Carrollton City Zoning Code
TITLE FIVE
Zoning Districts
1141.01 VILLAGE DIVIDED INTO DISTRICTS.
(a) The Village is hereby divided into three types of districts:
R Districts - Residential
B Districts - Business
I Districts - Industrial
(b) The three types of districts are further divided into the following specific districts:
RU Rural | RS-3 Residential | B-2 Business |
RC Conservation | RD Residential | B-3 Business |
RS-1 Residential | RA Residential | I Industrial |
RS-2 Residential | B-1 Business |
(Ord. 1973-9. Passed 12-17-73.)
1141.02 UNCERTAINTY AS TO DISTRICT BOUNDARIES.
Where uncertainty exists with respect to the boundaries of the various districts as shown on the Zoning District Map, the following rules apply:
(a) The district boundaries are either streets or alleys, unless otherwise shown and where the districts designated on the Zoning District Map accompanying and made a part of this Zoning Ordinance are bounded approximately by street or alley lines, the street or alley shall be construed to be the boundary of the district.
(b) Where the district boundaries are not otherwise indicated, and where the property has been or may hereafter be divided into blocks and lots, the district boundaries shall be construed to be the lot lines, and where the districts designated on the Zoning District Map accompanying and made a part of this Zoning Ordinance are bounded approximately by lot lines, the lot lines shall be construed to be the boundary of the districts unless the boundaries are otherwise indicated on the map.
(c) In unsubdivided property, the district boundary lines on the map accompanying and made a part of this Zoning Ordinance shall be determined by use of the scale appearing on the Zoning District Map.
(Ord. 1973-9. Passed 12-17-73.)
1141.03 VACATED STREET OR ALLEY.
Whenever any street, alley or other public way is vacated by official action of Council, the zoning district adjoining each side of such street, alley or public way shall be automatically extended to the center of such vacation, and all area included in the vacation shall then and henceforth be subject to all appropriate regulations of the extended districts.
(Ord. 1973-9. Passed 12-17-73.)
1141.04 ANNEXATION OF TERRITORY.
(a) Territory annexed to the Village after the effective date of this Zoning Ordinance shall continue to be governed by the zoning regulations which governed the territory annexed immediately prior to the annexation, as enacted by a Board of County Commissioners under Ohio R.C. 303.01 to 303.25, or enacted by a Board of Township Trustees under Ohio R.C. 519.02 to 519.25, as the case may be, until Council shall either officially adopt the existing zoning regulations of such county or township or new regulations for such territory. (Ord. 1973-9. Passed 12-17-73.)
(b) All territory annexed shall, at the time of acceptance by Council, set forth therein a provision providing for the zone designation by which such territory shall be designated.
(c) Any such territory not otherwise designated at the time of annexation, shall be placed in the RS-1 Residential District until otherwise changed by ordinance.
(d) When the initial request for annexation by the petitioner, or his agent, is received at the office of the Clerk-Treasurer, it shall be the duty of the Clerk-Treasurer to advise the petitioner, or his agent, that they may choose the zone designation they wish the Planning Commission to consider. If the petitioner, or his agent, requests a zone designation, other than RS-1 Residential District, it shall be in the form of a letter to Council.
(e) At such times as any annexation proceeding is certified to the Clerk-Treasurer after having been approved by the County Commissioners, notice of the same shall be given to the Planning Commission and such Commission shall act upon the same, in the same manner as any zone change request. Notice to the Planning Commission shall be made by the Clerk- Treasurer within ten days of the receipt of the resolution of the County Commissioners and the Planning Commission shall proceed as though a zone request had been filed under Chapter 1133. (Ord. 1979-6. Passed 5-14-79.)
1143.01 PERMITTED USES.
In the following RU District, a building or premises shall be used only for the following purposes:
Permitted Uses.
Agricultural activity.
Church.
Golf course, except miniature course or driving range.
Greenhouse or nursery.
Park or forest preserve.
Public school, elementary and high, or private school having a curriculum equivalent to a public elementary or public high school and having no rooms regularly used for housing or sleeping purposes.
Roadside stand for the display or sale of agricultural products raised on the premises.
Single-family dwelling.
(Ord. 1979-7. Passed 6-12-79.)
1143.02 CONDITIONAL USES.
The following are the conditional uses in the RU District:
Conditional Uses.
Airport.
Automobile service station, motel, restaurant, garage, farm implement sales and services, and food store when located on county highways.
Extraction of coal, sand or gravel.
Hospital, nursing home and educational, religious and philanthropic institution on sites of not less than five acres.
New cemetery on site of not less than twenty acres or enlargement of existing cemetery.
Privately operated outdoor recreational facility, including riding stable, lake, swimming pool, tennis court and golf course on site of not less than five acres.
Public building erected by any governmental agency.
(Ord. 1979-7. Passed 6-12-79.)
1145.01 PERMITTED USES.
The following are the permitted uses in the RC District:
Permitted Uses.
Agricultural activity.
Single-family dwelling.
Park or forest preserve.
Golf course.
Cemetery.
(Ord. 1979-7. Passed 6-12-79.)
1145.02 CONDITIONAL USES.
The following are the conditional uses in the RC District:
Conditional Uses.
Extraction of coal, sand or gravel.
Privately operated outdoor recreational facility, including riding stable, lake, swimming pool, tennis courts and golf course on site of not less than five acres.
Motel, resort and incidental facilities, including swimming pool, restaurant.
incidental retail sales and services and personal services on site of not less than one acre provided they are protected from flooding.
Guest ranch, hunting and fishing resort, ski resort and incidental facilities, including swimming pool, restaurant, incidental retail sales and services and personal services, on site of not less than twenty acres provided they are protected from flooding.
Conditional Uses (Cont.)
Marina, yacht club, boat house or bait shop.
Public building erected by any governmental agency or nonprofit organization provided they are protected from flooding.
(Ord. 1979-7. Passed 6-12-79.)
1147.01 PERMITTED USES.
The following are permitted uses in the RS-1, RS-2 and RS-3 Districts:
Permitted Uses.
Single-family dwelling.
Church.
Golf course, except miniature course and driving tees operated for commercial purposes.
Public park or playground.
Public school, elementary and high, or private school having a curriculum equivalent to a public elementary or public high school and having no rooms regularly used for housing or sleeping purposes.
(Ord. 1979-7. Passed 6-12-79.)
1147.02 CONDITIONAL USES.
The following are conditional uses for the RS-1, RS-2 and RS-3 Districts:
Conditional Uses.
Greenhouse or nursery.
Hospital, nursing home and educational, philanthropic or religious institution on site of not less than five acres, provided not more than fifty percent (50%) of the site area may be occupied by buildings, and provided further that the building shall be set back from all required yard lines an additional foot for each foot of building height.
Conditional Uses (Cont.)
Nursery, prekindergarten, kindergarten, play, special and other private school.
Parking lot (total area) located within 200 feet of a boundary of a B or I District.
Private recreational facility where buildings do not occupy more than ten percent (10%) of the site area.
Privately operated lake, swimming pool or tennis court on site of not less than five acres.
Public building erected by any governmental agency.
Two-family home in those locations where on the effective date of this Zoning Ordinance more than forty percent (40%) of the frontage on one side of a street between two intersecting streets is used for two-family homes or two-family homes and multiple dwellings.
(Ord. 1979-7. Passed 6-12-79.)
1149.01 PERMITTED USES.
1149.02 CONDITIONAL USES.
The following are conditional uses in the RD District:
Conditional Uses.
Greenhouse or nursery.
Hospital or sanitarium except criminal, mental or animal hospital.
Nursing, rest or convalescent home.
Parking lot (total area) located within 200 feet of a boundary of a B or I District.
Private school.
Public building erected by any governmental agency.
Religious, educational and eleemosynary institution of a philanthropic nature, but not a penal or mental institution.
Row house, town house and three or four family house where the area being developed is one-half acre in area or larger.
(Ord. 1979-7. Passed 6-12-79.)
1151.01 PERMITTED USES.
1151.02 CONDITIONAL USES.
The following are conditional uses in the RA District:
Conditional Uses.
Hospital or sanitarium, except penal, mental or animal hospital.
Medical clinic.
Nursing, rest or convalescent home.
Parking lot (total area) located within 200 feet of a boundary of an RD, B or I District.
Private club, fraternity, sorority or lodge, except when the chief activity of which is a service customarily carried on as a business.
Private school.
Public building erected by any governmental agency.
Religious, educational and eleemosynary institution of a philanthropic nature, but not a penal or mental institution.
Rooming house or boarding house.
Tourist home when located on a major street as designated on the Major Street Plan of the Village's Comprehensive Plan.
(Ord. 1979-7. Passed 6-12-79.)
1153.01 PERMITTED USES.
The following are permitted uses in the B-1 District:
Permitted Uses.
Any permitted use of the RA Residential District.
Bank.
Dressmaking, tailoring, shoe repairing, repair of household appliances and bicycles, dry cleaning and pressing, and bakery with sale of bakery products on the premises and other uses of a similar character.
Funeral home or mortuary.
Hotel or motel.
Medical clinic.
Office or office building.
Personal service use, including barber shop, beauty parlor, photographic or artists' studios, taxicab, newspaper or telegraphic service station, dry cleaning receiving station, restaurant, and other personal service uses of similar character.
Retail store, including florist shop and greenhouse in connection with such shop, but there shall be no slaughtering of animals or poultry on the premises of any retail store.
(Ord. 1979-7. Passed 6-12-79.)
1153.02 CONDITIONAL USES.
The following are conditional uses in the B-1 District:
Conditional Uses.
Residence, when located on the second story or above.
Automobile service station.
Commercial garage or automobile repair shop.
(Ord. 1979-7. Passed 6-12-79.)
1155.01 PERMITTED USES.
The following are permitted uses in the B-2 District:
Permitted Uses.
Any permitted use of the B-1 General Business District.
Automobile sales and service.
Farm implements, agricultural service establishment including fee, bottle gas.
Gift stores.
Lumber yard.
Medical clinic.
Used car, trailer or boat sales or storage lot.
(Ord. 1973-9. Passed 12-17-73.)
1155.02 CONDITIONAL USES.
The following are conditional uses in the B-2 District:
Conditional Uses.
Lumber yard.
Truck or bus terminal.
Veterinarian, animal hospital or kennel.
(Ord. 1973-9. Passed 12-17-73.)
1157.01 PERMITTED USES.
The following are permitted uses in the B-3 District:
Permitted Uses.
Any permitted use of the B-1 General Business District.
Bottling works.
Bowling alley or billiard parlor.
Business or commercial school.
Dancing or music academy.
Dressmaking, tailoring, shoe repairing, repair of household appliances and bicycles, dry cleaning and pressing, bakery and other uses of a similar character.
General service and repair establishments, including dyeing or cleaning works or laundry, plumbing and heating, printing, painting, upholstering or appliance repair.
Theater.
Wholesale establishment or warehouse in a completely enclosed building.
(Ord. 1973-9. Passed 12-17-73.)
1159.01 PERMITTED USES.
The following are permitted uses in the I District:
Permitted Uses.
Any use permitted in the B-3 Central Business District, except that no dwelling other than that for a resident watchman or caretaker employed on the premises shall be permitted.
Manufacture of boxes, crates, furniture, baskets and other wood products of a similar nature.
Manufacture or assembly of medical and dental equipment, drafting, optical and musical instruments, watches, clocks, toys, games and electrical or electronic apparatus.
Manufacture or storage of food products, including beverage blending or bottling, bakery products, candy manufacture, fruit and vegetable processing and canning, packing and processing of meat and poultry products, but not distilling of beverages or slaughtering of poultry or animals.
Compounding of cosmetics, toiletries, drugs and pharmaceutical products.
Wholesale merchandising or storage warehouse.
Generally those manufacturing uses similar to those listed above which do not create any more danger to health and safety in surrounding areas and which do not create any more offensive noise, vibration, smoke, dust, odor, heat, or glare than that generally associated with industries of the type specifically permitted.
(Ord. 1973-9. Passed 12-17-73.)
1159.02 CONDITIONAL USES.
The following are conditional uses in the I District:
Conditional Uses.
Manufacturing processes conducted wholly within an enclosed building consisting in whole or in part of cutting, forging, stamping, casting, extruding, drilling, rolling, welding, brazing, soldering, sawing, cleaning, sand or shot blasting, grinding, enameling, painting, galvanizing, finishing, heat treating or machining.
Making of metal alloy products from brass, bronze, pewter, lead or aluminum including smelting or founding.
Manufacture or assembly of bolts, nuts, screws, and rivets. ornamental iron products, firearms, tools, dies, machinery and hardware products, sheet metal or steel products.
Manufacturing uses similar to those listed above.
(Ord. 1973-9. Passed 12-17-73.)