SUPPLEMENTAL REGULATIONS

§ 151.060 FENCES.

   No person shall erect or maintain within the city, a fence, hedge, or wall, unless it meets the following conditions:

   (A)   Be constructed and maintained at a height in any area where such structure will not obstruct a clear vision of intersecting roadways or otherwise constitute a traffic hazard;

   (B)   No fencing is allowed along the perimeter of the front yard;

   (C)   Be six feet or less in height when located in a back yard or side yard (when a corner lot is involved);

   (D)   No barbed wire or other sharp, pointed, or electrically charged fence shall be erected or maintained;

   (E)   Be constructed and maintained in good condition so as to serve the purpose for which such structure was originally constructed, so that it shall not be hazardous or dangerous to persons or animals, so that it shall not become unsightly to the neighborhood or otherwise constitute a nuisance;

   (F)   The smooth finished side of a fence shall be the side of the fence that faces outward from the yard being fenced. All of the framing or support members shall face the property owner (inward);

   (G)   The installation of a fence shall be in a manner as to which access to the city for the purposes of reading or maintaining utility meters is provided;

   (H)   Prior to the construction of any such fence, it will be required that whoever is constructing such fence obtain a building permit from the city;

   (I)   The use of boxes, sheet metal, old or decayed wood, broken masonry blocks or other like unsightly materials to build a fence, hedge or wall is prohibited; and

   (J)   Fencing around athletic facilities and public property shall be exempt from the requirements of this chapter.

(Ord. 24-01, passed 9-5-2024)

§ 151.061 ACCESSORY USES.

   (A)   Only specifically authorized accessory uses allowed; accessory uses must be subordinate to principal use.

   (B)   No accessory use shall be permitted in any district unless such use is specifically authorized by this chapter. No accessory use shall be deemed to be authorized by this chapter unless such use is in fact subordinate to and on the same zoning lot with the principal use in conjunction with which it is maintained.

   (C)   No accessory structure or use may be located in a required front or side yard.

   (D)   No accessory building may be used for residential dwelling purposes at any time.

(Ord. 24-01, passed 9-5-2024)

§ 151.062 SIGNS AND OUTDOOR ADVERTISING.

   These conditions are established as a reasonable and impartial method of regulating advertising structures in order to ensure safe construction, to reduce hazards at intersections, and to protect property values of the entire community. The regulations for signs and other advertising structures are indicated as follows:

   (A)   Signs may be permitted in the residential districts upon review by the City Council.

   (B)   In any zoning district where signs are permitted, the following general regulations shall apply:

      (1)   No sign shall be erected or maintained at any location whereby reason of its position, wording, illumination, size, shape, or color, it may obstruct, interfere with the view of, or be confused with any authorized traffic control sign, signal, or device. No sign shall be erected in any position where it obstructs or physically interferes with the driver's view of approaching, merging or intersecting traffic.

      (2)   No illuminated sign shall be permitted within 50 feet of any residential property unless the illumination of such sign is so designed that it does not shine or reflect light onto such property.

      (3)   To insure federal and state requirements are met, no stationary sign shall be erected without approval by the governing board.

      (4)   No advertising sign shall be located in any area designated by the City Council as one of scenic beauty or historical interest.

      (5)   A permanent sign shall not be suspended across public streets or other public places, except as permitted by the City Council.

      (6)   No signs, including political signs, shall be placed in any public right-of-way except publicly owned signs, such as traffic control signs.

      (7)   No signs shall be placed on utility poles.

(Ord. 24-01, passed 9-5-2024)

§ 151.063 PARKING.

   (A)   Provision and maintenance required. No land shall be used or occupied; no structure shall be erected, altered, used, or occupied; and no use shall be operated unless off-street parking facilities, in at least the amount herein required, are provided or available, and maintained in the manner herein set forth. Provided for uses existing on the effective date of the ordinance codified in this chapter shall not be reduced below the requirements of this chapter. Off-street parking facilities shall be provided and maintained as required in this chapter for any addition to or the extension or enlargement of a use of land or building which existed on the effective date of said chapter. The provision and maintenance of the off- street parking facilities herein required shall be the joint and several responsibility of the operator and owner of the use and the operator or owner of the land on which, or the structure in which, is located.

   (B)   Size and location. Each off-street parking space shall be an area of appropriate dimensions, of not less than 300 square feet including access and maneuvering space. Except as otherwise permitted under a special plan for location or sharing of facilities, off-street parking facilities shall be located on the building site on which the use or structure for which they are provided is located.

   (C)   Maintenance. Off-street parking facilities shall be constructed, maintained and operated in accordance with the following specifications:

      (1)   Drainage and surfacing. They shall be properly graded for drainage, adequately surfaced and maintained in good condition, free of weeds, dust, trash and debris.

      (2)   Lighting. Facilities shall be so arranged that the source of light is concealed from public view and from adjacent residential properties and does not interfere with traffic.

      (3)   Entrances and exits. They shall be provided with entrances and exits so located as to minimize traffic congestion.

      (4)   Prohibition of other uses. They shall not be used for the sale, repair, dismantling or servicing of any vehicles, equipment, materials or supplies.

      (5)   No fee may be charged for off-street parking as required under this chapter.

   (D)   Combined facilities. The off-street parking facilities required of two or more uses located on the same building site may be combined and used jointly; provided, however, that where the facilities are combined and used jointly by two or more uses having different standards for determining the amount of facilities required, the off-street parking facilities shall be adequate in area to provide the sum total of the facilities required of all such uses; provided, further, that where the standard for determining the amount of facilities required, of all such uses, for the purpose of this chapter, shall be considered as a single unit in determining the amount of off-street parking facilities required.

   (E)   Off-street parking facilities. At least the following amounts of off-street parking facilities shall be provided. The classification of uses shall be deemed to include and apply to all uses, and if the classification of any use for the purpose of determining the amount of off-street parking facilities to be provided is not readily determinable hereunder, the classification of the use shall be fixed by the Administrative Official.

      (1)   Dwellings, multiple-family: one and one-half spaces per dwelling unit.

      (2)   Hotels, motels, rooming houses, tourist courts: one space per guest room.

      (3)   Mobile home parks: two spaces per mobile home unit.

      (4)   For all other uses, the amount of off-street parking shall be approved by the City Council.

   (F)   Special plan for location or sharing of facilities. Part or all of the required off-street parking facilities may be located on a site other than the site occupied by use or structure for which the parking is being provided if the following procedures are followed. Also, two or more uses may share the same off- street parking facilities if a special plan application is approved.

      (1)   Application. An application shall be filed with the Finance Officer and shall include plans showing the location and other information deemed necessary by the City Council.

      (2)   Review. Applications shall be reviewed by the City Council and approved or disapproved within 90 days.

      (3)   Registration. The special plan, upon approval, shall be registered among the records of the Finance Officer.

(Ord. 24-01, passed 9-5-2024)

§ 151.064 STRUCTURES TO HAVE ACCESS.

   Every building hereafter erected or moved shall be on a lot adjacent to a public street, or with access to private streets approved by the Board of Adjustment, and all structures shall be so located on lots as to provide safe and convenient access for services, fire protection and required off-street parking.

(Ord. 24-01, passed 9-5-2024)

§ 151.065 YARDS.

   (A)   No part of a yard or other open space, or off-street parking or loading space required or in connection with any building for the purpose of complying with this chapter, shall be included as part of a yard, open space, or off-street parking or loading space similarly required for any other building.

   (B)   Yards, reduction in size. No yard or lot existing at the time of passage of this chapter shall be reduced in dimension or area below the minimum requirements set forth herein. Yards and lots created after the effective date of this chapter shall meet at least the minimum requirements established by this chapter.

(Ord. 24-01, passed 9-5-2024)