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Edgewater City Zoning Code

ARTICLE 14

C-3, Commercial 3 District

Sec. 16-14-10.- Permitted uses.

No building or land shall be used and no building shall be hereafter erected, converted or structurally altered, unless otherwise provided herein, except for one (1) or more of the uses specified herein:

(1)

Any use permitted in the C-2 District.

(2)

Automobile repair shops for all types of repairs.

(3)

Storage in bulk of, or warehouse for, such items as building materials, construction equipment, oil and petroleum in quantities less than tank-car lots, coal and wood. Storage must be screened from public view.

(4)

Auto wrecking or junk yards, provided that they are screened from public view by solid fence, and provided that said fence is maintained in a good state of repair;

(5)

Manufacture or industrial operations of any kind not heretofore listed and exclusive of industrial operations listed hereafter, where not in excess of five (5) horsepower is employed in the operation of any machine;

(6)

Other similar uses which are not more detrimental to the highest and best uses of land in said district than are the uses hereinbefore enumerated, but not including any use permitted in any residential zoned districts.

(7)

Accessory building or use.

(Prior code 23-236; Ord. 09-14 §21, 2014; Ord. No. 2016-04, §13, 2-4-2016)

Sec. 16-14-20. - Height.

No building shall exceed forty (40) feet in height, except for those buildings located on Sheridan Boulevard, which shall not exceed forty-five (45) feet in height.

(Prior code 23-237; Ord. 09-14 §21, 2014)

Sec. 16-14-30. - Area and minimum width of lot.

Area and minimum width of lot requirements shall be as follows: None.

(Prior code 23-238; Ord. 09-14 §21, 2014)

Sec. 16-14-40. - Front yard.

The minimum depth of the front yard for a main building shall be thirty (30) feet or one-half (½) of the height of the highest building, whichever is greater, except that buildings on Sheridan Boulevard, on 25th Avenue, and on 20th Avenue from Sheridan Boulevard to Depew Street shall have no minimum front yard unless otherwise required by the building code. The minimum depth of the front yard for an accessory building shall be thirty (30) feet.

(Prior code 23-239; Ord. 09-14 §21, 2014)

Sec. 16-14-50. - Side yard.

(a)

Except for buildings located on 25th Avenue or Sheridan Boulevard, if the building is thirty-five (35) feet or less in height, no side yard is required, except on a corner lot.

(b)

Except for buildings located on 25th Avenue or Sheridan Boulevard, if the building is over thirty-five (35) feet in height, no side yard is required for the first thirty-five (35) feet, or less, in height, and a two-foot side yard shall be required for each ten (10) feet in height above thirty-five (35) feet.

(c)

For buildings located on 25th Avenue, on Sheridan Boulevard, and on 20th Avenue from Sheridan Boulevard to Depew Street, no side yard is required unless otherwise required by the building code.

(d)

On corner lots, the minimum side yard for main building shall be thirty (30) feet or one-half (½) the height of the main building, whichever is greater, except that buildings on Sheridan Boulevard, on 25th Avenue, and on 20th Avenue from Sheridan Boulevard to Depew Street shall have no minimum side yard on corner lots unless otherwise required by the building code.

(e)

On corner lots, the minimum side yard for accessory buildings shall be thirty (30) feet.

(Prior code 23-240; Ord. 09-14 §21, 2014)

Sec. 16-14-60. - Rear yard.

The minimum depth of the rear yard shall be ten (10) feet, except where the rear abuts a public alley, then the minimum depth shall be fifteen (15) feet to the center of the alley, and except where the rear yard abuts a public street, the minimum rear yard shall be thirty (30) feet or one-half (½) the height of the highest building whichever is greater.

(Prior code 23-241; Ord. 09-14 §21, 2014)

Sec. 16-14-70. - Lot coverage.

Maximum lot coverage is fifty (50) percent.

(Prior code 23-242; Ord. 09-14 §21, 2014; Ord. No. 2016-04, §14, 2-4-2016)

Sec. 16-14-80. - Pawnshop or secondhand establishment location restrictions.

(a)

No pawnshop shall be established, operated or maintained within one thousand five hundred (1,500) feet of any public or private school, including without limitation, a preschool, day care center or elementary, secondary or high school; provided however, that this provision shall not apply to those pawnshops established, operated and maintained as of the effective date of this requirement in their present locations and within their present configurations. Said one-thousand-five-hundred-foot distance shall be measured directly and horizontally from the property line of the school and the property line of the pawnshop.

(b)

No pawnshop shall be any closer in distance than one thousand five hundred (1,500) feet from any other established, operated or maintained pawnshop; provided however, that this provision shall not apply to those pawnshops established, operated and maintained as of the effective date of this requirement in their present locations and within their present configurations. Said one-thousand-five-hundred-foot distance shall be measured directly and horizontally from the property line of the existing pawnshop to the property line of the proposed pawnshop.

(Prior code 23-213; Ord. 09-14 §21, 2014)

Sec. 16-14-90. - Adult entertainment establishment location restrictions.

(a)

No adult entertainment establishment shall be established, operated or maintained within one thousand (1,000) feet of any public or private school, including without limitation, a preschool, day care center or elementary, secondary or high school. Said one-thousand-foot distance shall be measured directly and horizontally from the property line of the school and the property line of the adult entertainment establishment.

(b)

Any adult entertainment establishment shall not be any closer in distance than one thousand (1,000) feet from any other adult entertainment establishment. Said one-thousand-foot distance shall be measured directly and horizontally from the property line of the existing adult entertainment establishment to the property line of the proposed adult entertainment establishment.

(Prior code 23-214; Ord. 09-14 §21, 2014)

Sec. 16-14-100. - Deferred deposit lender establishment location restrictions.

(a)

No deferred deposit lender establishment shall be established, operated or maintained within five hundred (500) feet of any bank, savings and loan association, credit union, church or public or private school, including without limitation, any preschool, daycare center or elementary, secondary or high school.

(b)

No deferred deposit lender business shall be established, operated or maintained within one thousand (1,000) feet of any existing deferred lender establishment.

(c)

For purposes of determining the minimum distance separation required herein, the measurement shall be made by following a straight line from the outer property line of the property on which the deferred deposit lender establishment is located to the nearest outer property line of the property on which the bank, savings and loan association, credit union, church, school or other deferred deposit lender establishment is located.

(Prior code 23-215; Ord. 10-06 §3, 2006; Ord. 09-14 §21, 2014)