Cortland City Zoning Code
TITLE ONE
Zoning Ordinance
1101.01 PURPOSE.
The zoning regulations and districts, as herein set forth, have been made in accordance with a comprehensive plan and are designed to lessen traffic congestion; to secure safety from fire, panic, and other danger; to promote health and the general welfare; to provide adequate light and air; to prevent the overcrowding of land; to avoid undue concentration of population; to facilitate the adequate provision of transportation, water, sewerage, schools, parks and other public requirements. Such regulations have been made with reasonable consideration, among other things, to the character of each district and its peculiar suitability for particular uses, and with a view to conserving the value of buildings and encouraging the most appropriate use of land throughout the City of Cortland.
(Ord. 0-35-96. Passed 8-5-96.)
1101.02 AUTHORITY.
The provisions of this Zoning Ordinance are adopted under authority granted by Ohio Revised Code 713.07 to 713.10 inclusive.
(Ord. 0-35-96. Passed 8-5-96.)
1105.01 ANNEXATION.
The regulations set forth in this Zoning Ordinance shall be applicable within the corporate limits of the City of Cortland now or hereafter, as designated on the Official Zoning Map. All territory which may hereafter be annexed to the City of Cortland shall be considered to be in the R-15, Residential District until otherwise classified by the City Council acting on the recommendation of the Cortland Planning and Zoning Commission provided, however, that when the annexation is by petition, the petitioners may request a different zoning classification as a condition of the petition for annexation. In this event, the City Council may zone the property in accordance with the request contained in the petition by so providing in the annexation ordinance. Prior to City Council considering a request for a different zoning clas sification on the annexation petition, the provisions of Chapter 1137
concerning amendments to the Zoning Map shall apply.
(Ord. 0-35-96. Passed 8-5-96.)
1105.02 REFERRAL TO PLANNING COMMISSION.
The Clerk of Council shall notify the Planning Commission within five days of receipt of a certified transcript of the proceedings for an annexation from the Board of County Commissioners. The Planning Commission shall proceed with the zoning district determination consistent with Chapter 1133.
(Ord. 0-48-09. Passed 10-5-09.)
1105.03 COUNTY ZONING REGULATIONS.
Until Council, upon recommendation of the Commission, shall officially adopt regulations for territory subject to annexation, the zoning regulations of the territory which is subject to County or Township zoning regulations at the time of annexation shall remain in full force and shall be enforced by the respective County or Township Zoning Officials.
(Ord. 0-48-09. Passed 10-5-09.)
1109.01 DISTRICTS ESTABLISHED.
The City of Cortland, as now or hereafter established, is hereby divided into the following districts:
R-15 Residential District R-12 Residential District R-10 Residential District R-M Residential Multi-family District R-MHP Residential Mobile Home Park District. C-lN Neighborhood Commercial District O-D Office District C-l Central Business District C-2 Highway Commercial District S-1 Service District I-l Industrial District PD Planned Development District |
(Ord. 53-05. Passed 8-15-05.)
1109.02 AGRICULTURE.
Land in any district may be used for agricultural purposes. Zoning permits shall be required for the construction of buildings incident to the use for agricultural purposes of the land on which buildings shall be located and shall adhere to the district's building restrictions. For the purpose of this Zoning Ordinance “agriculture” shall include agriculture, farming, dairying, pasturage, horticulture, floriculture, viticulture, and animal and poultry husbandry. This parcel of land shall contain five (5) acres or more of land.
(Ord. 0-35-96. Passed 8-5-96.)
1109.03 OFFICIAL ZONING MAP.
The boundaries of each zoning district are shown on a map entitled "Official Zoning Map, City of Cortland, Ohio" which is hereby adopted and declared to be a part of this Zoning Ordinance. A copy of the Official Zoning Map showing the necessary changes shall be sent to the Director of Public Service following the approval of a map amendment, either a rezoning or annexation procedure, by City Council. The map shall bear the signatures of the Chairman of the City of Cortland Planning and Zoning Commission, the Mayor, and the City Clerk, who also shall apply the seal of the City. In the event that one of these positions is vacant, the map shall be signed by the chairman of the City of Cortland Planning and Zoning Commission and at least one of the other two positions.
(a) Amendments. Amendments to the Official Zoning Map shall be made as necessary so that the map at all times portrays the current status of the zoning districts or zoning district boundaries.
(b) Custodian of Map. A copy of the Official Zoning Map shall be kept on file in the office of the City Clerk and shall be available at all times for inspection by the public.
(Ord. 0-35-96. Passed 8-5-96.)
(Ord. 0-35-96. Passed 8-5-96.)
1109.04 INTERPRETATION OF DISTRICT BOUNDARIES.
When uncertainty exists with respect to the boundaries of districts as shown on the Official Zoning Map, the following rule shall apply.
(a) Delineation. District boundary lines are intended to follow the center lines of streets, highways, alleys, easements, and other rights-of-way; the center lines of streams or other water channels; and follow platted lot or other property lines. In the absence of visual district boundaries or specified distances on the Official zoning Map, dimensions or distances shall be determined by scaling the distance on the Official Zoning Map.
(b) Interpretation. When the physical or cultural features existing on the ground are at variance with those shown on the Official Zoning Map, the City of Cortland Planning and Zoning Commission shall interpret the district boundaries.
(c) Divided Lot. Where a district boundary divides a lot which was in single ownership at the time of passage of this ordinance, the Planning and Zoning Commission may permit, as a special exception, the extension of the regulations for either portion of the lot, not to exceed 50 feet beyond the district line into the remaining portion of the lot.
(Ord. 0-35-96. Passed 8-5-96.)
1113.01 INTERPRETATION.
(a) Except where specifically defined herein, all words used in this Zoning Ordinance shall carry their customary meanings. Words used in the present tense include the future tense; the singular number includes the plural.
(b) The word "shall" is mandatory, not directory. The word "person" includes a firm, association, partnership, trust company, corporation, or any other entity usually defined in legal usage as a person. The words "used" or "occupied" include the words "intended, designed..or arranged to be used or occupied". The word "structure" includes the word "building". The work "map" "Zoning Map" or "City of Cortland Zoning Map" shall be the "Official Zoning Map of the City of Cortland".
(Ord. 0-35-96. Passed 8-5-96.)
1113.02 DEFINITIONS.
(1) "Accessory Use" means a use of land or of a building or portion thereof customarily incidental to the principal use of the land or building and located on the same lot with such principal use. For the purpose of this ordinance, accessory uses include, but are not limited to garages, utility sheds, swimming pools, game courts, solar panels, satellite dishes, and similar devices.
(2) “Adult Book Store" means an establishment having a substantial and significant portion of its stock in trade in books, magazines, and other periodicals which are distinguished or characterized by their emphasis on matter depicting, describing or relating to "specified sexual activities" or "specified anatomical areas".
(3) "Adult Motion Picture Theater" means an enclosed building with a capacity of fifty (50) or more persons used for presenting material distinguished or characterized by an emphasis on material depicting, describing or relating to "specified sexual activities" or "specified anatomical areas" for observation by patrons therein.
(4) "Adult Mini Motion Picture Theater" means an enclosed building with a capacity of less than fifty (50) persons used for presenting material distinguished or characterized by an emphasis on material depicting, describing or relating to "specified sexual activities" or "specified anatomical areas" for observation by patrons therein.
(5) "Adult Entertainment Cabaret" means an establishment which features topless female dancers, exotic dancers, strippers or similar entertainers exhibiting "specified anatomical areas".
(6) “Apartment". See "Dwelling, Multiple Family".
(7) "Arterial Street" means a Federal or State highway designed primarily for the movement of large volumes of traffic from one area to another.
(8) "Assisted Living Homes". As defined in the Ohio Revised Code.
(9) "Board of Appeal" means the City of Cortland Board of Appeal.
(10) "Buffer" wherever mentioned in this Zoning Ordinance means a strip of land reserved for the purpose of blocking the view from a residential use of the abutting commercial or industrial use by landscaping material (trees, shrubs, etc.) or a fence of height of at least six (6) feet. If a fence is utilized, it must be of a material or design sufficient to obscure a view of a commercial or industrial use, and the side facing the residential use must be finished as so to provide a good cosmetic appearance. Such a fence must also conform to all regulations in this Zoning Ordinance for "Fences ". The landscaping material or fence must be located along the inside strip and not on the property line. The buffer strip shall be clear of any structure or driveways, and no parking or other uses related to the commercial or industrial use shall be permitted within the strip. The regulation for fences within the setback area is modified to allow for a six (6) foot minimum fence, but shall not be located any closer than thirty (30) feet from the right-of-way of the street along the front property line.
(11) "Building" means any structure having a roof supported by columns or walls and intended for the shelter, housing, or enclosure of any person, farm animal, process, equipment, or goods.
(12) "Building, Accessory" means a structure attached to or detached from a principal building on the same lot and customarily incidental in use to the principal building.
(13) "Building Height" means the vertical distance measured from the curb level to a point midway between the highest and lowest point of the roof, but not including chimneys, spires, towers, elevator penthouses, tanks, and similar projections.
(14) "Building, Principal" means a building .in which is conducted the principal use of the lot.
(15) "Building, Setback Line" means a line establishing the minimum allowable distance between the nearest portion of any building, excluding steps, gutters, and similar fixtures, and the property line when measured perpendicularly thereto.
(16) "Canopy" means a roof like, unenclosed (except when connected to a building) shelter, having various means of support and generally used for protection from weather for pedestrians.
(17) "Certificate of Mailing". As defined by the United States Post Office
(18) "Child Care Center" means any home, agency, or place where children not related to the operator are received for care.
(19) "Child Care Home" means one in which care is given for a fee in a family home for one and not more than six (6) children. Only those residing in the home may be involved in the day to day operation of the child care home.
(20) "City of Cortland Building, Planning and Zoning Commission". This Zoning Ordinance shall refer to this Commission by Planning and Zoning Commission or Commission.
(21) "Cluster Housing" means grouping of three (3) or more structures around courts, cul-de-sac, or short streets more closely than in conventional single-family classifications in order to preserve open space for common use.
(22) "Collector Street" means a public way designed primarily to connect residential, service streets with arterial streets or to provide a direct connection between two (2) arterial streets and may be expected to carry a significant volume of traffic having neither origin nor destination on the street.
(23) "Cultivator" as defined in the Ohio Revised Code, means an entity that has been issued a certificate of operation to grow, harvest, package, and transport medical marijuana.
(24) "Director of Public Service and/or His Designated Representative" for the purposes of this Zoning Ordinance shall be the Zoning Administrator, the City official in addition to any other duties he may perform, enforces and administers the regulations herein set forth as the City of Cortland Zoning Ordinance.
(25) "Dispensary" means an entity licensed pursuant to the Ohio Revised Code and any rules promulgated thereunder to sell medical marijuana to qualifying patients and caregivers.
(26) "District, Zoning" means any section of the City of Cortland in which zoning regulations are uniform.
(27) "Dwelling" means any building used exclusively for human habitation, including any permitted home occupation but excluding hotels or motels.
(28) "Dwelling unit" means one or more rooms with cooking and toilet facilities used as a place of residence for one family.
(29) "Dwelling, Multiple-Family" means a building used exclusively as a place of residence and containing three (3) or more dwelling units.
(30) "Dwelling, Single-Family Detached" means a detached building used exclusively as a place of residence for one family.
(31) "Dwelling, Two-Family - Duplex" means a building used as a place of residence for two (2) families occupying separate dwelling units.
(32) "Essential Services" means the erection, construction, alteration, or maintenance, by public utilities or municipal or other governmental agencies, of underground or overhead gas, electrical, steam or water transmission or distribution systems, collection, communication, supply or disposal systems, including poles, wires, mains, drains, sewers, pipes, conduits, cables, fire alarm boxes, police call boxes, traffic signals, structures, hydrants, and other similar equipment and accessories in connection therewith; reasonably necessary for the furnishing of adequate service by such public utilities or municipal or other governmental agencies or for the public health or safety or general welfare, but not including buildings.
(33) "Expressway" involves those roadways containing some at-grade intersections but with limited access.
(34) "Family" means one or more persons living together as a single housekeeping unit. For the purposes of this Zoning Ordinance, such persons may include gratuitous guests, foster children, and domestic servants employed on the same premises.
(35) "Freeway" involves those roadways with complete control of access through the use of grade separation and interchanges.
(36) "Garages" means a detached or attached accessory building used for only the storage of private passenger vehicles owned or rented.
(37) "Green Areas" means an area of the parcel or lot that shall be set aside for grass or vegetation to be maintained, exclusive of driveways, parking areas and structures. Whenever parking areas, as required by this Ordinance, create a large area, it is requested that these be broken up with small planter areas, including trees. These planter areas will be included in the mandated green areas.
(38) "Gross Leasable Area" means the total floor area designed for tenant occupancy and exclusive use, including basements, mezzanines, and upper floors, if any, expressed in square feet and measured from the center line of joint partitions and from outside wall faces.
(39) "Halfway Home". As defined in the Ohio Revised Code.
(40) "Height" means the vertical distance measured from the average finished grade at the front building line to the highest point of the structure.
(41) "Home Occupation" means any use of principal and accessory buildings clearly incidental to their uses for dwelling purposes and conducted for compensation by a resident thereof within a residential district and meeting the requirements of Chapter 1125.
(42) "Hotel or Motel" means a building or group of buildings containing individual sleeping or living units designed for the temporary occupancy of tourists or transient guests and which has a garage attached or parking space conveniently located to each unit.
(43) "Joint Occupancy" means any structure in which the ground floor is occupied by a business or commercial activity and residential dwelling units occur on the upper floors.
(44) "Interstate Highway." See Freeway.
(45) “Junk" means old metals, glass, paper or other waste that may be used again in some form. Also includes rubbish, trash or garbage.
(46) "Junk Yard" means any land or area used in whole or in part for commercial storage and/or sale of waste paper, rags, scrap metal, or other junk and including storage of vehicles and machinery and/or dismantling of such vehicles or machinery.
(47) "Kennel or Animal Shelter" means any place or establishment in which dogs and/or cats and/or aviary are kept, trained, bred, boarded or handled for a fee.
(48) “Level I cultivator" as defined in the Ohio Administrative Code, means a cultivator that is permitted to operate up to twenty-five thousand (25,000) square footage of space designated as the marijuana cultivation area in the application, unless a request for expansion is approved.
(49) "Level II cultivator" as defined in the Ohio Administrative Code, means a cultivator that is permitted to operate up to three thousand (3,000) square footage of space designated as the marijuana cultivation area in the application, unless a request for expansion is approved.
(50) "Lot" means a parcel of land designated by number or other symbol as a part of a legally approved and recorded subdivision, or as described by metes and bounds and recorded in the Trumbull County Auditor's Office.
(51) "Lot, Corner" means a lot abutting upon two (2) or more streets at their intersection or upon two (2) parts of the same street forming an interior angle of less than 135 degrees. The point of intersection of the street lines or of the street lines as extended is the corner.
(52) "Lot Depth" means the average horizontal distance between the front and rear property lines of a lot.
(53) "Lot, Double Frontage" means a lot which extends through a block having frontage on two (2) streets.
(54) "Lot Line, Front" means that line which separates the lot from a street right-of- way.
(55) "Lot Line, Side" means any lot line other than a front or rear lot line. A side lot line separating a lot from a street is called a side street lot line.
(56) "Lot Line, Rear" ordinarily means that lot line which is opposite and most distant from the front lot line. In the case of a triangular or otherwise irregularly shaped lot, a line ten (10) feet in length entirely within the lot parallel to and at the maximum distance from the front lot line, or a chord thereof if the front lot line is curved, shall be considered as the rear lot line for purposes of determining the required rear yard.
(57) "Lot Line, Street or Alley" means a lot line separating the lot from a street or alley.
(58) "Lot of Record" means a lot which exists as shown or described on a plat or deed in the records of the Trumbull County Auditor's Office.
(59) "Lot Width" means the distance between the side lot lines at the set as measured along a straight line parallel to the front lot line or parallel to the chord thereof.
(60) "Lot Area" means the computed area contained within the lot lines.
(61) "Lot, Zoning" means a parcel of land which is indicated by the owners, at the time of application for a building or zoning permit, as being that land which he proposes to develop under one ownership.
(62) "Manufactured Home (Mobile Home)" means a mobile home or manufactured home means a structure, designed and built to be transported in one or more sections on its own chassis, which is built on a permanent chassis whether or not the tongue or wheels have been removed, and designed to be used as a dwelling with or without a permanent foundation when connected to the required utilities, and includes the plumbing, heating, air conditioning, and electrical systems contained therein: except as such terms shall not include travel trailers, travel motorized homes, pick-up coaches, or camping trailers.
(63) "Mini-Warehouses". See Self-Service Storage Facility.
(64) "Mobile Home Park" means any place, area, or tract of land maintained, offered or set for parking of two (2) or more mobile homes used or intended to be used for living or sleeping purposes regardless of whether or not a charge is made for such accommodations.
(65) "Mobile Home Space" means that portion of land in a mobile home park allotted to or designed for the accommodation of one mobile home.
(66) "Modular Home" consists of two (2) non-self-supporting units factory fabricated and transported to the home site where they are put on a permanent foundation and joined to make a permanent single-family house.
(67) "Nonconforming Lot" means a lot of record at the time of passage of this ordinance which does not meet the requirements for area and/or width generally applicable in the district in which such lot is located.
(68) "Nonconforming Use or Structure" means a land use or structure which existed lawfully on the date this zoning ordinance became effective, and which does not conform with the permitted uses for the zoning district in which it is situated. Nonconforming uses are incompatible with permitted uses in the districts involved. Such nonconformities are permitted to continue until they are removed, but their survival, enlargement, or extension is not encouraged.
(69) "Nursing Home". As defined in the Ohio Revised Code.
(70) "Planned Development" for purposes of this Zoning Ordinance, a planned development shall be a group of detached, semidetached, attached, groups of attached, clustered, or multi-storied residential structures or any combination thereof on a parcel of land under single, corporation, firm, partnership, or association ownership planned and developed as an integrated unit in a single develop.
(71) "Planned Shopping Center" means a group of commercial establishments planned and developed as a unit related in location, size, and type of shops to the trade area that the unit serves; it provides on-site parking in definite relationship to the types and sizes of stores.
(72) "Private Recreation Area" means a recreation area maintained for members including but not limited to golf courses, swimming pools, tennis clubs, and neighborhood clubhouses, any and each of which must comply with all requirements of the Zoning Ordinance.
(73) "Private Street" means a right-of-way of undetermined width with a roadway of undetermined width which has not been dedicated, recorded, or publicly accepted by the county.
(74) "Processor", as defined in the Ohio Revised Code, means an entity that has been issued a certificate of operation to manufacture medical marijuana products.
(75) "Professional Office" means the office of a member of a recognized profession. When conducted in a residential district, a professional office shall be incidental to the residential use and shall be conducted by a member of the family occupying the residential building. Such uses shall include the offices of doctors or physicians, dentists, optometrists, ministers, architects, landscape architects, professional engineers, lawyers and such other similar professional occupations which may be so designated by the Commission. The issuance of a State or local license for regulation of any gainful occupation need not be deemed indicative of professional standing.
(76) "Quorum" means the number of members of any deliberative or corporate body as is necessary for the legal transaction of business, commonly a majority.
(77) "Residential Service Street" means a public or private way used primarily for providing direct access to abutting property.
(78) "Rest Home" means a residence used for the rooming or boarding of any aged or convalescent persons whether ambulatory or non-ambulatory, for which a license is required by a county, state, or federal agency.
(79) "Restaurant" means any establishment, including drive-ins, however designated, and bar and taverns, at which food or drink is sold for consumption on the premises.
(80) "Rooming or Boarding House" means a dwelling other than a hotel where lodging and/or meals for three (3) or more persons are provided for compensation.
(81) "Rubbish" means useless waste or rejected matter; something that is non-essential.
(82) "Salvage Yard". See junk yard.
(83) "Sectional Home" means a sectional home consists of three (3) or more non self- supporting units factory fabricated and transported to the home site where they are put on a permanent foundation and joined to make a permanent single-family.
(84) "Self-Service Storage Facility" means a structure containing separate storage spaces of varying size leased or rented as individual leases.
(85) "Service Station/Gas Station" means an establishment used for the servicing of automobiles including the sale of gasoline, oil, grease, minor accessories, and washing and polishing, but excluding the sale of automobiles, body repairing, major motor repairing, and painting.
(86) "Setback Line" means that line which is parallel to and given distance the front lot line of a lot or parcel of land at such distance as is required in this Zoning Ordinance.
(87) "Short Term Rental" means a rental under thirty (30) days
(88) "Specified Anatomical Area" means:
A. Less than completely and opaquely covered:
1. human genitals, pubic region,
2. buttock, and
3. female breast below a point immediately above the top of the aureole; and
B. Human male genitals in a discernibly turgid state, even if completely and opaquely covered.
(89) "Specified Sexual Activities" means:
A. Human genitals in a state of sexual stimulation or arousal.
B. Acts of human masturbation, sexual intercourse or sodomy.
C. Fondling or other erotic touching of human genitals, pubic region, buttock or female breast.
(90) "Street" means a dedicated public right-of-way which affords the principal means of access to abutting property and which has been accepted for maintenance by the City of Cortland, Trumbull County, or the State Highway Department. For the purposes of these regulations, the term street or streets shall also mean avenues, boulevards, roads, lanes, and other public ways.
(91) "Structure Alteration" means any change in the supporting members of a building.
(92) "Structure" means anything constructed or erected which requires permanent location above grade. For purposes of this Zoning Ordinance, "structure" does not include landscape features such as ornamental pools, planting boxes, sculpture, bird baths, open terraces, walkways, walls, or fences; shelters for pets, playhouses, open stairs, recreational equipment, flagpoles, swimming pools, air-conditioning compressors, pump houses or wells, mailboxes, privies, outdoor fireplaces, gatehouses, burial vaults, or bus shelters.
(93) "Sub-Collector Street" means a public way designed primarily to connect residential, service streets with arterial streets or to provide a direct connection between two arterial streets and may be expected to carry a significant volume of traffic having neither origin nor destination on the street.
(94) "Subdivision" means the City of Cortland Subdivision Regulations Codified Ordinance.
(95) "Travel Trailer" means any vehicle mounted on wheels but not self-propelled and not more than twenty-six (26) feet in length, designed and intended to serve primarily as short-term shelter.
(96) "Usable Wall Area" means the exterior wall or surface area of a building or that excludes doors.
(97) "Usable Permitted on Review" means uses allowable where facts and conditions detailed in this ordinance, as those upon which a use may be permitted, are found to exist.
(98) "Utility, Public" means any agency which, under public franchise or ownership, provides the general public with electricity, gas, heat, steam, communication, rail transportation, water, sewage collection, or other service.
(99) "Variance" means a relaxation of the dimensional terms of the Zoning Ordinance where such variance will not be contrary to the public interest and where, owning to conditions peculiar to the property and not the result of actions of the applicant.
(100) “Veterinary Clinic" means a facility for diagnosis, treatment, and care of large and small animals. Animals may be boarded in this facility. All activities related to this facility shall be conducted indoors.
(101) "Veterinary Hospital" means a facility for diagnosis, treatment and care of large and small animals. The facility shall be a freestanding building wholly occupied by the activities related to the veterinary hospital. Animals may be boarded in this facility. Activities are not restricted to the interior of the building.
(102) "Veterinary Office" means a facility for diagnosis, treatment, and care of small domestic animals. Sick or injured animals may be boarded no longer than three (3) days. No commercial boarding is allowed in the veterinary office facility. All activities related to this facility shall be enclosed indoors.
(103) "Yard, Required" means an open space, which lies between the principal building or group of buildings and the nearest lot line and is unoccupied and unobstructed from the ground upward except as here in permitted.
(104) "Yard, Front" means an open space extending the full width of the lot between a principal building and the front lot line, unoccupied and unobstructed from the ground upward except as may be specified elsewhere in this ordinance.
(105) "Yard, Rear" means an open space extending the full width of the lot between the principal building and the rear lot line, unoccupied and unobstructed from the ground upward except as may be specified elsewhere in this Zoning Ordinance.
(106) "Yard, Side" means an open space extending from the front yard to the rear yard between a principal building and the nearest side lot line, unoccupied and unobstructed from the ground upward, except as may be specified elsewhere in this Zoning Ordinance.
(107) "Zoning Permit" means a certification by the Zoning Administrator that a proposal to use or occupy a tract of land or a building; or to erect, install, or alter a structure, building or sign, fully meets the requirements of this Zoning Ordinance.
(Ord. 0-32-23. Passed 6-20-23.)
1117.01 GENERAL REGULATIONS FOR ALL RESIDENTIAL DISTRICTS.
(a) Utility Requirements. It shall be unlawful to construct or occupy any residential dwelling that is not connected to an approved water supply and sewerage disposal facility. Wherever public or community water and sewerage systems are available, dwellings shall be connected to such systems. In every other case, individual water supply and individual sewerage disposal facilities must meet the requirements set by the Trumbull County Health Department.
(b) Application of District Regulations. The following regulations pertain to the districts established by this ordinance. These regulations are supplemented and qualified by additional general regulations appearing in Chapter 1125 and the special regulations appearing in Chapter 1129. The regulations set by this Zoning Ordinance within each district shall be minimum regulations and shall apply uniformly to each class or kind of structure or land, and particularly, except as hereinafter provided:
(1) No building, structure, or land shall hereafter be used or occupied, and no building or structure or part thereof shall hereafter be erected, constructed, reconstructed, moved or structurally altered except in conformity with all the regulations herein specified for the district in which it is located.
(2) No part of a yard, or other open space, or off-street parking or loading space required about or in connection with any building for the purpose of complying with the Zoning Ordinance, shall be included as part of a yard, open space, or off-street parking or loading space similarly required for any other building.
(3) No yard or lot existing at the time of passage of this Zoning Ordinance shall be reduced in dimension or area below the minimum requirements set forth herein. Yards or lots created after the effective date of this Zoning Ordinance shall meet at least the minimum requirements established by this Zoning Ordinance.
(c) The uses permitted in each zoning classification are permitted only in the zone specified and shall not be permitted in a more or less restrictive zone.
(Ord. 0-35-96. Passed 8-5-96.)
1117.02 R-15, R-12, AND R-10 RESIDENTIAL DISTRICTS.
These residential districts are established as areas in which the principal use of land is for single-family dwellings and for related recreational, religious, and educational facilities normally required to provide an orderly and attractive residential area. The regulations for these districts are intended to discourage any use which, because of its characteristics, would interfere with the development of or be detrimental to the residential nature of the area included in the districts.
(a) Uses Permitted in R-15, R-12, and R-10 Residential Districts.
(1) Single-family dwelling with garage.
(2) Home occupation (subject to requirements in Section 1125.11).
(3) A portable, temporary school classroom.
(4) Temporary building, incidental to the construction of buildings permitted in these districts, and which shall be removed when the work is completed.
(5) Uses and structures customarily accessory to the permitted uses.
(b) Uses Permitted on Review. The following uses may be permitted on review by the Planning and Zoning Commission in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 1133.
(1) See Attachment A for details.
(2) Other public and semi-public uses which are considered to be compatible with the aforementioned uses.
(c) Accessory Building Setback. See Attachment C for details.
(d) Off-Street Parking. Off-street parking shall be provided in accordance with the provisions set forth in Section 1125.09
.
(e) Minimum, Requirements - Residential Lots.
R-15 R-12 R-10 (1) Lot Area (sq. ft.): 15,000 12,000 10,000 |
(2) See Attachment C for details.
(3) The minimum depth of the front yard measured from the street right-of- way line shall be 30 feet on a residential service street, 40 feet on a sub & collector street, and 50 feet on an arterial street. For residences, accessory buildings, and nonresidential uses located on corner lots, the minimum side yard width measured from the street right-of-way line shall be 25 feet on a sub & collector street, and 40 feet on an arterial street.
(f) Minimum Requirements - Nonresidential Lots.
R-15 R-12 R-10 (1) Lot Area (sq. ft.): 30,000 30,000 30,000 |
(2) See Attachment C for details.
(3) The minimum depth of the front yard measured from the street right-of- way line shall be 30 feet on a residential service street, 40 feet on a sub & collector street, and 50 feet on an arterial street. For residences, accessory buildings, and nonresidential uses located on corner lots, the minimum side yard width measured from the street right-of-way line shall be 25 feet on a collector street, and 40 feet on an arterial street.
(g) Height Limitation. No structure shall exceed 40 feet.
(h) Single Lots or Adjacent Lots.
(1) No fences, garages, or storage sheds will be permitted on a lot that does not already have a primary structure on it (commercial building or residential structure).
(2) If a person owns adjacent lots and one lot has a primary structure on it, the other lot may have a garage built on it, but the two lots must first be combined into one lot.
(Ord. 53-05. Passed 8-15-05.)
1117.03 R-M RESIDENTIAL, MULTI-FAMILY DISTRICT.
This residential district is established to provide for medium and high population density. The principal use of land is for two-family and multiple-family dwellings, and the recreational, religious, and educational facilities normally required to provide an orderly and attractive residential area are included. The regulations for this district are intended to discourage any use which, because of its character, would interfere with the development of or be detrimental to the residential nature of the area included in the district.
(a) Uses Permitted.
(1) See Attachment A for details.
(2) Other uses which are considered to be compatible with the aforementioned uses which also abide by federal and state law.
(b) Uses Permitted on Review. The following uses may be permitted on review by the Planning and Zoning Commission in accordance with the provisions contained in Chapter 1133.
(1) See Attachment A for details.
(2) Other uses which are considered to be compatible with the aforementioned uses which also abide by federal and state law.
(c) Height Limitation. No structure shall exceed a height of 40 feet, except as provided in Section 1125.07
.
(d) Lot Area.
(1) The minimum lot area for a single-family dwelling unit shall be 10,000 sq. ft.
(2) The minimum lot area for a two-family dwelling shall be 10,000 sq. ft.
(e) Dimensional Requirements.
(1) Lot width.
A. See Attachment C for details.
B. Nonresidential lots shall have a minimum width of 100 feet.
(2) Front yard. The minimum depth of a front yard, measured from the street right-of-way line, shall be 30 feet on a residential service street; 40 feet on a sub & collector street; and 50 feet on an arterial street.
(3) Side yard.
A. The minimum width of any residential side yard shall be 10 feet measured from the property line.
B. The minimum width of any nonresidential side yard shall be 15 feet measured from the property line.
C. For residences, nonresidential uses, and accessory buildings on corner lots, the minimum side yard width, measured from the street right-of-way line, shall be 20 feet on a residential service street; 30 feet on a collector street; and 40 feet on an arterial street.
(4) Rear yard. The minimum depth of a rear yard shall be 30 feet.
(f) Accessory Building Setback. Accessory buildings may be located in the rear yard; provided that they are set back not less than 10 feet from any lot line.
(g) Off-Street Parking. Off-street parking shall be provided in accordance with the provisions set forth in Section 1125.09
.
(Ord. 0-35-96. Passed 8-5-96.)
1117.04 R-MHP, RESIDENTIAL MOBILE HOME PARK DISTRICT.
(a) Purpose.
(1) The mobile home park district is established to allow mobile home parks provided certain location criteria are met, and the request is approved by City Council. Approval of this district shall be in accordance with Chapter 1137.
(2) Mobile homes shall be permitted only in this district. The following regulations shall apply to the mobile home park district.
(3) The requirements of this district are set forth to ensure that mobile home parks and subdivisions may coexist with existing and future residential development. The following criteria should be used in zoning property R-MHP.
A. Proposed site ensures adequate access to public street systems and does not cause undue congestion or place excessive traffic on local streets.
B. The proposed development should be located where public facilities and services are either existing or planned.
C. Approval of the application should not result in an over concentration of housing types that would alter the basic character of the area.
D. The proposed development should be compatible with adjoining and nearby properties.
(b) Uses Permitted.
(1) Mobile homes.
(2) Caretakers or managers - home or office.
(3) Service buildings to house services for occupants of the mobile home park including storage, vending machines, washing and drying machines for domestic laundry, recreation facilities, and similar uses.
(4) Mobile home sales office.
(5) Storage buildings.
(c) Site Plan Approval. Prior to construction or enlargement of a mobile home park existing at the time of adoption of this Zoning Ordinance shall be submitted to the Planning and Zoning Commission. The Planning and Zoning Commission shall review the proposed development for conformance with all applicable regulations. Once the development has been determined to be in conformance, the Planning and Zoning Commission shall review the plat for the purpose of determining if it satisfies the requirements set forth in this section, in addition to determining the following.
(1) That the spirit of the zoning regulation shall not be violated;
(2) That the proposed development does not conflict with proposed or existing development in adjacent areas;
(3) That the proposed development will be a desirable addition to the physical pattern of the City.
(d) Site Plan Retirements. The plan shall be drawn by a registered engineer/surveyor licensed by the State of Ohio. The plan shall be drawn to a scale of lot less than 100 feet to 1 inch and shall contain the following information:
(1) The location of the proposed park and the type of surround land uses.
(2) The location and dimensions of streets, rights-of-way, drives and parking spaces.
(3) The location and size of mobile home sites.
(4) The location and size of service buildings and areas and reaction areas.
(5) The location and type of screening, fences, or hedges.
(6) The names and addresses of abutting property owners and of developers. Any mobile home, service building, or recreation area located in any mobile home park shall be placed in accordance with an approved development plan.
(7) Existing and finished contours at intervals of not more than 2.
(8) The location of fire hydrants, if applicable.
(9) Storage areas.
(10) Dumpsters, if applicable.
(e) Design Standards.
(1) Park size. The minimum area for a mobile home park shall be 3 acres.
(2) Plot size. Each mobile home shall be on a plot of not less than 5,000 square feet in area, have an average width of not less than 50 feet, and an average length of not less than 100 feet. the maximum number of mobile homes shall not exceed 5 dwelling units per acre.
(3) Setbacks.
A. No mobile home shall be located closer than 50 feet to the right of-way line of a public street or highway, and not closer than 15 feet from side and rear property lines.
B. Each mobile home shall be set back at least 15 feet from the front, side and rear lines of the plot on which it is located.
(4) Off-street parking. Off-street vehicular parking shall be as follows: 2 spaces for each mobile home. One space for each employee shall be provided at each service or recreation area.
(5) Access. No mobile home shall have direct access to a public street or highway. All mobile home plots shall have access to an all-weather interior roadway which is not less than 30 feet in width and has a paved surface of not less than 20 feet in width. Roads with parallel parking on one side shall have a paved surface of 28 feet with a 5 foot right-of-way on each side.
(7) Utility requirements. Within the area zoned, each mobile home space in a mobile home park shall be provided with approved water and sewer service which is connected to the municipal water and sewerage system. All utilities including cable, telephone and electric shall be underground.
(8) Recreation areas. Recreation space of not less than 200 square feet of usable land for each mobile home plot shall be provided in the mobile home park. For purposes of this section, "usable open space" shall be construed to mean parks, open space, and recreation amenities, such as a clubhouse, swimming pool, or similar improvements. When the anticipated population shall include children, a play area shall be provided of not less than 400 square feet per plot.
(9) Patio or deck. For each mobile home there shall be constructed a permanent patio located adjacent to or attached to the mobile home pad. The patio shall be at least 162 square feet in area of concrete or masonry construction. Each patio shall be sufficient gradient to direct drainage away from the mobile home pad. The patio shall not be within 5 feet of the property line. In lieu of the patio, a treated wood deck of the same dimensions may be used.
(10) Operating requirements. The operator of each mobile home park shall comply with all State and County Health Department rules and regulations governing the sanitation and operation of mobile home parks.
(11) Garbage disposal. Garbage containers with tight-fitting covers shall be required for each plot to permit the disposal of all garbage and rubbish. Collection will be on a regular basis to ensure that containers shall not overflow. In lieu of individual containers, a 20 cubic yard dumpster for every 20 mobile homes may be provided. Garbage and rubbish shall not be disposed of within the park.
(12) Anchors. Each mobile home shall be anchored according to the HUD regulation of the National Manufactured Housing Construction and Safety Standards Act as required of each manufacturer’s specifications.
(13) Dead-end roads. Closed ends of Dead-End roads shall be provided with a cul-de-sac paved to a minimum of a 35 foot radius.
(14) Occupancy. There shall be no fewer than 10 mobile home plots available at first occupancy.
(15) Foundation wall. Foundation enclosures shall be required around the perimeter of each mobile home from the base of the home to the ground. The development owner shall advise each homeowner of this requirement to ensure the safety of residents from animals and other infestations. Residents shall comply within a 6 month period, and it shall be the responsibility of the landowner to advise each homeowner of the required time period to complete the enclosure.
(16) Street lighting. All streets within the park shall be lighted at night. The lighting system shall be underground.
(17) Storage area. On each mobile home plot, a space shall be designated for a storage building if provided.
(18) Drainage plan. A drainage plan and a sedimentation and erosion control plan shall be submitted and approved prior to final approval being granted by the Zoning Administrator.
(19) Street names. Permanent street names approved by the Planning and Zoning Commission shall be assigned to each road within the development.
(f) Pre-Existing Mobile Home Parks. Mobile home parks or individual subdivisions which were lawfully in existence and operating on the effective date of this Zoning Ordinance, under valid permits issued by the City of Cortland, but which do not conform to requirements set forth in this section, shall be considered a nonconforming use. However, nonconforming parks may be expanded only if the mobile home park owner has received approval for such expansion before the effective date of this Zoning Ordinance.
(Ord. 0-35-96. Passed 8-5-96.)
1117.05 C-IN, NEIGHBORHOOD COMMERCIAL DISTRICT.
(a) Purpose.
(1) The intent of this district is to accommodate commercial development that is environmentally and aesthetically compatible with surrounding residential areas. The requirements of this district are designed to ensure that the C-lN commercial development be in harmony with the surrounding residential area in such a way that it does not impair existing and future residential development. All establishments developed under the C-lN classification shall be scaled to meet the convenience shopping needs of the immediate area.
(2) The following criteria should be used in zoning property C-lN:
A. The C-lN zoning classification must be consistent with the development plan for the area.
B. It should be determined that the proposed C-lN zoning clas sification is necessary to provide the immediate area with convenience shopping.
C. The C-lN use must not put any undue burden on existing streets or utilities.
D. Wherever possible, group development should be encouraged as an effort to concentrate C-lN uses.
E. Reclassification to C-lN should not contribute to undue scattering of commercial development.
F. The C-lN zone shall be located on a sub & collector or an arterial street.
(b) Uses Permitted on Review.
(1) Uses permitted in the C-lN district are permitted on review by the Planning and Zoning Commission in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 1133.
(2) See Attachment D for details.
(3) Other uses which are considered to be compatible with the aforementioned used which also abide by Federal and State law.
(c) Relationship of Building to Lots. One or more principal structures may be permitted on a single lot.
(d) Minimum Yard Requirements. See Attachment C for details.
(e) Maximum Height of Structures. Maximum height of all structures shall not exceed 40 feet.
(g) Signs. Identification signs and business signs are allowed subject to review by the Planning and Zoning Commission. No signs shall have flashing lights or movable display parts and shall comply with Chapter 1321
.
(h) Buffers. None required.
(i) Application Procedure.
(1) All applications for development in the C-lN district shall be made to the office of the Zoning Administrator. The Zoning Administrator shall, within 5 days, forward copies of the application to the Planning and Zoning Commission. Within 30 days, the Planning and Zoning Commission shall submit a written review and recommendation of the application to City Council.
(2) Before the Planning and Zoning Commission makes a recommendation to the City Council, it shall determine the following:
A. That the spirit of the Zoning Ordinance shall not be violated.
B. That the proposed development will be in harmony with existing developments.
C. That the proposed development will be a desirable addition to the physical pattern of the neighborhood.
D. That the design be such that additional traffic will not be a burden on existing streets.
E. That no adverse environmental impacts will be created by the proposed development.
F. That the size of the proposed development will not exceed the convenience commercial needs of the immediate area.
G. That the visual appearance of the development will harmonize with the existing development.
H. That the architectural character blends with the surrounding area.
(3) Applications for a C-lN development shall include the following data and other reasonable information that the Planning and Zoning Commission may require in their review of the application:
A. The location and size of the site.
B. The location of all curb cuts and points of egress and ingress and all sidewalks and dimensions thereof.
C. Density of land use proposed for every part of the site.
D. The location and size of any existing or proposed roads within the C-lN district.
E. Photographs of surrounding development.
F. Elevations of proposed development.
G. Perspective sketch indicating color and materials of all structures and screenings.
H. The location of all parking.
I. The location and types of all exterior light fixtures.
J. A complete landscaping and screening plan.
K. Plans showing complete drainage of entire site.
(4) In addition to the above information, the following will be required:
A. A copy of convenants, grants, or easements or other restrictions proposed to be imposed upon the use of land, buildings, and structures including proposed easements for grants for public utilities.
B. A schedule showing the proposed times for constructing the development.
C. A statement indicating the intent to development the site as proposed in the plans submitted.
(j) Annual Review. After a period of one year from the date of rezoning, the Zoning Administrator shall review the status of the approved C-lN development. If significant progress is not demonstrated at that time, the Zoning Administrator shall advise the City Council of his findings. If City Council determines that insufficient progress has occurred and it would be in the best interest of the area to revoke the permit, City Council shall schedule a public hearing within thirty days. The property owner(s) shall be notified in writing at least 20 days prior to the hearing. If within 15 days the owner and/or developer is able to present proof of progress, the City Council may withdraw the application.
(Ord. 0-35-96. Passed 8-5-96.)
1117.06 O-D OFFICE DISTRICT.
(a) Purpose. This district is established to provide for office uses, including but not limited to the following: accountant, advertising agency, bank, savings and loan, broadcasting studio, brokerage house, employment agency, insurance, professional offices, real estate, and research facilities.
(b) Uses Permitted.
(1) The uses permitted in this district are limited to office and research facilities, medical clinics, and outpatient hospitals and shall not include any use engaged in retail sales or stocking and storage of merchandise except as provided by Section 1117.05(c). No use shall be permitted in this district which will be detrimental to the development of the district as an office-research park.
(2) See Attachment B for details.
(3) Other uses which are considered to be compatible with the aforementioned uses which also abide by Federal and State law.
(4) Accessory buildings and uses customarily incidental to the above uses.
(c) Uses Permitted on Review.
(1) The following uses may be permitted on review by the Planning Commission in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 1133.
(2) See Attachment D for details.
(3) Other uses which are considered to be compatible with the aforementioned uses which also abide by Federal and State law.
(4) Accessory retail permitted uses on review.
A. Certain retail sales establishments which are customarily accessory and clearly incidental and subordinate to permitted principal office uses such as, but not limited to, the following:
B. See Attachment D for details.
C. Other uses which are considered to be compatible with the aforementioned uses which also abide by Federal and State law.
D. Similar retail uses which are designed primarily to serve the convenience of persons working or receiving services in the building in which the accessory uses located, provided that such accessory use is clearly incidental and subordinate to the principal permitted office uses.
(d) Height Limitation. No structure shall exceed a height of 40 feet except as provided in Section 1125.07
.
(e) Dimensional Requirements.
(1) Front setback. See Attachment C for details.
(2) Side setback. See Attachment C for details.
(3) Rear setback. See Attachment C for details.
(4) Off-street parking. Off-street parking shall be provided in accordance with the provisions set forth in Section 1125.09
.
(5) Buffer and green areas. See Attachment C and Section 1125.15
for details on buffers and green areas.
(Ord. 0-35-96. Passed 8-5-96.)
1117.07 C-1, CENTRAL BUSINESS DISTRICT.
(a) Purpose.
(1) The Central Business District is a concentrated area for the principal office buildings, service establishments, and retail stores serving the City and region. The standards herein recognize the need for a compact central business district which favors pedestrians with parking facilities for downtown shoppers and employees in economical and efficient locations.
(2) Since the Central Business District serves a special and unique function, it is the intent of this Zoning Ordinance that the C-l, CBD classification be applied to one contiguous and continuous area. Before additional areas are considered for inclusion in the CBD, consideration should be given to the appropriateness of alternate designations.
(b) Permitted Principal Uses and Structures.
(1) See Attachment B for details.
(2) Other uses which are considered to be compatible with the aforementioned uses which also abide by Federal and State law.
(c) Uses Permitted on Review.
(1) The following uses may be permitted on review by the Planning Commission in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 1133.
(2) See Attachment D for details.
(3) Other uses which are considered to be compatible with the aforementioned uses which also abide by Federal and State law.
(d) Height Limitation. No structure shall exceed a height of 40 feet, except as provided in Section 1125.07
.
(e) Dimensional Requirements.
(1) Front setback. See Attachment C for details.
(2) Side setback. See Attachment C for details.
(3) Rear setback. See Attachment C for details.
(f) Buffers and Green Areas. See Attachment C and Section 1125.16 for details buffers and green areas.
(g) Off-Street Parking. No minimum except as needed to meet other requirements herein.
(h) Off-Street Loading. No minimum except as needed to meet other requirements herein.
(Ord. 0-35-96. Passed 8-5-96.)
(Ord. 0-35-96. Passed 8-5-96.)
1117.08 C-2, HIGHWAY COMMERCIAL DISTRICT.
(a) Purpose. This district is established to provide for the development of commercial land uses on major thoroughfares. These uses are oriented to customers traveling by automobile. Establishments in this district provide goods and services for the traveling public.
(b) Uses Permitted.
(1) See Attachment B for details.
(2) Other uses which are considered to be compatible with the aforementioned uses which also abide by Federal and State law.
(c) Uses Permitted on Review.
(1) The following uses may be permitted on review by the Planning and Zoning Commission in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 1133.
(2) See Attachment D for details.
(3) Other uses which are considered to be compatible with the aforementioned uses which also abide by Federal and State law.
(d) Height Limitation. No structure shall exceed a height of 40 feet except as provided in Section 1125.07
.
(e) Dimensional Requirements.
(1) Front setback. See Attachment C for details.
(2) Side setback. See Attachment C for details.
(3) Rear setback. See Attachment C for details.
(f) Buffers and Green Areas. See Attachment C and Section 1125.16
for details on buffers and green areas.
(g) Off-Street Parking. Off-street parking shall be provided in accordance with the provisions set forth in Section 1125.09
.
(h) Off-Street Loading. Off-street loading shall be provided in accordance with the provisions set forth in Section 1125.10
.
(i) Application Procedure - Planned Shopping Center. Each application for a Zoning Permit for a planned shopping center shall be approved by the Zoning Administrator, acting on the recommendation of the Planning and Zoning Commission. The application shall be accompanied by the following:
(1) A development plan of the proposed development at a scale of not less than 3 inch equals 100 feet showing:
A. The location and size of the site.
B. The dimensions of the property.
C. The location and proposed use of buildings, and their general exterior dimensions.
D. A traffic, parking, and circulation plan showing proposed locations, arrangements, and dimensions of parking spaces, loading areas, and drives, as well as ingress and egress to and from adjacent streets.
E. The proposed location and materials to be used for screening.
F. A title showing the names of the developers, the date, scale of the plan, and the name of the individual or firm preparing the plan.
(2) A statement to be filed with the Zoning Administrator indicating readiness to proceed with construction of the proposed development within one year from the date the proposal is approved.
(3) In addition to the aforementioned requirements of application, the planned shopping center shall be subject to the height limitation and dimensional requirements of C-2, Commercial District.
(j) Building Permit. No building permit shall be issued for any building in a shopping center until a final development plan shall have been reviewed and recommended favorably. The Zoning Administrator shall approve or disapprove all requests for shopping center development based on his review and the Planning and Zoning Commission’s report.
(k) Self-Service Storage Facility. No activities other than rental of storage units and pick up and deposit of stored goods shall be allowed on the premises. No outside storage shall be permitted. Radioactive materials, explosives, and flammable or hazardous chemicals shall be prohibited.
(Ord. 0-35-96. Passed 8-5-96.)
(Ord. 0-35-96. Passed 8-5-96.)
1117.09 SERVICES DISTRICT.
(a) Purpose. This district is intended to accommodate wholesaling, distribution, storage, processing, light manufacturing, and general service uses. Certain related structures and uses required to serve the needs of such uses are permitted outright and are permissible upon review subject to restrictions and requirements intended to best fulfill the intent of this Zoning Ordinance.
(b) Permitted Principal Uses and Structures.
(1) See Attachment B for details.
(2) Other uses which are considered to be compatible with the aforementioned uses which also abide by Federal and State law.
(c) Uses Permitted on Review.
(1) The following uses may be permitted on review by the Planning and Zoning Commission in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 1133.
(2) See Attachment D for details.
(3) Other uses which are considered to be compatible with the aforementioned uses which also abide by Federal and State law.
(d) Height Limitation.
(2) No building or structure on a lot in the Services District which is adjacent to a residential district shall exceed 35 feet unless there is 1 additional foot of setback on the sides adjacent to the residential district for each additional foot of height.
(e) Dimensional Requirements.
(1) Front setback. See Attachment C for details.
(2) Side setback. See Attachment C for details.
(3) Rear setback. See Attachment C for details.
(f) Buffers and Green Areas. See Attachment C and Section 1125.16 for details on buffers and green areas.
(g) Off-Street Parking. Off-street parking shall be provided in accordance with the provisions set forth in Section 1125.09
.
(h) Off-Street Loading. Off-street loading shall be provided in accordance with the provisions set forth in Section 1125.10
.
(Ord. 0-35-96. Passed 8-5-96.)
1117.10 I-1, INDUSTRIAL DISTRICT.
(a) Purpose. The Industrial District is established as a district for manufacturing plants, assembly plants, and warehouses. The regulations are intended to protect neighboring land uses from potentially harmful noise, odor, smoke, dust, glare, or other objectionable effects.
(b) Permitted Uses Upon Review.
(1) Apparel manufacturing.
(2) Automobile impound lot.
(3) Automobile and truck repair and rebuilding shop.
(4) Building contractor and related activities.
(5) Building materials, sales, and storage.
(6) Chemicals and allied products manufacturing.
(7) Electrical components manufacturing.
(8) Fabricated metal products manufacturing.
(9) Farm implement and machinery sales and storage.
(10) Feed and seed sales and storage.
(11) Food processing.
(12) Furniture and fixtures - manufacturing.
(13) Household and industrial cleaning products manufacturing.
(14) Laundry and cleaning plant.
(15) Lumber yard.
(16) Lumber and wood products manufacturing.
(17) Marijuana Cultivator Level I
(18) Marijuana Cultivator Level II
(19) Marijuana Processor
(20) Paper and allied products manufacturing.
(21) Petroleum refining and related industries.
(22) Plastic products manufacturing.
(23) Primary metal industries.
(24) Printing and allied industries.
(25) Salvage yard for automobile, junk, building materials, provided that all operations shall be screened by permanent walls, fences, or evergreen planting subject to the provisions of Section 1129.03.
(26) Signs (subject to the provisions of the City sign ordinance.).
(27) Stone, clay, and glass products manufacturing.
(28) Temporary building which is incidental to the construction of buildings permitted in the district, and which shall be removed when work is completed.
(29) Textile mill products, manufacturing.
(30) Tire recapping and retreading plant.
(31) Truck terminal.
(32) Wholesaling and warehousing.
(33) Other uses which are considered to be compatible with the aforementioned uses which also abide by Federal and State law.
(c) Height Limitation.
(1) No building or structure shall exceed 75 feet in height except as provided in Section 1125.07.
(2) No building or structure on a lot in the Industrial District which is adjacent to a residential district shall exceed the height of 35 feet unless there is 1 additional foot of setback for each additional foot of height.
(d) Dimensional Requirements.
(1) Front setback. See Attachment C for details.
(2) Side setback. See Attachment C for details.
(3) Rear setback. See Attachment C for details.
(e) Buffers and Green Areas. See attachment C and Section 1125.16 for details on buffer and green areas.
(f) Off-Street Parking. Off-street parking shall be provided in accordance with the provisions set forth in Section 1125.09.
(g) Off-Street Loading. Off-street loading shall be provided in accordance with the provisions set forth in Section 1125.10.
Ord. 0-06-18. Passed 4-2-18.)
1121.01 PHILOSOPHY.
The Planning and Zoning Commission shall take into account that it is difficult to forecast the various conditions and factors that may be encountered in sizable developments, and that certain latitude, flexibility and freedom in the execution of the design and layout of the project should be permitted by the commission to allow the developer: to adjust the streets to irregular topography; to take advantage of topography in order to utilize the natural surface drainage to economize in the construction of sewers and storm drainage facilities; to reduce the amount of grading and thus minimize destruction of trees and top soil; to adjust tie layout to geographical and cultural limitations; and among other things to create natural variations in the development as well as attractive and usable building sites.
(Ord. 0-35-96. Passed 8-5-96.)
1121.02 PROCEDURES FOR APPROVAL.
The developer of an Integrated Planned Residential Development shall submit a preliminary plan of the project to the Planning and Zoning Commission.
(a) After accepting such plan for review, the Commission shall determine that the proponents of the project are financially able to carry it out; that they intend to start the construction within one year of the approval of the project or of the effective date of any necessary change in zoning, and that they intend to complete the project within an acceptable specified time, not to exceed two years.
(b) Next, the Commission shall investigate and ascertain that the location, size and other characteristics of the site in the proposed plan comply with the following conditions:
(1) That the proposed project is consonant with the General Plan of the City;
(2) That it will not adversely affect neighboring property;
(3) That the project is at a location where traffic congestion does not exist on the streets to be utilized and where objectionable congestion would probably not be created as a result of the project;
(4) That the plan provides for integrated and harmonious design of buildings, for adequate and properly arranged facilities for internal traffic circulation, off-street parking and unloading, landscaping and such other features and facilities as may be necessary to make the
project attractive and efficient.
(Ord. 0-35-96. Passed 8-5-96.)
1121.03 FINAL DEVELOPMENT PLAN.
Upon determination by the Planning and Zoning Commission that the proposed development project as shown by the preliminary plan thereof conforms to the requirements of all applicable provisions of the Zoning Ordinance and the Subdivision Regulations of the City a final development plan shall be submitted which shall incorporate any changes or modifications required or suggested by the Commission.
(Ord. 0-35-96. Passed 8-5-96.)
1121.04 SUBMISSION OF FINAL DEVELOPMENT PLAN TO COUNCIL.
Such final development plan shall be submitted by the Planning and Zoning Commission together with its report and recommendations to Council for approval.
(Ord. 0-35-96. Passed 8-5-96.)
1121.05 AUTHORIZATION BY PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION.
Minor modifications and adjustments or rearrangements of the plan may be authorized by the Commission.
(Ord. 0-35-96. Passed 8-5-96.)
1121.06 REQUIREMENTS AND STANDARDS.
(a) Permitted uses shall be only those specified in the district in which located.
(b) Building height and set back requirements shall be the same as for the district in which located.
(c) The average lot areas per dwelling unit shall not be reduced below the specified area requirements for the district. However,individual lot requirements for width, depth, area, side or rear yard may be modified provided any such requirements shall not be reduced more than twenty percent (20%).
(d) At least two off street parking spaces shall be provided for each dwelling unit. Service drives and other service facilities shall be located entirely within the project site.
(e) Plans shall provide for suitable street widening as may be necessary to facilitate the circulation of vehicular traffic; the appropriate extension of public utilities, including sanitary sewers, storm drainage and water mains along street frontage; and suitable screen planting and landscaping.
(f) A two year completion date shall be placed on street completion beginning with the date the plat is recorded after receiving approval by the Planning and Zoning Commission that such plat meets all requirements of the City. Only fifty percent (50%) of the lots of an approved plat may be sold until the final blacktop coat is applied, at which time the remaining fifty percent (50%) of the lots may be sold.
(g) If building or construction has not begun on a plat within two years after approved by the Council, the plan must again be submitted to the Planning and Zoning Commission.
(h) Any developer or owner not conforming to the above rules and regulations shall have his license revoked and will not be permitted to build within the City until such time he is reinstated by the Zoning Administrator.
(Ord. 0-35-96. Passed 8-5-96.)
1121.07 DWELLING GROUPS; EXCEPTIONS.
(a) In the case of a Residential Development consisting of a group of two or more buildings to be constructed on a plot of ground not subdivided into customary streets and lots and which will not be subdivided, or where the existing or contemplated street and lot layout make it impracticable to apply the requirements of the Zoning Ordinance to the individual building units in such a project, the applying of such requirements to such project shall be done by the Planning and Zoning Commission in a manner that will insure substantially the same character of occupancy, maximum intensity of use,and minimum standard open spaces as permitted by the Zoning Ordinance in the district in which the proposed project is to be located, subject to Section 1125.18, except that the Commission may authorize a fifty-foot right of way where desirable or necessary for proper planning.
(b) In no case shall either the Commission or the Board of Zoning Appeals authorize a use prohibited in the district in which the project is to be located, or a smaller lot area per family than the minimum required under the Zoning Ordinance in such district.
(Ord. 0-35-96. Passed 8-5-96.)
1125.01 APPLICATION.
The regulations set forth in this Zoning Ordinance affect all land, every building, and every use of land and/or buildings and shall apply as follows.
(a) New Uses or Construction. After the effective date of this Zoning Ordinance, no part of a yard, court, other open space, or off-street parking or loading space required for the purpose of complying with the provisions of this Zoning Ordinance shall be included as part of a yard, open space, or parking and loading space required for any other building.
(b) Reduction of Lot and Yard Area Prohibited. No yard or lot existing at the time of passage of this Zoning Ordinance shall be reduced in size or area below the minimum requirements set forth herein. Yards or lots created after the effective date of this ordinance shall meet at least the minimum requirements established herein.
(c) Conforming Uses. After the effective date of this Zoning Ordinance, structures, or the uses of land or structures which then conform to the regulations for the district in which such structures or uses are located may be continued provided that any structural alteration or change in use shall conform with the regulations herein specified.
(d) Nonconforming Uses. After the effective date of this Zoning Ordinance, structures, or uses of land or structures which would be prohibited under the regulations for the district in which such structures or uses are located shall be considered as nonconforming. Nonconforming structures or uses may be contained provided they conform to the provisions contained in Section 1125.02.
(e) Nonconforming Lots. In any district in which single-family dwellings are permitted, if a lot of record at the effective date of adoption of this Zoning Ordinance does not contain sufficient land area to permit a building to conform to the dimensional requirements of the Zoning Ordinance, such lot may be used as a building site for a single-family residence provided that there is conformance to the minimum front and side yard requirements set forth in this Zoning Ordinance for the district in which the residence is located. Furthermore, any permitted use serviced by a private septic system shall meet minimum County Health Department Regulations.
(Ord. 0-35-96. Passed 8-5-96.)
1125.02 CONTINUANCE OF NONCONFORMING USES OF LAND AND STRUCTURES.
(a) Extension of Nonconforming Uses and Structures. Nonconforming uses of land or structures existing at the time of adoption of this Zoning Ordinance shall not hereafter be enlarged or extended in any way.
(b) Change of Nonconforming Use. Any nonconforming use may be changed to any conforming use, or with the approval of the Planning and Zoning Commission, to any use more in character with the uses permitted in the district. In permitting such change, the Planning and Zoning Commission may require appropriate conditions and safeguards in accordance with the provisions of this Zoning Ordinance.
(c) Cessation of Nonconforming Uses of Land. When a nonconforming use of land ceases for a continuous period of twelve months subsequent use of the land shall conform to the regulations for the district in which the land is located.
(d) Cessation of Nonconforming Uses of Structures. When a nonconforming use of a structure is discontinued or abandoned for twelve consecutive months, the use shall not be resumed; and the subsequent use shall conform to the regulations for the district in which the structure is located.
(e) Repair and Alteration of Nonconforming Uses. Normal maintenance and repair of a building occupied by a nonconforming use is permitted provided no other provisions of this Zoning Ordinance are violated.
(f) Damage or Destruction of Nonconforming Uses. Any structure containing a nonconforming use which as been damaged by fire or other causes may be constructed and used as before if reconstruction is substantially begun within 1 year of such damage and completed within eighteen months. However, reconstructed structures shall not exceed the square footage as that contained in the structure at the time the damage occurred. Furthermore, all reconstructed structures which alter, improve, or are built on a different site from the original construction shall meet all applicable requirements for the district in which the structure is to be located unless such requirements are waived or modified by the Planning and Zoning Commission pursuant to its powers enumerated in Chapter 1133.
(g) Temporary Nonconforming Uses of Land. Temporary nonconforming uses of land for carnivals and similar uses may be permitted.
(Ord. 0-35-96. Passed 8-5-96.)
1125.03 RELATIONSHIP OF BUILDINGS TO LOTS.
There shall be not more than one principal building and its accessory buildings on one lot except as allowed in group, large scale, and apartment developments as provided in this chapter and Chapter 1129.
(Ord. 0-35-96. Passed 8-5-96.)
(Ord. 0-35-96. Passed 8-5-96.)
1125.04 PUBLIC ACCESS TO PROPERTY.
Every building hereafter erected or moved shall be located on a lot adjacent to and have access to a public street, highway, road, or other public way and shall have an exclusive unobstructed private easement of access or right-of-way at least thirty-five feet in width to a public street for one single-family dwelling and at least fifty feet in width for two or more single, two-family or multi-family dwellings.
(Ord. 0-35-96. Passed 8-5-96.)
1125.05 PROJECTIONS INTO PUBLIC STREETS AND STREET RIGHT-OF-WAY.
No commercial signs or other structures shall project beyond any right-of-way line of any street except in the case of a properly executed air rights agreement which meets the provisions of all applicable legislation regarding the use of air rights. No shrubbery shall project into any public street right-of-way.
(Ord. 0-35-96. Passed 8-5-96.)
1125.06 PARKING AND STORAGE OF CERTAIN VEHICLES.
(a) Vehicles without Current License Plates. Automobiles, trucks, or trailers of any kind or type without current license plates shall not be parked or stored on any lot zoned for residential use other than in completely enclosed buildings.
(b) Travel or Camping Trailers. The trailer shall not be occupied temporarily or permanently while it is parked or stored except in an authorized mobile home park.
(c) Commercial Vehicles. Not more than 1 commercial vehicle and/or trailer (excluding garaged vehicles) per family living on the premises shall be permitted in a residential district. No commercial vehicles used for hauling explosives, gasoline, or liquefied petroleum shall be permitted.
(Ord. 0-35-96. Passed 8-5-96.)
(Ord. 0-35-96. Passed 8-5-96.)
1125.07 HEIGHT.
The following provisions qualify and supplement the specific height regulations set forth in Chapter 1117.
(a) Public and Semi-Public Buildings. Hospitals, schools, churches, and other public and semi-public buildings may exceed the height limitations of the district, except as provided in Sections 1117.10(c) and 1117.09(d), if the minimum depth of rear yards and the minimum width of side yards required in the district regulations are increased 1 foot for each 2 feet by which the height of such public and semi-public building exceeds the prescribed height limit.
(b) Other Structures Permitted. Chimneys, elevators, poles, spires, tanks, towers, and other projections not used for human occupancy may exceed the district height limit upon review by the Planning and Zoning Commission.
(Ord. 0-35-96. Passed 8-5-96.)
1125.08 VISIBILITY AT INTERSECTIONS.
On any corner lot on which a front and side yard is required, nothing shall be erected, placed, planted, or allowed to grow which obstructs visions between a height of 2 1/2 feet above the crown of the adjacent roadway and 10 feet in a triangular area formed by measuring from the point of intersection of the side lot lines and connecting the points so established to form a triangle on the area of the lot adjacent to the street intersection.
(Ord. 0-35-96. Passed 8-5-96.)
1125.09 OFF-STREET PARKING REQUIREMENTS.
There shall be provided at the time of the erection of any building; at the time any principal building is enlarged or increased in capacity by adding dwelling units, guest rooms, seats, or floor area; or before conversion from one type of use of occupancy to another permanent off-street parking space in the amount specified by this section. Such parking space may be provided in a parking garage or properly graded and improved open space.
(a) Certification of Minimum Parking Requirements. Each application for a Zoning Permit submitted to the Zoning Administrator, as provided for in Chapter 1131, shall include a plan showing the required space reserved for off-street parking and loading space and the means of ingress and egress to such space. This information shall be sufficient to enable the Zoning Administrator to determine whether or not the requirements of this section are met.
(b) Combination of Required Parking Space. The required parking space for any number of separate uses may be combined in one lot, but the required space assigned to one use may not be assigned to another use except that 1/2 of the parking space required for churches, theaters, or other uses whose peak attendance will be at night or on Sundays may be assigned to a use which will be closed at night or on Sundays.
(c) Remote Parking Space. If the off-street parking space required by this Zoning Ordinance cannot be reasonably provided on the same lot on which the principal use is located, such space may be provided on any land within 400 feet of the principal use. Such space shall be deemed required space associated with the permitted use and shall not hereafter be reduced or encroached upon in any manner. It is further provided that the Zoning Administrator may require a plat, deed, or other documentation necessary to show that remote parking space is controlled by and available to applicant prior to the granting of a Zoning Permit.
(d) Design of Parking Area.
(1) All off-street parking except off-street parking for single family detached dwelling units, single-family attached dwelling units on adjoining individual lots, or two-family dwellings located on a residential service street, shall be designed so that vehicles can turn around within the area and enter the street, road, or highway in such a manner as to completely eliminate the necessity of backing into the street, road or highway. Off street parking for single-family detached dwelling units, single family attached dwelling units on adjoining individual lots, or two-family attached dwelling units, which requires backing into a residential service street shall be permitted provided that such movement can be made with reasonable safety and without interfering with other traffic.
(2) All parking areas shall be separated from streets and/or highways by a green space of at least 18 inches and curbs. All parking lots will have designated entrances and exits. Such parking areas, except for single family dwelling units, shall be of usable shape; improved with asphalt or concrete and so graded and drained as to dispose of all surface water accumulation within the area.
Surfacing. Any off-street parking area shall be surfaced with asphaltic or portland cement bind pavement so as to provide a durable, dustless and continuous (from point of access to edge of public street) all weather surface that is appropriately structured and bordered for performance, and shall be so graded and drained as to dispose of all surface water accumulated within the area, and shall be arranged and marked as to provide for orderly and safe loading and unloading and parking and storage of vehicles.
Lighting. Lighting, if provided, shall reflect away from residential areas and public streets.
General policy. The City of Cortland Planning, Zoning and Building Commission may approve a modification or waiver of the surface requirement for off-street parking and loading areas, including aisles and driveways, upon a determination that such modification or waiver will not have an adverse impact on the site and the surrounding area with regard to such factors as, but not limited to, the natural environment, storm drainage, water quality and erosion and sedimentation.
A. An application for a modification or waiver shall be reviewed based on the following items:
1. Structure or use to which the off-street parking or loading area is accessory.
2. States reasons for the request of the dustless surface modification or waiver.
3. Requested duration of the dustless surface modification or waiver.
4. Type(s) and location of proposed alternate parking lot surface(s).
5. Size of the parking and loading area(s) and the percentage of these areas proposed for alternate surfacing.
6. Type of vehicles which will use the facility and frequency of use.
7. Proposed maintenance program.
8. Resultant effect of the modification or waiver on the natural environment, storm drainage, water quality and erosion and sedimentation.
9. Proposed method of delineation of parking spaces and travel ways.
B. The proposed alternate surface shall consist of gravel. Other alternate surfaces, such as grass reinforcement systems and other appropriate surfaces, may be considered for use by the City of Cortland Planning, Zoning and Building Commission upon specific request based on factors related to storm drainage, frequency of use, types of vehicles used, soil conditions and other relevant concerns.
The City of Cortland Planning, Zoning and Building Commission may approve or deny such request and may impose such conditions, restrictions and time limitations as may be deemed necessary to assure that the off-street parking and/or loading areas will be compatible with and will not adversely impact the adjacent area.
(Ord. 0-88-02. Passed 1-21-03.)
(e) Standard Size of Off-Street Parking Space.
Angle of Parking | Width of Stall | Depth of Stall | Minimum Drive-way Width | Length of Curb Per Car |
0 degrees | 9’ | 23’ 0” | 12’ | 23’ 0” |
30 degrees | 9’ | 17’ 4” | 11’ | 18’ 0” |
45 degrees | 9’ | 19’ 10” | 13’ | 12’ 9” |
60 degrees | 9’ | 21’ 0” | 18’ | 10’ 5” |
90 degrees | 9’ | 20’ 0” | 20’ | 9’ 0” |
(f) Minimum Parking Requirements. Wherever off-street parking is required in district regulations, the following minimum spaces shall be provided on the same lot with the principal use except as provided in subsection (c) hereof. A developer should evaluate his own needs, and if they are greater than the minimum, provide the necessary space.
Use | Required Off-Street Parking |
Apartment, townhouse, and multiple-family dwelling | Two and one half spaces for each dwelling unit. At least one garage or carport for each family unit, minimum area enough for two cars. |
Auditorium/theater | One space for each four spectator seats |
Automobile service station | One space for each car stored, plus one space for each employee |
Autowash Drive-in | Fifteen spaces per wash unit for automatic wash. Five spaces per wash bay for manual wash |
Bank | One space for each 200 square feet of gross floor space, plus one space for each two employees |
Bus terminal | One space for each four seats in waiting room, plus one space for each two employees |
Child care center | One space for each adult attendant, plus two off-street spaces for loading and unloading |
Church | One space for each four seats in the worship area |
Drive-in facility | five spaces for each one hundred square feet of floor area, plus one space for each two employees during period of greatest employment |
Elementary school | One space for each vehicle owned or operated by the school, plus two spaces for each classroom and each administrative office |
Fire station | One space for each employee and one space for each three volunteer personnel on a normal shift |
Funeral home | One space for each four seats in the chapel or parlor, plus one space for each employee |
Golf course | Four spaces for each green, plus requirements for any other associated use. |
Home occupation | In addition to residence requirements, one space for each one hundred square feet of floor space devoted to the home occupation use |
Hotel, motel or motor court | One space for each room to be rented, plus - one additional parking space for each three employees, plus requirements for any other use associated with the establishment |
Indoor and outdoor commercial recreation | One space for each one hundred and eighty square feet of floor or ground area, or one space for each four seats available to patrons, whichever is needed |
Industrial manufacturing and wholesale uses | One space for each two employees on the largest shift, one space for each member of the managerial or office staff, one visitor parking space for each ten persons on the managerial staff, and one space for each vehicle used directly in the conduct of the business |
Junior high school | One space for each vehicle owned or operated by the school, plus three spaces for each faculty member, plus one space for each five seats in the auditorium or gymnasium |
Mobile home park | Two spaces for each mobile home |
Nursing home | One space for each five beds intended for patient use, plus space for each shift employee |
Office, professional building | One space for each two hundred square feet of gross floor space |
Office, medical, dental and boiler rooms | One space for each employee, plus one space for each examining room |
Planned shopping center | Five and one half spaces for every one thousand square feet of gross leasable floor area |
Public or private club | One space for each two hundred square feet of gross floor space |
Restaurant | One space for each three seats, plus one space for each two employees |
Retail Store | One space for each two hundred square feet of floor area used for sales, plus one space for each two employees |
Sales and service establishments not listed elsewhere, which deal with customers on premises | One parking space for each two hundred square feet of floor area available to customers, plus space for each two employees |
Senior high school | One space for each vehicle owned or operated by the school, plus seven spaces for each faculty member, plus one space for each administrative office |
Single or two-family dwelling | Two spaces on the same lot for each dwelling unit. At least one garage or carport for each dwelling unit, minimum area enough for two cars. |
Stadium | One space for each four spectator seats |
(g) Additional Retirements for the Physically Disabled and/or Handicapped. As required by the latest edition of the Ohio Building Code and subsequent adopted amendments.
(h) Parking in Residential Front Yard. No vehicle shall park for three consecutive days in the required front yard in a residential district except on a driveway which has been improved by gravel, concrete or asphalt, and not on a vacant lot or lots.
(i) Parking Vacant Lots in Residential Areas. No vehicle shall be parked on vacant lots in residential areas.
(Ord. 0-35-96. Passed 8-5-96.)
1125.10 OFF-STREET REQUIREMENTS.
(a) Generally. Every industrial and wholesale building hereafter erected shall provide space as indicated herein for loading and unloading of vehicles. The number of off- street loading berths required by this section shall be considered as the absolute minimum specified by this section. For purposes of this section, an off street loading berth shall have minimum plan dimensions of 12 feet by 25 feet and 14 feet overhead clearance with adequate means or ingress and egress.
Square Feet of Gross Floor Area in Structure | Number of Berths |
0 - 25,000 | 1 |
25,000 - 40,000 | 2 |
40,000 - 100,000 | 3 |
100,000 - 160,000 | 4 |
160,000 - 240,000 | 5 |
240,000 - 320,000 | 6 |
320,000 - 400,000 | 7 |
Each 90,000 above 400,000 | 1 |
(b) Design. Off-street loading spaces shall be designed so that vehicles can maneuver for loading and unloading entirely within the property lines of the premises.
(c) Requirements for Commercial Uses. All retail uses and office buildings with a total floor area of 20,000 square feet shall have 1 off-street loading berth for each 20,000 square feet.
(Ord. 0-35-96. Passed 8-5-96.)
1125.11 HOME OCCUPATION.
A home occupation permitted in any residential district shall be in conformance with the following requirements:
(a) No persons other than those residing in the house shall be engaged in the occupation.
(b) The occupation shall not involve the retail sale of merchandise manufactured off the premises except for products related directly to the service performed such as beauty products.
(c) No display of merchandise shall be visible from the street.
(d) The occupation shall not be a nuisance or cause undo disturbance in the neighborhood.
(e) Off-street parking shall be provided in accordance with the provisions set forth in Section 1125.09.
(f) No daily customer activity occurs and that there never be more than four vehicles in the drive at once and none on the street related to said activity.
(g) That no more than one delivery per day occurs and that as a result no materials or supplies remain outside the residence for more than a reasonable time and never more than eight hours.
(h) Numerous complaints are not received by the City offices indicating that the residential nature of the neighborhood is being disturbed or destroyed by the activity.
(i) The following home occupations shall be permitted. Other home occupations may be permitted by the Planning and Zoning Commission in accordance with the provisions of this section and the aforementioned requirements.
(1) Accountant.
(2) Art instructor.
(3) Attorney.
(4) Child care home.
(5) Computer Services.
(6) Dress making.
(7) Home crafted products.
(8) Insurance agent.
(9) Ironing.
(10) Music.
(11) Teacher.
(12) Notary public.
(13) Photographer.
(14) Professional service.
(15) Sewing.
(16) Tailoring.
(17) Tax consultant.
(18) Tutoring.
(19) Or other similar Occupations.
(Ord. 0-35-96. Passed 8-5-96.)
1125.12 DRAINAGE SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS.
(a) Requirements Generally. All property being developed except single family residential and residential lots under one-half acre, shall now be required to comply with the following requirements:
(1) The developer, person, contractor or company which is developing said property shall submit to the Zoning Administrator, when making application for a Zoning Permit, a plan prepared by a licensed engineer in the State of Ohio showing the design of a storm water drainage system to provide for the adequate movement and disposal of subsurface and surface water.
(2) All design aspects and criteria for hydrology and hydraulics shall be governed by the latest edition of "Standard Drainage Criteria Manual" for Trumbull County, Ohio, except as may be modified herein. All construction and materials specifications for manholes, inlets, catch basins, pipes, ditch linings, headwalls, culverts and bridges shall be governed by the appropriate sections of the latest edition of the State of Ohio, Department of Transportation, "Construction and Materials Specifications", except that no new open drainage ditches shall be permitted, without the approval of the Planning Commission.
(3) The Zoning Administrator, prior to issuing the Zoning Permit, shall refer the drainage plan submitted to the City Engineer for approval if needed.
(4) The fee for drainage plan review shall be one hundred dollars ($100.00).
(5) The drainage plan shall provide that all sump pump and roof drain connections shall not outlet on the ground or through the curb but shall be connected to the pipe system, either directly or through the use of a collection system. No storm drainage, including foundation drains, shall be permitted to discharge into sanitary sewers.
(6) The drainage plan shall in each case be designed to provide a facility large enough to accommodate potential run-off from its entire upstream drainage area, whether inside or outside the property being developed. The plan will also study the effect of each construction on existing downstream drainage facilities outside the area of construction. Where it is anticipated that the additional run-off incident to the development of the property will overload an existing downstream drainage facility, approval may be withheld until the provision has been made for the improvement of such potential condition. When a proposed drainage system will carry across private land outside of the proposed development, appropriate drainage rights must be secured and recorded.
(7) The plan approved by the Zoning Administrator with any additions, corrections or deletions made by him shall be considered the approved plan. Any Developer who disagrees with the determination of the Zoning Administrator may file an appeal with the Planning and Zoning Commission upon the payment of an appeal fee in the amount of one hundred dollars ($100.00). The Planning and Zoning Commission will hold a public hearing following normal appeal procedures and shall make a determination which shall be final.
(8) The approved plan shall become a condition of zoning compliance and the facilities contained in the plan shall be constructed prior to the property being occupied.
(9) The drainage plan shall also contain provision for an Erosion and Sediment Control Plan that shall adhere to all regulated activities, performance standards, application procedures and monitoring requirements as set forth in the latest edition of the “Trumbull County Erosion and Sediment Control Rules”, except as may be modified herein.
(b) Single Family Residential Requirements. All single family residential property being developed within the City shall now be required to comply with the following requirements:
(1) Drainage from sump pumps, roof drain connections and foundation drains shall not outlet onto the ground or through the curb into the street, but shall be connected to the storm water collection system. No storm drainage of any type shall be permitted to be discharged into sanitary sewers or combination sewers.
(2) Where an adequate storm water collections system is not available, drainage from sump pumps, roof drain connections and foundation drains shall be detained to leach beds with at least one half cubic yard of washed gravel per down spout and one cubic yard per sump pump. Such leach bed shall be located at least ten (10) feet from any lot line.
(3) This section does not apply to additions, either attached or unattached, to any existing single family dwellings.
(4) Comply with Erosion and Sediment Control for single lots as set forth in the latest edition of the “Trumbull County Erosion and Sediment Control Rules”, except as may be modified herein.
(Ord. 0-53-05. Passed 8-15-05.)
1125.13 GAME COURTS, SWIMMING POOLS, AND SATELLITE DISHES.
Game courts, swimming pools, and satellite dishes are allowed as accessory uses in residential districts in conjunction with one family dwellings, one-family mobile homes, and two-family dwellings subject to the provisions of this chapter.
(a) Game Courts.
(1) Game courts shall not be located in the front yard.
(2) Game courts shall be set back not less than five feet from any lot line.
(3) Setback requirements for game courts on corner lots shall be the same as those for accessory buildings.
(4) Lighting for game courts shall have proper shielding from glare.
(b) Swimming Pools.
(1) This section shall apply to all swimming pools, including but not limited to family pools, commercial advertisement or display pools, and all pools which have a depth of water in excess of 18 inches. The intent of this section is that it shall apply to all such swimming pools to small ornamental ponds, but not to large lakes or natural watercourses. This section shall not apply to indoor pools or small portable swimming pools provided they are emptied when not in use.
(2) A building permit shall be required for the construction of any swimming pool within the City.
(3) Swimming pools shall not be located in the front yard.
(4) Setback requirements for swimming pools shall be the same as those for accessory buildings.
(5) Lighting for swimming pools shall have proper shielding from glare.
(6) Every outdoor swimming pool, including those pools erected for sales and advertising purposes, or family pools shall be completely surrounded by a fence or a wall not less than 4 feet in height and which shall be sufficiently substantial so as to exclude small children. A dwelling house or accessory building may be used as part of such enclosure.
(7) For the purpose of this section, the structural wall of an above ground pool can satisfy the fence or wall requirements as long as an additional fence placed atop of the pool wall shall measure no less than five (5) feet at any point in the pools circumference from the ground.
(c) Satellite Dishes, Solar Panels and Similar Devices.
(1) Nine square foot or less devices and solar panels attached to roofs are excluded from this section.
(2) Shall be located in the rear yard of the residential or commercial type structure where the satellite dish is located.
(3) Shall be set back not less than 5 feet from side or rear property lines.
(Ord. 0-35-96. Passed 8-5-96.)
1125.14 FENCES.
(a) Residential, R-15, R-12, R-10 , RM.
(1) Maximum six (6) feet high fence is allowed from front set back to rear and along back of lot.
(2) Shall not impede on neighbor’s visibility of approaching traffic.
(3) All fences are to be made of standard fencing material of strong quality and no chicken wire, snow fence material (except when used for its designed purpose and is removed during April 1 through November 1), or barbed wire will be accepted.
(4) If an existing condition exists were putting a fence on the property line is closer than three (3) feet to a neighbor’s house, a minimum of three (3) feet of clearance must be maintained.
(5) Any fences totaling forty (40) or more linear feet will require a permit.
(b) Commercial, Service, Industrial, etc.
(1) Maximum eight (8) feet high fence permitted.
(Ord. 0-53-05. Passed 8-15-05.)
(2) No barbed wire or razor wire permitted, except a fence with up to three strands of barbed wire on top is permitted, provided the fence itself is not constructed with barbed wire and provided such strands are not less than seventy-two (72) inches from the ground.
(Ord. 0-09-25. Passed 4-21-25.)
(3) If adjacent to a residential district, a screening will be required as stated in the appropriate district section.
(Ord. 0-53-05. Passed 8-15-05.)
1125.15 FOUNDATIONS.
(a) Each dwelling unit shall be built upon a full basement and / or full crawl space. The full basement and / or crawl space will comprise the foundation which shall be defined as the structure transmitting the load of the superstructure to the supporting soil or rock in such a way as to prevent the settling or slippage of the structure.
(b) The foundation will consist of a concrete footer, poured and/or concrete block walls, a concrete slab between walls on the interior of the structure, and drainage pipe inside and outside perimeter of the dwelling unit all of which shall adhere to the Trumbull County building Department codes.
(Ord. 0-35-96. Passed 8-5-96.)
(Ord. 0-35-96. Passed 8-5-96.)
1125.16 BUFFERS AND GREEN AREAS.
(a) Buffer. Wherever a use permitted in the commercial or industrial district is adjacent to any residential district a ten (10) “buffer” along the side yard and a thirty (30) foot “buffer” along the rear yard shall be required on lots abutting any residential district lot. This “ buffer “ shall provide a screen or mask or otherwise block the view of the commercial or industrial use from the residential district lot. (See definitions also.)
(b) Green Area. Required in commercial and industrial districts where parking regulations apply. The first ten (10) feet from the front property, shall be reserved as a green area (except for access or driveways) to be planted and maintained with grass and/or vegetation. The area between the road pavement and the property line (right-of-way) shall, also, be planted and maintained as a green area. In addition there shall be a minimum of ten percent (10%) of total land area (exclusive of buildings) reserved for green areas. (See definitions also.)
(Ord. 0-35-96. Passed 8-5-96.)
1125.17 GARAGES, SERVICE STATIONS AND CAR LOTS.
(a) Location. Any building, structure or premises to be used as a public garage, automobile repair shop, service station, or car lot shall be at least 100 feet from and have each exit or entrance at least 200 feet from, any property line of a school, public playground, or hospital; any such entrance or exit shall be located at least twenty feet from any residential district.
(b) Gasoline Pump Islands. Pump islands shall be set back at least twelve feet inside property lines. (Ord. 0-35-96. Passed 8-5-96.)
1125.18 STREET FRONTAGE REQUIREMENTS.
Every lot shall abut on a street, or it shall have an exclusive unobstructed private easement of access or right of way at least thirty-five feet in width to a public street for one single dwelling and at least fifty feet in width for two or more single, two-family or multi family dwellings.
(Ord. 0-35-96. Passed 8-5-96.)
1125.19 SIDEWALKS.
Every lot located in an area where sidewalks currently exist shall be installed and maintained to comply with the City’s Subdivision Regulations.
(Ord. 0-35-96. Passed 8-5-96.)
1125.20 CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT WITHIN RESIDENTIAL DISTRICTS.
Outdoor storage or parking of backhoes, bulldozers, well rigs and other similar construction equipment, other than equipment temporarily used for construction upon the site, shall not be permitted within any residential district. For purposes of this section, "used for construction upon the site" means incidental to the issuance of a building permit and active construction taking place.
(Ord. 0-18-21. Passed 7-6-21.)
1125.21 REMOVAL OF DEBRIS.
No builder, contractor, developer, owner, or lessee of property within the City shall bury tree stumps, limbs, brush, scrap building materials, scrap pipe or other refuse which is generated through construction, reconstruction or development of land or buildings. Such debris shall be hauled away from the site and disposed of in any and all methods allowed by law. This section also prohibits storing or dumping debris described in this section on vacant lots within the City. (Ord. 0-18-21. Passed 7-6-21.)
1129.01 CHILD CARE CENTER.
Child care centers may be permitted in the R-M District subject to the district regulations, the Ohio State Department of Public Welfare Rules and Regulations relating to licensing day care facilities and child care centers, and the following requirements:
(a) Area. The minimum lot area for a day care center shall be 20,000 square feet.
(1) Indoor area. The building shall contain a minimum of 35 square feet of floor area for each child present.
(2) Outdoor area. At least 75 square feet of outdoor play area shall be available for each child present.
(b) Fencing. The entire play area shall be enclosed by a fence having minimum height of 4 feet and constructed to provide maximum safety to the children.
(c) Off-Street Parking. Off-street parking shall be provided in accordance with the provisions set forth in Section 1125.09
.
(Ord. 0-35-96. Passed 8-5-96.)
1129.02 PUBLIC UTILITY BUILDINGS AND USES.
Public utility buildings and uses such as sewage lift stations, pump stations, electrical substations, and telephone equipment buildings which are not detrimental to other uses permitted in any district may be permitted in any district. Such uses shall be enclosed within a building or by a suitable fence providing protection and screening against light, noise, fumes, or unsightliness. Open area on the premises shall be appropriately landscaped.
(Ord. 0-35-96. Passed 8-5-96.)
1129.03 JUNK YARDS.
Junk yard, scrap processors and automobile wreckers may be permitted in the I-l, Industrial District, subject to the following requirements:
(a) Site Size. All junk yards, scrap processors, and automobile wreckers shall be located on a site of at least 5 acres.
(b) Location. No junk yard, scrap processor, or automobile wrecker shall be located within 2500 feet of any residential district existing at the time business operations are started.
(c) Screening. Open storage shall be enclosed by a continuous visual screen provided and maintained along the property line. The screen shall be a wall or fence at least 8 feet in height. Materials stored in the open shall not be stacked higher than the required screen.
(Ord. 0-35-96. Passed 8-5-96.)
1129.04 LIVESTOCK IN RESIDENTIAL DISTRICTS.
Ponies and horses may be kept in R-15 districts and other districts subject to the district regulations and the following conditions:
(a) Site. The minimum lot area upon which livestock may be kept is 2 acres. Not more than one head of livestock shall be permitted for each 1 acre of lot area.
(b) Setback. Space or shelter where livestock is kept or fed shall not be permitted within 50 feet of any property line except where such property line abuts a street, railroad, or watercourse at least 50 feet in width.
(Ord. 0-35-96. Passed 8-5-96.)
1129.05 CHURCHES.
A church may be permitted in any district subject to the requirements of the district and the following requirements.
(a) Lot Area. The minimum lot area shall be 40,000 square feet.
(b) Setback Requirements. See Attachment C for details.
(c) Off-Street Parking. Off-street parking shall be provided in accordance with the provisions set forth in Section 1125.09.
(Ord. 0-35-96. Passed 8-5-96.)
1129.06 PRIVATE RECREATION AREA.
A private recreation area or country club may be permitted in the R-15, R-12, R-8, and R-M districts subject to the requirements of the district in which it is located and the following requirements.
(a) Lot Area. A private recreation area shall be located on a site not less than 2 acres in area.
(b) Setback Requirements. All buildings, game courts, swimming pools, and similar structures shall be set back from front, side and rear property lines a minimum of 50 feet.
(c) Food and Entertainment. The provision of food and entertainment for members and guests may be permitted; provided that such provision shall not cause a nuisance in the residential district.
(d) Off-Street Parking. Off-street parking shall be provided in accordance with the provisions set forth in Section 1125.09.
(Ord. 0-35-96. Passed 8-5-96.)
1131.01 ZONING ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL.
(a) Powers. This Zoning Ordinance shall be administered and enforced by the Zoning Administrator of the City of Cortland with the assistance of the Planning and Zoning Commission Members and such other persons as the City Council may direct.
(b) Duties of the Zoning Administrator and His Designated Representative.
(1) The duties of the Zoning Administrator shall include receiving applications, issuing Zoning Permits, inspecting premises, for uses and structures that meet the requirements of this Zoning Ordinance, and other actions to assure conformance with this Zoning Ordinance.
(2) If the Zoning Administrator or his designated representative shall find that any of the provisions of the Zoning Ordinance are being violated, he shall notify in writing the person responsible for such violation indicating the nature of the violation and ordering the action necessary to correct it. He shall order discontinuance of illegal uses of land, buildings, or structures; removal of illegal buildings or structures or of additions, alterations, or structural changes thereto; discontinuance of any illegal work being done; or shall take any other action authorized by this Zoning Ordinance to ensure compliance with or to prevent violation of its provisions.
(Ord. 0-35-96. Passed 8-5-96.)
1131.02 ZONING PERMITS AND APPLICATION PROCEDURE.
(a) Zoning Permits.
(1) No land shall be used or occupied and no land shall be excavated or graded and no building or other structure shall be erected, structurally altered, added to or moved until a Zoning Permits shall have been issued in conformance with the provisions of this ordinance by the Zoning Administrator.
(2) A record of all Zoning Permits issued shall be kept on file in the office of the Zoning Administrator, and copies shall be furnished, on request, to persons having a proprietary or tenancy interest in the building or land involved.
(b) Application Procedure.
(1) Application for a Zoning Permits shall be made prior to grading, construction, alteration, moving of any structure, or change of land use.
(2) In addition to any other regulations set forth in the Zoning Ordinance, an application for a zoning certificate shall be subject to the conditions of the Subdivision Regulations, as well as the Flood Damage Prevention Ordinance.
(3) Each application for a Zoning Permits shall be accompanied by 2 copies of a plan drawn to a scale of not less than 100 feet to 1 inch. The plan shall show: the shape and dimensions of the lot on which the proposed building or use is to be erected or conducted, the location of the lot with respect to adjacent rights-of-way, the setback lines of buildings on adjoining lots; the shape, dimensions, and location of all buildings, existing and proposed on the lot; the nature of the proposed use of the building or land; the location and dimensions of off-street parking; the means of ingress and egress to such space; and any other information the Zoning Administrator may deem necessary for consideration in enforcing the provisions of this Zoning Ordinance.
(c) Issuance of Zoning Permits. If the proposed plan conforms with the provisions of this Zoning Ordinance, the Zoning Administrator shall issue a Zoning Permit and return 1 copy of the plan to the applicant. The Zoning Administrator shall mark the plan as approved and attest to the same by his signature or his designated representative. All new construction except for single family dwellings shall have the approval and signature of the Planning and Zoning Commission. The second copy of the plan, similarly marked, and a copy of the Zoning Permit shall be retained by the Zoning Administrator.
(d) Expiration of Zoning Permit. If the work described in any Zoning Permit has not been substantially completed within six months of the date of issuance or if a vacant parcel of land for which a Zoning Permit has been issued is not used for the purpose for which the permit was issued within six months of the date of issuance, the permit shall expire and be canceled by the Zoning Administrator. Written notice shall be given to the persons affected together with notice that further work as described in the canceled permit shall not proceed unless and until a new Zoning Permit has been obtained.
(e) Fees.
(1) Fees for new dwellings, additions, garages, commercial and industrial, new or additions zoning permits, will be one-quarter of one (1) percent of the estimated valuation as determined by the Trumbull County Building Department. The determination is based on square footage of living area times Trumbull County Building Department Fee Schedule.
(2) Fees for fences, signs, porches, decks, patios storage or tool sheds, pavilions, gazebos and swimming pools zoning permits will be twenty- five dollars ($ 25.00).
(3) Fees for Subdividers and/or developers (will build four units or more) shall be five hundred dollars ($ 500.00) for a one year license.
(4) Fees for builders shall be one hundred dollars ($100.00) for a one year license.
(5) Fees not paid in advance of construction and not paid after being notified once by mail shall be doubled. If after second notification fee is not paid then Section 1141.99 applies.
(Ord. 0-35-96. Passed 8-5-96.)
1133.01 REVIEW.
The Planning and Zoning Commission shall hear and decide appeals where it is alleged there is error in any order, requirements, decision, or determination made by the Zoning Administrator in the enforcement of this Zoning Ordinance.
(Ord. 0-35-96. Passed 8-5-96.)
1133.02 VARIANCES.
(a) The Planning and Zoning Commission may authorize upon written appeal in specific cases such variance from the terms of this Zoning Ordinance as will not be contrary to the public interest where, owing to special conditions, a literal enforcement of the provisions of this Zoning Ordinance would result in unnecessary hardship or peculiar and exceptional practical difficulties.
(b) Before action is taken on a request for a variance, the Planning and Zoning Commission shall hold one or more public hearings at which any party may appear in person, by agent, or attorney.
(c) Notice shall be given at least 30 days in advance of a public hearing. The owner of the property and all property owners immediately adjacent to the property for which the variance is requested or his agent shall be notified by mail. Notice of hearings shall be made in a newspaper of general circulation. Failure of delivery of such notice shall not invalidate any such ordinance, measure, or regulation.
(d) A variance from the terms of this Zoning Ordinance may be granted by the Planning and Zoning Commission upon a finding that:
(1) There are special conditions and circumstances which are peculiar to the land structure, or building involved which are not applicable to other lands, structures, or buildings in the same district.
(2) A literal interpretation of the provisions of this Zoning Ordinance would deprive the applicant of rights commonly enjoyed by other properties in the same district under the terms of this Zoning Ordinance.
(3) The special conditions and circumstances do not result from the actions of the applicant.
(4) Granting the variance requested will not confer on the applicant any special privilege that is denied by this ordinance to other lands, structures, or buildings in the same district.
(5) The variance requested will be in harmony with the general purpose and intent of this ordinance, and will not be injurious to the neighborhood or otherwise detrimental to the public welfare.
(6) The variance requested is the minimum variance that will make possible the legal use of the land, building, or structure.
(e) No nonconforming use of neighboring lands, structures, or buildings in the same district, and no permitted or nonconforming use of lands, structures, or buildings in other districts shall be considered ground for the issuance of a variance.
UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES SHALL THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION GRANT A VARIANCE TO ALLOW A USE NOT PERMISSIBLE UNDER THE TERMS OF THIS ZONING ORDINANCE IN THE DISTRICT INVOLVED WHERE A ZONE CHANGE IS REQUIRED.
(Ord. 0-35-96. Passed 8-5-96.)
1133.03 USES PERMITTED ON REVIEW.
(a) The Planning and Zoning Commission may authorize the issuance of permits for those uses permitted on review which are in accordance with the provisions of this ordinance, particularly the applicable provisions of Chapter 1117 and the specific conditions set forth below.
(b) The Commission may grant or deny a request for a use permitted on review after a public hearing has been held on the written request submitted by an applicant. Notice shall be given at least thirty (30) days in advance of a public hearing.
(c) If the Commission denies the request, the reasons shall be entered in the minutes at which the permit is denied.
(d) The Commission may designate such reasonable and appropriate conditions in addition to the specific conditions contained in this Zoning Ordinance to assure that the proposed use will be in harmony with the area in which it is to be located and with the spirit of this Zoning Ordinance.
(e) The Commission shall act on requests for uses permitted on review within 60 days of the date of submittal. Failure to act within 60 days shall constitute approval of the request.
(f) If the request is granted, the Commission shall determine that:
(1) The use meets all required conditions.
(2) The use is reasonably necessary for the public health or general welfare.
(3) The use is appropriately located with respect to transportation facilities, water supply, fire and police protection, waste disposal, and similar services.
(4) The use will not violate neighborhood character nor adversely affect surrounding land uses.
(g) The Planning and Zoning Commission may hear and decide upon uses permitted on review specifically authorized by the terms of this ordinance. A use permitted on review shall not be authorized by the Planning and Zoning Commission unless and until:
(1) A written application is submitted.
(2) Notice shall be given at least 30 days in advance of a public hearing.
(3) A public hearing shall be held.
(4) The Commission shall make findings.
(5) The Commission shall make written findings certifying compliance with the regulations governing the special use.
(Ord. 0-35-96. Passed 8-5-96.)
1133.04 ADDITIONAL POWER.
(a) In addition to the powers conferred upon the Planning and Zoning Commission, the Commission shall have authority to interpret district boundaries where boundaries on the ground are at variance with those shown on the Official Zoning Map.
(b) In granting any variance, the Planning and Zoning Commission may prescribe appropriate conditions and safeguards in conformity with this ordinance. Violation of such conditions and safeguards shall be a violation of this ordinance and punishable under Section 1141.99.
(c) UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES SHALL THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION GRANT A VARIANCE TO ALLOW A USE NOT PERMISSIBLE UNDER THE TERMS OF THIS ORDINANCE OR ANY USE EXPRESSLY OR BY IMPLICATION PROHIBITED BY THE TERMS OF THIS ZONING ORDINANCE IN THE DISTRICT INVOLVED.
(Ord. 0-35-96. Passed 8-5-96.)
(Ord. 0-35-96. Passed 8-5-96.)
1133.05 DECISIONS.
The concurring vote of the majority of the Planning and Zoning Commission shall be necessary to reverse any order, requirement, decision, or determination of the Zoning Administrator charged with the enforcement of this Zoning Ordinance or to decide in favor of the applicant any matter upon which it is required to pass under this Zoning Ordinance or to grant a variance from the provisions of this Zoning Ordinance.
(Ord. 0-35-96. Passed 8-5-96.)
1133.06 APPEALS.
Every decision of the Planning and Zoning Commission shall be subject to review by the Board of Appeals and then by a court of record in the manner provided by the law.
(Ord. 0-35-96. Passed 8-5-96.)
1133.07 FEES.
A fee of one hundred dollars ($ 100.00) shall be paid to the City of Cortland Zoning Administrator for each application for a variance.
(Ord. 0-35-96. Passed 8-5-96.)
1133.08 PROCEDURE ON APPEALS.
(a) It is the intent of this Zoning Ordinance that all questions of interpretation and enforcement shall be first presented to the Zoning Administrator. Such questions shall be presented to the Planning and Zoning Commission only on appeal from the decision of the Zoning Administrator with recourse to the Board of Appeals and then to a court of competent jurisdiction.
(b) It is further the intent of this Zoning Ordinance that the duties of the City Council in connection with this Zoning Ordinance shall not include hearing and deciding questions of interpretation and enforcement that may arise. The procedure for deciding such questions shall be as stated in this section and this Zoning Ordinance. Under this Zoning Ordinance, the City Council shall have only the duty of considering and adopting or rejecting proposed amendments or the repeal of this Zoning Ordinance, as provided by law.
(Ord. 0-35-96. Passed 8-5-96.)
1137.01 INITIATION OF AMENDMENTS OR SUPPLEMENTS.
Amendments or supplements to the Zoning Ordinance may be initiated by motion of the planning and Zoning Commission, by the adoption of a resolution therefor by Council, or by the filing of an application therefor by one or more of the owners or lessees of property to be changed or affected by the proposed amendment or supplement with the Commission. Council shall, upon the adoption of such resolution, certify it to the Commission.
(Ord. 0-35-96. Passed 8-5-96.)
1137.02 SUBMISSION OF APPLICATION.
Applications for amendments or supplements to the Zoning Ordinance shall be submitted to the Planning and Zoning Commission upon such forms, and shall be accomplished by such data and information as may be prescribed for that purpose by the Commission, so as to assure the fullest practicable presentation of facts for the permanent record. Each such application shall be verified by at least one of the owners or lessees of property within the area proposed to be changed or affected, attesting to the truth and correctness of all facts and information presented with the application.
(Ord. 0-35-96. Passed 8-5-96.)
1137.03 NAMES AND ADDRESSES OF PROPERTY OWNERS.
Any person or persons desiring amendments or supplements to the Zoning Ordinance shall file with the application for such change, a statement giving the names of all owners of property within and contiguous to the area proposed to be reclassified or redistricted, and the addresses of such owners appearing on the current tax roll.
(Ord. 0-35-96. Passed 8-5-96.)
1137.04 APPLICATION FEE.
(a) Each application shall be accompanied by a check payable to the City, or a cash payment sufficient in amount to cover the cost of publishing and/or posting, and mailing the notices of the hearing or hearings. Such fee shall be determined, from time to time, by Council, upon the recommendation of the Commission.
(b) When a proposed amendment is initiated by an individual or parties other than the City Council or the Planning and Zoning Commission, a fee of two hundred dollars ($200.00) shall be paid for each application for administrative and advertising expenses.
(Ord. 0-35-96. Passed 8-5-96.)
1137.05 RECOMMENDATIONS TO COUNCIL.
(a) The Planning and Zoning Commission shall, within thirty days of the adoption of such motion, the certification of such resolution, or the filing of such application, approve, disapprove or make suggestions concerning the proposed amendments or supplement; and shall submit such recommendations together with such resolution or application, together with the text and map pertaining thereto, to Council.
(b) When a proposed amendment is initiated by an individual or parties other than the City Council or the Planning and Zoning Commission, a fee of two hundred dollars ($200.00) shall be paid for each application for administrative and advertising expenses.
(Ord. 0-35-96. Passed 8-5-96.)
1137.06 ZONING MAP AMENDMENTS.
When an amendment to the Zoning Ordinance changing the zoning of any area becomes effective, it shall be the duty of the Mayor to cause such changes to be entered on the Zoning Map on file in the office of the Clerk of Council.
(Ord. 0-35-96. Passed 8-5-96.)
1137.07 PUBLIC HEARINGS BY COUNCIL.
Before any such proposed amendment or supplement may be passed, Council shall hold a public hearing thereon, and shall give at least twenty (20) days notice of the time and place thereof in a newspaper of general circulation in the City.
(Ord. 0-38-14. Passed 7-21-14.)
1137.08 PUBLIC EXAMINATION OF DOCUMENTS.
During the thirty day period following the publication of notice of public hearing, the text or copy of the text of such amendment or supplement, together with the maps or plans or copies thereof forming part of or referred to in such amendment or supplement and the maps, plans and reports submitted by the Planning and Zoning Commission shall be on file for public examination in the office of the Clerk of Council.
(Ord. 0-35-96. Passed 8-5-96.)
1137.09 VOTE BY COUNCIL.
(a) Within twenty days after such public hearing, Council shall either adopt or deny the recommendations of the Planning and Zoning Commission or adopt some modification thereof. No such amendment or supplement which violates, differs from, or departs from the recommendation of the Planning and Zoning Commission shall take effect unless passed or approved by not less than five memberships of Council.
(b) Before any map amendment is approved by City Council, the Planning and Zoning Commission and City Council must find that the map amendment is in agreement with the City’s comprehensive plan or, in the absence of such a finding, that one or more of the following apply; and such findings shall be recorded in the minutes and records of the Planning and Zoning Commission and City Council.
(1) That the original zoning classification given the property was improper or in appropriate.
(2) That there have been major changes of an economic, physical, or social nature within the area involved which were not anticipated in the City’s comprehensive plan and which have substantially altered the basic characteristics of such area.
(Ord. 0-35-96. Passed 8-5-96.)
1137.10 EFFECTIVE DATE.
Such amendment or supplement adopted by Council shall become effect under the provisions of the Zoning Ordinance from and after the earliest period allowed by law.
(Ord. 0-35-96. Passed 8-5-96.)
1141.01 PROVISIONS DECLARED TO BE MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS.
The provisions of this Zoning Ordinance shall be minimum requirements, adopted for the promotion of the public health, safety, morals, or general welfare. Whenever the requirements of this Zoning Ordinance are at variance with the requirements of any other lawfully adopted rules, regulations, ordinances, deed restrictions, or covenants, the most restrictive, or that imposing the higher standards shall govern.
(Ord. 0-35-96. Passed 8-5-96.)
1141.02 COMPLAINTS REGARDING VIOLATIONS.
Whenever a violation of this Zoning Ordinance occurs or is alleged to have occurred, any person may file a written complaint. Such complaint stating fully the causes and basis of the alleged violation shall be filed with the Zoning Administrator. He shall record properly the complaint, immediately investigate., and take action as provided by this Zoning Ordinance.
(Ord. 0-35-96. Passed 8-5-96.)
1141.03 REMEDIES.
In case any building or structure is erected, constructed, reconstructed, altered, repaired, converted, or maintained; or any building, structure or land is used in violation of this Zoning Ordinance, the Zoning Administrator or any appropriate authority of the municipality, or any adjacent, nearby, or neighboring property owner who would be affected by such violation, in addition to other remedies, may institute injunction or any other appropriate action in proceeding to prevent the occupancy of such building, structure, or land.
(Ord. 0-35-96. Passed 8-5-96.)
1141.04 SEPARABILITY.
If for any reason one or more sections, sentences, clauses, or parts of this Zoning Ordinance are held unconstitutional or invalid, such decision shall not affect, impair, or invalidate the remaining provisions of this Zoning Ordinance.
(Ord. 0-35-96. Passed 8-5-96.)
1141.99 PENALTY.
Any person, firm or corporation violating any provisions of this Zoning Ordinance, or who shall violate or fail to comply with any order made thereunder, or who shall continue to work upon any structure after having received written notice from the Zoning Administrator to cease work, shall be guilty of a minor misdemeanor and punishable by a fine not to exceed one hundred dollars ($100.00). Each day such violation shall be permitted to exist shall constitute a separate offense. Notice of violation shall be sufficient if directed to the owner, or the agent of the owner, and left at his known place of residence or place of business.
(Ord. 0-35-96. Passed 8-5-96.)
ATTACHMENT A RESIDENTIAL ZONING
USES PERMITTED | SINGLE-FAMILY RESIDENTIAL | MULTI-FAMILY RESIDENTIAL |
Child Care Home | XX | |
Dwelling, Multi-Family | XX | |
Single-Family Dwelling | XX | XX |
Home Occupation | XX | XX |
USES PERMITTED ON REVIEW | ||
Child Care Center | XX | |
Child Care Home | XX | |
Church | XX | XX |
Fire Station | XX | XX |
Golf Course | XX | XX |
Library | XX | XX |
Modular Home | XX | XX |
Police Station | XX | XX |
Portable Classroom | XX | XX |
Recreation Center | XX | XX |
Playground | XX | XX |
Schools | XX | XX |
Sectional Homes | XX | XX |
Short-Term Rental | XX | XX |
(Ord. 0-33-23. Passed 6-20-23.)
ATTACHMENT B - PAGE 1 COMMERCIAL ZONING
PERMITTED USES | NEIGH. DISTRICT | OFFICE DISTRICT | CEN. BUSINESS DISTRICT | HIGHWAY COMM. DISTRICT | SERVICE DISTRICTS |
Accountant | XX | XX | XX | XX | |
Advertising Agency | XX | XX | XX | XX | |
Air Conditioning Equip. Sales & Service | XX | XX | |||
Amusements, Recreational, Entertainment Establishments | XX | XX | XX | ||
Animal Shelters | XX | ||||
Antique Shops | XX | XX | XX | ||
Appliance Sales & Repair | XX | XX | |||
Art School/Supplies | XX | XX | |||
Art Store | XX | XX | XX | ||
Assisted Living Home | XX | ||||
Auction House | XX | ||||
Automobile Club | XX | XX | |||
Automobile Garage | XX | XX | |||
Automobile Packaged Parts | XX | XX | |||
Automobile Renting | XX | XX | |||
Automobile Repair | XX | XX | |||
Automobile Sales | XX | XX | |||
Automobile Service Station | XX | XX | |||
Automobile Upholstering | XX | XX | |||
Automobile Wash | XX | XX | |||
Awning Store | XX | XX | |||
Bakery | XX | XX | XX | ||
Bank | XX | XX | XX | XX | |
Bar | XX | XX | XX | ||
Barber Shop | XX | XX | XX | ||
Battery Shop | XX | XX | |||
Beauty Shop | XX | XX | XX | ||
Bicycle Shop | XX | XX | XX | ||
Billiard Hall | XX | XX | |||
Blueprinting | XX | XX | XX | ||
Boats | XX | XX | |||
Bookstore/Newsstand | XX | XX | XX | ||
Bowling Alley | XX | XX | |||
Broadcasting Studio - Offices Only | XX | XX | XX | XX | |
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COMMERCIAL ZONING
PERMITTED USES | NEIGH. DISTRICT | OFFICE DISTRICT | CEN. BUSINESS DISTRICT | HIGHWAY COMM. DISTRICT | SERVICE DISTRICTS |
Brokerage House | XX | XX | XX | XX | |
Building Materials | XX | XX | |||
Burglar Alarm Business | XX | XX | |||
Business Service Establishments | XX | XX | XX | ||
Cafe/Cafeteria | XX | XX | XX | ||
Catering Establishment | XX | XX | |||
Child Care Center | XX | XX | XX | ||
Clothing Store | XX | XX | X | ||
Clubs - Service & Community | XX | XX | XX | ||
Cocktail Lounge | XX | XX | XX | ||
Collection Agency | XX | XX | |||
Commercial Printing | XX | XX | |||
Computer Store | XX | XX | |||
Concert Hall | XX | XX | |||
Convenient Store | XX | XX | |||
Copying Establishment | XX | XX | XX | XX | |
Credit Union | XX | XX | XX | XX | |
Dairy Products Store | XX | XX | |||
Dance Studio | XX | XX | XX | ||
Dancing Supply Store | XX | XX | XX | ||
Decoration Store | XX | XX | XX | ||
Delicatessen | XX | XX | XX | ||
Dental Equipment & Supplies | XX | XX | |||
Department Store | XX | XX | |||
Detective Agency | XX | XX | XX | ||
Dressmaker | XX | XX | XX | ||
Drive-in Business | XX | XX | |||
Drug or Pharmacy Store | XX | XX | |||
Electric Appliance Store | XX | XX | |||
Electric Motor Repair | XX | XX | |||
Employment Agency | XX | XX | XX | ||
Engravers | XX | XX | XX | ||
Event Venue | XX | XX | |||
Farm Machinery Sales | XX | ||||
Farmers Market | XX | XX | |||
Feed & Seed Store | XX | ||||
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COMMERCIAL ZONING
PERMITTED USES | NEIGH. DISTRICT | OFFICE DISTRICT | CEN. BUSINESS DISTRICT | HIGHWAY COMM. DISTRICT | SERVICE DISTRICTS |
Financial Institutions | XX | XX | XX | XX | |
Florist | XX | XX | XX | ||
Frozen Food Store | XX | XX | |||
Funeral Home | XX | XX | |||
Furniture Store | XX | XX | XX | ||
Gas Sales (Oxy. & Acet.) | XX | ||||
Gift Shop | XX | XX | XX | ||
Golf | XX | XX | |||
Greenhouse | XX | XX | |||
Grocery Store | XX | XX | |||
Gunsmith Store | XX | XX | XX | ||
Hardware Store | XX | XX | |||
Hardware Store - Independent | XX | ||||
Health & Fitness Center | XX | XX | |||
Hobby Shop | XX | XX | XX | ||
Hotels/Short Term Rentals | XX | XX | XX | ||
Household Appliance Repair | XX | XX | |||
Insurance Agency | XX | XX | XX | XX | |
Interior Decorating Store | XX | XX | XX | ||
Jewelry Store | XX | XX | XX | ||
Kennel | XX | ||||
Laboratories - Agriculture | XX | XX | |||
Laboratories - Bedding Material | XX | XX | |||
Laboratories - Commercial Feed | XX | XX | |||
Laboratories - Crime | XX | XX | XX | ||
Laboratories - Drinking Water | XX | XX | XX | ||
Laboratories - Fertilizer | XX | XX | |||
Laboratories - Medical | XX | XX | XX | ||
Laboratories - Mental Health | XX | XX | XX | ||
Laboratories - Sanitary Requirements | XX | XX | XX | ||
Laboratories - Tests, Discovery of Results | XX | XX | XX | ||
Laboratories - Youth Services | XX | XX | XX | ||
Laundry | XX | XX | |||
Lawn & Garden Center | XX | XX | |||
Leather Good Store | XX | XX | XX | ||
Light Manufacturing and Processing as Defined | XX | ||||
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COMMERCIAL ZONING
PERMITTED USES | NEIGH. DISTRICT | OFFICE DISTRICT | CEN. BUSINESS DISTRICT | HIGHWAY COMM. DISTRICT | SERVICE DISTRICTS |
Liquor Store | XX | XX | XX | ||
Lithographing | XX | XX | |||
Loan Company | XX | XX | |||
Locksmith Store | XX | XX | XX | ||
Lumberyard - Manufacturing | XX | ||||
Lumberyard - Sales | XX | XX | |||
Mail Order House | XX | XX | |||
Microbrewery | XX | ||||
Mattress Shop | XX | XX | |||
Medical Clinic | XX | XX | XX | XX | |
Mimeographing Service | XX | XX | |||
Mission | XX | XX | |||
Mobile Home Sales | XX | ||||
Monuments Sales | XX | XX | |||
Motel | XX | XX | |||
Motion Movie Theater | XX | XX | |||
Music School | XX | XX | |||
Music Store | XX | XX | XX | ||
Nail Salon | XX | ||||
Newspaper Establishment | XX | XX | |||
Newsstand | XX | XX | XX | ||
Night Club | XX | XX | |||
Novelty Store | XX | XX | XX | ||
Nursery - Plant, Trees & Shrubs | XX | ||||
Nursing Home | XX | XX | XX | ||
Office Supply Store | XX | XX | |||
Office, Business or Professional | XX | XX | XX | XX | |
Offices, Studio | XX | XX | XX | XX | |
Optical Goods Sales | XX | XX | XX | ||
Outdoor Storage Lots and Yards | XX | ||||
Outpatient Hospital | XX | XX | XX | ||
Paint Store | XX | XX | XX | ||
Parking Lots | XX | XX | XX | ||
Pawn Shops | XX | XX | |||
Personal Service Establishments | XX | XX | |||
Pest Control Business | XX | ||||
Pet Shop | XX | XX | |||
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ATTACHMENT B - PAGE 5
COMMERCIAL ZONING
PERMITTED USES | NEIGH. DISTRICT | OFFICE DISTRICT | CEN. BUSINESS DISTRICT | HIGHWAY COMM. DISTRICT | SERVICE DISTRICTS |
Photo Developing | XX | XX | XX | ||
Photography Studio | XX | XX | XX | ||
Planned Shopping Center | XX | XX | |||
Plumbing Shop | XX | XX | |||
Printing Establishment | XX | XX | |||
Radio & TV Repair Shop | XX | XX | |||
Radio and Television Stations | XX | XX | XX | ||
Real Estate Office | XX | XX | XX | XX | |
Recreational Building | XX | XX | |||
Rehabilitation Centers | XX | XX | |||
Research Facility | XX | XX | XX | ||
Residential, Multi-Family | XX | XX | XX | XX | |
Residential, Single-Family | XX | XX | XX | XX | |
Restaurant | XX | XX | XX | ||
Restaurants and Bars | XX | XX | |||
Retail Stores | XX | XX | XX | ||
Roller Skating Rink | XX | XX | |||
Sandwich Shop | XX | XX | XX | ||
Self Service Laundry | XX | XX | |||
Sewing Machine Sales | XX | XX | XX | ||
Shoe Store | XX | XX | XX | ||
Sign Painting Shop | XX | XX | |||
Specialty Grocery Store | XX | ||||
Sporting Goods Sales | XX | XX | XX | ||
Station, Bus or Rail | XX | ||||
Tasting Room (wine/craft beer) | XX | ||||
Tailor Shop | XX | XX | XX | ||
Tattoo Parlor | XX | XX | XX | ||
Taxidermist | XX | XX | |||
Telephone Office | XX | XX | |||
Theater | XX | XX | XX | ||
Tire Recapping | XX | ||||
Tire Sales | XX | XX | |||
Toy Store | XX | XX | XX | ||
Truck Terminals | XX | ||||
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ATTACHMENT B - PAGE 6
COMMERCIAL ZONING
PERMITTED USES | NEIGH. DISTRICT | OFFICE DISTRICT | CEN. BUSINESS DISTRICT | HIGHWAY COMM. DISTRICT | SERVICE DISTRICTS |
Veterinary Clinic or Office | XX | XX | |||
Warehousing | XX | ||||
Wholesaling - Not to Exceed
2000 Sq.Ft. Floor Space | XX | XX | XX |
(Ord. 0-34-23. Passed 6-20-23.)
ATTACHMENT C - PAGE 1 BUILDING RESTRICTIONS
Lot Size in Sq. Ft. Min. | Lot Width in Ft. Min. (At Setback Line) | Lot Depth in Ft. Min. | Building Size in Sq. Ft. Min. | Height Limita- tion in Ft. Max. | Front Setback in Ft. Min. ** | |
SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL | ||||||
R-15 | 15,000 | 100 | 150 | 1,600 | 40 | 30-40-50** |
R-12 | 12,000 | 90 | 135 | 1,400 | 40 | 30-40-50** |
R-10 | 10,000 | 80 | 125 | 1,200 | 40 | 30-40-50** |
NON RESIDENTIAL | ||||||
R-15 | 30,000 | 100 | 100 | 1,200 | 40 | 30-40-50** |
R-12 | 30,000 | 100 | 100 | 1,200 | 40 | 30-40-50** |
R-10 | 30,000 | 100 | 100 | 1,200 | 40 | 30-40-50** |
MULTI-FAMILY RESIDENTIAL | ||||||
Single-Dwelling | 10,000 | 80 | 100 | 1,200 | 40 | 30-40-50** |
Two Family Dwelling | 10,000 | 100 | 100 | 1000/unit | 40 | 30-40-50** |
Multi-Dwelling | 8 units/ acre | 100 | 100 | 1000/unit | 40 | 30-40-50** |
Non-Residential | 10,000 | 100 | 100 | 40 | 30-40-50** | |
NEIGHBOR DISTRICT | 10,000 | 80 | 100 | 1,200 | 40 | 45 |
OFFICE DISTRICT | 10,000 | 80 | 100 | 1,200 | 40 | 25 |
CENTRAL BUSINESS DISTRICT | 10,000 | 80 | 100 | 1,200 | 40 | 0 |
HIGHWAY COMMERCIAL DISTRICT | 10,000 | 100 | 100 | 40 | 40 | |
SERVICE DISTRICT | 10,000 | 100 | 100 | 75 | 40 | |
INDUSTRIAL DISTRICT | 75 | 40 | ||||
CHILD CARE CENTER IN R-M DIST. CHILD CARE HOME OR CENTER | 20,000 | 100 | 1,200 | 40 | 30-40-50** | |
JUNK YARDS | 5 acres | 35 | 100 | |||
CHURCHES | 40,000 | 35 | 75 | 50 | ||
PRIVATE RECREATION AREA | 2 acres | 35 | 40 | 50 | ||
** Setback: 1st # for Residential Streets;
2nd # for Sub & Collector Streets;
3rd # for Arterial Streets.
ATTACHMENT C - PAGE 2 BUILDING RESTRICTIONS
Rear Setback in Ft. Min. | Rear Setback Adjacent to Residential | Side Setback in Ft. | Side Setback Adjacent to Residential | Buffer Required Adjacent to Residential | Accessory Building Setback in Ft. | |
SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL | ||||||
R-15 | 30 | 10 | No | 10 * | ||
R-12 | 30 | 10 | No | 10 * | ||
R-10 | 30 | 10 | No | 10 * | ||
NON RESIDENTIAL | ||||||
R-15 | 30 | 10 | No | 10 * | ||
R-12 | 30 | 10 | No | 10 * | ||
R-10 | 30 | 10 | No | 10 * | ||
MULTI-FAMILY RESIDENTIAL | ||||||
Single-Dwelling | 30 | 10 | No | 10 * | ||
Two Family Dwelling | 30 | 10 | No | 10 * | ||
Multi-Dwelling | 30 | 10 | No | 10 * | ||
Non-Residential | 30 | 15 | No | 10 * | ||
NEIGHBOR DISTRICT | 30 | 30 | 25 | 25 | No | 10 * |
OFFICE DISTRICT | 15 | 30 | 10 | 15 | Side & Rear | 10 * |
CENTRAL BUSINESS DISTRICT | 15 | 30 | 5 ft. or common wall | 20 | Side & Rear | 10 * |
HIGHWAY COMMERCIAL DISTRICT | 20 | 30 | 10 | 20 | Side & Rear | 10 * |
SERVICE DISTRICT | 25 | 30 | 25 | 25 | Side & Rear | 10 * |
INDUSTRIAL DISTRICT | 25 | 40 | 25 | 40 | Side & Rear | 10 * |
CHILD CARE CENTER IN R-M DIST. CHILD CARE HOME OR CENTER | 30 | 30 | 10 | 15 | No | 10 * |
JUNK YARDS | 25 | 2500 | 25 | 2500 | Front, Side & Rear | 10 * |
CHURCHES | 50 | 25 | 25 | 10 * | ||
PRIVATE RECREATION AREA | 50 | 25 | 25 | Side & Rear | 10 * | |
ATTACHMENT D - PAGE 1 COMMERCIAL ZONING
USES PERMITTED ON REVIEW | NEIGH. DISTRICT | OFFICE DISTRICT | CEN. BUSINESS DISTRICT | HIGHWAY COMM. DISTRICT | SERVICE DISTRICTS |
Adult Book Store | XX | ||||
Adult Motion Theater, Etc. | XX | ||||
Ambulance Service | XX | ||||
Armory | XX | XX | |||
Auditorium | XX | XX | |||
Baseball Park | XX | XX | |||
Cemetery | XX | ||||
Child Care Center | XX | XX | XX | ||
Church | XX | XX | XX | XX | |
Clubs - Service, Community | XX | ||||
Commercial Printing | XX | ||||
Drive-In Eating Establishments | XX | XX | XX | ||
Education Institution | XX | XX | XX | XX | |
Exhibition Building | XX | XX | XX | XX | |
Fairgrounds | XX | XX | |||
Fire Station | XX | XX | XX | XX | XX |
Halfway House | XX | ||||
Hardware Store | XX | ||||
Home for Aged | XX | XX | |||
Hospital | XX | XX | XX | ||
Library | XX | XX | |||
Marijuana Cultivator Level II | XX | ||||
Marijuana Dispensary | XX | XX | XX | ||
Marijuana Processor | XX | ||||
Museum | XX | XX | |||
Neighborhood Retail Establishments | XX | XX | |||
Offices, Professional or Business | XX | XX | |||
Parks & Playgrounds | XX | XX | XX | XX | XX |
Personal Services Establishments | XX | XX | |||
Police Station | XX | XX | XX | XX | XX |
Post Office | XX | XX | XX | XX | |
Private Day Care Centers | XX | XX | |||
Restaurant | XX | XX | |||
Restaurant with Bar | XX | ||||
Retail Establishments for Gen. Merchandise for Locals | XX | XX | |||
Stadium | XX | XX | |||
Station, Bus or Rail | |||||
ATTACHMENT D - PAGE 2 COMMERCIAL ZONING
ACCESSORY RETAIL USES PERMITTED ON REVIEW | NEIGH. DISTRICT | OFFICE DISTRICT | CEN. BUSINESS DISTRICT | HIGHWAY COMM. DISTRICT | SERVICE DISTRICTS |
Barber Shop | XX | ||||
Beauty Shop | XX | ||||
Cafeteria | XX | ||||
Florist Shop | XX | ||||
Newsstand | XX | ||||
Optician | XX | ||||
Pharmacy | XX | ||||
Restaurant | XX | ||||
Retail Shops to Serve Working People | XX | ||||
Sale of Medical Supplies | XX | ||||
Sandwich Shop | XX | ||||
(Ord. 0-07-18. Passed 4-2-18.)