For the purposes of promoting the public health, safety, morals, convenience, prosperity, peace, quiet and general welfare of the Municipality, to assure the financial stability of the Municipality, to prevent traffic congestion and hazards, and for the protection of property values within the Municipality, Council shall by ordinance regulate the height, bulk and location of buildings and other structures, the percentage of lot occupancy, the area, width, depth and street frontage of land required for buildings and other structures, off-street parking, garaging and unloading of motor vehicles, setback building lines, the size of front, rear and side yards, courts and other open spaces, the density of population, and the uses of land, buildings and other structures, and for such purposes, the Council shall divide the territory of the Municipality into districts or zones of such number, shapes and areas as it determines.
No such ordinance shall authorize or permit in any zone or district established for single-family dwellings any use of land, buildings or other structures for a hospital, home for the aged, convalescent home, children's home, burial ground, church, temple or other building for public worship, school, college, university or institution for education and learning, professional office, wholesale or retail business, trade, industry or manufacturing purpose, except facilities for public utilities, and no building or other structure shall hereafter be constructed in any single-family district or zone within the Municipality for any such purposes.
When fifteen percent of the total land area of the Municipality is used for purposes which are expressly exempt from taxation under the laws of the State of Ohio and have been exempted from such taxation, no additional land shall be available for or used for any such tax exempt purpose within the Municipality, except land required for public streets or highways, as approved by the Council, land owned by an established governmental subdivision for public use, or where any such tax exempt use existed on the effective date of this Article.
(Adopted Nov. 5, 1968)
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