Section
Miscellaneous Provisions
153.001 Purpose
153.002 Preamble
153.003 Enabling authority
153.004 Responsibility
153.005 Short title
153.006 Interpretation and application
Definitions
153.020 Construction of language
153.021 Definitions
Zoning Map and Districts
153.035 Districts established
153.036 Map
153.037 District boundary exceptions
General Provisions and Exceptions
153.050 Conflicting regulations
153.051 Scope
153.052 Street and alley rights-of-way
153.053 Permitted uses
153.054 Permitted area
153.055 Permitted height; exceptions
153.056 Zoning lot
153.057 Lots, yards and open spaces
153.058 Projections, yard encroachments
153.059 Existing porches
153.060 New basements under existing dwellings
153.061 General yard exceptions
153.062 Front and rear yard exceptions
153.063 Outside storage and parking on residentially zoned and/or used lots
153.064 Street access
153.065 Visibility
153.066 Dwellings in nonresidential district
153.067 Dwellings in other than main structures in R-1 and R-2 Districts
153.068 Number of buildings on lot; restriction
153.069 Use exceptions
153.070 Accessory buildings
153.071 Automobile service stations and public garages
153.072 Drive-in restaurants
153.073 Grade requirements
153.074 Building to be moved
153.075 Excavations or holes
153.076 Excavation, removal and filling of land
153.077 Restoring unsafe buildings
153.078 Construction begun prior to adoption of chapter
153.079 Voting places
153.080 Plat approval
153.081 Greenbelts
153.082 Protective screening of nonresidential areas from residential areas
153.083 Site plan review
153.084 Performance standards
153.085 Areas added to the city
153.086 Fences
153.087 Telecommunications towers and antennas
Small Cell Wireless Facilities
153.090 General
153.091 Definitions
153.092 Wireless communication equipment
153.093 Special land use standards for wireless communication facilities
153.094 Special land use standards for non-exempt small cell wireless facilities
Nonconforming Uses, Buildings, Structures, and Lots
153.100 Nonconformance regulated
153.101 Nonconforming uses of land
153.102 Nonconforming uses of structures
153.103 Nonconforming structures
153.104 Substandard lots of record
153.105 Repairs and maintenance
153.106 Reconstruction of damaged nonconforming buildings and structures
153.107 Forfeiture of right to continue nonconforming use
153.108 Change of nonconforming use
153.109 Change of tenancy or ownership
153.110 Acquisition of nonconforming structures
153.111 Certificate of occupancy, nonconforming use
153.112 Plans already filed
Off-Street Parking and Loading Requirements
153.125 Off-street parking, general
153.126 Table of off-street parking requirements
153.127 Off-street waiting area for drive-through facilities
153.128 Development and standards—Off-Street Parking A
153.129 Development and standards—business and industrial districts
153.130 Development and standards—residential districts
153.131 Off-street parking layout and design
153.132 Off-street loading requirements
Signs
153.145 Findings
153.146 Purpose
153.147 Prohibited signs
153.148 Violations and removal thereof
153.149 Illumination
153.150 Nonconforming signs
153.151 Signs for nonconforming uses
153.152 Off-site signs
153.153 Auxiliary parking lot signs
153.154 Public signs
153.155 Temporary signs
153.156 Special purpose temporary signs
153.157 Signs in R-1 Districts
153.158 Signs in R-1A Districts
153.159 Signs in R-2 Districts
153.160 Signs in R-3 Districts
153.161 Signs in R-4 Districts
153.162 Signs in RO-1 Districts
153.163 Signs in B-1 Districts
153.164 Signs in B-1A Districts
153.165 Signs in B-2 Districts
153.166 Signs in B-3 and RMU Districts
153.167 Signs in M-1 Districts
153.168 Signs in M-2 Districts
153.169 Signs in M-3 Districts
R-1, Single-Family Residential District
153.180 Statement of purpose
153.181 Principal permitted uses
153.182 Permitted uses after special approval
153.183 Site plan review
153.184 Area, height, bulk, and placement requirements and performance standards
R-1A, Agricultural Residential District
153.195 Statement of purpose
153.196 Principal permitted uses
153.197 Permitted uses after special approval
153.198 Site plan review
153.199 Area, height, bulk, and placement requirements and performance standards
R-2, Two-Family Residential District
153.210 Statement of purpose
153.211 Principal permitted uses
153.212 Permitted uses after special approval
153.213 Site plan review
153.214 Area, height, bulk, and placement requirements and performance standards
R-3, Low Density Multiple Dwelling Residential District
153.225 Statement of purpose
153.226 Principal permitted uses
153.227 Permitted uses after special approval
153.228 Screening requirement
153.229 Site plan review
153.230 Area, height, bulk, and placement requirements and performance standards
R-4, High Density Multiple Dwelling Residential District
153.245 Statement of purpose
153.246 Principal permitted uses
153.247 Permitted uses after special approval
153.248 Screening requirement
153.249 Site plan review
153.250 Area, height, bulk, and placement requirements and performance standards
RO-1, Restricted Office District
153.265 Statement of purpose
153.266 Principal permitted uses
153.267 Permitted uses after special approval
153.268 Site plan review
153.269 Area, height, bulk, and placement requirements and performance standards
B-1, Local Business District
153.280 Statement of purpose
153.281 Principal permitted uses
153.282 Permitted uses after special approval
153.283 Required conditions
153.284 Site plan review
153.285 Area, height, bulk, and placement requirements and performance standards
B-1A, Interchange Business District
153.300 Statement of purpose
153.301 Principal permitted uses
153.302 Site plan review
153.303 Area, height, bulk, and placement requirements and performance standards
B-2, General Business District
153.315 Statement of purpose
153.316 Principal permitted uses
153.317 Permitted uses after special approval
153.318 Site plan review
153.319 Area, height, bulk, and placement requirements and performance standards
B-3, Central Business District
153.330 Statement of purpose
153.331 Principal permitted uses
153.332 Permitted uses after special approval
153.333 Site plan review
153.334 Area, height, bulk, and placement requirements and performance standards
M-1, Light Industrial District
153.345 Statement of purpose
153.346 Principal permitted uses
153.347 Permitted uses after special approval
153.348 Open storage
153.349 Site plan review
153.350 Area, height, bulk, and placement requirements and performance standards
M-2, General Industrial District
153.365 Statement of purpose
153.366 Principal permitted uses
153.367 Permitted uses after special approval
153.368 Open storage
153.369 Site plan review
153.370 Area, height, bulk, and placement requirements and performance standards
M-3, Heavy Industrial District
153.385 Statement of purpose
153.386 Principal permitted uses
153.387 Permitted uses after special approval
153.388 Site plan review
153.389 Area, height, bulk, and placement requirements and performance standards
PDD—Planned Development District
153.400 Statement of purpose
153.401 Development standards for planned development districts
153.402 Application procedure and zoning approval process
153.403 Effect of approval of petition and area plan
153.404 Amendment of area plan
153.405 Performance guarantees
153.406 Violations
Riverfront Mixed Use District
153.420 Purpose
153.421 Character of RMU District
153.422 Districts and regulating plan
153.423 Building form standards
153.424 Additional design standards
153.425 Main Street District additional design standards
153.426 Uses and parking standards
153.427 Administrative provisions
153.428 Definitions and rules of measurement
Schedule of Regulations
153.440 Schedule and footnotes to regulations
Site Design Standards for Permitted Uses and Permitted Uses After Special Approval
153.455 General provisions
153.456 Adult bookstores, adult motion picture theaters, cabarets, massage parlors
153.457 Adult foster care family homes
153.458 Adult foster care small group homes
153.459 Adult foster care large group homes
153.460 Automobile wash establishments
153.461 Automobile service stations
153.462 Boarding houses, rooming houses, lodging houses, and tourist homes
153.463 Breweries, distilleries, canning factories, and chemical plants
153.464 Building supply, solid fuel businesses, or contracting firms with incidental storage yard on the same lot; including building and allied craft contractors
153.465 Cemeteries
153.466 Churches, convents, and rectories
153.467 Cocktail lounges, nightclubs, taverns, supper clubs, private clubs
153.468 Commercial greenhouses
153.469 Convalescent and nursing homes
153.470 Drive-in restaurants or other drive-in establishments serving food and/or beverages
153.471 Historic theme restaurants
153.472 Home occupations
153.473 Homeless shelters
153.474 Hospitals
153.475 Junkyards
153.476 Mobile home parks
153.477 Nursery schools, day nurseries, and child day care centers
153.478 Off-Street Parking A
153.479 Open storage yards of building and construction contractors, lumber yards, stone, sand and gravel sales and storage
153.480 Outdoor drive-in theaters
153.481 Penal and correctional institutions and detention facilities
153.482 Pinball parlors, pool halls
153.483 Pickle processing
153.484 Planned development projects
153.485 Planned mobile home park development
153.486 Private parks, country clubs, golf courses, and golf driving ranges
153.487 Public utility buildings, telephone exchange buildings, electric transformer stations and substations, gas regulator stations, municipal pumping stations
153.488 Radio and television towers, freestanding
153.489 Recreation vehicle storage yards
153.490 Telecommunications facilities
153.491 Temporary buildings or portable storage containers
Floodplain District
153.505 Statement of purpose
153.506 Advisory and disclaimer of liability
153.507 Floodplain district areas (overlay)
153.508 Precedence of Federal Emergency Management Agency data
153.509 General provisions of both the Floodway and Floodway Fringe Areas
153.510 Conflict between this subchapter and the remainder of this chapter
153.511 Relationship of this subchapter to state and federal laws
Historic Districts
153.534 Definitions
153.535 Statement of purpose
153.536 Boundaries of districts and location of historic resources/landmarks
153.537 Regulation of structures
153.538 Historic District Commission
153.539 Procedure for the review of plans
153.540 Appeals
153.541 Establishing new districts and identifying historic resources, modifying or eliminating existing districts, review of work in proposed district, emergency moratorium
153.542 Acceptance of gift, grant, or bequest
153.543 Action of the Commission regarding historic resources threatened with demolition by neglect
153.544 Work done on a resource without a permit
153.545 Violation; fine; payment of costs
153.546 Acquisition of historic resources
Administration and Enforcement
153.555 Administrative and enforcement authority
153.556 Duties of Chief Inspector; building permit applications
153.557 Permits
153.558 Certificates of occupancy
153.559 Fees
153.560 City Planning Commission powers and duties
153.561 Amendments; public hearing; notice; report of City Planning Commission; vote required
153.562 Powers of the City Planning Commission concerning special approvals
153.563 Performance guarantee
Board of Appeals on Zoning
153.575 Establishment
153.576 Membership
153.577 Officers
153.578 Meetings; record keeping; subpoena power; freedom of information
153.579 Appeals, procedure, hearing
153.580 Notice of hearing
153.581 Appeals; fees
153.582 Powers and duties generally
153.583 Administrative review
153.584 Special exceptions
153.585 Interpretation of zoning district boundaries
153.586 Variances
153.587 Vote required to reverse decisions; limitation of power
153.588 Standard for judging appeals and variances
153.589 Conditions of appeals and variances
153.590 Period of validity
153.591 Circuit court appeal
Marihuana Establishments
153.601 Title
153.602 Purpose
153.603 Applicability
153.604 Definitions
153.605 Approval procedures for marihuana establishments
153.606 Authorized marihuana establishments
153.607 Consumption; violations
153.608 Marihuana-related penalties
153.609 Rights
Solar Energy Systems
153.625 General
153.626 Definitions
153.627 Roof-mounted and accessory ground-mounted SES
153.628 Principal-use solar power systems
153.999 Penalty
Appendix A: Illustrations
1. Floor area terminology
2. Floor area ratio (FAR)
3. Building height requirements
4. Corner, interior, and double frontage lots
5. Nonconforming use
6. Yard requirements
7. Basement and story illustration
8. Basic structural terms
9. Lot terms
10. Fences
11. Required side yards for selected corner lots widths
12. Off-street parking diagram
13. Parking islands