As used in this Zoning Code:
(a) Nonconforming Building. "Nonconforming building" means a building or portion thereof lawfully existing at the effective date of this Zoning Code (Ordinance 72-72, passed August 31, 1972) or amendments thereto, that does not conform to the provisions of this Zoning Code and/or the use regulations of the district in which it is located.
(b) Nonconforming Lot. "Nonconforming lot" means a lot existing lawfully at the time the Zoning Code or an amendment thereto, became effective but which does not conform to the lot area, width, access or other requirements of the district in which it is located.
(c) Nonconforming Use. "Nonconforming use" means a use of a building or land existing lawfully at the time the Zoning Code, or amendments thereto, became effective but which does not conform to the main or accessory use regulations of the district in which it is located.
(d) Nursing Home. "Nursing home" means an installation other than a hospital, having as its primary function the rendering of nursing care for extended periods of time to persons afflicted with illness, injury or infirmity.
(e) Parking. "Parking" means the standing or placement of motor vehicles currently used to transport people, goods or materials in the conduct of normal daily activities.
(f) Parking Space. "Parking space" means the area required for parking an automobile which shall be a minimum of nine feet six inches wide and twenty feet long, but not including drives and aisles.
(g) Pedestrian Way. "Pedestrian way" means a dedicated public right of way solely for pedestrian circulation.
(h) Planning Commission. "Planning Commission" means the Planning and Zoning Commission of the City of Richmond Heights.
(i) Plat. "Plat" means a map of a lot, parcel or subdivision on which the lines of each element are shown by accurate distances and bearings.
(Ord. 72-72. Passed 8-31-72.)
(j) Public Utility. "Public utility" means any person, firm, corporation, municipal department, board or commission duly authorized by law to furnish, and furnishing to the public, under specific governmental regulation of its operations including, but not limited to, government regulation of the rates charged to consumers, manner of the provision of its services, and siting of its facilities, the following services: electric, gas, steam, telephone, telegraph, transportation, water, or sewage disposal; and which services are necessary and essential to the public health and safety, which entities by necessity must locate certain facilities in the public rights-of-way, and which entities possess the power of eminent domain.
(Ord. 17-97. Passed 4-22-97.)
(Ord. 17-97. Passed 4-22-97.)
(k) Recreational Vehicles and Equipment.
(1) Travel trailer. “Travel trailer” means a vehicular, portable structure, built on a chassis designed to be used as a temporary dwelling for travel, recreational and vacation uses, permanently identified “travel trailer” by the manufacturer.
(2) Pick-up camper. “Pick-up camper” means 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.
(3) Motorized home. “Motorized home” means a portable dwelling designed and constructed as an integral part of a self-propelled vehicle.
(4) Folding tent trailer. “Folding tent trailer” means a canvass folding structure, mounted on wheels and designed for travel and vacation use.
(5) Boats and boat trailer. “Boats and boat trailer” means boats, floats and rafts, plus the normal equipment to transport the same on the highway.
(Ord. 72-72. Passed 8-31-72.)
(Ord. 72-72. Passed 8-31-72.)
(l) Restaurant. "Restaurant" means a place of business where food and beverages are prepared and assembled as meals and sold for consumption on the premises or in another location. The term “restaurant” does not include a grocery store, bakery, or other business in which the primary activity is preparation and sale of separate food items for off-premises consumption.
(Ord. 5-2007. Passed 3-13-07.)
(m) Right of Way. “Right of way” means all of the land included within an area which is dedicated, reserved by deed, or granted by easement for street purposes.
(1) Roadway. “Roadway” means the pavement measured between curbs; that portion of a right of way available for vehicular travel, including parking lanes.
(2) Tree lawn. “Tree lawn” means that portion of a right of way lying between the exterior line of the roadway and the outside right-of-way line.
(n) Setback. “Setback” means the distance required to obtain the minimum front, side and rear open space provisions of the Zoning Code. Front yard setback shall be measured from the building line to the existing or proposed street right- of-way line, whichever is greater. If the Zone Map imposes a greater setback than the number of feet indicated in Chapter 1173
, the Zone Map distance shall control.
(Ord. 72-72. Passed 8-31-72.)
(Ord. 72-72. Passed 8-31-72.)
(o) Shopping Center. “Shopping center” means a group of commercial establishments, in separate or in common ownership, in which the land is planned, developed and operated as a single unit with a unified design of structures, parking, access drives, landscaped areas, and other common areas and facilities.
(p) Sign. “Sign” means the use of any words, numerals, figures, devices, designs or trademarks by which anything is made known, such as to show an individual, firm, profession, business, product or message and which are visible to the general public.
(q) Site, Building. “Building site” means the parcel or parcels of land which may be or shall be occupied by one or more buildings or structures for the uses permitted within a zoning district.
(r) Site Plan. “Site plan” means a general plan illustrating the proposed use, layout and design for a building site, which shall delineate the following:
(1) The dimensions of all lot and property lines, showing the relationship of the subject property to abutting properties. Such dimensions shall be shown in a scale of not less than 1 inch = 20 feet if the subject property is less than three acres and 1 inch = 100 feet if three acres or more.
(2) The date, north point and scale.
(3) The location of all existing and proposed structures on the subject property and all existing structures within 100 feet of the subject property.
(4) The location of all existing and proposed drives and parking areas.
(5) The location and right-of-way widths of all proposed and existing streets within the building site and all abutting streets and alleys.
(6) The topography of the site designating contours at not less than one foot intervals.
(7) Any area or areas to be preserved as open spaces.
(8) Plans for sanitary sewerage and storm drainage facilities and all other utility installations and connections, including proposed exterior lighting fixtures.
(9) The names and addresses of the architect, planner, designer or engineer responsible for the preparation of the site plan.
(s) Storage, New Vehicle. “New vehicle storage” means the standing or placement of new operable automobiles or trucks not previously used.
(t) Storage, Outside. “Outside storage” means the outdoor standing or placement of useable and potentially useable goods or equipment other than for display and not including waste or scrap materials.
(u) Story. “Story” means that portion of a building between one floor level and the ceiling next above it which meets the requirements of the Building Code for a habitable room, but not including a basement as defined in this chapter.
(v) Street. “Street” means a public way for purposes of vehicular travel, including the entire area within the rights of way. The term includes, but is not limited to, avenue, alley, boulevard, drive, highway, road and freeway. Streets shall be classified and further defined as follows:
(1) Arterial street (major thoroughfare). “Arterial street” means a public street which is primarily for moving fast or heavy traffic between large or intensively developed districts and which has a right-of-way width of not less than eighty feet.
(2) Collector street (secondary thoroughfare). “Collector street” means a street supplementary to and connecting arterial streets to local streets and which has a right-of-way width of more than sixty feet and less than eighty feet.
(3) Local street. “Local street” means a street primarily for access to abutting residential properties and to serve local needs and which has a right-of-way width of not more than sixty feet.
(w) Street Plan or Thoroughfare Plan. “Street plan” means the plan which shows the general location and extent of existing, planned and proposed streets and other transportation facilities for the City, duly adopted or officially accepted, separately or as a part of the Master Plan.
(x) Structure. “Structure” means anything constructed or erected, the use of which requires location on or under the ground or attachments to something having location on the ground.
(Ord. 70-98. Passed 9-8-98.)
(y) Sweepstakes/Internet Cafe. “Sweepstakes/internet cafe” means any premises upon which any computerized sweepstakes device is located for the use or entertainment of the public, whether or not such premises has other business purposes of any nature whatsoever. (Ord. 37-2011. Passed 8-23-11.)
(z) Subdivision. “Subdivision” means the division of any parcel of land shown as a unit or as contiguous units on the last preceding records of the County Auditor, into two or more sites or lots, any one of which is less than five acres for the purpose, whether immediate or future, of transfer of ownership or building development. Subdivision also includes the improvement of one or more
parcels of land for residential, business or industrial structures or groups of structures, involving the division or allocation of land for the opening, widening or extension and maintenance of public sewers, drainage, water supply or other public facilities and the division or allocation of land as open spaces for common use by owners, occupants or lease holders.
(Ord. 70-98. Passed 9-8-98.)