(1) "Accessory building" means a subordinate building which is customarily incidental to and located on the same lot as the main or principal building, such as a detached garage or utility building within a residential zoning district.
(2) "Accessory use" means a use customarily incidental and subordinate to the principal use of a building and located on the same lot with such principal use of building.
(3) "Administrative appeal" means an appeal to the Board of Zoning Appeals alleging that the Zoning Inspector or the authorized representative has erred in administration or enforcement of the Zoning Ordinance. An appeal may be filed by any person or any official of the Village aggrieved by the decision of the Zoning Inspector or the authorized representative in order to determine if the decision was in conformance with the Zoning Ordinance.
(4) "Agriculture" means commercial agriculture, animal husbandry or poultry husbandry; the production for a commercial purpose of field crops, tobacco, fruits, vegetables, timber, nursery stock, ornamental shrubs, ornamental trees, flowers or sod; or any combination of such husbandry or production.
(5) "Agricultural livestock" means animals raised for use or profit such as, but not limited to, the following animals commonly associated with local agriculture: horses, cattle, sheep, goats, chickens and hogs.
(6) "Alley" means a public thoroughfare less than thirty feet wide.
(7) "Alteration" as applied to a building or structure, means any change or rearrangement in the structural parts or existing facilities of such building or structure, or any enlargement thereof, whether by extension on any side, or by an increase in height, or the moving of such building or structure from one location or position to another.
(8) "Apartment" means a building comprised of individual dwelling units.
(9) "Automatic car wash" means any structure or part thereof used for the washing of cars either by manual or assembly line techniques, utilizing employees or the car owner, or a combination of both.
(10) "Automobile service station" means a place where gasoline, kerosene or any other motor fuel or lubricating oil or grease for operating motor vehicles is offered for sale to the public and deliveries are made directly into motor vehicles and may include greasing and oiling on the premises and replacement or installation of minor parts and motor replacement, body and fender repair, spray painting, upholstery work, auto glasswork, welding, tire recapping, auto dismantling or major mechanical repair.
(11) "Automotive repair" means the repair, rebuilding or reconditioning of motor vehicles or parts thereof, including collision service, painting and steam cleaning of vehicles.
(12) "Balcony" means a railing-enclosed platform projecting from the outer wall of a building.
(13) "Basement" means that portion of a building the floor of which is not less than two feet below grade and the ceiling of which is less than four feet and six inches above grade.
(14) "Billboard" means a sign or structure which directs attention to an idea, product, business activity, service or entertainment which is conducted, sold or offered elsewhere than upon the lot on which such sign is situated.
(15) "Block" means a plot of land which is bounded on all its sides by public streets or places.
(16) "Board" means the Zoning Board of Appeals.
(17) "Boarding house" means a dwelling or part thereof, other than a hotel, or motel, or restaurant where meals and/or lodging are provided for compensation, for three or more unrelated persons where no cooking or dining facilities are provided in the individual rooms.
(18) "Board of Zoning Appeals" means the Board of Zoning Appeals of the Village of Woodville, Ohio.
(19) "Breezeway" means a roofed, open passage connecting two buildings.
(20) "Building" means a combination of materials to form a construction that is safe and stable, adapted to permanent or continuous occupancy by public, residence, business, assembly or storage purposes. The term "building" shall be construed as if followed by the words "or part thereof".
(21) "Building attached" means a building that is structurally connected to the principal building, including connections by a roofed, enclosed passageway.
(22) "Building area" means the portion of a lot that can be used for the erection of buildings excluding easement and setbacks.
(23) "Building height" means the vertical distance from grade to the highest finished roof surface in the case of flat roofs, or to a point at the average height of roofs having a pitch of more than one foot in four feet and six inches. "Height" of a building in stories does not include basements and cellars, except that the basement or cellar shall be deemed a story when used for purposes other than storage or heating. A basement shall be counted as a story for the purposes of height measurements if the vertical distance between the ceiling and the average level of the adjoining ground is more than five feet.
(24) "Building line" means the line, established by statute, local law or ordinance, beyond which a building shall not extend, as specifically provided by the law.
(25) "Building, principal" means a building, including an attached garage, in which is conducted the main or principal use of the lot on which such building is situated.
(26) "Building utility" means a detached accessory building used for the purpose of storing equipment and materials and/or for housing parts of electrical, plumbing and heating services for the main building.
(27) "Bulk" means the size, volume, area and shape of buildings and structures and the physical relationship of their exterior walls or their location to lot lines, other buildings and structures or other walls of the same building, and all open spaces required in connection with a building, other structure or tract of land.
(28) "Business" means an occupation, enterprise, undertaking or employment which engages in the purchase, sale, barter or exchange of goods, wares, merchandise or services or where there is the maintenance or operation of an office or offices for the exhibition, sale or offering of merchandise service.
(29) "Campground" means any tract of land upon which two or more portable camping units are placed, and includes any roadway, building, structure, vehicle or enclosure used or intended for use as a part of the facilities of such camp. A tract of land which is subdivided for lease or other contract of the individual lots is a campground if two or more portable camping units are place thereon for temporary habitation. "Campground" does not include any tract of land used solely for the storage or display for sale of portable camping units.
(30) "Carnival" means a traveling amusement show that temporarily locates in a defined area for a period of not more than fourteen days. Carnival must meet all State and local licensing requirements. For purposes of these regulations the terms "circuses" and "carnival" are interchangeable.
(31) "Cellar" means that portion of building the ceiling of which is entirely below or less than four feet six inches above grade.
(32) "Cemetery" means land used or intended to be used for the burial of the human or animal dead and dedicated for cemetery purposes.
(33) "Clinic." See "professional office".
(34) "Commercial entertainment facilities" means any profit-making activity which is generally related to the entertainment field such as motion picture theaters, night-clubs, cocktail lounges and other similar activities.
(35) "Comprehensive Plan" means a plan, or any portion thereof, adopted by the Planning Commission and Council showing the general locations and extent of present and proposed residential development and housing, commercial and industrial development, thoroughfares and community facilities. This plan establishes the goals, objectives and policies of the community and includes the official land use plan, the official thoroughfare plan, the community facilities plan and the open space plan for the Village.
(36) "Conditional use" means a use permitted within a district other than a principally permitted use, requiring a conditional use permit and approval of the Board of Zoning Appeals that all prior conditions for approval have been met.
(37) "Conditional use permit" means a permit issued by the Zoning Inspector upon approval by the Board of Zoning Appeals to allow a use other than a principally permitted use to be established within the district.
(Ord. 13-87. Passed 7-27-87.)
(Ord. 13-87. Passed 7-27-87.)
(38) “Condominium” means property in which one or more individual owned dwelling units are contained within a single building; and, the units are offered together with undivided interest in the common areas and facilities of the property. The condominium, as defined within these regulations, shall also comply with the declaration and other requirements of Ohio R.C. 5311.
(Ord. 29-2001. Passed 8-20-01.)
(Ord. 29-2001. Passed 8-20-01.)
(39) "Convenience commercial" means a type of retail sales and service use involving local neighborhood oriented businesses which meets the day-to-day needs of families in an area. Such businesses would include a small grocery store, drug store, barber shop, beauty shop, beauty salon, laundromat and similar uses.
(40) "Council" means the Village Council of the Village of Woodville, Ohio.
(41) "Court" means an open unoccupied space, enclosed or partially enclosed by three or more intersecting walls of a building or buildings.
(42) "Court, inner" means a court surrounded on all sides by walls or by walls and a lot line which is not a street line.
(43) "Court, outer" means a court extending for its full width to an opening upon a street or yard.
(44) "Coverage" means that percentage of the lot area covered by the building area.
(45) "Curb level" means the officially established grade of the curb in front of the midpoint of the lot.
(46) "Day care center." See "Nursery school".
(47) "Density" (a unit of measurement) means the number of dwelling units per acres of land.
(48) "Density, gross" means the number of dwelling units per acres of the total land to be developed.
(49) "Density net" means the number of dwelling units per acre of land when the acreage involved includes only the land devoted to residential use; i.e., street right of way and other publicly or community dedicated lands should be excluded from the calculation.
(50) "District" or "zoning district" means a section or sections of the Municipality for which the zoning regulations governing the use of buildings and premises, the height of buildings, the size of yards, the requirements of off-street parking and the intensity of use are uniform. Boundaries of the district are shown on the Zoning Map which is part of this Zoning Ordinance.
(51) "Drainageway" means a watercourse, gully, dry stream, creek or ditch which carries storm water runoff, which is subject to flooding or ponding, which is fed by street or building gutters or by stormwater sewers, or which serves the purpose of draining water from the lands adjacent to such watercourse, gully, dry stream, creek or ditch.
(52) "Drive-through commercial use" means a specific form of "commercial use" characterized by business transactions from a stopped, but not parked, vehicle within a structure or its extension.
(53) "Dump" means a lot or land or part thereof used primarily for the licensed disposal by abandonment, dumping, burial or burning or any other means and for whatever purpose, of garbage, sewage, trash, refuse, junk, discarded machinery, vehicles or parts thereof, or waste material of any kind.
(54) "Dwelling" means any building or portion thereof designed or used as the residence of one or more persons, but not including a tent, cabin, travel trailer, treehouse or a room in a hotel or motel.
(55) "Dwelling unit" means a prescribed area within a building, comprising living, dining, sleeping room or rooms, storage closets, as well as space and equipment for cooking, bathing and toilet facilities all used by only one family and its household employees.
(56) "Dwelling, multi-family" means a dwelling consisting of four or more dwelling units with varying arrangement of entrances and party walls, and designed for occupancy by families or unrelated individuals.
(57) "Dwelling, single-family" means a dwelling consisting of a single dwelling unit only, separated from other dwelling units by open space and designed for occupancy exclusively by one family.
(58) "Easement" means authorization by a property owner for the use of by another and for a specified purpose, of any designated part of his property.
(58.1) “Engineer” means a registered engineer, as defined by the Registration Act of the State of Ohio.
(Ord. 27-2002. Passed 10-7-02.)
(59) "Family" means one or more persons related by blood, marriage or adoption who live together in one dwelling unit and maintain a common household, or not more than three persons not related by blood, marriage or adoption.
(60) "Fence" means an enclosure, barrier or screen whose purpose is to physically and/or visually contain certain uses and activities which are carried out on a particular lot.
(61) "Floor area" means a floor space enclosed by interior walls, firewalls or fire partitions, or by a combination of them.
A. In particular, the "floor area" of a building or buildings shall include:
1. Basement space;
2. Elevator shafts and stairwells at each floor;
3. Floor space for mechanical equipment with structural headroom of seven feet and six inches or more;
4. Penthouses;
5. Attic space, whether or not a floor has actually been laid, providing structural headroom of seven feet and six inches or more;
6. Interior balconies and mezzanines;
7. Enclosed porches; and
8. Accessory uses, not including space for accessory off-street parking.
B. However, the "floor area" of a building shall not include:
1. Cellar space, except that cellar space used for retailing shall be included for the purpose of calculating requirements for accessory off-street parking spaces and accessory off-street loading berths;
2. Elevator and stair bulkheads, accessory water tanks and cooling towers;
3. Floor space used for mechanical equipment, with structural headroom of less than seven feet six inches;
4. Attic space, whether or not a floor has actually been laid, providing structural headroom of less than seven feet six inches;
5. Uncovered steps;
6. Terraces, breezeways and open spaces;
7. Accessory off-street parking spaces; or
8. Accessory off-street loading berths up to two hundred percent (200%) of the amount required by Section 1121.03.
(62) "Floor area ratio of a building" means the quotient of the floor area of a building divided by its lot area.
(63) "Flood Hazard Boundary Map" means a map prepared by the Federal Emergency Management Agency identifying areas subject to the 100 year flood and used for obtaining flood insurance in the preliminary or emergency phase of the program.
(64) "Food processing" means the preparation, storage or processing of food products. Examples of this activity include bakeries, dairies, canneries and other similar business.
(65) "Garage, private" means a detached, fully enclosed building or portion of a principal building for the parking or temporary storage of vehicles, travel trailers and/or boats of the occupants of the premises and where not more than two spaces are rented for parking to persons not residents of the premises.
(66) "Garage, public" means a principal or accessory building other than a private garage, used for parking or temporary storage of passenger automobiles and in which no servicing of the automobiles shall occur.
(67) "Garage sale" means a sale of household equipment, utensils, appliances, personal clothing or effects, or other similar personal property. Garage sales include yard sales, porch sales or other commonly used terms.
(68) "Height, story" means the vertical distance from top to top of two successive tiers of floor beams. (Ord. 13-87. Passed 7-27-87.)
(69) “Home occupation” means and shall be classified as either a home office or a home based business, further defined as follows:
A. Home Office. A secondary use of a residential dwelling for professional office activities. Typically the office use would be ancillary to business activity conducted elsewhere. Residences of accountants, architects, artists, authors, clergy, landscape architects, lawyers, professional engineers, professional land surveyors, real estate agents, teachers, or similar professions are examples of such use where the office would not involve use of special equipment or vehicles. A zoning permit is not required for this property use.
B. Home Based Business. A secondary use of a residential dwelling for business activities that does not meet the definition of a home office. A home based business is typically more intense than a home office and consists of a service-oriented commercial use that is still secondary to the residential use but may involve special equipment or vehicles. A conditional use permit is required for this property use. See Chapter 1133 for specific requirements and approval process for home based businesses.
(Ord. 22-2009. Passed 8-10-09.)
(70) " Hotel" means a building in which lodging or boarding is provided and offered to the public for compensation and in which ingress and egress to and from all rooms is made through an inside lobby or office supervised by a person in charge at all hours. As such, it is open to the public in contradistinction to a boarding house or an apartment house which are herein separately defined.
(71) "Industrial use" means any use involving manufacturing, processing, testing and similar uses which may generate some objectionable characteristics, such as noise, smoke, dust or pollution.
(72) "Institution" means an organization for the promotion of a public or semi-public purpose such as one related to health, education, charity or religion.
(73) "Junk yard" means any place where two or more motor vehicles not in running condition, or parts thereof, are stored in the open, in a fenced area or in a partially enclosed building, and are not being restored to operation, or any land used for wrecking and not being restored to operating condition and including an open area where waste, scrap metal, used building materials, paper, rags or similar materials are bought, sold, exchanged, stored, baled, packed, disassembled or handled, but excluding such uses.
(74) "Kennel" means any lot or premises on which four or more domesticated animals of the same species, more than four months of age are housed, groomed, bred, boarded, trained or sold and which may offer provisions of minor medical treatment.
(75) "Loading space, off-street" means spaces logically and conveniently located for bulk pickups and deliveries, scaled to delivery vehicles expected to be used, and accessible to such vehicles when required off-street parking spaces are filled. Required off-street loading space is not to be included as off-street parking space in computation of required off-street parking area. All off-street loading spaces shall be located totally outside of any street or alley right of way.
(76) "Lot" means a portion of parcel of land considered as a unit, devoted to a certain use or occupied by a building or a group of buildings that are united by a common interest or use, and the customary accessories and open space belonging to the same. The street corporation boundary line of the Village shall be deemed the lot line of any parcel of ground abutting thereon.
(77) "Lot area" means the computed area contained within the lot lines, except the right of way.
(78) "Corner lot" means a lot at the intersection of two or more streets which has an interior angle of less than 135 degrees at the intersection of two street lines. A lot abutting upon a curved street shall be considered a corner lot if the tangents to the curve at the points of intersection of the side lot lines intersect at an interior angle less than 135 degrees.
(79) "Lot coverage" means the ratio of enclosed ground floor area of all buildings to the horizontally projected area of the lot, expressed as a percentage.
(80) "Lot depth" means the distance from a street line of the lot to its opposite rear line, measured in the general direction of the side lines of the lot.
(Ord. 13-87. Passed 7-27-87.)
(Ord. 13-87. Passed 7-27-87.)
(81) "Lot frontage" means the distance along either a front lot line or an exterior side lot line.
(Ord. 31-2013. Passed 1-13-14.)
(Ord. 31-2013. Passed 1-13-14.)
(82) "Lot, interior" means a lot other than a corner lot.
(Ord. 13-87. Passed 7-27-87.)
(Ord. 13-87. Passed 7-27-87.)
(83) A. "Lot line" means any line dividing one lot from another.
B. "Lot line, front" means the line dividing that part of the lot where the front of the principal structure faces from the public street right of way.
(Ord. 31-2013. Passed 1-13-14.)
(Ord. 31-2013. Passed 1-13-14.)
(84) "Lot line, rear" means the lot line opposite and most distant from the front.
(Ord. 13-87. Passed 7-27-87.)
(Ord. 13-87. Passed 7-27-87.)
(85) "Lot line, side" means any lot line other than front or rear lot lines. A side lot line separating a lot from a public street right of way is called an "exterior side lot line". A side lot line separating a lot from another lot or lots is called an interior side lot line.
(Ord. 31-2013. Passed 1-13-14.)
(Ord. 31-2013. Passed 1-13-14.)
(86) "Lot of record" means a lot which is part of a subdivision recorded in the Office of the County Recorder, or a lot or parcel described by metes and bounds, the description of which is recorded.
(87) "Lot, reverse" means a lot on which frontage is at right angles to the general pattern in the area. A reverse frontage lot may also be a corner lot.
(88) "Lot through" means a lot other than a corner lot which has frontage on more than one street. Through lots abutting two streets may be referred to as double frontage lots.
(89) "Lot width" means the width of the lot measured at the building setback line.
(90) "Manufacturing" means any production or industrial process, including food processing, which combines one or more raw materials or components into a product, or which changes the nature of the materials entering the process.
(91) "Manufacturing, general" means any manufacturing, industrial production or storage which by the nature of the materials, equipment and processes utilized are generally conducted within an enclosed building; and if outside storage of material is required, such storage is conducted within a well maintained enclosure which shall have an opaqueness of seventy-five percent (75%) or more. General manufacturing shall include the manufacture of dairy, canned fruit and vegetables, bakery, soft drink and confectionery products; textile mill products and apparel; lumberwood products, furniture and fixtures; plastic products; perfumes and cosmetics; fabricated products from metal coils and sheets; the rolling and finishing of ferrous and nonferrous metals; screw machine products and bolts, nuts, screws, and washers; cutlery, hand tools and general hardware; electrical machinery, equipment and supplies; radio and television sets; electronic components and accessories; and products of a similar nature.
(92) "Manufacturing, heavy" means any industrial use which requires building and open area for manufacturing, fabricating, processing, heavy repair, dismantling, storage or disposal of raw materials, manufactured products or wastes, which is not injurious to health or safety of humans or animals. Heavy manufacturing shall include primary metal industrial operations involving the use of blast furnaces, the rolling and finishing of ferrous and nonferrous metals, iron and steel foundries, primary and secondary smelting and refining facilities, metal plate and sheet fabricating facilities for metal plates and sheets and any other operations which shall be deemed to be of a similar nature. Heavy manufacturing shall also include the manufacture of food and meat products; paper and allied products; chemicals and allied products, including plastic materials, synthetic rubber and manmade fibers, soaps and detergents, paints and agricultural chemicals; petroleum refining and related industries, including production of paving and roofing materials, tire products, stone, clay and glass products and any other products of similar nature.
(93) "Metal salvaging and storage" means the salvaging of metal in all forms for sale and storage.
(94) "Mineral extraction and storage" means any mining, quarrying or storage of coal, limestone, clay or other mineral resources except sand and gravel.
(95) "Mineral processing" means the processing of coal, limestone, clay and other mineral resources except sand and gravel, provided no chemical change in the mineral is involved in the process.
(96) "Mobile home" means a non-self propelled vehicle so designed, constructed, reconstructed or added to by means of occupancy for human habitation, when connected to utilities, whether resting on wheels, jacks, blocks or other temporary foundations and used or so constructed to permit it being used as a conveyance upon the public streets and highways; and exceeding gross weight of 4,500 pounds and an overall length of thirty feet.
(97) "Mobile/manufactured homes, classification of."
1. Class A: A manufactured home certified as meeting either the Manufactured Home Construction and Safety Standards of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development or the Industrialized Unit requirements of the Ohio Board of Building Standards; which has the same siding materials and pitched shingled roofs as used on newly constructed conventional homes; and which is on a permanent foundation.
2. Class B: A manufactured home certified as meeting either the Manufactured Home Construction and Safety Standards of the U. S. Department of Housing and Urban Development or the Industrialized Unit requirements of the Ohio Board of Building Standards; which has a bowed metal roof and aluminium siding (the traditional "mobile home" appearance); and which is on a permanent foundation.
3. Class C: A noncertified manufactured home.
(98) "Mobile home park" means a tract of land which is used or intended to be used for the parking of two or more mobile homes.
(99) "Motel" means a building or group of buildings containing individual living and sleeping accommodations for hire, each with individual exterior entrances, primarily for the use of transient automobile travelers. The term "motel" also includes every type of similar establishment designated as a hotel, auto court, tourist court, tourist cabin, motor hotel, motor lodge, etc.
(100) "Nonconforming use" means the use of land or building, or portion thereof, which does not conform with the use regulations of the district in which it is located.
(101) "Nonconforming structure" means a structure, or portion thereof, which does not conform to the yard, density, height, bulk, parking or other regulations of the district in which it is located.
(102) "Nursing home" means a home used for the reception and care of individuals who by reason of illness or physical or mental impairment require skilled nursing care and personal assistance. A nursing home is licensed to provide personal assistance and skilled nursing care.
(103) "Nursery school" means a school conducted for profit that provides day care for pre-school children. Nursery schools and day care centers are considered the same under this Zoning Ordinance.
(104) "Off-street parking area" means a surfaced area, including driveways (but not including sidewalks, driving lane and driveway apron) designated for the parking of motor vehicles.
(105) "Parking space" means a paved area within a garage, main building or accessory building, a covered paved area such as a carport, or a dust-free surfaced area having the prescribed area, exclusive of ramps and driveways, permanently reserved for the parking or storage of one motor vehicle and connected with a street or alley by a dust-free surfaced driveway which affords satisfactory ingress and egress for motor vehicles.
(106) "Premises" means a lot together with all the buildings and uses thereon.
(107) "Permanent foundation" means a structural system for transposing loads from a structure to the earth at a depth below the established frost line without exceeding the safe bearing capacity of the supporting soil. For the purpose of this Zoning Ordinance, a permanent foundation requires walls at the exterior line of the trailer constructed on footers set below frost line and steel beams across these walls to weld or bolt the trailer frame to.
(108) "Permanent perimeter enclosure" means a foundation which forms a complete enclosure under exterior walls and includes a skirting, constructed of fire and weather-resistant materials, enclosing the entire undercarriage of the manufactured or mobile home.
(109) "Private club" means an association organized and operated not for profit for persons who are bona fide members paying annual dues; which owns, hires or leases premises, the use of which premises is restricted to such members and their guests. The affairs and management of such association are conducted by a board of directors, executive committee or similar body chosen by members at their annual meeting. Food, meals and beverages may be served on the premises, provided adequate dining room space and kitchen facilities are available. Alcoholic beverages may be sold or served to members and their guests, provided such service is secondary and incidental to the promotion of some other common objective of the organization and further provided that the sale of alcoholic beverages is in compliance with all applicable Federal, State, County and local laws.
(110) "Private street" means a street not dedicated to the Village.
(111) "Professional activities" means the use of offices and related spaces for such professional services as are provided by doctors, dentists, lawyers, architects and engineers, and radio and television stations and towers.
(112) "Professional office" means any building or structure, the use of which is limited to providing professional services such as doctors, dentists, lawyers, accountants, architects, engineers and similar professions.
(113) "Public facility" means the erection, construction, alteration, operation or maintenance of buildings, power plants or substations, water treatment plants, or pumping stations, sewage disposal or pumping plants and other similar public service structures by a public utility, whether publicly or privately owned, or by a municipal or other governmental agency, including the furnishing of electric, gas, transportation, communication, public water and sewerage services.
(114) "Public hearing" means a hearing held after legal notice has been published in a newspaper of general circulation.
(115) "Public uses" means public parks, schools, and administrative, cultural and service buildings, not including public land or buildings devoted solely to the storage and maintenance of equipment and material.
(116) "Recreational and utility equipment" as used in this Zoning Ordinance, this shall include the following:
A. "Boats and boat trailers" means boats, floats and rafts, plus the normal equipment to transport the same on the highway.
B. "Fold-tent trailer" or "folding camper" means a folding or collapsing structure, mounted on wheels and designed for travel, recreational or vacation uses.
C. "Motorized home" means a portable dwelling designed and constructed as an integral part of a self-propelled vehicle for travel, recreational or vacation use.
D. "Pick-up camper" means a structure designed primarily to be mounted on a pick-up truck chassis and with sufficient equipment to render it suitable for use as a temporary dwelling.
E. "Snowmobiles", "all-terrain vehicles" etc. means self-propelled units designed to travel on land and/or water for recreational uses.
F. "Travel trailer" means a vehicular, portable structure, not over forty feet long or eight feet wide, designed to move on the highway, and also designed to be used as a temporary dwelling for travel, recreation and vacation use.
G. "Utility trailer" means a single-axle flat or box trailer designed for light hauling.
(117) "Residential social service facility" means a facility which provides residential services to a group of individuals, not exceeding eight of whom one or more are unrelated. This category includes uses licensed, supervised or under contract by any Federal, State, County or other political subdivision. The term "residential social service facility" includes, but is not limited to the following listed categories:
A. "Halfway houses" means residential homes for adolescents or adults who have been institutionalized and released or who have alcohol or drug problems which make operation in society difficult and who require the protection of a group setting.
B. "Intermediate care homes" means residential homes for children or adolescents who have been judged delinquent and have been assigned by a court to a residential home in lieu of placement in a correctional institution.
C. "Social care homes" means residential homes for children or adolescents who lack social maturity or have emotional problems and who have not been judged delinquent. These individuals may be physically handicapped, disabled or undergoing rehabilitation and are provided services to meet their needs.
(118) "Restaurant" means an establishment providing for the sale of prepared food products to the general public. Alcoholic beverages may be sold on the premises.
A. "Restaurant, carry-out" means an establishment whose primary function is the offering of food and beverages which are sold only inside the building, and are usually packaged to be carried and consumed off of the premises, but may be consumed within the restaurant building or on the premises.
B. "Restaurant, drive-in" means an establishment offering food and beverages which are sold within the building, or to persons while in motor vehicles in an area designated for drive-in service, and may be consumed on or off the premises.
C. "Restaurant, sit-down" means an establishment whose primary function is the offering of food and beverages which are sold and normally consumed within the restaurant building. Entertainment may be provided on the premises.
(119) "Retail sale and services" means an establishment which not only sells merchandise but provides service for the repair or replacement of that or other merchandise purchased or previously owned by consumers.
(120) "Satellite dish" means a structure erected for the purpose of receiving satellite television signals.
(121) "Screening" means a neat, orderly and healthy screen of evergreen plant material not less than three feet in height with an expected normal growth of at least five feet in height, protected by a galvanized wire link fence at least five feet in height. A wooden or masonry fence or other landscaping may be substituted for the screen and wire link fence when appropriate.
(122) "School for profit" means a school conducted for profit including but not limited to, music, dance, martial arts and driving.
(123) "Setback line" means the line to which a building is required to be set back from the street right-of-way line.
(124) "Sign" means a structure or any part thereof, or any device attached to or painted directly or indirectly on a building or structure or a parcel of land, and which shall display or include any letter, model, banner, pennant, insignia, device or other presentation to direct attention to a person, institution, organization, activity, place, object, project or business. The word "sign" includes the word billboard, but does not include the flag, pennant or insignia of any nation, state, city or other political unit, or of any political, education, charitable, religious or like campaign, drive or movement or event.
(125) "Sign area" means the entire area within a single continuous perimeter enclosing the extra limits of the actual sign. It does include decorative trim and any structural elements outside the limits of such sign surface and forming an integral part of the display.
(126) "Sign, business" means a sign which directs attention to a business or profession conducted on the premises. A "For Sale" or a "To Let" sign relating to the property on which it is displayed shall be deemed a business sign.
(127) "Sign, flashing" means an illuminated sign on which artificial light is not maintained stationary and constant in intensity and color at all times when in use.
(128) "Sign, illuminated" means a sign designed to give forth any artificial light, or designed to reflect such light derived from any source which is intended to cause such light or reflection.
(129) “Small Wind Energy System” means a wind energy conversion system which has a rated capacity approved by the Village Utilities Department Interconnect Agreement and which is intended primarily to reduce on-site consumption of utility power by the property owner. The system includes:
A. Tower not to exceed 60 feet high excluding turbine and blades, free standing, with no guy wires permitted. Access to climb the tower will be restricted by omission of climbing steps up to at least 10 feet or alternatively a minimum 6 foot high chain link fence around the tower is required.
B. Turbine including blades, generator and directional control tail if so equipped, suitable for use by residences or businesses as applicable, in any Zoning District.
C. Electrical controls for turbine energy control and safety.
(Ord. 24-2009. Passed 8-10-09.)
(130) "Specialized animal raising and care" means the use of land and buildings for the raising and care of fur-bearing animals such as rabbits and domestic pets; and animal kennels, pigeon raising and raising of any other domestic animals or birds of a similar nature.
(131) "Story" means that portion of a building included between the upper surface of any floor and upper surface of the next floor above, or if there is no floor above, the portion between floor and the ceiling above and also any portion of a building used for human occupancy between the top most floor and the roof. A basement shall not be counted as a story unless more than one-half of the basement is above grade level at the front of the building.
(132) "Street" means a highway dedicated or devoted to public use by legal mapping, use or other lawful manner, and includes avenue, road, alley, land, boulevard, terrace, concourse, driveway and sidewalk.
(133) "Structure" means a combination of materials forming a construction that is safe and stable and includes among other things, stadiums, gospel and circus tents, reviewing stands, platforms, staging, observation towers, radio and television towers, water tanks and towers, trestles, piers, wharves, sheds, storage bins, walls, fences and display signs. The word "structure" shall be construed as if followed by the words "or part thereof".
(134) "Structural alteration" means any change which would tend to prolong the life of a supporting member of a structure such as bearing walls, columns, beams or girders.
(135) "Structure, temporary" means structures of a temporary nature, erected for a period not to exceed six months for such uses as construction offices or storage buildings at a construction site.
(136) “Surveyor” means a registered surveyor, as defined by the Registration Act of the State of Ohio. (Ord. 27-2002. Passed 10-7-02.)
(137) "Swimming pool" means a pool, pond or open tank not located within a completely enclosed building and containing a depth of at least one and one-half feet of water at any point.
(138) "Variance" means a variation from a strict interpretation of the terms of the Zoning Ordinance owing to peculiar conditions or circumstances which apply only to the property in question, and no other. As used in the Zoning Ordinance, a variation is authorized only for height, area, yard or setback requirements.
(139) "Warehouse" means any building or structure which use is limited to the storage of equipment or material.
(140) "Wholesale establishment" means an establishment that engages in the sale of goods, merchandise and commodities for resale by the purchaser.
(141) "Yard" means an open, unoccupied space on the same lot with a building, situated between a lot line and the parts of the main building, exclusive of cornices and uncovered porches, setting back from and nearest to such line.
(142) "Yard, front" means a yard extending across the front of a lot between the side lot lines and being the required minimum horizontal distance between the front lot line and the front of the principal building and/or accessory building or any projections thereof other than the projections of uncovered steps, unenclosed balconies or unenclosed porches.
(Ord. 13-87. Passed 7-27-87.)
(143) A. "Yard, rear" means a yard extending across the rear of a lot between the side lot lines and being the required minimum horizontal distance between the rear lot line and the rear of the principal building and/or accessory building or any projections thereof other than the projections of uncovered steps, unenclosed balconies or unenclosed porches.
B. "Yard, exterior side" means a yard between the principal building and/or accessory buildings and the exterior side lot line of a corner lot and extending from the required front yard to the rear lot line, being the minimum horizontal distance between the exterior side lot line and the principal and/or accessory buildings.
(144) "Yard, interior side" means a yard between the principal building and/or accessory buildings and the adjacent lot or lots and extending from the required front yard to the required rear yard, being the minimum horizontal distance between an interior side lot line and the principal building and/or accessory building.
(Ord. 31-2013. Passed 1-13-14.)
(Ord. 31-2013. Passed 1-13-14.)
(145) "Zoning certificate" means the document issued by the Zoning Inspector authorizing buildings, structures or uses consistent with the terms of the Zoning Ordinance and for the purpose of carrying out and enforcing its provisions.
(Ord. 13-87. Passed 7-27-87.)