Ludlow City Zoning Code
Complete index of all zoning chapters, sections, and subsections
ARTICLE VII
DEFINITIONS
Sections
- SECTION 7.0 WORDS AND PHRASES:
- ACCESSORY BUILDING, STRUCTURE, OR USE, CUSTOMARY
- ACCESS POINT
- AGRICULTURE
- AIR RIGHTS
- ALLEY
- ALTERATION
- APARTMENT
- APARTMENT HOUSE
- AUTOMOBILE LAUNDRY
- AUTOMOBILE AND TRAILER SALES AREAS
- BASEMENT
- BILLBOARD
- BOARD
- BOARD OF ADJUSTMENTS
- BREWPUB
- BUFFER AREA
- BUILDING
- BUILDING, ALTERATION OF
- BUILDING AREA OR LOT COVERAGE BY BUILDING
- BUILDING, COMPLETELY ENCLOSED
- BUILDING, DETACHED
- BUILDING, HEIGHT OF
- BUILDING INSPECTOR
- BUILDING PERMIT
- BUILDING, PRINCIPAL
- BUILDING SETBACK LINE
- BUILDING SITE
- CABINET
- CAMPING/VACATION MOBILE UNIT
- CANNABIS BUSINESS
- CANOPY (MARQUEE)
- CARPORT
- CERTIFIED LOCAL GOVERNMENT
- CHANGEABLE COPY SIGN, AUTOMATIC
- CHANGEABLE COPY SIGN, MANUAL
- CHILD DAY CARE CENTER
- CITIZEN MEMBER
- CITY
- CLINIC, ANIMAL
- CLINIC, HUMAN CARE
- CLUB
- COMMERCIAL MESSAGE
- COMMISSION (PLANNING COMMISSION OR PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION)
- COMPLEX (COMMERCIAL)
- COMPREHENSIVE (MASTER) PLAN
- CONCEALED LIGHTING
- CONDITIONAL USE
- CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT
- CONFORMING USE
- COUNCIL
- CULTIVATOR
- CURB CUT
- DECIBEL
- DEMOLITION
- DESIGNATED PROPERTY
- DEVELOPMENT PLAN
- DISPENSARY
- DISTRICT
- DORMITORY
- DWELLING
- DWELLING, ATTACHED, SINGLE-FAMILY
- DWELLING, DETACHED, SINGLE-FAMILY
- DWELLING, TRAILER
- DWELLING, TWO-FAMILY
- DWELLING, MULTI-FAMILY
- DWELLING UNIT
- EASEMENT
- EATING ESTABLISHMENTS -- RESTAURANTS
- ENCLOSED LOCKED FACILITY
- ESSENTIAL SERVICES
- FAMILY
- FAMILY CHILD-CARE HOME
- FENCE
- FILLING STATION
- FLOOD
- FLOOD - 100 YEAR FREQUENCY
- FLOODPLAIN OR FLOOD PRONE AREA
- FLOODWAY
- FLOODWAY ENCROACHMENT LINES
- FLOOR AREA, GROSS
- FRATERNITY OR SORORITY
- FRATERNITY/SORORITY HOUSE
- FRONTAGE
- GARAGE, PRIVATE
- HISTORIC DISTRICT
- HOLIDAY DECORATIONS
- HOME OCCUPATION
- HOSPITAL (HUMAN CARE)
- HOSPITAL (ANIMAL)
- HOTEL-MOTEL
- HOUSE TRAILER
- INVENTORY OF HISTORIC PROPERTIES AND SITES
- JUNK YARD
- KENNEL
- LABORATORY, MEDICAL OR DENTAL
- LANDMARK
- LAUNDROMAT
- LEASABLE AREA, GROSS
- LEGIBLE
- LEGISLATIVE BODY
- LIVESTOCK
- LOADING AND/OR UNLOADING SPACE
- LOT
- LOT AREA
- LOT, CORNER
- LOT, DEPTH OF
- LOT, DOUBLE FRONTAGE
- LOT, INTERIOR
- LOT LINE, FRONT
- LOT LINE, REAR
- LOT LINE, SIDE
- LOT OF RECORD
- LOT WIDTH
- MICROBREWERY
- MICRO-DISTILLERY
- MINIMUM FRONT YARD DEPTH
- MINIMUM REAR YARD DEPTH
- MINIMUM SIDE YARD WIDTH
- MOBILE HOME
- MOBILE HOME PARK
- MODULAR HOUSING
- N/A
- NEIGHBORHOOD
- NITA measure of luminance
- NONCONFORMING LOT
- NONCONFORMING USE OR STRUCTURE
- NOXIOUS MATTER OR MATERIALS
- NURSERY
- NURSERY SCHOOL/DAY CARE CENTER
- NURSING HOME
- ODOROUS MATTER
- OUTDOOR DISPLAY AREA
- PARKING AREA, OFF-STREET
- PARKING BUILDING OR GARAGE
- PARTICULATE MATTER
- PDS
- PERFORMANCE STANDARDS
- PLANNED UNIT DEVELOPMENT (PUD)
- PRESERVATION PLAN
- PROCESSOR
- PRODUCER
- RAILROAD RIGHTS-OF-WAY
- RESIDENTIAL CLUSTER DEVELOPMENT (RCD)
- REST HOME
- ROUTINE MAINTENANCE AND REPAIRS
- SAFETY COMPLIANCE FACILITY
- SCHOOLS, PAROCHIAL
- SCHOOLS, PRIVATE
- SCHOOLS, PUBLIC
- SECTION 106 REVIEW
- S
- SERVICE FACILITIES, PUBLIC UTILITIES
- SERVICE STATION
- SIGN
- SIGN, ANIMATED
- SIGN, DETACHED
- SIGN, DIRECTORY
- SIGN, MARQUEE
- SIGN, PRINCIPAL
- SIGN, TEMPORARY
- SIGN, WINDOW
- SITE
- SOUND LEVEL METER
- STATE HISTORIC PRESERVATION OFFICE OR SHPO
- STORY
- STORY, HALF
- STREET, PRIVATE
- STREET, PUBLIC
- STREET, ARTERIAL
- STREET, COLLECTOR
- STREET, EXPRESSWAY
- STREET, FREEWAY
- STREET, FRONTAGE ROAD (SERVICE OR ACCESS ROAD)
- STREET, LOCAL
- STRUCTURAL ALTERATION (SIGNS)
- STRUCTURE
- SUBDIVISION
- SURPLUS PROPERTIES
- SWIMMING POOL, OUTDOOR
- TAVERN
- TRAILER
- UNDERTAKING
- USE, PERMITTED
- VARIANCE
- VEHICLE
- YARD DEPTH, FRONT
- YARD DEPTH, REAR
- YARD WIDTH, SIDE
- ZONE
- ZONING ADMINISTRATOR
ARTICLE IX
GENERAL REGULATIONS
Sections
- SECTION 9.0 PURPOSE:
- SECTION 9.1 REDUCTION IN BUILDING SITE AREA:
- SECTION 9.2 INTERFERENCE WITH TRAFFIC SIGNALS:
- SECTION 9.3 VISION CLEARANCE AT CORNERS, CURB CUTS, AND RAILROAD CROSSINGS:
- SECTION 9.4 FRONTAGE ON CORNER LOTS AND DOUBLE FRONTAGE LOTS:
- SECTION 9.5 UTILITIES LOCATION:
- SECTION 9.6 RAILROAD RIGHTS-OF-WAY LOCATION:
- SECTION 9.7 EXCAVATION, MOVEMENT OF SOIL, TREE REMOVAL, AND EROSION AND SEDIMENTATION CONTROL
- SECTION 9.8 UNSIGHTLY OR UNSANITARY STORAGE:
- SECTION 9.9 JUNKYARD LOCATION:
- SECTION 9.10 APPLICATION OF ZONING REGULATIONS
- SECTION 9.11 SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS GOVERNING HOME OCCUPATIONS:
- SECTION 9.12 NONCONFORMING LOTS, NONCONFORMING USES, NONCONFORMING STRUCTURES, REPAIRS AND MAINTENANCE, AND NONCONFORMING SIGNS
- SECTION 9.13 EXCEPTIONS AND MODIFICATIONS
- SECTION 9.14 CONDITIONAL USES
- SECTION 9.15 BUILDING REGULATIONS AND WATER AND SANITARY SEWER SERVICE
- SECTION 9.16 MOVE AND SET
- SECTION 9.17 SCREENING AREA:
- SECTION 9.18 OUTDOOR SWIMMING POOLS
- SECTION 9.19 SITE PLAN REQUIREMENTS:
- SECTION 9.20 PLAN REQUIREMENTS - STAGES I, II, AND RECORD PLAT:
- SECTION 9.21 REGULATIONS CONCERNING AIR RIGHTS:
- SECTION 9.22 REGULATIONS CONCERNING DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION OF IMPROVEMENTS:
- SECTION 9.23 REGULATIONS PERTAINING TO PARKING OR STORING OF TRAILERS, MOBILE HOMES, CAMPERS, INOPERABLE VEHICLES, AND OTHER SUCH TYPE EQUIPMENT
- SECTION 9.24 HILLSIDE DEVELOPMENT CONTROLS
- SECTION 9.25 FLOOD PROTECTION DEVELOPMENT CONTROLS
- A Zone
- Accessory structure (Appurtenant structure)
- Accessory use
- Addition (to an existing structure)
- AE zones
- AH zone
- AO zone
- Appeal
- A
- A99 zone
- Area of shallow flooding
- Base flood
- Base Flood Elevation (BFE)
- Basement
- Building
- Community
- Community Rating System (CRS)
- Community Flood Hazard Area (CFHA)
- Critical facility
- D zone
- Development
- Elevated structure
- Elevation Certificate
- Emergency Program
- Enclosure
- Encroachment
- Existing construction
- Existing Manufactured Home Park or Subdivision
- Expansion to an existing Manufactured Home Park or Subdivision
- Five-Hundred Year Flood
- Flood or Flooding
- Flood Boundary and Floodway Map (FBFM)
- Flood Hazard Boundary Map (FHBM)
- Flood Insurance Rate Map (FIRM)
- Flood Insurance Study
- Floodplain or flood-prone area
- Floodplain Administrator
- Floodplain Management
- Floodplain Management Regulations
- Floodproofing
- Floodproofing Certificate
- Floodway
- Floodway fringe
- Freeboard
- Fraud and victimization
- Functionally dependent use facility
- Governing body
- Hazard potential
- Highest adjacent grade
- Historic Structure
- Increased Cost of Compliance (ICC)
- Letter of Map Change (LOMC)
- Levee
- Levee System
- Limited storage
- Lowest adjacent grade
- Lowest Floor
- Manufactured Home
- Manufactured home park or subdivision
- Map
- Map Panel Number
- Market value
- Mean Sea Level (MSL)
- Mitigation
- Mudslide (i.e. mudflow)
- Mudslide (i.e. mudflow) area management
- Mudslide (i.e. mudflow) prone area
- National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP)
- National Geodetic Vertical Datum (NGVD)
- New Construction
- New manufactured home park or subdivision
- Non-Residential
- North American Vertical Datum (NAVD)
- Obstruction
- One-Hundred Year Flood (100-Year Flood)
- Participating Community
- Pre-FIRM Construction
- Post-FIRM Construction
- Probation
- Program Deficiency
- Public Safety and Nuisance
- Recreational Vehicle
- Regular Program
- Regulatory floodway
- Remedy a violation
- Repair
- Repetitive Loss
- Repetitive Loss Property
- Riverine
- Section 1316
- Severe Repetitive Loss Structure
- Sheet flow area
- Special flood hazard area (SFHA)
- Start of Construction (includes substantial improvement and other proposed new development)
- Structure
- Subdivision
- Subrogation
- Substantial Damage
- Substantial Improvement
- Substantially improved existing manufactured home parks or subdivisions
- Suspension
- Utilities
- Variance
- Violation
- Watercourse
- Water surface elevation
- Watershed
- X (shaded) and B zones
- X (unshaded) and C zones
- Zone
- G
- SECTION 9.26 GENERAL MOBILE HOME REGULATIONS
- SECTION 9.27 SANITARY LANDFILL REGULATIONS
- SECTION 9.28 GARAGE SALES
- SECTION 9.29 PHASED ZONING REGULATIONS
- SECTION 9.30 LAND USED FOR AGRICULTURAL PURPOSES:
- SECTION 9.31 FILING OF CERTIFICATE OF LAND USE RESTRICTIONS
- SECTION 9.32 REGULATIONS OF SEXUALLY ORIENTED BUSINESSES
- CABARET OR THEATER, SEXUALLY ORIENTED
- CUSTOMER
- DAY CARE CENTER
- DISPLAY PUBLICLY
- ENCOUNTER CENTER, SEXUALLY ORIENTED
- ENTERTAINER, SEXUALLY ORIENTED
- ENTERTAINMENT, SEXUALLY ORIENTED
- ESCORT
- ESCORT, SERVICE ORIENTED
- ESCORT BUREAU, SERVICE ORIENTED
- ESCORT, SEXUALLY ORIENTED
- E
- ESTABLISHMENT
- EXPLICIT SEXUAL MATERIAL
- FLOOR AREA, GROSS PUBLIC
- FREQUENTLY
- MASSAGE
- MASSAGE PARLOR
- MASSAGE THERAPY
- MASSAGE THERAPIST
- MEDIA
- MEDIA, SEXUALLY ORIENTED
- MEDIA STORE WITH SOME SEXUALLY ORIENTED MEDIA
- MEDIA STORE, SEXUALLY ORIENTED
- MODELING STUDIO, SEXUALLY ORIENTED
- MOTEL, SEXUALLY ORIENTED
- MOTION PICTURE ARCADE, SEXUALLY ORIENTED
- MOTION PICTURE ARCADE BOOTH, SEXUALLY ORIENTED
- MOTION PICTURE THEATER, SEXUALLY ORIENTED
- NUDE MODELING STUDIO
- NUDITY OR STATE OF NUDITY
- OPERATOR
- OWNER(S)
- PERSON
- PREMISES
- PRIMARY ENTERTAINMENT
- PROTECTED LAND USE
- PUBLIC AREA
- SADOMASOCHISTIC PRACTICES
- SEMI-NUDE OR IN A SEMI-NUDE CONDITION
- SEX SHOP
- SEXUALLY ORIENTED BUSINESS
- SEXUALLY ORIENTED BUSINESS LICENSE
- SEXUALLY ORIENTED TOYS OR NOVELTIES
- SPECIFIED ANATOMICAL AREAS
- SPECIFIED SEXUAL ACTIVITIES
- P
- SECTION 9.33 REGULATIONS PERTAINING TO PORTABLE STORAGE UNITS AND TRASH RECEPTACLES
ARTICLE X
ZONES
Sections
- SECTION 10.0 CO (CONSERVATION) ZONE
- SECTION 10.1 R-RE (RESIDENTIAL RURAL ESTATE) ZONE
- SECTION 10.2 R-1F (RESIDENTIAL ONE-F) ZONE
- SECTION 10.3 R-1J (RESIDENTIAL ONE-J) ZONE
- SECTION 10.4 R-1JU (RESIDENTIAL ONE-J URBAN) ZONE
- SECTION 10.5 R-3 (RESIDENTIAL THREE) ZONE
- SECTION 10.6 R-4 (RESIDENTIAL FOUR) ZONE
- SECTION 10.7 PUD (PLANNED UNIT DEVELOPMENT) OVERLAY ZONE
- SECTION 10.8 RCD (RESIDENTIAL CLUSTER DEVELOPMENT) OVERLAY ZONE
- SECTION 10.9 NC (NEIGHBORHOOD COMMERCIAL) ZONE
- SECTION 10.10 SFC (SPECIAL FUNCTION COMMERCIAL) ZONE
- SECTION 10.11 IP (INDUSTRIAL PARK) ZONE
- SECTION 10.12 I-1 (INDUSTRIAL-ONE) ZONE
- SECTION 10.13 WD (WATERFRONT DEVELOPMENT) ZONE
- SECTION 10.14 HP-O (HISTORIC PRESERVATION OVERLAY) ZONE
ARTICLE XIII
FENCES, WALLS, AND OBSTRUCTION TO VIEW REGULATIONS
Sections
- SECTION 13.0 VISION CLEARANCE AT CORNERS AND RAILROAD CROSSINGS:
- SECTION 13.1 CLASSIFICATION OF FENCES AND WALLS
- SECTION 13.2 CONSERVATION AND AGRICULTURAL ZONES
- SECTION 13.3 RESIDENTIAL ZONES
- SECTION 13.4 COMMERCIAL AND INDUSTRIAL ZONES:
- SECTION 13.5 MEASUREMENT OF ALL FENCE AND/OR WALL HEIGHTS AND/OR LOCATIONS
- SECTION 13.6 HEIGHT OF ANY BARBED WIRE OR SHARP POINTED FENCES
- SECTION 13.7 HEIGHT OF FENCES ATOP RETAINING WALLS:
- SECTION 13.8 ELECTRIFIED FENCES:
- SECTION 13.9 PERMIT REQUIRED FOR ERECTION OF FENCES:
- SECTION 13.10 STRUCTURAL ELEMENTS OF FENCES:
ARTICLE XIV
SIGN REGULATIONS
Sections
- SECTION 14.1 SHORT TITLE
- SECTION 14.2 PURPOSE AND INTERESTS SERVED
- SECTION 14.3 TEMPORARY SIGNS
- SECTION 14.4 SCOPE, AUTHORITY AND APPLICABILITY
- SECTION 14.5 PROHIBITED SIGN TYPES
- SECTION 14.6 INSTALLATION, DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION STANDARDS
- SECTION 14.7 SIGNS ALLOWED IN CONSERVATION, AGRICULTURAL AND RURAL DISTRICTS (CO and R-RE Zones)
- SECTION 14.8 SIGNS ALLOWED IN SINGLE-FAMILY AND TWO-FAMILY RESIDENTIAL DISTRICTS (R-1F, R-1J, and R-1JU Zones)
- SECTION 14.9 SIGNS ALLOWED IN MULTI-FAMILY RESIDENTIAL DISTRICTS (R-3 and R-4 Zones)
- SECTION 14.10 SIGNS ALLOWED IN GENERAL BUSINESS AND COMMERCIAL DISTRICTS
- SECTION 14.11 SIGNS ALLOWED IN HISTORIC DISTRICTS
- SECTION 14.12 SIGNS ALLOWED IN INDUSTRIAL DISTRICTS (IP and I-1 Zones)
- SECTION 14.13 MASTER SIGNAGE PLANS
- SECTION 14.14 PERMIT REQUIREMENTS AND PROCEDURES
- SECTION 14.15 APPEALS
- SECTION 14.16 DEFINITIONS AND MEASUREMENTS
- SECTION 14.17 POLICIES AND RULES OF CONSTRUCTION
ARTICLE XVI
ADMINISTRATION
Sections
- SECTION 16.0 ENFORCING OFFICER:
- SECTION 16.1 ZONING PERMITS:
- SECTION 16.2 BUILDING PERMITS:
- SECTION 16.3 CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCY:
- SECTION 16.4 CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCY FOR EXISTING BUILDING:
- SECTION 16.5 CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCY FOR LAWFUL NONCONFORMING USES AND STRUCTURES:
- SECTION 16.6 DENIAL OF CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCY:
- SECTION 16.7 CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCY RECORDS:
- SECTION 16.8 COMPLAINTS REGARDING VIOLATIONS:
- SECTION 16.9 PENALTIES:
- SECTION 16.10 INTENT CONCERNING DETERMINATIONS INVOLVED IN ADMINISTRATION AND ENFORCEMENT OF PERFORMANCE STANDARDS:
- SECTION 16.11 DUTIES OF ZONING ADMINISTRATOR REGARDING PERFORMANCE STANDARDS:
ARTICLE XVII
AMENDMENT PROCEDURE
Sections
- SECTION 17.0 AMENDMENT PROCEDURE
- SECTION 17.1 PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT SERVICES OF KENTON COUNTY STAFF REVIEW AND RECOMMENDATION REQUIRED PRIOR TO OR AT THE SCHEDULED PUBLIC HEARING:
- SECTION 17.2 ACTIONS OF LOCAL GOVERNMENTAL UNITS TO BE FURNISHED TO PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT SERVICES OF KENTON COUNTY:
ARTICLE XVIII
BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT
Sections
- SECTION 18.0 BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT:
- SECTION 18.1 PROCEDURE FOR ALL APPEALS TO BOARD:
- SECTION 18.2 APPEALS FROM PLANNING COMMISSION OR BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT:
- SECTION 18.3 STAY OF PROCEEDINGS:
- SECTION 18.4 POWERS OF BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT:
- SECTION 18.5 DIMENSIONAL VARIANCES; CHANGE FROM ONE NONCONFORMING USE TO ANOTHER; CONDITIONS GOVERNING APPLICATIONS; PROCEDURES
- SECTION 18.6 CONDITIONAL USE PERMITS:
- SECTION 18.7 DECISIONS OF THE BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT
- SECTION 18.8 ACTIONS OF BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT TO BE FURNISHED TO PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT SERVICES OF KENTON COUNTY:
ARTICLE XX
URBAN DESIGN REVIEW BOARD
Sections
- SECTION 20.0 URBAN DESIGN REVIEW BOARD ESTABLISHED
- SECTION 20.1 CERTIFICATES OF APPROPRIATENESS
- SECTION 20.2 PROCEDURE AND CRITERIA FOR DEMOLITION AND MOVING OF STRUCTURES
- SECTION 20.3 FEATURES NOT SUBJECT TO REVIEW:
- SECTION 20.4 EXPIRATION OF CERTIFICATE OF APPROPRIATENESS:
- SECTION 20.5 WORK PERFORMED WITHOUT A CERTIFICATE OF APPROPRIATENESS
- SECTION 20.6 APPEALS OF URBAN DESIGN REVIEW BOARD DECISIONS
- SECTION 20.7 APPEAL TO CIRCUIT COURT: