For the purpose of regulating and restricting the locations of trades, industries, residences, and buildings designed for other uses, the use of premises, the number of square feet of lot area per family housed, the location and size of yards and open spaces about buildings, and the height of buildings, the City is divided into thirteen classes of use districts,: one flood plain district, four residence districts, five business districts, two industry districts, and one planned development district, as set forth in this chapter.

(Prior code § 153.040; Ord. 322-1976)

(Ord. No. 47-2010, § 1, 2-22-10)

Use districts are as follows:

A.

Flood Plain District:

Class UFP of Flood plain District;

B.

Residence Districts:

Class U1 or Dwelling District

Class U2 or Apartment House District

Class UD or University District

Class UHD or Institutional District;

C.

Business Districts:

Class ULB or Limited Business District

Class UG or Government Business District

Class U3 or Retail Business District

Class U4 or Commercial Business District:

Class UB or Biomedical Use District;

D.

Industry Districts:

Class U5 or Ordinary Industry District

Class U6 or Heavy Industry District

E.

Planned Development District:

Class UPD or Planned Development District

F.

Form-Based Districts:

Class O or Open Space District

Class N or Neighborhood Districts

Class MX or Mixed-Use District

(Prior code § 153.041; Ord. 322-1976)

(Ord. 47-2010; Ord. 336-2023)

The City is divided into eight classes of height districts termed respectively:

A.

Class HA District.

B.

Class H1 District.

C.

Class H2 District.

D.

Class H3 District.

E.

Class H4 District.

F.

Class H5 District.

G.

Class H6 District.

H.

Class H7 District.

(Prior code § 153.042; Ord. 322-1976)

The City is divided into five classes of area districts termed respectively:

A.

Class A1 District.

B.

Class A2 District.

C.

Class A3 District.

D.

Class A4 District.

E.

Class A5 District.

(Prior code § 153.043; Ord. 322-1976)

The districts are as shown on the zoning map which accompanies original Ordinance 322-1976, passed April 13, 1976, which is on file with the Clerk of Council, which map is declared to be a part of this Zoning Code. The use, height, and area districts designated on the zoning map are established. The Zoning Map designations, the designations as applied and the zoning map designation rules and notations which accompany the zoning map are declared to be a part of this Zoning Code. No building or structure shall be erected, and no building, structure, or premises shall be used, except in conformity with the regulations and provisions prescribed in this Zoning Code for the use, height, and area districts in which such building, structure, or premises is located. No use, conditional or otherwise, shall be established except in conformity with the provisions prescribed in this Zoning Code for such a use. Penalty, see § 153.199.

(Ord. 488-2006; Ord. 466-2006; prior code § 153.044; Ord. 532-1988; Ord. 89-1988; Ord. 510-1977; Ord. 322-1976)

(Ord. No. 40-2021)