Minerva City Zoning Code
CHAPTER 1157
Special Provisions
1157.01 BILLBOARDS AND REAL ESTATE SIGNS.
(a) Outdoor Advertising Signs and Billboards. Billboards within any B or M District shall be set back from the established right of way of any State or Federal highway, and from the right-of-way line of any other street or highway, at least as far as the required front yard depth for a principal building in such districts. Such outdoor advertising signs and billboards within any A District, or on land used for agriculture in any R District, shall be set back at least forty feet from such established right-of-way lines, provided that for every square foot by which such signs or billboards exceed eighty square feet, such setback shall be increased by one-half foot but need not exceed 100 feet, except that at the intersection of any State or Federal highway, major or secondary streets, the setback of any outdoor advertising sign or billboard shall not be less than 100 feet from the established right-of-way line of each such highway or street.
No such sign or billboard shall be permitted which faces the front or side lot line of any lot in any R District used for residential purposes within 100 feet of such lot line, or which faces any public parkway, public square or entrance to any public park, public or parochial school, library, church or similar institutions, within 300 feet thereof.
(b) Real Estate Signs. Real estate signs advertising improved property shall be set back from the front lot line one-half the distance required for a principal building in the district; other real estate signs shall be set back from every street line at least a distance in feet equal to one-half the number of square feet area of the sign, but such setback shall be not less than forty feet from the established right of way in any A or R District, nor less than the front yard depth required for a principal building in any B or M District. However, it need not be more than 100 feet in any case. No zoning certificate for the erection of real estate signs shall be required provided the provisions of this section are observed.
(Ord. 11-71. Passed 5-25-71.)
1157.02 USE OF BASEMENT HOUSES, GARAGES, ETC.
In any district, the use of any building or structure which is not substantially completed, such as a basement house or use of any building or structure primarily designed for other use, such as a garage, as a place of abode is hereby prohibited, except that continued nonconforming use, in accordance with the provisions of this Zoning Ordinance relating to nonconforming use, by the family or housekeeping unit occupying such a building or structure at the time of the enactment of this Zoning Ordinance, but not by any subsequent purchaser, tenant or occupant, will be permitted.
(Ord. 11-71. Passed 5-25-71.)
1157.03 EXCEPTIONS AND MODIFICATIONS.
The regulations specified in this Zoning Ordinance shall be subject to the following exceptions and interpretations:
(a) Structures Permitted above Height Limit. The building height limitation of this Zoning Ordinance shall not apply to penthouses or roof structures for housing stairways, tanks, ventilating fans or similar equipment required to operate and maintain the building, fire or parapet walls, towers, steeples, flag poles, silos, smokestacks, masts, water tanks, monuments or other superstructures that project into the air.
(b) Area Requirements. In any district, where neither public water supply or public sanitary sewer is accessible and where an acceptable private water supply and sewage system is not provided, the otherwise specified lot area and frontage requirements, where less than the following, shall be: lot area - 20,000 square feet; lot frontage at building line - 100 feet. However, where a public or an acceptable private water supply system is accessible, these requirements shall be 10,000 square feet and seventy-five feet respectively. These modified requirements are set forth in detail in the Board of Health Regulations for Stark County, which, where applicable, shall govern when the foregoing conditions relative to water supply and sanitary sewerage obtain.
(c) Exception to Yard Requirements. The following architectural feature may project into required yards or courts as hereinafter set forth:
(1) Into any required front yard or required side yard adjoining a street side lot line:
A. Cornices, canopies, eaves or other architectural features may project a distance not exceeding two feet, six inches.
B. Fire escapes may project a distance not exceeding four feet, six inches.
C. An uncovered stair and necessary landings may project a distance not to exceed six feet, provided that such stair and landing shall not extend above the entrance floor of the building except for a railing not to exceed three feet in height.
D. Bay windows, balconies, and chimneys may project a distance not to exceed three feet, provided that such features do not occupy, in the aggregate, more then one-third of the wall on which they are located.
(2) Subject to the conditions specified above, the above named features may project into any required side yard adjoining an interior side lot line, a distance not to exceed one-fifth of the required least width of such side yard, but not to exceed three feet in any case.
(3) Subject to the conditions specified above, the above named features may project into any required rear yards or into any required outer court the same distances they are allowed to project into a front yard.
(Ord. 11-71. Passed 5-25-71.)