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TITLE I: GENERAL PROVISIONS
TITLE III: ADMINISTRATION
TITLE V: PUBLIC WORKS
TITLE VII: TRAFFIC CODE
TITLE IX: GENERAL REGULATIONS
TITLE XI: BUSINESS REGULATIONS
TITLE XIII: GENERAL OFFENSES
TITLE XV: LAND USAGE
CHAPTER 150: BUILDING REGULATIONS; CONSTRUCTION
CHAPTER 151: MOBILE HOMES, MOBILE HOME PARKS
CHAPTER 152: STORMWATER MANAGEMENT
CHAPTER 153: SUBDIVISION REGULATIONS
CHAPTER 154: ZONING REGULATIONS
CHAPTER 156: POLLUTION CONTROL FACILITIES
TABLE OF SPECIAL ORDINANCES
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§ 154.330 GENERAL DESCRIPTION.
   The Office District set forth herein is established to promote public welfare, convenience, comfort, and orderly growth of the community. These objectives include, but are not limited to, the following:
   (A)   To provide means of transitional use of land between commercial and residential uses;
   (B)   To promote, enhance, and conserve quality of the human-made environment;
   (C)   To protect the worth of property;
   (D)   To promote the most desirable use of land;
   (E)   To provide an appropriate district for functions separate from those dealing in sales, repair, recreation, storage, processing, assembly, lodging, and eating;
   (F)   To separate those functions which are obtrusive, quiet, do not generate large quantities of waste, noise, odor or traffic, use heavy machinery, require docking facilities, or separate service entrances, and which do not make use of large illuminated displays or signs, from those which do;
   (G)   To provide a use district for offices for those who provide services only including instruments of service;
   (H)   To provide a district of less intense use and to encourage lower density use and retention of open space;
   (I)   To make use of areas which are not appropriate for other uses;
   (J)   To control the growth of other districts;
   (K)   Daycare home and center; and
   (L)   To make less valuable land available for use other than residential.
(Ord. passed 5-16-2023)
§ 154.331 PERMITTED PRINCIPAL USES.
   The following are permitted principal uses in the O-1 District:
   (A)   Church;
   (B)   Community service offices;
   (C)   Consultant offices;
   (D)   Dwelling above the ground floor;
   (E)   Funeral home;
   (F)   Hospital and special care facilities;
   (G)   Nursing home;
   (H)   Offices providing clerical administration;
   (I)   Professional offices;
   (J)   Schools and facilities for academic instruction; and
   (K)   Any other similar uses deemed to be consistent by the Zoning Board of Appeals.
(Ord. passed 5-16-2023)
§ 154.332 PERMITTED ACCESSORY USES.
   The following are permitted accessory uses in the O-1 District: Accessory uses incidental to a permitted principle use other than a permanent residence.
(Ord. passed 5-16-2023)
§ 154.333 WHEN AUTHORIZED BY SPECIAL USE.
   The following are special uses in the O-1 District when authorized:
   (A)   Dwellings; and
   (B)   Any other similar uses deemed to be consistent.
(Ord. passed 5-16-2023)
§ 154.334 HEIGHT REGULATIONS.
   No principle structure shall exceed two stories or 30 feet in height, and no accessory structure shall exceed one story or 15 feet in height, except as provided in § 154.071.
(Ord. passed 5-16-2023)
§ 154.335 LOT AREA AND YARD REQUIREMENTS.
   The following minimum requirements shall be observed for both primary and accessory building along with bufferyard requirements as described in § 154.599. No accessory building shall be located in a front yard.
 
Number of Stories
Lot Area (sq. ft.)
Lot Width
Front Yard Depth
Side Yard Width
Side Yard Sum Width
Rear Yard Depth
All stories
No more than 50% building coverage 5,000 - single, 6,000 - duplex
None
15 feet or same as adjacent R District
None
15 feet
15 feet
 
(Ord. passed 5-16-2023)
B-1 NEIGHBORHOOD BUSINESS DISTRICT
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