For the purpose of this Zoning Ordinance, certain terms and words are described as follows:
(1) The words “used for” include “designed for” and vice versa; words used in the present tense include the future; words in the singular number include the plural number and vice versa; the word “building” includes the word “structure”; the word “dwelling” includes the word “residence”; the word “lot” includes the word “plot”; the word “shall” is mandatory and not directory.
(2) Abatement: The elimination and removal of any structure, to include but not limited to the following, porches, decks, fences, signs and accessory structures, that are nonconforming to the Codified Ordinances of Perrysville, Part Eleven - Planning and Zoning Code.
(3) Above Grade: Above the height of the earth or ground line.
(Ord. 811. Passed 10-6-97.)
(4) Accessory Structure: A building or structure that is detached from and which is incidental and subordinate to the principal use of and located on the same lot as the primary.
Accessory structures shall be used for the storage of materials and equipment for the primary use of the land that the accessory structure is located on. All accessory structures and accessory storage structures shall include attached or detached carports, barns, carports, playhouses, storage sheds, private greenhouses, gazebos, pool pumphouses, tool sheds and other types of detached structures or detached building constructed of conventional building materials.
The definition of accessory structure shall not include, but shall not be limited to the following, trucks, vans, truck boxes, converted mobile homes, trailers, recreational vehicles, bus bodies. (Ord. 9-2022. Passed 7-11-22.)
(5) Accessory Use: A use on the same lot with and clearly incidental to the principal use of the property involved. (Ord. 811. Passed 10-6-97.)
(6) Accumulate means: To gather or collect material property in any manner to become a visual blight to adjacent properties, the public and the Village as a whole.
(Ord. 975. Passed 4-1-19.)
(7) Advertise, Advertising or Advertisement: Any message, communication or expression identifying a business or development, announcing the availability of a product, merchandise or service, making claims as to the value or quality of any product, merchandise or service or otherwise attracting attention to or promoting (either directly or indirectly) any product, merchandise or service.
(8) A-Frame Sign: A temporary sign with two (2) faces that are hinged together to create an 'A' or triangle shaped device. A-frames are usually portable and are also referred to as sandwich boards.
(9) Agriculture: The science or practice of farming, including cultivation of the soil for the growing of crops and the rearing of animals to provide food, wool, and other products.
(10) Agricultural Property: Real estate property that is used for the production of one or more agricultural commodities or products, however, the operation of any accessory uses shall be secondary to that of normal agriculture activities and provided further that the above uses shall not include the commercial feeding of garbage or offal to swine or other animals.
(11) Alteration, Structural: Any change in the supporting members of a building, such as in a bearing wall, column, beam or girder, floor or ceiling joist, roof rafters, roof diaphragms, foundations, piles or retaining walls or similar components or changes in roof or exterior lines.
(12) Amortization: The gradual extinction and elimination of nonconforming or noncompliant structures, to include but not limited to the following: porches, decks, fences, signs and accessory structures.
(13) Awning: A nonstructural covering attached to a building or supported by freestanding posts for the purposes of giving shade to pedestrians or windows and door openings. Awnings are generally made of canvas or other cloth material.
(14) Awning, Canopy or Marquee Sign: A sign that is printed on, painted on, or attached to an awning, canopy or marquee.
(15) Banner or Flag Sign: A sign composed of light weight material either enclosed or not enclosed in a rigid frame. Any cloth, bunting, plastic, paper or similar material attached to or pinned on or extending out from any structure, staff, pole, line, framing or vehicle, including captive balloons and inflatable signs.
(16) Below Frost Depth: Thirty-six inches (36") below finished grade. Below Grade: below the ground line. Billboard: large advertising structures or signs used for outdoor advertising purposes, not including on-site advertising structures or signs as defined in this Chapter. (Ord. 1000-20. Passed 11-2-20.)
(17) Board: Shall mean the Village of Perrysville Board of Zoning Appeals.
(18) Building: A structure having a roof supported by columns or walls for the shelter, support or enclosure of persons, animals, or chattels. When separate by division walls from the ground up without openings, each portion of such buildings shall be deemed a separate building. (Ord. 811. Passed 10-6-97.)
(19) Building Face or Building Frontage: The width of the bearing walls of the building which faces the principal street or contains the main entrance. If a building is divided into units, the building unit frontage shall be the width of the unit, as measured from the party wall centerlines, on the frontage of the building. In computing allowable area of a wall sign for a structure, the building face or frontage shall not include any facade, roof overhang, nonbearing decorative walls appurtenant, accessory or secondary structures, and structures that are not enclosed such as carports or breezeways. (Ord. 1000-20. Passed 11-2-20.)
(20) Building Height: The vertical distance measured from the average elevation of the finished grade along the front of the building to the height point of the roof surface if a flat, roof, to the deck line of mansard roof, and to the main height level between eaves and ridges for the gambrel roof.
(21) Building, Main: A building in which is conducted the principal use of the lot on which it is located.
(22) Business, Local: An enterprise engaged in retail trade of a clearly limited nature for the convenience of the surrounding residents. These uses may include, but not limited to, repair shops, cleaning establishments, drug stores, beauty or barber shops, hobby shops, and businesses for the sale of food and beverages for consumption either on or off the immediate premises.
(Ord. 811. Passed 10-6-97.)
(23) Canopy: A roof-like structure extending from part or all of a building face and constructed as a permanent part of the building, either attached or freestanding, that is capable of allowing vehicles or pedestrians to freely pass under.
(Ord. 1000-20. Passed 11-2-20.)
(23.5) Cargo/shipping Container: A standardized, reusable vessel that is a fully enclosed box-like structure constructed with doors, originally designed or used in the packing, shipment, movement or freight, commodities or other goods, commonly designed for or is capable of being mounted on a railroad car, a chassis or bogie for movement by rail, truck and/or ship.
(Ord. 9-2022. Passed 7-11-22.)
(24) Changeable Copy Sign: A sign designed to allow the changing of lettering, messages or other information through manual, mechanical or electrical means including time and temperature. Changeable copy signs may have multiple messages that are individually displayed at common intervals, such as a traditional movie theater marquee sign or billboard.
(Ord. 1000-20. Passed 11-2-20.)
(25) Collector: Each and all of the duly authorized agents and or employees in connection with the collection/disposal of the garbage/rubbish removal service provider in contract with the Village of Perrysville.
(Ord. 993. Passed 4-20-20.)
(26) Collector's vehicle means: Any motor vehicle or agricultural tractor or traction engine that is of special interest, that has a fair market value of one hundred dollars or more whether operable or not, and that is owned, operated, collected, preserved, restored, maintained, or used essentially as a collector's item, leisure pursuit, or investment, but not as the owner's principal means of transportation, in accordance with section 4501.01 of the Ohio Revised Code.
(Ord. 975. Passed 4-1-19.)
(27) Commercial Property: For profit use of real estate property that conduct business or industrial activities and which are zoned C (Commercial) or I (Manufacturing).
(Ord. 1000-20. Passed 11-2-20.)
(28) Conditional Use: A use which is subject to approval by the Board of Zoning Appeals. A conditional use may be granted by the Board when there is a specified provision for such exception made in this Ordinance.
(Ord. 811. Passed 10-6-97.)
(29) Digital Display Sign: An outdoor advertising display using Light Emitting Diodes (L.E.D.) or similar technology to display static images controlled by electronic communications.
(30) Directional Sign: Signs limited to directional messages, principally for pedestrian or vehicular traffic, to include but not limited to the following: one-way, entrance, or exit signs. (Ord. 1000-20. Passed 11-2-20.)
(31) Disabled Vehicle means: Any vehicle which is incapable of being operated or propelled by the vehicles own power. (Ord. 975. Passed 4-1-19.)
(32) Display: A visual presentation for advertisement or to draw attention and/or attraction by way of, to include but not limited to the following: signs, electronic devices, illumination, captive balloons and inflatable signs. Double Faced Sign: a single structure designed with the intent of providing copy on both sides, Driveway: a private or public road dedicated to giving access for vehicular travel from a public way by the owner and those having express or implied permission from the owner to a building, house or property on abutting lot. Eave Line: the top of a parapet wall or the lowest point of a pitched roof, including mansard style roofs. Where a parapet wall is combined with a mansard roof, the eave line shall be the top of the parapet. (Ord. 1000-20. Passed 11-2-20.)
(33) Dwelling: A building or portion thereof, designed exclusively for permanent residential occupancy, including one family dwellings, two family dwellings, and vehicles or residences designed to be moved or towed on wheels, skids or rollers, but not including hotels, motels, boarding houses or rooming houses.
A. Mobile Home: A detached residential unit designed for transportation after fabrication on public or private thoroughfares on its own wheels or on a flatbed or other trailer and arriving at the site ready for occupancy except for minor and incidental unpacking and assembly operations. A factory built structure having at least 750 square feet, excluding porches andgarages, of living area and from which all wheels, tongues and axles have been removed and which is set on a permanent foundation with footers below the frost line and which meets the Ashland County Auditor’s requirements to be taxed as real property. When these conditions have been met, a mobile home may be considered a single-family dwelling.
(Ord. 857. Passed 12-28-04.)
B. Multi-Family Dwelling: A building designed for and occupied by up to four families living independently of each other and having separate or combined entrances; “Excluding and excepting, however, any factory built structure designed to be moved or towed on wheels, skids or rollers, unless allowed under paragraph A. hereof.” Each dwelling unit must contain a minimum of 750 square feet, respectively.
C. Single Family Dwelling: A building designed for and occupied exclusively by one family; “Excluding and excepting, however, any factory built structure designed to be moved or towed on wheels, skids, or rollers, unless allowed under paragraph A. hereof.”
D. Two Family Dwelling: A dwelling consisting of two dwelling units which may either be attached side by side or one above the other, and each unit having a separate or combined entrance or entrances. “Excluding and excepting, however, any factory built structure designed to be moved or towed on wheels, skids or rollers, unless allowed under paragraph A. hereof.” Each dwelling unit must contain a minimum of 750 square feet, respectively.
(34) Easement: Authorization by a property owner for the use by another, and for a specified purpose, of any designated part of his or her property.
(35) Essential Services: The erection, construction, alteration, or maintenance by public utilities or municipal or other governmental agencies of gas, electrical, water or communication, supply distribution, service or disposal facilities, including poles, wires, mains, drains, pipes, signals or hydrants including necessary structures or buildings reasonably required to assure the provision of adequate supplies of public utilities or by the utility branch of government.
(Ord. 811. Passed 10-6-97.)
(36) Fence:
A. Conventional Residential Fences: A fence that is normal, standard, regular, ordinary, usual, traditional, typical or common in accordance with what is generally erected or constructed on residential properties in the residential district.
B. Fence: Any structure composed of wood, iron, steel, vinyl, plastic or other materials erected in such a manner that is to enclose or partially enclose all or any part of premise. Vegetation or hedges planted in any manner that is to enclose or partially enclose all or any part of premise shall be included in the definition of a fence.
C. Spite Fence: A fence, vegetation or other structure in the nature of a fence which is structurally unsound, unsightly, painted a nonharmonious exterior color, in need of repair, causes a blight, exceeds six feet (6) in height and is maliciously erected, altered, neglected or is annoying to the public or occupants of adjoining properties and which receives formal complaints, shall be deemed a public or private nuisance.
(Ord. 990-2020. Passed 3-2-20.)
(37) Frost Depth: The depth to which the groundwater in soil is expected to freeze.
(Ord. 1000-20. Passed 11-2-20.)
(38) Garbage: All putrescible waste except sewage and body waste, including vegetable and animal offal and carcasses of small dead animals, but excluding recognizable industrial by-products, and shall include all such substances from all public and private establishments and from all residences. “Garbage” shall further mean all ashes and/or other materials produced as a result of the reduction of putrescible waste by incineration or other means. (Ord. 993. Passed 4-20-20.)
(39) Ground Grade: The level or finished height of the earth or ground.
(40) Height of Sign: The greatest vertical distance from the existing planned grade of the top of the curb or street frontage to the highest element of a sign. For sloped elevations, the height shall be measured from the midpoint of the sign and shall be applicable to the whole sign.
(Ord. 1000-20. Passed 11-2-20.)
(41) Historical motor vehicle means: Any motor vehicle that is over twenty-five years old and is owned solely as a collector's item and for participation in club activities, exhibitions, tours, parades, and similar uses, but that in no event is used for general transportation, in accordance with section 4501.01 of the Ohio Revised Code. (Ord. 975. Passed 4-1-19.)
(42) Home Occupation: An occupation carried on by the occupant of a dwelling as an accessory use in connection with which there are no more than two (2) nonresidents employed and provided that:
A. Such occupation is conducted wholly within the dwelling or an accessory building;
B. Floor area devoted to such use does not exceed twenty-five (25%) percent of the total floor area of all structures on the property;
C. Such use is not objectionable due to noise, hours of operation, traffic generation, or hazardous or noxious processes used;
D. No traffic shall be generated by such home occupation in greater volume than normally would be expected in a residential neighborhood, and any need for parking generated by the conduct of such activity shall not be located in a required front, side or rear yard or in a required open space. (Ord. 811. Passed 10-6-97.)
(43) Householder: The head of a family or one maintaining his/her separate living room or quarters on the premises and includes owners, tenants, residents and occupants of all premises, upon which garbage or rubbish, or both are accumulated. (Ord. 993. Passed 4-20-20.)
(44) Identification Sign: A sign that identifies the name, nature, logo, trademark, symbol or insignia, address, or any combination of the name, symbol and address of a building, business, project, development or establishment.
(45) Illuminated Sign: A sign with an artificial source of light for the purpose of illuminating the sign. Lot Frontage: the land in front of the main structure extending the length of the horizontal distance of a site parallel and adjacent to a street, but not including the street right-of-way.
(Ord. 1000-20. Passed 11-2-20.)
(45.5) Industrialized Unit: A building unit or assembly of close construction fabricated in an off-site facility, that is substantially self-sufficient as a unit or as a part of a greater structure, requires the transportation to the site of intended use and meets the definition of industrialized unit under Ohio Revised Code Section 3781.10.
“Industrialized unit” includes units installed on the site of a permanent foundation, as independent units, as a part of a group of units, or incorporated with standard construction methods to form a completed structural entity. For the purpose of these provisions, the construction type referred to as a modular construction or modular home shall be considered an “Industrialized unit” and a “Manufactured home” as defined in Section 1101.01.
(Ord. 9-2022. Passed 7-11-22.)
(46) Inoperative Vehicle means: Any vehicle that cannot be operated in a reasonably safe manner upon the public streets and highways under its own power if selfpropelled or while being towed or pushed, if not self-propelled:
(Ord. 975. Passed 4-1-19.)
(47) Junk: Any scrap, waste, reclaimable material or debris, whether or not stored or used in conjunction with dismantling, processing, salvage, storage, bailing, disposal or other use or disposition.
(48) Junk Buildings, Junk Shops, Junk Yards: Any land, property, structure, building, or combination of the same, on which junk is stored or processed.
(Ord. 811. Passed 10-6-97.)
(49) Junked motor vehicle means: A vehicle of any age that is damaged or defective including, but not limited to any one or combination of any of the following ways that either makes the vehicle immediately inoperable, or would prohibit the vehicle from being operable or would prohibit reasonably safe manner upon the public streets and highways under its own power if self-propelled or while being towed or pushed, if not self-propelled:
(i) Flat tires, missing tires, missing wheels, or missing or partially or totally disassembled tires and wheels;
(ii) Missing or partially or totally disassembled essential part or parts of the vehicles drive train, including, but not limited to, engine, transmission, transaxle, drive shaft, differential, or axle;
(iii) Extensive exterior body damage or missing or partially or totally disassembled essential body parts, including, but not limited to fenders, doors, engine hood, bumper or bumpers, windshield, or windows;
(iv) Missing or partially or totally disassembled essential interior parts, including, but not limited to, drivers seat, steering wheel, instrument panel, clutch, brake, gear shift levers;
(v) Missing or partially or totally disassembled parts essential to the starting or running of the vehicle under its own power, including, but not limited to, starter, generator or alternator, battery, distributor, gas tank, carburetor or fuel injection system, spark plugs, or radiator;
(vi) Interior is a container for metal, glass, paper, rags or other cloth, wood, auto parts, machinery, waste or discarded materials in such quantity, quality and arrangement that a driver cannot be properly seated in the vehicle;
(vii) Lying on the ground (upside down, on its side, or at other extreme angle), sitting on blocks or suspended in the air by any other method;
(viii) General environment in which the vehicle sits, including, but not limited to, vegetation that has grown up around, in, or through the vehicle, the collection of pools of water in the vehicle, and the accumulation of other garbage or debris around the vehicle.
(Ord. 975. Passed 4-1-19.)
(50) Junk Storage and Sales: Any area where waste or discarded or salvaged materials are bought, exchanged, bailed, packed, disassembled or handled, including auto wrecking yards, used lumber yards, and places for storage of salvaged house wrecking and structural steel materials and equipment but not including areas where such uses are conducted within a completely enclosed building, and not including pawn shops and establishments for the sale, purchase, or storage of used furniture and household equipment, used cars in operable condition, operable machinery and the processing of used, discarded or salvaged material as part of manufacturing operations. Any concentration of two or more used motor vehicles not displaying current motor vehicle license shall be considered junk storage, and/or sales. Junk storage and/or sales are only permitted in the Industrial District, and then only as a conditional use with permission of the Board of Zoning Appeals.
(Ord. 811. Passed 10-6-97.)
(51) Licensed means: Having a valid/current license plate (and sticker) or watercraft sticker appropriately attached or affixed to the vehicle.
(52) Licensed collector's vehicle means: A collector's vehicle, other than an agricultural tractor or traction engine, that displays current, valid license tags issued under section 4503.45 of the Ohio Revised Code.
(53) Litter means: Unsightly and untidy conditions caused by the improper and illegal accumulation or disposal of solid and liquid material in other than an approved place of disposal or storage.
(Ord. 975. Passed 4-1-19.)
(54) Lot: A parcel of land of sufficient size to meet minimum zoning requirements and to provide such yards and other open spaces as are herein required. Such lots shall have frontage on an improved public street and may include:
A. A single lot of record;
B. A portion of a lot of record;
C. A combination of complete lots of record, or complete lots of record and portions of lots of records;
1. Corner Lot: A lot located at the intersection of two (2) or more streets; A lot on a current street or streets shall be considered a corner lot if straight lines drawn from the foremost point of the lot meet at an interior angle of less than one hundred thirty-five (135) degrees;
2. Interior Lot: A lot other than a corner lot;
3. Reversed Corner Lot: A corner lot of which the side street line is substantially a continuation of the front line of the lot to its rear;
4. Through Lot: An interior lot having frontage on two (2) or more streets.
(55) Lot Area: The total horizontal area within the lot lines of a piece of property.
(56) Lot Depth: The horizontal distance between the front and rear lot lines, measured along the median between the two (2) side lot lines.
(57) Lot Lines: The lines bounding a lot as described herein.
(58) Lot Width: The horizontal distance between the side lot lines measured at right angles to the lot depth at the building setback line.
(59) Manufacturing: Establishments engaged in the mechanical or chemical transformation of materials or substances into new products which are usually conducted in controlled operations that are relatively clean, quiet and free of objectionable or hazardous elements such as smoke, noise, odor or dust; that take place in enclosed structures and generate little industrial traffic and no nuisances.
(Ord. 811. Passed 10-6-97.)
(59.5) Mobile Home: A building unit or assembly of closed construction that is fabricated in an off-site facility, is more than thirty-five body feet in length or, when erected on site, is three hundred twenty or more square feet, is built on a permanent chassis, is transportable in one or more sections, and does not qualify as a manufactured home as defined in Division (C)(4) of Section 3781.06 of the Ohio Revised Code or as an industrialized unit as defined in Division (C)(3) of Section 3781.06 of the Ohio Revised Code. (Ord. 9-2022. Passed 7-11-22.)
(60) Mobile Home Park: Any site or tract of land under single ownership upon which four (4) or more mobile homes used for habitation are parked, either free of charge or for revenue purposes; including any roadway, building, structure, vehicle or enclosure used or intended for use as part of the facilities of such park.
(Ord. 811. Passed 10-6-97.)
(61) Motor vehicle means: Any vehicle, including mobile homes and recreational vehicles, that is propelled or drawn by power other than muscular power or power collected from overhead electric trolley wires, as defined in section 4501.01 of the Ohio Revised Code. (Ord. 975. Passed 4-1-19.)
(62) Multi-Dwelling Units or Multi-Family Dwellings: Three (3) or more separate housing units, designed for and occupied by residential inhabitants living independently of each other and having separate or combined entrances, contained within one building or several buildings within one complex upon a single property. Units can be next to each other (side by side) or stacked on top of each other (top and bottom units). Each dwelling unit must contain a minimum of seven hundred fifty (750) square feet, respectively. (Ord. 993. Passed 4-20-20.)
(63) Multi-Tenanted Building: A building containing more than one individual business within a district zoned C (Commercial).
(64) Neon Sign: Any sign containing neon or other inert gaseous chemical that provides a visible discharge or that glows.
(Ord. 1000-20. Passed 11-2-20.)
(65) Nonconforming Building: A building or portion thereof lawfully existing at the time this Ordinance is adopted which was designed, erected or structurally altered for a use that does not conform to the permitted uses of the District in which it is located.
(66) Nonconforming Use: A use which lawfully occupied a building or land at the time of adoption of this Ordinance and which does not conform with the Regulations of the District in which it is located.
(Ord. 811. Passed 10-6-97.)
(67) Nuisance: The unreasonable, unwarranted and/or unlawful use of property, which causes inconvenience, affects the morals, safety or health of the community.
(68) Off-Site Sign: A sign or sign structure of any kind or character which advertises products, merchandise, activity or service not available on or at the premises upon which the sign is located. For purposes of this chapter, the onsite/offsite distinction applies only to commercial advertisements or messages; all signs with noncommercial messages shall be deemed to be onsite, regardless of location. On-Site Sign: any commercial sign which advertises products, merchandise, activity or service available on or at the premises upon which the sign is located. The onsite/offsite distinction applies only to commercial messages; all signs with noncommercial messages shall be deemed to be onsite, regardless of location.
(69) Patio: A roofless outdoor space for dinning or recreation that is paved with, to include but not limited to the following: concrete, stone or wood. A Zoning Certificate shall not be required if a patio is to be constructed on grade. If the patio is to be elevated in any form or has a frost protected footing thirty-six inches (36") deep minimum, a Zoning Certificate shall be required.
(Ord. 1000-20. Passed 11-2-20.)
(70) Performance Bond: An agreement between a subdivider and the Village of Perrysville for the estimated amount of the construction costs of improvements guaranteeing the completion of the improvements according to plans and specifications within the time period agreed to in the agreement.
(Ord. 811. Passed 10-6-97.)
(71) Person: Every natural individual/person, firm, partnership, LLC, unincorporated association or corporation. Words in the singular shall include the plural.
(Ord. 993. Passed 4-20-20.)
(72) Personal Services: Any enterprise conducted for gain which primarily offers services to the general public such as, but not limited to, electricians, plumbers, welding and repair, etc. These enterprises shall be limited to a maximum of five (5) employees. (Ord. 811. Passed 10-6-97.)
(73) Pole Sign: A form of freestanding sign that is supported or suspended by a single post or column.
(74) Portable Sign: A sign that is not permanently affixed to a structure or the ground.
(Ord. 1000-20. Passed 11-2-20.)
(75) Portable Swimming Pool: Able to be easily carried or moved when empty of or containing water.
(76) Premises: Land and/or buildings or parts of either. (Ord. 993. Passed 4-20-20.)
(77) Professional Services: The use of offices and related spaces for such services as, but not limited to, medical practitioners, veterinarians, lawyers, architects, dentists, engineers, etc. (Ord. 811. Passed 10-6-97.)
(78) Projecting Sign: A building-mounted, double-sided sign with the two (2) faces generally perpendicular to the building wall, not to include signs located on a canopy, awning, or marquee.
(Ord. 1000-20. Passed 11-2-20.)
(79) Property means: Any real property within the Village of Perrysville which is not a street or highway.
(80) Public Property means: Any public street, highway, alley, sidewalk boulevard, bikeway, property open to the public for vehicular travel or parking, and any other property owned or operated by the Village, and any right-of-way thereof.
(Ord. 975. Passed 4-1-19.)
(81) Public Use: Public parks, schools and administrative, cultural and service buildings devoted solely to the storage and maintenance of equipment and material.
(Ord. 811. Passed 10-6-97.)
(82) Pylon Sign: A sign face that is elevated by one (1) or two (2) structural supports that is architecturally integrated with the design of the primary structure on the property excluding pole signs, directional signs and billboard signs.
(83) Real Estate Sign: A sign advertising the sale, rental or lease of the premises or part of the premises on which the sign is displayed.
(Ord. 1000-20. Passed 11-2-20.)
(84) Recreational Facilities:
A. Commercial Recreational Facilities: Recreational facilities established for profit, such as but not limited to, commercial golf courses, swimming pools, ice skating, riding stables, and race tracks.
B. Noncommercial Recreational Facilities: Private and semi-private recreational facilities which are not operated for commercial gain, including but not limited to, country clubs, riding clubs, private gold courses, game preserves or community swimming pools. Noncommercial recreational facilities may be leased to outside groups or organizations provided the fee for such purposes is limited to incidental maintenance and custodial expenses. (Ord. 811. Passed 10-6-97.)
(85) Residential Property: Real estate property for living or dwelling in single or multiple-family residences which are zoned R (Residential) or C (Commercial).
(Ord. 1000-20. Passed 11-2-20.)
(86) Rezoning: An amendment to, or a change in the Zoning Ordinance. Rezoning can take three (3) forms:
A. A comprehensive revision or modification of the Zoning text and map.
B. A text change in Zoning Requirements.
C. A change in the Zoning Map.
(87) Right of Way: A strip of land taken or dedicated for use as a public way. In addition to the roadway, it normally incorporates any curbs, lawn strips, sidewalks, lighting and drainage facilities.
(88) Roadside Stands: Small structures (a maximum of 100 square feet) for the sale of agricultural and plant nursery products, a minimum of fifty (50%) percent of the produce shall be raised on the premises. (Ord. 811. Passed 10-6-97.)
(89) Roof Line: The upper edge of any building wall or parapet exclusive of any sign tower for any flat roof structure, or a line halfway between the eave line and the ridge line of the roof, exclusive of any sign tower, of any gable-roof structure.
(90) Roof Sign: A sign erected, constructed, or placed upon or over the eave or roof of any building or, in the case of a flat roof structure, one that extends over or above the roof line, or any sign affixed to the wall or a building so that it projects above the eave line of a roof; and which sign is wholly or partially supported by the building; but not including a sign on a mansard roof, portico or canopy if said mansard roof, portico or canopy is architecturally integrated with the building.
(Ord. 1000-20. Passed 11-2-20.)
(91) Rubbish: Waste generated by the normal activities of a household or business, including, but not limited to, food waste, yard waste, litter, bottles, broken glass, crockery, tin cans, printed matter, paper and clothing items.
It does not, however, include any materials in the nature of earth, sand, brick, stone, plaster, wood and metal, but not limited to other materials that may accumulate during a period of building construction and/or demolition.
(Ord. 993. Passed 4-20-20.)
(92) Semi-Public Use: Churches and other places of worship, Sunday Schools, Parochial Schools, Colleges, Hospitals and other institutions of an educational, religious, charitable or philanthropic nature.
(Ord. 811. Passed 10-6-97.)
(93) Sidewalk: The paved walk between the curb lines or lateral lines of a roadway and the adjacent property lines for pedestrian use.
(94) Sign: Any object, device, display or structure, or part thereof, situated outdoors or indoors, which is used to advertise, identify, display, direct or attract attention to an object, person, institution, organization, business, product, service, event or location by any means, including words, letters, figures, designs, symbols, fixtures, colors, illumination or projected images, when the same is placed to be in view of the general public. For purposes of this chapter, at all times that a sign is being held by an individual, it shall be exempt from this chapter.
(95) Sign Area: The entire copy face of the sign. The following methods will be used to compute the area of sign copy:
A. The area of a sign is to be computed by multiplying the total height by the total length of all sign faces, including framework on the sign face but excluding the base. Computation of the sign area shall enclose the extreme limits of writing, representation, _emblem, or any figure of similar character, together with any material or color forming an integral part of the display or used to differentiate such sign from the background against which it is placed. The sign area shall include a colored or textured background that is different than the fascia on which it is placed. It shall also include the perimeter trim on the sign face of a cabinet sign.
B. In the case of a sign designed with more than one (1) exterior surface, the area shall be computed as including only the maximum single display surface that is visible from any ground position at one time. The area of a freestanding sign which has three (3) or more faces shall be computed by adding the areas of each face of the sign.
C. The area of a freestanding sign that is an object or statuary shall be computed by the appropriate mathematical equation for determining the total surface of an object.
D. The supports, uprights, or structure on which any such sign is supported shall not be included in determining the sign area unless such supports, uprights, or structures are designed in such a manner as to form an integral background of the display.
(96) Sign Face: The surface or that portion of a sign that is visible from a single point as a flat surface or a plane and considered as such together with the frame and the background. (Ord. 1000-20. Passed 11-2-20.)
(97) Storage Trailers: A small trailer (maximum of 2000 cubic feet) owned by an individual and parked on property owned by the individual and used for temporary storage purposes.
(98) Street or Alley: The full width between property lines bounding every public way of whatever nature, with a part thereof to be used for vehicular traffic as follows:
A. Major Streets. Streets which in the opinion of the Planning Commission will involve sufficient traffic and/or parking to justify two feet or greater pavement width.
B. Minor Streets. Most streets in residential development where conditions are such as to discourage high speeds, non-local traffic, and heavy street parking.
C. Alleys. Minor public ways used primarily for service access.
(Ord. 811. Passed 10-6-97.)
(99) Structure: A combination of materials forming a construction that is safe and stable and includes, among other things, building, garages, carports, gazebos, stadiums, tents (excluding camping tents, temporary yard canopies, picnic party tents), viewing stands, platforms, staging, observation towers, radio and television towers, water tanks and towers, trestles, piers, sheds, storage bins, walls, fences and display signs. The word “structure” shall be construed as if followed by the words “or part thereof.”. (Ord. 9-2022. Passed 7-11-22.)
(100) Temporary Sign: A sign used solely for the purpose of advertising an event or sale occurring on a specific date.
(Ord. 1000-20. Passed 11-2-20.)
(101) Temporary Structure: A structure without any foundation or footings and which shall be removed when the designated time period, activity or use for which the temporary structure was erected has ceased.
(Ord. 811. Passed 10-6-97.)
(102) Travel trailer or house vehicle means: A non-self-propelled recreational vehicle that does not exceed an overall length of forty feet, exclusive of bumper and tongue or coupling. "Travel trailer" includes a tent-type fold-out camping trailer, as defined in section 4501.01 of the Ohio Revised Code.
(Ord. 975. Passed 4-1-19.)
(103) Variance: A variance is the relaxation of requirements where such variance 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 Ordinance would result in unnecessary and undue hardship.
(Ord. 811. Passed 10-6-97.)
(104) Vehicle means: Everything on wheels or runners, including motorized bicycles, but does not mean electric personal assistive mobility devices, vehicles that are operated exclusively on rails or tracks or from overhead electric trolley wires, and vehicles that belong to any police department, municipal fire department, or volunteer fire department, or that are used by such a department in the discharge of its functions, as defined in section 4501.01 of the Ohio Revised Code.
(Ord. 975. Passed 4-1-19.)
(105) Vehicle Sign: A sign which is attached to, painted on, placed upon or suspended from a vehicle or trailer, either operable or inoperable, which is subject to state licensing before it can legally operate on public roads and highways. This shall not include bumper stickers on a vehicle.
(Ord. 1000-20. Passed 11-2-20.)
(106) Village: The Village of Perrysville corporation boundaries.
(Ord. 993. Passed 4-20-20.)
(107) Wall Sign: A sign attached to, painted on or erected on the exterior wall of the building or structure in such a manner that the wall becomes the supporting structure for, or forms the background surface of, the sign with the exposed face of the sign in a plane approximately parallel to the plane of the exterior wall of the building and not extending above the eave line.
(108) Window Sign: A sign painted, attached or affixed to the interior surface of windows or doors of a building.
(Ord. 1000-20. Passed 11-2-20.)
(109) Yard: An open space or grade between a building and the adjoining lot line, unoccupied by any portion of a structure from the ground upwards, except as otherwise provided herein:
A. Front Yard: A yard extending across the full width of the lot between the nearest rear main building and the front lot line; the depth of the required front yard shall be measured horizontally from the nearest part of the main building towards the nearest point of the front line;
B. Rear Yard: A yard extending across the full width of the lot between the nearest rear main building and the rear lot line. The depth of the required rear yard shall be measured horizontally from the nearest point of the rear lot line or to the center of an alley if one is present.
C. Side Yard: A yard between the main building and the side lot lines extending from the front yard, or from the front 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 towards the nearest point of the main building.
(Ord. 811. Passed 10-6-97.)
(110) Zoning Inspector: An Administrative Officer who shall enforce the provisions of the Zoning Codes of the Village of Perrysville. No change.
(Ord. 9-2022. Passed 7-11-22.)