial Zoning District.
(3) BUSINESS, NEIGHBORHOOD. Retail and service establishments which primarily serve a day-to-day need in local market areas and can be located in close proximity to or within Residential Districts without creating undue vehicular congestion, excessive noise, or other objectionable influence. To prevent congestion, local retail and service uses include only those enterprises which normally employ less than ten persons. Permitted uses include drug stores, beauty salons, barber shops, carry- outs, dry cleaning and laundry pickup facilities, and hardware and grocery stores if less than 10,000 square feet of floor area. Other small businesses of an equally restricted and local nature may be permitted, based on the discretion of the Zoning Board of Appeals. Establishments in this classification are located in the “C-1” Neighborhood Commercial Zoning District and “C-3” Central Business District Zoning District.
(4) BUSINESS, OFFICE-TYPE. Quasi-commercial uses which may often be transitional between retail business and/or manufacturing, and residential uses. The term OFFICE-TYPE BUSINESS generally accommodates such occupations as administrative, executive, professional, accounting, writing, clerical, stenographic, and drafting. Institutional offices of a charitable, philanthropic, or religious or educational nature are also included in this classification. Establishments in this classification are located in the “C-2” General Commercial and “C-3” Central Business District Zoning Districts.
(5) BUSINESS, WHOLESALE. Business establishments that generally sell commodities in large quantities or by the piece to retailers, jobbers, other wholesale establishments, or manufacturing establishments. These commodities are basically for further resale, for use in the fabrication of a product, or for use by a business service. Establishments in this classification are located in the “M-1” Light Industrial and “M-2” Heavy Industrial Zoning Districts.
BUSINESS SERVICES. Any activity conducted for gain which renders services primarily to other commercial or industrial enterprises, or which services and repairs appliances and machines used in homes or business.
BUSINESS SIGN. A sign which directs attention to a business or profession conducted on the premises. A “for sale” sign or a “for rent” sign relating to the property on which it is displayed shall be deemed a BUSINESS SIGN.
CANOPY SIGN. Any sign attached to or constructed on a roof like covering with poles or an overhanging shelter.
CEMETERY. Land used or intended to be used for the burial of the human or animal dead and dedicated for cemetery purposes, including crematories, mausoleums, and mortuaries if operated in connection with and within the boundaries of such cemetery.
CHANGEABLE COPY SIGN. A sign or portion thereof with characters, letters, or illustrations that can be changed or rearranged without altering the face or the surface of the sign.
CHILD CARE CLINIC. An establishment where patients up to and including the age of 12 are not lodged overnight but are admitted for examination and treatment by a physician or a group of physicians practicing medicine together.
CHILD DAY CARE. Administering to the needs of infants, toddlers, pre-school children, and school children outside of school hours by persons other than their parents or guardians, custodians, or relatives by blood, marriage, or adoption for any part of the 24-hour day in a place or residence other than the child’s own home. The following are CHILD DAY CARE facilities.
(1) CHILD DAY CARE CENTER. Any place in which child day care is provided, with or without compensation, for 13 or more children at any one time, or any place that is not the permanent residence of the licensee or administrator in which child day care is provided, with or without compensation, for seven to 12 children at any one time. In counting children for the purposes of this definition, any children under six years of age who are related to a licensee, administrator, or employee and who are on the premises shall be counted.
(2) FAMILY DAY CARE HOME, TYPE A. A permanent residence of the administrator in which child day care is provided for four to 12 children at any one time, if four or more children are under two years of age. In counting children for the purposes of this definition, any children under six years of age who are related to a licensee, administrator, or employee and who are on the premises of the TYPE A HOME shall be counted. The term FAMILY DAY CARE HOME, TYPE A does not include a residence in which the needs of children are administered to, if all such children are siblings of the same immediate family and the residence is their home.
CHURCH. A place of worship that typically includes an assembly room, rooms for religious education, and administrative offices. A CHURCH is considered a semi-public use.
CLEARANCE (OF A SIGN). The smallest vertical distance between the grade of the adjacent street, highway, or street curb and the lowest point of any sign, including framework extending over that grade.
CLINIC. An establishment where human patients, who are not lodged overnight, are admitted for examination and treatment by a group of physicians practicing medicine together or professionals licensed to practice the healing arts.
CLUB. A building or portion thereof or premises owned or operated by a corporation, association, person, or persons for a social, educational, or recreational purpose, but not primarily for profit or to render a service which is customarily carried on as a business.
COMMERCIAL ENTERTAINMENT FACILITIES. Any activity conducted for gain which is generally related to the entertainment field, such as motion picture theaters, carnivals, night clubs, and similar entertainment activities.
COMMERCIAL MESSAGE. Any sign wording, logo, or other representation that directly or indirectly names, advertises, or calls attention to a business, product, service, or other commercial activity.
COMMISSION. The Planning Commission of the Village of Pemberville, Ohio.
COMMUNITY WATER AND SEWERAGE FACILITIES OR SERVICES. The water distribution and/or sewage collection system provided by or authorized or franchised by a public authority.
CONDITIONAL USE. A use permitted within a district other than a principally permitted use which is subject to conditional approval by the Zoning Board of Appeals and requires a conditional use permit. A CONDITIONAL USE may be granted by the Board only when there is a specific provision for such made in this chapter. A CONDITIONAL USE is not considered to be a nonconforming use.
CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT. A permit issued by the responsible authority upon approval by the Zoning Board of Appeals to allow a use other than a principally permitted use to be established within a district.
CONDOMINIUM (ZERO-LOT LINE DEVELOPMENT). A form of real property ownership in fee simple of a cubic air space, including only interior surfaces (the individual dwelling unit), and undivided ownership share, in common with other purchasers, of the common elements of the project, including the land and its appurtenances.
CONSTRUCTION SIGN. A temporary sign identifying an architect, engineer, financial institution, contractor, subcontractor, and/or material supplier participating in construction on the property on which the sign is located.
CONVENIENCE GAS STATION. Any premises used for supplying gasoline as well as convenience goods, at retail direct to the customer, and wherein auto repairs and services are not rendered.
COPY. The graphic content of a sign surface in either permanent or removable letter, pictographic, symbolic, or alphabetic form.
COURT. An open unoccupied space, other than a yard, on the same lot with a building or group of buildings and which is bounded on two or more sides by such building or buildings.
(1) INNER COURT. A court other than an outer court. The length of an INNER COURT is the minimum horizontal dimension measured parallel to its longest side. The width of an INNER COURT is the minimum horizontal dimension measured at right angles to its length.
(2) OUTER COURT. A court which opens onto a required yard, or street or alley. The width of an OUTER COURT is the minimum horizontal dimension measured in the same general direction as the yard, street, or alley upon which the court opens. The depth of an OUTER COURT is the minimum horizontal dimension measured at right angles to its width.
CUL-DE-SAC. See STREET.
CURB GRADE. The elevation of the established curb in front of the building measured at the center of such front. Where no CURB GRADE has been established, the Village Engineer shall establish such CURB GRADE or its equivalent for the purpose of this chapter.
DAY CARE FACILITIES. A place other than a permanent residence which administers to the need of children or adults providing social, recreational, or educational activities on a daily basis with no provisions for residential care.
DEAD-END STREET. See STREET.
DIRECTIONAL, SIGN (PRIVATE). An on-premises sign giving directions or instructions to facilitate traffic flow. Such signs shall not contain the business name or business logo.
DISABLED VEHICLE. A vehicle that is inoperable and can not move under its own power.
DISH. The part of a signal-receiving antenna characteristically shaped like a saucer or dish.
DISH ANTENNA (EARTH STATION) (GROUND STATION). An accessory structure that shall mean one or a combination of two or more of the following:
(1) A signal-receiving device (antenna, dish antenna, or dish-type antenna), the purpose of which is to receive communication or other signals from satellites in earth orbit and other extraterrestrial sources;
(2) A low-noise amplifier (LNA) which is situated at the focal point of the receiving component and the purpose of which is to magnify, store, transfer, and/or transmit electronic or light signals; or
(3) A coaxial cable, the purpose of which is to carry or transmit the signals into a receiver which may be located in the interior of the building.
DISTRICT, ZONING DISTRICTS. Administrative tracts designating the uses to which land can legally be utilized. Boundaries of the DISTRICTS are shown on the zoning district map which is part of this chapter. Regulations concerning the use of land or buildings are uniform within said tracts.
DOUBLE FACED SIGN. A sign with two faces.
DRIVE-IN COMMERCIAL USES. Any retail commercial use providing considerable off-street parking and catering primarily to vehicular trade such as drive-in restaurants, drive-in theaters, and similar uses.
DWELLING. A building or portion thereof used exclusively for residential purposes, including one- family, two-family, and multiple-family dwellings. The term DWELLING shall include Ohio Basic Building Code (OBBC) approved units, but not include house vehicles or mobile homes as defined by R.C. § 4501.01, recreational vehicles, hotels, and boarding and lodging houses. RESIDENTIAL PURPOSES shall mean use or intention to use for living or sleeping by one or more human occupants.
(1) MULTIPLE-FAMILY. A building or portion thereof, designed for occupancy by three or more families living independently of each other, including condominiums, with varying arrangements of entrances and party walls. MULTI-FAMILY HOUSING may include public housing and industrialized units.
(2) ONE-FAMILY. A detached building designed exclusively for occupancy by one family and separated from other dwelling units by open space.
(3) ROW. A row of three to six attached, one-family dwellings, not more than two rooms deep.
(4) TWO-FAMILY. A building designed exclusively for occupancy by two families living independently of each other, including a duplex (one dwelling unit above the other), or a semi-detached dwelling (one dwelling unit beside the other), and each unit having a separate or combined entrance or entrances.
(5) UNIT. One or more rooms in a dwelling or in a commercial building for which a special residential conditional use has been approved, and designed for occupancy by one family and its household employees for living, dining, and sleeping purposes, and having cooking, bathing, and toilet facilities and space for storage.
EASEMENTS. Authorization by a property owner for the use by another, and for a specified purpose, of any designated part of his or her property.
EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION. A college or university giving general academic instruction equivalent to the standards prescribed by the State Board of Education.
ELDERLY HOUSING FACILITY. A building or buildings containing 12 or more dwelling units where occupancy is restricted to elderly persons or households. Such facilities may include emergency first aid care, day care, therapy, personal care, nursing facilities, and recreational facilities, and provide for independent or semi-independent living. For the purposes of this definition, ELDERLY HOUSING FACILITY shall not include convalescent homes, nursing homes, group residential facilities, or homes for the aged.
EMBELLISHMENT. The decorative or ornamental detail on a sign or sign structure.
ERECTED. Set up, raised, built, or moved into place.
ESSENTIAL SERVICES. The erection, construction, alteration, or maintenance by public utilities or municipal or other governmental agencies, of underground or overhead gas, electrical, steam, or water transmission or distribution systems, collection, communication, supply, or disposal systems, including poles, wires, mains, drains, sewers, pipes, traffic signals, hydrants, and other similar equipment and accessories in connection therewith; reasonably necessary for the furnishing of adequate service by such public utilities or municipal or other governmental agencies or for the public health or safety or general welfare, but not including buildings.
EXEMPTED SIGNS. Exempted from normal permit requirements.
FACADE. The entire building front including the parapet.
FAMILY. An individual or married couple and natural or adopted children thereof, or of either of them, occupying a dwelling for the purposes of habitation, and including other persons related directly to the individual or married couple by blood or marriage, and including not more than two lodgers or boarders.
FAMILY DAY CARE HOME, TYPE A. See CHILD DAY CARE.
FIELD, ATHLETIC. See ATHLETIC FIELD.
FLOOD, REGIONAL. Large floods which have previously occurred or which may be expected to occur on a particular stream because of like physical characteristics. The REGIONAL FLOOD generally has an average frequency of the 100-year recurrence interval flood.
FLOODPLAIN. The land, including the flood fringe and the floodway, subject to inundation by the regional flood.
FLOODWAY. The portion of the floodplain, including the channel, required to convey the regional flood waters. Floods of less frequent recurrence are usually contained completely within the FLOODWAY.
FLOODWAY FRINGE. The portion of the floodplain, excluding the floodway, where development may be allowed under certain restrictions.
FOLDING CAMPER. A folding or collapsing structure of low silhouette, mounted on wheels and designed for travel, recreational, or vacation uses.
FOOD PROCESSING. The preparation or processing of food products. Examples of activities included are bakeries and dairies.
FRONTAGE. All of the property on one side of a street between two intersecting streets (crossing or terminating), measured at the setback building line. Or if the street is a dead-end street, then all of the property abutting on one side between an intersecting street and the dead-end of the street. (For individual lots, see LOT FRONTAGE.)
FUNERAL HOME. See MORTUARY.
FUTURE DEVELOPMENT SIGN. A temporary sign indicating the future construction or development of a building or area but not fitting under the definition of construction sign.
GARAGE. See AUTOMOBILE SERVICE STATION.
GARAGE, PRIVATE. A detached accessory building or portion of a main building for the parking or temporary storage of automobiles of the occupants of the premises, and wherein:
(1) Storage shall not exceed three motor vehicles;
(2) Not more than one space is rented for parking to persons not resident on the premises;
(3) Not more than one commercial vehicle per dwelling unit is parked or stored; and
(4) The commercial vehicle permitted does not exceed two-ton capacity.
GARAGE, PUBLIC. A building other than a private garage used for the care, repair, or equipment of automobiles, or where such vehicles are parked or stored for remuneration, hire, or sale.
GAS STATION, GASOLINE SERVICE STATION. See AUTOMOBILE SERVICE STATION.
GOLF COURSE. An extensive recreational facility that typically includes nine or 18 holes of golf plus a driving range and a clubhouse which typically includes a restaurant and a bar.
GROUNDING ROD. A metal pole permanently positioned in the earth to serve as an electrical conductor through which electrical current may safely pass and dissipate.
GUEST HOUSE. Living quarters within a detached accessory building located on the same premises with the main building, for use by temporary guests of occupants of the premises; such quarters have no kitchen facilities and are not rented or otherwise used as a separate dwelling.
HEIGHT (OF A SIGN). The vertical distance measured from the highest point of the sign, including decorative embellishment, to the grade of the adjacent street or the surface grade beneath the sign, whichever is less.
HIGHWAY. MAJOR. A street or road of considerable continuity and used primarily as a traffic artery for intercommunication among large areas.
HOME OCCUPATION. An accessory use which is an activity, profession, occupation, service, craft, or revenue-enhancing hobby which is clearly incidental and subordinate to the use of the premises as a dwelling. In all Residential Zoning Districts, HOME OCCUPATIONS shall be conditional upon review and approval by the Zoning Board of Appeals provided:
(1) No offensive noise, vibration, smoke, dust odors, or glare shall be produced and no mechanical equipment is used except of a type that is similar in character to that normally used for purely domestic or household purposes;
(2) Does not involve any extension or modification which alters the outward appearance as a dwelling unit, with the exception that one non-illuminated commercial sign does not exceed one square foot in total area and may be affixed to the exterior of the dwelling;
(3) The activity is conducted entirely within the dwelling, and does not involve an area of more than 20% of the floor area;
(4) A HOME OCCUPATION shall provide off-street parking area adequate to accommodate all needs created by the home occupation in addition to the requirements for the dwelling. Required off- street parking shall not be permitted in the front and side yards of the dwelling, other than in a driveway;
(5) No more than one person other than members of the family residing in the dwelling shall be engaged in a HOME OCCUPATION; and
(6) The Zoning Board of Appeals may prescribe any additional conditions to preserve the residential integrity of the dwelling and/or neighborhood.
HOTEL. Any building or portion thereof which contains guest rooms which are designed or intended to be used, let, or hired out for occupancy by, or which are occupied by, ten or more individuals for compensation, whether the compensation be paid directly or indirectly.
IDENTIFICATION SIGN. A sign whose copy is limited to the name and address of a building, institution, or person and/or to the activity or occupation being identified.
INDUSTRIAL PARK. Any parcel containing more than one industry.
INSTITUTION. Building or land occupied by a nonprofit corporation or a nonprofit establishment for public use.
INSTITUTIONAL HOME. A home or institutional facility for the care of babies, children, pensioners, or elderly people, except those for correctional or mental cases.
KENNEL. Any lot or premises on which four or more dogs, more than four months of age, are kept.
LIBRARY. A public or semi-public educational institution that, among other activities, catalogues and stores books and other educational media for research and archival purposes, disseminates information, and provides books and other media for recreational reading and learning.
LOADING SPACE. An off-street space or berth on the same lot with a building, or contiguous to a group of buildings, for the temporary parking of a commercial vehicle while loading or unloading merchandise or materials, and which abuts upon a street or other appropriate means of access.
LOT. Land occupied or to be occupied by a building, or unit group of buildings, and accessory buildings, together with such yards and other open spaces and a lot area as are required by this chapter to meet minimum zoning requirements for use, coverage, and area, and having its principal frontage upon an improved public street, or on an approved private street, and may consist of:
(1) A single lot of record;
(2) A portion of a lot of record; or
(3) A combination of complete lots of record, of complete lots of record and portions of lots of record, or of portions of lots of record.
LOT AREA. The total horizontal area within the lot lines of a lot.
LOT, CORNER. A lot, or portion thereof, not greater than 100 feet in width and situated at the intersection of two or more streets, having an angle of intersection of not more than 135 degrees.
LOT COVERAGE. The ratio of enclosed ground floor area of all buildings on a lot to the horizontally projected area of the lot, expressed as a percentage.
LOT DEPTH. The distance between the mid-points of straight lines connecting the foremost points of the side lot lines in front and the rearmost points of the side lot lines in the rear.
LOT FRONTAGE. The length of the property line of any one parcel along a public right-of-way on which it borders. The front of a lot shall be construed to be the portion nearest the street. For the purpose of determining yard requirements on corner lots and through lots, all sides of a lot adjacent to streets shall be considered FRONTAGE, and yards shall be provided as indicated under YARDS in this section.
LOT, INTERIOR. A lot other than a corner lot.
LOT LINES. The lines bounding a lot as described and defined herein.
LOT, MINIMUM AREA OF. The area of a lot computed exclusive of any portion of the right-of- way of any public or private street.
LOT OF RECORD. Any lot which individually or as part of a subdivision has been recorded in the Office of the County Recorder.
LOT, REVERSED CORNER. A corner lot, the side street line of which is substantially a continuation of the front lot line of the lot to its rear.
LOT, THROUGH. An interior lot having frontage on two or more streets.
LOT WIDTH. The width of a lot at the building setback line measured at right angles to its depth. The WIDTH of lots fronting on a cul-de-sac shall be the chord distance between side lot lines for the curve coinciding with the required depth of the front yard.
LOW PROFILE SIGN. A sign mounted directly to the ground with the maximum height not to exceed five feet measured from the ground surface and not to exceed seven feet measured from the centerline of the road.
MAINTENANCE AND STORAGE FACILITIES. Land, buildings, and structures devoted primarily to the maintenance and storage of construction equipment and material.
MANUFACTURED HOME. A factory built, single-family structure that is transportable in one or more sections, is built on a permanent chassis, and is used as a place of occupancy which is not constructed with a permanent hitch or other device allowing transport of the unit other than for the purpose of delivery to a permanent site and which does not have wheels or axles permanently attached to its body or frame.
MANUFACTURING. Any production or industrial process, including food processing, which combines one or more raw materials or components into a product, or which changes the nature of the materials entering the process.
(1) MANUFACTURING, GENERAL. Any manufacturing, industrial production, or storage, which by the nature of the materials, equipment, and processes utilized, is generally conducted within an enclosed building and if outside storage of material is required, such storage is conducted within a well-maintained enclosure which shall have an opaqueness of 75% or more. GENERAL MANUFACTURING shall include the manufacturing of dairy, canned fruit and vegetable, bakery, soft drink and confectionery products; textile mill products and apparel; lumber wood products, furniture, and fixtures; plastic products; perfumes and cosmetics; fabricated products from metal coils and sheets, the rolling and finishing of ferrous and nonferrous metals; screw machine products and bolts, nuts and screws, and washers; cutlery, hand tools, and general hardware; electrical machinery, equipment, and supplies; radio and television sets; electronic components and accessories; and products of a similar nature.
(b) MANUFACTURING, HEAVY.
1. Any industrial use which requires buildings and open area for manufacturing, fabricating, processing, heavy repair, dismantling, testing, storage, or disposal of raw materials, manufactured products, or wastes, which is not injurious to health or safety of humans or animals. Typically, HEAVY MANUFACTURING requires large sites, open storage and service areas, extensive services and facilities, and ready access to regional transportation. Normally, such uses generate some nuisances such as smoke, noise vibration, dust, glare, air pollution, and water pollution, but not beyond the district boundary.
2. HEAVY MANUFACTURING shall include primary metal industrial operations involving the use of blast furnaces, the rolling and finishing of ferrous and nonferrous metals, iron and steel foundries, primary and secondary smelting and refining facilities, metal plate and sheet fabricating facilities for metal plates and sheets, and any other operations which shall be deemed to be of a similar nature. HEAVY MANUFACTURING shall also include the manufacture of food and meat products; paper and allied products; chemicals and allied products, including plastic materials, synthetic rubber and human-made fibers, soaps and detergents, paints and agricultural chemicals, petroleum refining, and related industries, including production of paving and roofing materials, tire products, glass products, and any other products of a similar nature.
(c) MANUFACTURING, LIGHT. Manufacturing or other industrial uses which are usually controlled operations; relatively clean, quiet, and free of objectionable or hazardous elements such as smoke, noise, odor, or dust; operating and storing within enclosed structures; and generating little industrial traffic and no nuisances.
(d) MANUFACTURING, RESTRICTED. Any industrial use which is conducted entirely within enclosed, substantially constructed buildings, involving the use of only light machinery and equipment; does not use the open area about the buildings for the storage of materials or equipment other than for the unloading or loading operations at the rear or within an enclosure which abuts a building. RESTRICTED MANUFACTURING shall include the manufacture of drugs, jewelry, musical instruments, and sporting goods; the processing and assembly of small glass products, small household appliances, small electronic products, scientific instruments, and parts for the production of finished equipment; office, computing, and accounting machines; research and laboratory testing; printing, publishing, and engraving plants; and other similar products and operations.
MESSAGE. The wording or copy on a sign.
METAL SALVAGING AND STORAGE. The salvaging of metal in all forms for sale and storage.
MINERAL PROCESSING. The processing of coal, limestone, clay, and other mineral resources, except sand and gravel, provided no chemical change in the mineral is involved in the process.
MOBILE HOME. A transportable factory built home, designed to be used as a year-round residential dwelling and built prior to the enactment of the Federal Manufactured Home Construction and Safety Standards Act of 1974, being 42 U.S.C. 5401-5426, which became effective June 15, 1976.
MORTUARY. A building or part thereof used for human funeral services. Such building may contain space and facilities for: embalming and the performance of other services used in preparation of the dead for burial; the performance of autopsies and other surgical procedures; the storage of caskets, funeral urns, and other related funeral supplies; and the storage of funeral vehicles but shall not include facilities for cremation. Where a funeral home is permitted, a funeral chapel shall also be permitted.
MOTEL. A group of attached or detached dwellings containing less than 300 square feet of floor area for each sleeping or living unit and which are provided for transient guests; including auto courts, motels, and motor lodges.
MOTORIZED HOME. A portable dwelling designed and constructed as an integral part of a self propelled vehicle for travel, recreational, or vacation use.
NONCONFORMING SIGN. A sign which was constructed legally, but which does not comply with subsequently enacted sign restrictions and regulations.
NONCONFORMING USE. The use of land or a building, or portion thereof, lawfully existing at the time this chapter or amendments thereto became effective, which does not conform with the use regulations of the district in which it is situated and are therefore incompatible.
NURSERY, CHILDREN’S. See CHILD DAY CARE.
NURSERY, PLANT MATERIALS. Land, buildings, structures, or combination thereof, for the storage, cultivation, and/or transplanting of live trees, shrubs, or plants offered for retail or wholesale sale on the premises, including products used for gardening or landscaping.
NURSING HOME. An establishment where persons are housed or lodged and furnished with meals and nursing or convalescent care for hire.
OFF-PREMISES SIGN. Any sign or advertisement situated on private premises used as an outdoor display for the purpose of making anything known on which the written or pictorial information is not directly related to the principal use of the land on which such sign is situated.
OPEN SPACE. An area substantially open to the sky which may be on the same lot with a building. Along with the natural environmental features, the area may include any other recreational facilities that the Planning Commission deems permissible. Streets, parking areas, structures for habitation, and the like shall not be included.
PARK. An open space that is set-aside for passive and/or active recreational purposes. The range of development of a PARK can extend from no development to highly developed. A PARK may include recreational facilities, a shelter house, rest rooms, and ball fields. Typically, a public parking area is included.
PARKING AREA, PRIVATE. An open area, other than a street or alley, used for the parking of the automobiles of occupants of a dwelling.
PARKING AREA, PUBLIC OR CUSTOMER. An open area, other than a private parking area, street, or alley, used for the parking of automobiles and available for public or semi-public use.
PARKING SPACE, AUTOMOBILE. Space within a building or a private or public parking area for the parking of one automobile.
PARKING SPACE, OFF-STREET. Consist of an area adequate for parking an automobile with room for opening doors on both sides, together with properly related access to a public street or alley and maneuvering room, but shall be located totally outside of any street or alley right-of-way.
PENNANT. Any lightweight plastic, fabric, or other material, whether or not containing a message of any kind, suspended from a rope, wire, or string usually in series designed to move in the wind.
PERSONAL SERVICES. Any enterprise conducted for gain which primarily offers services to the general public such as shoe repair, watch repairing, barber shop, beauty parlors, and similar activities.
PICKUP CAMPER. A structure designed primarily to be mounted on a pickup or truck chassis and with sufficient equipment to render it suitable for use as a temporary dwelling for travel, recreational, or vacation uses.
PLAYGROUND. A park or a portion of a park that typically includes recreational equipment that is youth-oriented in nature (e.g., swings, slides, and play structures).
POLE SIGN. Any sign supported by upright structures or supports that are anchored in the ground and that are independent from any building or other structure.
POLITICAL SIGN. A temporary sign used in connection with a local, state, or national election or referendum.
POND. A body of water, of which none of the excavated material has been removed from the site for commercial purposes, and is used for the following purposes: to provide water for livestock; fish and wildlife; recreation; fire control; irrigation; or crop and orchard spraying.
PORCH. An entrance one story high to a building, projecting out from a main wall, partially or fully enclosed but not heated.
PORTABLE SIGN. Any sign not permanently attached to the ground or other permanent structure or a sign designed to be transported, including, but not limited to, signs designed to be transported by means of wheels; signs converted to A-frames or T-frames; menu and sandwich board signs; inflated devices such as balloons and other gas-filled figures; umbrellas used for advertising; and signs attached to or painted on vehicles. Such vehicles are to be located in a designated off-street parking space that is in compliance with § 153.085.
PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES. The use of offices and related spaces for such professional services as are provided by doctors, dentists, lawyers, architects, engineers, ministers, authors, artists, or musicians.
PROJECTING SIGN. A sign, other than a flat wall sign, which is attached to and projects from a building wall or other structure not specifically designed to support the sign.
PUBLIC SERVICE FACILITY. The erection, construction, alteration, operation, or maintenance of a utility or service building, power plant or substation, water treatment plant, sewage disposal or pumping facility, or similar public service structures by a public utility, by a railroad, whether publicly or privately owned, or by a municipal or other government agency, including the furnishing of electrical, gas, rail transport, communication, public water, and sewerage services.
PUBLIC SERVICE INFORMATION SIGN. Any sign intended primarily to promote items of general interest to the community such as time, temperature, and date. PUBLIC SERVICE INFORMATION SIGNS are permitted in Commercial and Industrial Districts, are not included in the total square footage of sign area allowed, and require a zoning certificate.
PUBLIC USES. Public parks, schools, administrative (e.g., village halls and town halls), cultural and service buildings and structures (e.g., fire stations and police stations), not including public land or buildings devoted solely to the storage and maintenance of equipment and materials.
REAL ESTATE SIGN. A temporary sign advertising the real estate upon which the sign is located as being for rent, lease, or sale.
RECEIVER. A television set or radio receiver.
RECREATIONAL FACILITIES. Public or private facilities that may be classified as either “extensive” or “intensive” depending upon the scope of services offered and the extent of use. Extensive facilities generally require and utilize considerable areas of land and include, but need not be limited to, hunting, fishing, and riding clubs and parks. Intensive facilities generally require less land (used more intensively) and include, but need not be limited to, miniature golf courses, amusement parks, stadiums, and bowling alleys.
(1) COMMERCIAL RECREATIONAL FACILITIES. Recreational facilities open to the public, established and operated for a profit, such as commercial golf courses, swimming pools, ice skating rinks, riding stables, campgrounds, race tracks, carnivals, and similar commercial enterprises.
(2) NONCOMMERCIAL RECREATIONAL FACILITIES. Private and semi-public recreational facilities which are not operated for commercial gain, including private country clubs, riding clubs, golf courses, game preserves, campgrounds, hunting and trapping, and other private noncommercial recreation areas and facilities or recreation centers, including private community swimming pools. NONCOMMERCIAL RECREATIONAL FACILITIES may be leased to outside groups and organizations provided the fee for such purposes is limited to incidental maintenance and custodial expenses.
(3) RESTRICTED COMMERCIAL RECREATIONAL FACILITIES. Concessions for the sale of food, non-alcoholic beverages, and boating and fishing supplies and accessories.
RECREATIONAL AND UTILITY EQUIPMENT. Travel trailers, pickup campers, motorized homes, folding campers, boats, boat trailers, utility trailers, snowmobiles, and all-terrain vehicles.
RESEARCH ACTIVITIES. Research, development, and testing related to such fields as chemical, pharmaceutical, medical, electrical, transportation, and engineering. All research, testing, and development shall be carried on within entirely enclosed buildings, and no noise, smoke, glare, vibration, or odor shall be detected outside of said building.
RESIDENTIAL FLOOR AREA. The interior floor area of a dwelling including stairways, halls, and closets, but not including basement, porches, garages, breezeways, or carports.
RESIDENTIAL SIGN. Any sign located in a district zoned for residential uses that contains no commercial message except advertising for goods or services offered on the premises where the sign is located, if offering such service at such location conforms with all requirements of the zoning ordinance.
RESPONSIBLE AUTHORITY. The person designated by the Mayor and Council to administer and enforce this chapter.
RETAIL STORE. A store serving a limited local area or neighborhood selling commodities, not processed on the premises, direct to the public.
RIGHT-OF-WAY. A strip of land taken or dedicated for use as a public way. In addition to the roadway, it normally incorporates the curbs, lawn strips, sidewalks, lighting, and drainage facilities and may include special features (required by the topography or treatment) such as grade separation, landscaped areas, viaducts, and bridges.
RIGHT-OF-WAY LINE. A dividing line between a lot, tract, or parcel of land and a contiguous right-of-way.
ROOF SIGN. Any sign erected and constructed wholly on and over the roof of a building, supported by the roof structure and extending vertically above the highest portion of the roof.
ROOMING HOUSE. A building or portion thereof, other than a hotel, where lodging for five or more persons is provided for compensation.
ROW HOUSE. Same as DWELLING, ROW.
SCHOOL, ELEMENTARY AND HIGH. An institution which offers instructions in the several branches of learning and study required to be taught in the public schools by the Ohio School Code. HIGH SCHOOLS include junior and senior.
SEASONAL SIGN OR HOLIDAY SIGN. Any sign such as Christmas decorations or those used for a holiday and installed for a limited period of time.
SEAT. For purposes of determining the number of off-street parking spaces for certain uses, the number of seats is the number of seating units installed or indicated, or each 24 lineal inches of benches, pews, or space for loose chairs.
SELF-SERVICE STORAGE FACILITY. Any real property designed and used for the purpose of renting or leasing of storage spaces for storage of personal property.
SEMI-PUBLIC USES. Churches, Sunday schools, parochial schools, colleges, hospitals, and other institutions of an educational, religious, charitable, or philanthropic nature.
SETBACK LINE. A line established by zoning, platting, or other legal means on a lot, a specified distance from and parallel to the lot line defining the limits of a yard in which no building or structure may be located above ground to restrict the encroachment of buildings on the lot line, except as may be provided in this chapter. (See YARD.)
SEWAGE DISPOSAL SYSTEM, ON-SITE. A septic tank installation on an individual lot which utilizes an anaerobic bacteriological process for the elimination of solid wastes and provides for the proper and safe disposal of the effluent, subject to the approval of health and sanitation officials having jurisdiction.
SIDEWALK. The portion of the road right-of-way outside the roadway which is improved for the use of pedestrian traffic.
SIGN. Any visual communication display, object, device, fixture, placard, graphic, or structure situated indoors or outdoors, or attached to, painted on, or displayed from a building or structure in order to direct or attract attention to or to announce or promote an object, person, service, product, event, location, organization, or the like, or to communicate information of any kind to the public by means of letters, words, designs, colors, symbols, images, forms, or illuminations. Architectural design features such as building accent lighting are not considered SIGNS.
SIGN FACE. The entire area of a sign on which copy could be placed.
SIGN STRUCTURE. Any structure which supports, has supported, or is capable of supporting a sign, including decorative cover.
SNOWMOBILES AND ALL-TERRAIN VEHICLES. Self-propelled units designed to travel on land and/or water for recreational uses.
SOCIAL ACTIVITIES. Any building and land used for private or semi-private club activities, including lodges, fraternities, and similar activities.
SOLICITOR. Village legal advisor.
STORY. The portion of a building included between the surface of any floor and the surface of the next floor above it, or, if there be no floors above it, then the space between such floor and ceiling next above it.
STORY, HALF. A story under a gable, hip or gambrel roof, the wall plates of which on at least two opposite exterior walls are not more than two feet above the floor of such story.
STREET. A dedicated public thoroughfare the full width between property lines bounding every public way of whatever nature, with a part thereof to be used for vehicular traffic access to abutting properties. For the purpose of this chapter, the word STREET shall include the words ROAD, THOROUGHFARE, and HIGHWAY.
(1) CUL-DE-SAC. A local street of relatively short length with one end open to traffic and the other end terminating in a vehicular turnaround.
(2) DEAD-END STREET. A street temporarily having only one outlet for vehicular traffic and intended to be extended or continued in the future.
(3) LOCAL STREET. A street primarily designed for providing access to residential or other abutting property.
STREET LINE. See RIGHT-OF-WAY LINE.
STREET WIDTH. The horizontal distance between the side lines of a street, measured at right angles to the side lines.
STRUCTURAL ALTERATIONS. Any change which would tend to prolong the life of a supporting member of a structure such as bearing walls, columns, beams, or girders.
STRUCTURE. Anything constructed or erected.
SUBDIVISION. The division of a lot, tract, or parcel into two or more lots, tracts, or parcels or other divisions of land for sale, development, or lease.
SUBSTANTIALLY TO ALTER. Any exterior alteration or any structural alteration amounting to a minimum dollar amount established through ordinance by Council.
SWIMMING POOL. A pool, pond, lake, or open tank containing at least one and one-half feet of water at any point and maintained by the owner or manager.
TEMPORARY SIGN. Any portable sign, flag, pennant, garage sale sign, or public election and candidate sign that is used temporarily and is not permanently mounted.
THIS CHAPTER. Includes, where the text permits, any and all amendments thereto as the same may be hereafter from time to time adopted.
TRAVEL TRAILER. A vehicular, portable structure, not over 32 feet long or eight feet wide designed to be used as a temporary dwelling for travel, recreational, and vacation use.
USE. The specific purpose for which land or a building is arranged, designed, or intended, or for which either land or a building is or may be occupied or maintained.
VARIANCE. A relaxation of the strict requirements of this chapter where such variation will not be contrary to the public interest and where, owing to conditions peculiar to the property and not the result of actions of the applicant, a literal enforcement of this chapter would result in unnecessary and undue hardship.
VILLAGE COUNCIL. The Village Council for the Village of Pemberville, Wood County, Ohio.
WALL SIGN. A sign attached to or placed against a wall of a building with the face parallel to the building wall and extending not more than one foot therefrom, which advertises the use carried on within such building.
WAREHOUSING ACTIVITIES. The receiving, storage, sale, and distribution of manufacturing products and equipment, such storage to be within wholly enclosed structures or buildings.
WASTE DISPOSAL. Disposition of garbage, combustible and noncombustible waste material.
WINDOW SIGN. Any sign, picture, symbol, or combination thereof designed to communicate information about a business, commodity, sale, or service that is placed inside a window or upon the interior window panes or glass, and is visible from the exterior of the window.
YARD. A required open space other than a court, on the same lot with a building or structure or group of buildings and structures, which open space lies between the building or group of buildings and the nearest lot line and is unoccupied and unobstructed from three feet above the general ground level of the graded lot upward, provided accessories, ornaments, and furniture may be permitted in any YARD, subject to height limitations and requirements limiting obstruction of visibility.
(1) YARD, FRONT. A yard extending across the full width of the lot between side lot lines, the depth of which is the minimum horizontal distance between the front lot line and the front of the principal building.
(2) YARD, REAR. A yard extending across the full width of the lot between side lot lines and from the rear lot line to the rear of the nearest principal building. The depth of the required REAR YARD shall be measured horizontally from the nearest part of the principal building to the nearest point of the rear lot line.
(3) YARD, SIDE. A yard between the principal building and the side lot line extending from the front yard, or front lot line, where no front yard is required, to the rear yard. The width of the required SIDE YARD shall be measured horizontally from the nearest point of the side lot line to the nearest part of the principal building.
ZERO-LOT LINE DEVELOPMENT. See CONDOMINIUM.
ZONING CERTIFICATE. A document issued by the responsible authority authorizing the use of lots, structures, uses of land and structures, and the characteristics of the uses.
ZONING DISTRICT MAP. The Zoning District Map or maps of the village together with all amendments subsequently adopted.
ZONING PERMIT. See ZONING CERTIFICATE.
(Ord. 1141, passed 9-1-1998; Ord. 1324, passed 5-17-2005; Ord. 1391, passed 5-15-2007)