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Codified Ordinances of Worthington, OH
CODIFIED ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF WORTHINGTON OHIO
CERTIFICATION
ROSTER OF OFFICIALS
ADOPTING ORDINANCE NO. 83-90
EDITOR'S NOTE
COMPARATIVE SECTION TABLE
CITY CHARTER
PART ONE - ADMINISTRATIVE CODE
PART THREE - TRAFFIC CODE
PART FIVE - GENERAL OFFENSES CODE
PART SEVEN - BUSINESS REGULATION CODE
PART NINE - STREETS, UTILITIES AND PUBLIC SERVICES CODE
PART ELEVEN - PLANNING AND ZONING CODE
TITLE ONE - Subdivision Platting Regulations
TITLE THREE - Zoning Ordinance Administration
CHAPTER 1121 Purpose, Interpretation and Compliance
CHAPTER 1123 Definitions
1123.01 DEFINITIONS GENERALLY.
1123.02 ACCESSORY USE OR STRUCTURE.
1123.03 AGRICULTURE.
1123.04 ANCILLARY RETAIL/SERVICE AND ANCILLARY ON-PREMISE DINING/WAITING AREA.
1123.05 ANIMAL HOSPITAL.
1123.051 ANIMAL RAISING AND CARE, SPECIALIZED.
1123.052 ARTS AND CRAFTS.
1123.06 AUTOMOTIVE SERVICES AND SALES.
1123.07 BASEMENT.
1123.08 BILLBOARD.
1123.085 BED AND BREAKFAST.
1123.09 BOARD OF APPEALS.
1123.10 BOARDING HOUSE.
1123.105 BREWERIES, DISTILLERIES AND WINERIES.
1123.11 BUILDING.
1123.12 BUILDING INSPECTOR.
1123.13 BUILDING SETBACK LINE.
1123.14 BUSINESS.
1123.15 BUSINESS SERVICES.
1123.16 CARPORT.
1123.17 CELLAR.
1123.18 CERTIFICATE OF COMPLIANCE.
1123.19 CHILD DAY CARE CENTER, NURSERY SCHOOL AND PRESCHOOL.
1123.191 CO-LOCATED CHILD DAY CARE CENTER, NURSERY SCHOOL AND PRESCHOOL.
1123.20 CLINIC.
1123.21 CLUB.
1123.22 COMMERCIAL ZONING DISTRICTS.
1123.23 COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.
1123.24 CONDITIONAL USE.
1123.25 CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT.
1123.26 COUNCIL.
1123.27 PLANNING COMMISSION.
1123.28 DISTRICTS AND ZONING DISTRICTS.
1123.29 DRIVE-IN COMMERCIAL USES.
1123.30 DWELLINGS.
1123.31 ENTERTAINMENT FACILITY.
1123.311 ADULT ENTERTAINMENT FACILITY.
1123.32 ESSENTIAL SERVICES.
1123.33 EXCEPTION.
1123.34 FAMILY.
1123.35 FOOD PROCESSING.
1123.36 FRONTAGE.
1123.37 GARAGE, PRIVATE AND PUBLIC.
1123.38 GASOLINE SERVICE STATION.
1123.39 HIGHWAY, MAJOR.
1123.40 HOME OCCUPATION.
1123.41 HOTEL.
1123.42 INDUSTRIAL. (See also Section 1141.05)
1123.43 JUNK STORAGE AND SALES-SALVAGE OPERATION.
1123.431 LABORATORIES, RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT, AND CLINICAL TESTING FACILITIES.
1123.44 LAW DIRECTOR.
1123.45 LIGHT MANUFACTURING AND ASSEMBLY.
1123.46 LOADING SPACE.
1123.47 LODGING HOUSE.
1123.48 LOT. (See also Section 1101.01(c)).
1123.49 MANUFACTURING.
1123.491 MARIJUANA.
1123.492 MARIJUANA DISPENSARY.
1123.50 MINERAL EXTRACTION, STORAGE AND PROCESSING.
1123.51 MOBILE HOMES - TRAILERS.
1123.52 MOTOR COURT OR MOTEL.
1123.521 NEIGHBORHOOD BAKERY.
1123.53 NEIGHBORHOOD COMMERCIAL.
1123.54 NONCONFORMING USE.
1123.541 NURSING HOME.
1123.542 OFFICE USES.
1123.55 OFF-STREET PARKING SPACE.
1123.56 PERSONAL SERVICES.
1123.57 PLANT PRODUCTION.
1123.58 PUBLIC SERVICE FACILITY.
1123.59 PUBLIC USES.
1123.60 RECREATIONAL FACILITIES.
1123.61 REFUSE DISPOSAL FACILITY.
1123.62 RESTAURANT/IN-PLANT FEEDING FACILITIES.
1123.621 RESTAURANT/SPECIALTY GOODS.
1123.63 SEMIPUBLIC USES.
1123.64 SEWAGE DISPOSAL SYSTEM.
1123.641 SENIOR CITIZEN DEVELOPMENT.
1123.642 SEXUALLY ORIENTED BUSINESSES.
1123.65 SIGNS.
1123.66 SIGN PERMIT.
1123.67 SOCIAL ACTIVITIES.
1123.68 STORY.
1123.69 RIGHT-OF-WAY LINE.
1123.70 STRUCTURE
1123.71 STRUCTURAL ALTERATIONS.
1123.72 TEMPORARY USE PERMIT.
1123.73 TOURIST HOME.
1123.74 TRAILER.
1123.75 UNIT STORAGE FACILITY.
1123.76 VARIANCE.
1123.761 VETERINARY CARE CENTER.
1123.762 DOG AND CAT DAY CARE CENTER.
1123.765 VETERANS MEMORIAL.
1123.77 VOCATIONAL INSTRUCTION.
1123.78 YARDS, FRONT, REAR AND SIDE.
1123.79 ZONING DISTRICT MAP.
1123.80 ZONING ORDINANCE.
CHAPTER 1125 Enforcement, Violations and Penalty
CHAPTER 1127 Municipal Planning Commission
CHAPTER 1129 Board of Zoning Appeals
TITLE FIVE - Zoning Use District Regulations
TITLE SEVEN - Zoning General Provisions
PART THIRTEEN - BUILDING CODE
PART FIFTEEN - FIRE PREVENTION CODE
PART SEVENTEEN - TAXATION CODE
CHAPTER 1123
Definitions
 
1123.01   Definitions generally.
1123.02   Accessory use or structure.
1123.03   Agriculture.
1123.04   Ancillary retail/service and ancillary on-premise dining/waiting area.
1123.05   Animal hospital.
1123.051   Animal raising and care, specialized.
1123.052   Arts and crafts.
1123.06   Automotive services and sales.
1123.07   Basement.
1123.08   Billboard. (Repealed)
1123.085   Bed and breakfast.
1123.09   Board of Appeals.
1123.10   Boarding house.
1123.105   Breweries, distilleries and wineries.
1123.11   Building.
1123.12   Building Inspector.
1123.13   Building setback line.
1123.14   Business.
1123.15   Business services.
1123.16   Carport.
1123.17   Cellar.
1123.18   Certificate of compliance.
1123.19   Child day care center, nursery school and preschool.
1123.191   Co-located Child Day Care Center, Nursery School and Preschool.
1123.20   Clinic.
1123.21   Club.
1123.22   Commercial Zoning Districts.
1123.23   Comprehensive Plan.
1123.24   Conditional use.
1123.25   Conditional use permit.
1123.26   Council.
1123.27   Planning Commission.
1123.28   Districts and zoning districts.
1123.29   Drive-in commercial uses.
1123.30   Dwellings.
1123.31   Entertainment (commercial) facilities.
1123.311   Adult entertainment facility. (Repealed)
1123.32   Essential services.
1123.33   Exception.
1123.34   Family.
1123.35   Food processing.
1123.36   Frontage.
1123.37   Garage, private and public.
1123.38   Gasoline service station.
1123.39   Highway, major.
1123.40   Home occupation.
1123.41   Hotel.
1123.42   Industrial.
1123.43   Junk storage and sales-salvage operation.
1123.431   Laboratories, research and development and clinical testing facilities.
1123.44   Law Director.
1123.45   Light Manufacturing and Assembly.
1123.46   Loading space.
1123.47   Lodging house.
1123.48   Lot.
1123.49   Manufacturing.
1123.491   Marijuana.
1123.492   Marijuana dispensary.
1123.50   Mineral extraction, storage and processing.
1123.51   Mobile homes-trailers.
1123.52   Motor court or motel.
1123.521   Neighborhood bakery.
1123.53   Neighborhood commercial.
1123.54   Nonconforming use.
1123.541   Nursing home.
1123.542   Office uses.
1123.55   Off-street parking space.
1123.56   Personal services.
1123.57   Plant production.
1123.58   Public service facility.
1123.59   Public uses.
1123.60   Recreational facilities.
1123.61   Refuse disposal facility.
1123.62   Restaurant/in-plant feeding facilities.
1123.621   Restaurant/specialty goods.
1123.63   Semipublic uses.
1123.64   Sewage disposal system.
1123.641   Senior citizen development.
1123.642   Sexually Oriented Businesses.
1123.65   Signs. (Repealed)
1123.66   Sign permit. (Repealed)
1123.67   Social activities.
1123.68   Story.
1123.69   Right-of-way line.
1123.70   Structure.
1123.71   Structural alterations.
1123.72   Temporary use permit.
1123.73   Tourist home.
1123.74   Trailer.
1123.75   Unit storage facility.
1123.76   Variance.
1123.761   Veterinary care center.
1123.762   Dog and cat day care center.
1123.765   Veterans memorial.
1123.77   Vocational instruction.
1123.78   Yards, front, rear, and side.
1123.79   Zoning District Map.
1123.80   Zoning Ordinance.
CROSS REFERENCES
      Subdivision definitions - see P. & Z. 1101.01
      Districts - see P. & Z. Ch. 1141
      Determination of parking spaces - see P. & Z. 1171.01
      Private and portable swimming pools defined - see P. & Z. 1173.05
 
   1123.01 DEFINITIONS GENERALLY.
   For the purpose of this Zoning Ordinance certain terms and words are defined as follows. Words used in the present tense include the future, and the plural includes the singular, and the singular the plural. The word "shall" is intended to be mandatory; "occupied" or "used" shall be considered as though followed by the words "or intended, arranged or designed to be used or occupied". Except where specifically defined, all words used in this Zoning Ordinance shall carry their customary meanings.
(Ord. 22-87. Passed 5-11-87. )
 
   1123.02 ACCESSORY USE OR STRUCTURE.
   "Accessory use or structure" means a use, object or structure constructed or installed on, above or below the surface of a parcel and of a nature customarily incidental and subordinate to the principal use or structure. Among other things, accessory uses or structures include anything attached to or detached from the principal building of a subordinate nature; garages, sheds, walls, fences, billboards, poster panels, poles or parking places, whether located on, above or below the surface of a parcel. If a permit has been issued by Columbus Public Health, the owning, keeping or harboring of 8 or less domestic fowl and erection of a domestic fowl coop shall be considered an accessory use and structure in any "R" District and S-1 District.
(Ord. 29-2024. Passed 9-16-24.)
 
   1123.03 AGRICULTURE.
   "Agriculture" in the Zoning Ordinance, includes farming, pasturage, horticulture, viticulture, animal dairying, poultry husbandry and limited processing of agricultural products from land under one ownership.
(Ord. 22-87. Passed 5-11-87.)
 
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