(A)   The city is hereby divided into eleven districts in order to carry out the purposes stated in § 159.02. These districts shall be known as:

   RS Suburban District

   R1 Single-Family Residence District

   R1C Single-Family Residence Compact Home District

   R2 Two-Family Residence District

   R3 Multiple-Family Residence District

   C1 Neighborhood Commercial District

   C2 Accommodation Commercial District

   C3 Service Commercial District

   C4 General Commercial District

   C5 Shopping Center District

   I Industrial District

   (B)   The current zone map, which accompanies and is hereby declared to be a part of this chapter, shows the boundaries of the above districts. Notations, references, indications and other matters shown on the zone map are as much a part of this chapter as if they were fully described in the text of this chapter. In determining the boundaries of districts and establishing the regulations applicable to each district, due and careful consideration has been given to existing conditions, the character of buildings erected in each district, the most desirable use for which the land in each district may be adapted, and the conservation of property values throughout the city.

   (C)   Territory which may hereafter be annexed to the city shall immediately be zoned and shown in the zone map.

   (D)   The rules and regulations contained in this chapter shall apply as herein provided:

      (1)   No building shall be erected or altered, nor shall any building or premises be used for any purpose other than is permitted in the district in which such building or premises is located.

      (2)   No building shall be erected or altered to exceed in height the limit herein established for the district in which such building is located.

      (3)   No building shall be erected, nor shall any existing building be altered, enlarged or rebuilt, nor shall any open spaces be encroached upon or reduced in any manner, except in conformity with the area and yard regulations hereby established for the district in which such building is located.

      (4)   Every building hereafter erected shall be located on a lot, which fronts on a street, and in no case shall more than one building and its customary accessory buildings be erected on any lot.

      (5)   No building shall be erected, nor shall any existing building be altered or rebuilt to provide less ground floor area in residential structures than is required by this chapter.

      (6)   Every building hereafter erected or altered shall provide paved off-street parking space for motor vehicles and loading and unloading berths as specified hereinafter for the use to which such building is to be devoted.

   (E)   Whenever any street, alley, or public way or railroad right-of-way is vacated by proper authority, the districts adjoining each side of such street, alley or public way or railroad right-of-way shall be automatically extended to the center of such vacation and all area included in the vacation shall then and thenceforth be subject to all appropriate regulations of the extended districts.

(Ord. 2015-5377, passed 5-5-2015; Am. Ord. 2023-5462, passed 3-21-2023; Am. Ord. 2024-5474, passed 2-20-2024)

   It is hereby declared to be the intention of this chapter to establish the general types of uses appropriate to and permitted in each district but not to designate every specific use by name. The Zoning Board of Appeals, hereinafter established by this chapter, with the consideration and advise of the Planning Commission, is hereby authorized to determine if a use, not specifically named herein, falls within the letter and the spirit of the use regulations of the district in which it is desired to locate such use. No buildings or premises shall be used, and no building shall be erected or altered, which is arranged, intended or designed to be used, for other than a use permitted in the district in which such building or premises is located, unless otherwise provided herein, in accordance with the following regulations in this subchapter.

(Ord. 2015-5377, passed 5-5-2015)

   (A)   Single-family dwellings.

   (B)   Accessory building, including only domestic storage sheds, and a private garage, provided that any detached accessory building shall be located in the rear yard, as defined in the chapter, and no closer to the side street line of a corner lot than the front yard line of the adjacent lot fronting on the side street.

   (C)   Special uses as may be permitted in § 159.45 of this chapter.

   (D)   No business is permitted, except as specifically provided herein.

   (E)   Land designated as RS when annexed to the city shall be designated as RI.

(Ord. 2015-5377, passed 5-5-2015)

   (A)   Single-family dwelling.

   (B)   Accessory building, including only domestic storage sheds, and a private garage, provided that any detached accessory building shall be located in the rear yard, as defined in the chapter, and no closer to the side street line of a corner lot than the front yard line of the adjacent lot fronting on the side street.

   (C)   Special uses as may be permitted in § 159.45 of this chapter.

   (D)   Accessory building, including storage sheds and garages located within the setback standards of this chapter.

   (E)   No business is permitted, except as specifically provided herein.

(Ord. 2015-5377, passed 5-5-2015)

   (A)   Single-family dwelling.

   (B)   Accessory building, including only domestic storage sheds, and a private garage, provided that any detached accessory building shall be located in the rear yard, as defined in the chapter, and no closer to the side street line of a corner lot than the front yard line of the adjacent lot fronting on the side street.

   (C)   (1)   Special uses may be permitted in § 159.45 of this chapter.

      (2)   Properties zoned R1C may be granted the same special uses afforded to R1 Single-Family Residence Districts.

   (D)   Accessory building, including storage sheds and garages located within the setback standards of this chapter.

   (E)   No business is permitted, except as specifically provided herein.

   (F)   The principal building shall be placed on a continuous and permanent foundation.

   (G)   This Zoning District shall not be construed to include mobile homes or trailers.

(Ord. 2024-5474, passed 2-20-2024)

   (A)   Any use permitted in the RI Single-Family Residence District.

   (B)   Two-family dwelling.

   (C)   Zero lot-line dwelling.

   (D)   Accessory building, including storage sheds and garages located within the setback standards of this chapter; however, an accessory structure is prohibited in the front yard or yards.

   (E)   One accessory dwelling unit.

   (F)   Special uses as may be permitted in § 159.45 of this chapter.

   (G)   No business is permitted, except as specifically provided herein.

(Ord. 2015-5377, passed 5-5-2015; Am. Ord. 2024-5478, passed 3-19-2024)

   (A)   Any use permitted in the R2 Two-Family Residence District.

   (B)   Multiple-family dwelling.

   (C)   Group House/Townhouse.

   (D)   Accessory building, including storage sheds and garages located within the setback standards of this chapter.

   (E)   One accessory dwelling unit.

   (F)   Special uses as may be permitted by § 159.45 of this chapter.

   (G)   No business is permitted, except as specifically provided herein.

   (H)   No outside storage permitted.

(Ord. 2015-5377, passed 5-5-2015; Am. Ord. 2024-5478, passed 3-19-2024)

   (A)   Any use permitted in the R3 Multiple-Family Residence District except zero lot-line dwellings.

   (B)   Uses with associated parking identifiers in Table 1 - § 159.33.

      (1)   Bakery products (sales only) - retail   9 & 26   

      (2)   Barbershop   10 & 26

      (3)   Beauty shop   10 & 26

      (4)   Cameras, studios, and photographic supplies - retail    9 & 26

      (5)   Reserved.

      (6)   Candy, nuts, and confectionary - retail   9 & 26   

      (7)   Cigars and cigarettes - retail   9 & 26

      (8)   Clothing and related accessories - retail   9 & 26   

      (9)   Used or second-hand clothing or accessories - retail   9 & 26

      (10)   Custom tailoring   10 & 26

      (11)   Dairy products - retail   9 & 26   

      (12)   Dentist office   10 & 26

      (13)   Drugs and sundries - retail   9 & 26

      (14)   Eggs and poultry retail   9 & 26

      (15)   Fish and seafoods retail   9 & 26

      (16)   Fruits and vegetables - retail   9 & 26

      (17)   Groceries (with or without meats) retail   9 & 26   

      (18)   Newspapers, magazines, or books retail   9 & 26   

      (19)   Optical goods retail   10 & 26

      (20)   Pet grooming no overnight   10 & 26

      (21)   Physician office   10 & 26

      (22)   Shoe repair shop   9 & 26

      (23)   Stationery - retail   9 & 26

      (24)   Watch, clock, and jewelry repairing   9 & 26

      (25)   Any professional office (with one professional)   11 & 26

   (C)   Accessory building or use customarily incidental to the above uses. Any building used primarily for any of the above purposes may not have more than 40% of its floor area devoted to industrial or storage purposes incidental to such primary use, and provided that not more than five persons are employed at any one shift in connection with such incidental use.

   (D)   Any of the above-named uses are allowed provided the following conditions are met:

      (1)   No outside storage;

      (2)   A maximum of 1,500 square feet of total floor area; or

      (3)   No total floor area size limitation shall apply where a block or contiguous area of 1,500 square feet is 50% or more commercial use at the date of passage of this chapter.

   (E)   Special uses as may be permitted by § 159.45 of this chapter.

(Ord. 2015-5377, passed 5-5-2015)

   (A)   Any use permitted in CI Neighborhood Commercial District.

   (B)   Uses with associated Parking Identifiers See Table 1 - § 159.33.

      (1)   Accounting, auditing, or bookkeeping office   13 & 26

      (2)   Advertising services (office only)   13 & 26

      (3)   Antiques - retail    10 & 26

      (4)   Automobiles and other motor vehicle sales (if entirely indoors)   16 & 26

      (5)   Automotive parts and equipment sales (if entirely indoors)   10 & 26

      (6)   Automobile parking garage (under roof)   26 & 50

      (7)   Banking services   13 & 26

      (8)   Beverage sales (alcoholic)   10 & 26

      (9)   Bicycle sales and repair   10 & 26

      (10)   Billiard and game rooms   9 & 26

      (11)   Blueprinting and photocopying    13 & 26

      (12)   Bowling alley   37 & 26

      (13)   Business offices   13 & 26

      (14)   Business management and consulting services   13 & 26

      (15)   China, glassware, or metalware - retail (no outdoor storage)   10 & 26

      (16)   Consumer and mercantile credit reporting services   13 & 26

      (17)   Credit services   13 & 26

      (18)   Dental clinic   11 & 26

      (19)   Dentists and physicians (multi-professional offices)    11 & 26

      (20)   Detective, protective, or investigative services   13 & 26

      (21)   Direct mail advertising services   13 & 26

      (22)   Draperies, curtains and upholstery retail   10 & 26

      (23)   Educational or scientific research (under roof)   13 & 26

      (24)   Civic, social and fraternal organizations   33 & 26

      (25)   Electric appliance repair (except radio and television) and sales   10 & 26

      (26)   Employment services (agency)    13 & 26

      (27)   Engineer/Architect’s office   101 & 26

      (28)   Florists - retail   16 & 26

      (29)   Footwear - retail    10 & 26

      (30)   Furriers and fur apparel - retail   11 & 26

      (31)   Funeral home   36 & 26

      (32)   Furniture or home furnishings - retail   10 & 26

      (33)   Gasoline service station (only if there are no accessory open uses on the premises)   11 & 26

      (34)   Gifts, novelties, and souvenirs sales - retail   10 & 26

      (35)   Gymnasiums or athletic clubs    33 & 26

      (36)   Holding and investment services offices   13 & 26

      (37)   Hospital   31 & 26

      (38)   Hotel   29 & 26

      (39)   Insurance agent or broker offices   13 & 26

      (40)   Labor unions (and halls)   33 & 26

      (41)   Laundering and dry-cleaning establishment   47 & 26

      (42)   Law offices   13 & 26

      (43)   Limited price variety store - retail   10 & 26

      (44)   Mail order houses - retail   13 & 26

      (45)   Management service   13 & 26

      (46)   Meats and meat products - retail   10 & 26

      (47)   Medical clinic (out-patient services only)   11 & 26

      (48)   Medical laboratory    13 & 26

      (49)   Motel   29 & 26

      (50)   Motion picture distribution and services   13 & 26

      (51)   Municipal and governmental buildings    13 & 26

      (52)   News syndicate services    13 & 26

      (53)   Offices, general   34 & 26

      (54)   Offset press   13 & 26

      (55)   Photofinishing   10 & 26

      (56)   Prepared foods (delicatessen/catering) - retail    8 & 26

      (57)   Prepared yard goods - retail    10 & 26

      (58)   Real estate agent, operator or broker   13 & 26

      (59)   Real estate operative buildings (business office)   13 & 26

      (60)   Real estate subdividing or developing services (office)     13 & 26

      (61)   Recreation center (indoors)   9 & 26

      (62)   Reducing salon    11 & 26

      (63)   Restaurant   5 & 26

      (64)   Restaurant (drive-in)   1 & 26

      (65)   Restaurant, self-service (cafeteria)   3 & 26

      (66)   Second-hand merchandise (general) - retail   10 & 26

      (67)   Security brokers or dealers   13 & 26

      (68)   Security and commodity exchanges   13 & 26

      (69)   Shoe repair or shoe shining   10 & 26

      (70)   Sporting goods - retail   10 & 26

      (71)   Stenographic services   13 & 26

      (72)   Title abstracting services   13 & 26

      (73)   Trading stamp redemption store - retail   10 & 26

      (74)   Travel service   13 & 26

      (75)   Welfare and charitable services   12 & 26

   (C)   Accessory building or use customarily incidental to the above uses. Any building used primarily for any of the above purposes may not have more than 40% of its floor area devoted to industrial or storage purposes incidental to such primary use, and provided that not more than five persons are employed at any one time or on any one shift in connection with such incidental use.

   (D)   Any of the above-named uses are allowed provided there is no outside storage.

   (E)   Any C1 or higher uses not named in C2 shall have the parking standards as established in Cl.

   (F)   Special uses as may be permitted by § 159.45 of this chapter.

(Ord. 2015-5377, passed 5-5-2015)

   (A)   Any use permitted in the C3 Accommodation Commercial District.

   (B)   Uses with associated Parking Identifiers See Table 1 - § 159.33.

      (1)   Advertising services (including outdoor)   23 & 26 & 34

      (2)   Amphitheater   24 & 26

      (3)   Automobile and other motor vehicle sales   22 & 34

      (4)   Automotive parts and equipment sales    11 & 26

      (5)   Bicycles   26

      (6)   Bus passenger terminal   12 & 26

      (7)   Custodial service   34 & 36

      (8)   Department store   12 & 26

      (9)   Equipment rental and leasing    12 & 26

      (10)   Electrical service supply and sales - general   12 & 26

      (11)   Exterminating service   12 & 26

      (12)   Farm and garden supplies   14 & 26

      (13)   Floor coverings    12 & 26

      (14)   Furniture or repair of home furnishings   12 & 26

      (15)   Gasoline service station (if there are open uses on the premises)   7 & 26

      (16)   Golf driving range   26 & 36

      (17)   Hardware - retail   12 & 26

      (18)   Heating and plumbing equipment - retail   13 & 26

      (19)   Household appliances -retail   12 & 26

      (20)   Ice skating   5 & 26

      (21)   Marine craft and accessories - retail   22 & 26

      (22)   Marine craft rental and leasing    22 & 26

      (23)   Mental hospital and other rehabilitation institutions   26 & 30

      (24)   Miniature golf   26 & 36 & 37

      (25)   Mini-storage

      (26)   Motion picture theater (indoor)   24 & 26

      (27)   Motion picture theater (outdoor)   26 & 49

      (28)   Motor vehicle painting or upholstering   14 & 26

      (29)   Motor vehicle rental and leasing    14 & 26

      (30)   Motor vehicle repair   10 & 26

      (31)   Motor vehicle washing    10 & 26

      (32)   Musical- instruments and supplies - retail   12 & 26

      (33)   Night club, tavern, or lounge    3 & 26

      (34)   Optical goods   12 & 26

      (35)   Paint, glass and wallpaper- retail   12 & 26

      (36)   Painting, paper hanging, and other decorating   12 & 26

      (37)   Penny arcade and game room    5 & 26

      (38)   Plumbing, heating, and air-conditioning repair services   14 & 26

      (39)   Prisons, jails, reform schools, and other correctional institutions   10 & 26

      (40)   Radio broadcasting station (without towers)   21 & 26

      (41)   Roller skating   5 & 26

      (42)   Television broadcasting station (without towers)   21 & 26

      (43)   Radio and television (sales and services)   12 & 26

      (44)   Tennis club   36

      (45)   Tennis court   36

      (46)   Veterinary hospital (with no outside kennels)   14 & 26

      (47)   Video gambling

      (48)   Winery & microbrewery

   (C)   Accessory building or use customarily incidental to the above uses. Any building used primarily for any of the above purposes may not have more than 40% of its floor area devoted to industrial or storage purposes incidental to such primary use, and provided that not more than five persons are employed at any one time or on any one shift in connection with such incidental use.

   (D)   No outside storage except vehicles, boats, rental equipment, farm and garden supplies.

   (E)   Special uses as may be permitted by § 159.45 of this chapter.

(Ord. 2015-5377, passed 5-5-2015)

   (A)   Any use permitted in the C3 and Service Commercial District.

   (B)   Uses with associated Parking Identifiers See Table 1 - § 159.33.

      (1)   Aircraft rental and leasing service   26 & 34 - 49

      (2)   Aircraft storage and equipment maintenance   26 & 34 - 49

      (3)   Air-conditioning, refrigeration equipment and supplies wholesale   26 & 34 - 49

      (4)   Airport and flying field terminals (freight and passenger)   26 & 34 - 49

      (5)   Bakeries (production and sale)   26 & 34 - 49

      (6)   Beer, wine, and distilled alcoholic beverages wholesale   26 & 34 - 49

      (7)   Blacksmith shop   26 & 34 - 49

      (8)   Books and other printed materials - wholesale   26 & 34 - 49

      (9)   Building construction general contracting services   26 & 34 - 49

      (10)   Building materials retail and wholesale   26 & 34 - 49

      (11)   Bus garaging and equipment maintenance   26 & 34 - 49

      (12)   Cameras and photographic supplies - wholesale   26 & 34 - 49

      (13)   Carpentering and wood flooring   26 & 34 - 49

      (14)   Carting, express, hauling, or storage yard   26 & 34 - 49

      (15)   Cigars and cigarettes wholesale   26 & 34 - 49

      (16)   Clothing and related accessories - wholesale   26 & 34 - 49

      (17)   Commercial and industrial machinery, equipment and supplies - wholesale   26 & 34 - 49

      (18)   Concrete/cement contracting services, portable concrete plant   26 & 34 - 49

      (19)   Confectionary - wholesale   26 & 34 - 49

      (20)   Dairy products - wholesale   26 & 34 - 49

      (21)   Distillery, with or without wholesale sales

      (22)   Drugs and sundries wholesale   26 & 34 - 49

      (23)   Drugs, chemicals, and allied products - wholesale   26 & 34 - 49

      (24)   Electrical apparatus and equipment, wiring supplies and construction equipment wholesale   26 & 34 - 49

      (25)   Electrical appliances, televisions, and radios wholesale   26 & 34 - 49

      (26)   Electronic parts and equipment - wholesale   26 & 34 - 49

      (27)   Farm machinery and equipment - wholesale   26 & 34 - 49

      (28)   Farm equipment - retail   26 & 34 - 49

      (29)   Farm products warehousing and storage (except stockyards)   26 & 34 - 49

      (30)   Fish and seafoods wholesale   26 & 34 - 49

      (31)   Furniture and home furnishings - wholesale   26 & 34 - 49

      (32)   Fruits and vegetables wholesale   26 & 34 - 49

      (33)   Fur repair, storage, and cleaning services   26 & 34 - 49

      (34)   Food lockers (with or without food preparation) facilities   26 & 34 - 49

      (35)   Footwear - wholesale   26 & 34 - 49

      (36)   Freight forwarding services   26 & 34 - 49

      (37)   General warehousing and storage   26 & 34 - 49

      (38)   Groceries wholesale   26 & 34 - 49

      (39)   Hardware wholesale   26 & 34 - 49

      (40)   Hay, grain and feeds   26 & 34 - 49

      (41)   Household goods warehousing and storage   26 & 34 - 49

      (42)   Jewelry - wholesale   26 & 34 - 49

      (43)   Laundering, dry-cleaning, or dyeing services   10-26 & 34

      (44)   Linen supply and industrial laundry services   26 & 34 - 49

      (45)   Lumber yards - retail    12-26 & 34

      (46)   Lumber and construction materials storage yard wholesale   26 & 34 - 49

      (47)   Machinery, equipment and supplies - wholesale   26 & 34 - 49

      (48)   Masonry, stonework, tile settings, and plastering services   26 & 34 - 49

      (49)   Meat and meat products wholesale (no slaughtering)   26 & 34 - 49

      (50)   Metals and minerals (except petroleum products and scrap) - wholesale   26 & 34 - 49

      (51)   Milk distribution station   26 & 34

      (52)   Military bases, reservations, or administrative offices   26 & 34

      (53)   Military communications centers   26 & 34

      (54)   Military storage or transportation centers   26 & 34

      (55)   Military training bases   26 & 34

      (56)   Motor freight garaging and equipment maintenance   26 & 34

      (57)   Motor freight terminals   26 & 34

      (58)   Newspapers and magazines wholesale   26 & 34

      (59)   Packing and crating services   26 & 34-49

      (60)   Paper and paper products wholesale   26 & 34

      (61)   Plumbing and heating equipment and supplies wholesale   12-26 & 34

      (62)   Poultry and poultry products wholesale   26 & 34-49

      (63)   Prepared yard goods wholesale   26 & 34-49

      (64)   Printing establishments   12-26 & 34

      (65)   Printing establishments (typecasting)   12-26 & 34

      (66)   Professional equipment and supplies - wholesale   26 & 34-49

      (67)   Radio, Television Towers   N/A

      (68)   Railroad equipment and maintenance   26 & 34

      (69)   Railroad terminals (freight)   26 & 34

      (70)   Railroad terminals (passenger)    12-26 & 34

      (71)   Refrigerated warehousing   26 & 34

      (72)   Roofing and sheet metal services   26 & 34-49

      (73)   Sporting goods - wholesale   12-26 & 34

      (74)   Tobacco and tobacco products (warehousing)   26 & 34-49

      (75)   Transportation equipment and supplies   26 & 34

      (76)   Veterinary hospital or clinic for larger domestic or farm animals or boarding kennels or any other form of overnight boarding   14 & 26

      (77)   Water well drilling services   26 & 34

      (78)   Warehouses, bulk storage, commercial, and light industrial operations, normally using only light machinery, and which are carried on entirely within enclosed roofed buildings, the use conform to the following performance standards   22 & 26 & 34

         (h)   Noise and sound. A maximum of 70 decibels at the property line is permitted. Noise is required to be muffled so as not to become objectionable due to intermittence, beat frequency or shrillness. Sound may equal but not exceed street traffic noise in the vicinity during a normal day shift period.

   (C)   Special uses as may be permitted by § 159.45 of this chapter.

(Ord. 2015-5377, passed 5-5-2015)

   Any use permitted in C1, C2, and C3 Commercial Districts and conforming to the performance standards set forth in Planned Unit Development Code.

(Ord. 2015-5377, passed 5-5-2015; Am. Ord. 2024-5476, passed 2-20-2024)

   (A)   Any use permitted in the C4 Commercial District, except dwellings.

   (B)   Bottling works, with or without wholesale sales.

   (C)   Carting, express, hauling.

   (D)   Composting plant.

   (E)   Garbage grinding station.

   (F)   Hides, skins, and raw furs storage and processing.

   (G)   Petroleum bulk stations and terminals wholesale and refining.

   (H)   Prepared foods (packing or canning) wholesale.

   (I)   Refuse incineration (commercial).

   (J)   Any other industrial use which requires both buildings and open area for manufacturing, fabricating, processing, extraction, heavy repairing, dismantling, storage of disposal or equipment, raw materials manufactured products or wastes, and provided the use conforms to the following performance standards:

      (9)   Special uses as may be permitted by § 159.45 of this chapter.

(Ord. 2015-5377, passed 5-5-2015)

 

(Ord. 2015-5377, passed 5-5-2015)