Nelsonville City Zoning Code
C-1 DOWNTOWN
COMMERCIAL DISTRICT
§ 153.070 PURPOSE.
The Downtown Commercial District is hereby established to encourage appropriate and compatible commercial development in the downtown area of the city. It is the intent of this section to preserve the scenic and historical beauty of this area and to protect property values in order to promote an attractive economic business area.
(Prior Code, § 27.04.04.01)
§ 153.071 PRINCIPAL PERMITTED USES.
Principal permitted uses include the following:
(A) Adult family home;
(B) Adult group home;
(C) Bank and other similar financial establishments;
(D) Business and retail;
(E) Business service establishment, such as tailor, dressmaking and barber/beauty salon;
(F) Child day camp;
(G) Child day-care center;
(H) Church or place of religious worship;
(I) Club;
(J) Family home;
(K) Foster family home;
(L) Foster home;
(M) Funeral home;
(N) General merchandise store;
(O) Group home;
(P) Hardware store;
(Q) Highway business;
(R) Parking lot;
(S) Pharmacy and drug store;
(T) Professional establishment such as offices for doctors, lawyers and the like;
(U) Professional office such as those offering medical, legal, insurance or accounting services;
(V) Public service facility;
(W) Permanently sited single-family manufactured homes and industrialized units, except in the Historic District, as defined in § 153.004, where they are prohibited;
(X) Replacement of existing trailers, mobile homes, manufactured homes and industrialized units in accordance with § 153.179.
(Y) Residential use on the second floor and above and commercial use only on the ground or first floor regardless of the point of ingress and/or egress whether it is located at the front, side or rear of the structure. No ground or first floor residential use shall be permitted around the public square. For the purposes of this section, AROUND THE PUBLIC SQUARE shall include inlots three through ten; parts of inlots 12, 18 through 25 and 28; inlots 29 through 36; parts of inlot 37; inlots 41 through 48; parts of inlots 49, 60 and 61; and part of outlot 6 as depicted on the County Auditor’s tax plat of Section 24, York Township and more accurately depicted in drawings on file at the office of the Zoning Officer;
(Z) Restaurant;
(AA) Single-family dwelling;
(BB) Supported living home;
(CC) Type A family day-care home;
(DD) Type B family day-care home; and
(EE) Accessory use.
(Prior Code, § 27.04.04.02)
§ 153.072 CONDITIONAL USES REQUIRING APPROVAL FROM THE BOARD OF ZONING APPEALS.
Conditional uses requiring approval from the Board of Zoning Appeals include the following:
(A) Apartment building;
(B) Bar or lounge;
(C) Community residential facility;
(D) Entertainment facility including amusement arcade, except in the Historic District, as defined in § 153.004, where they are prohibited;
(E) Nursing home;
(F) Permanently sited multi-family manufactured homes and industrialized units, except in the Historic District, as defined in § 153.004, where they are prohibited;
(G) Rooming house;
(H) Service stations;
(I) Townhouses; and
(J) Two-family dwelling.
(Prior Code, § 27.04.04.03) Penalty, see § 153.999
§ 153.073 DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS.
All lots, principal buildings, outdoor storage buildings and garages shall meet the following development standards as set forth by the Zoning Officer: the Zoning Officer shall determine the minimum lot frontage and lot size, minimum front yard, rear yard and side yard, by taking the average frontage, size, front, rear and side setbacks of the lots on the street where the development is to take place. No buildings shall exceed over 45 feet in height.
(Prior Code, § 27.04.04.04) Penalty, see § 153.999
§ 153.074 ACCESSORY STRUCTURES.
Accessory structures must be located more than five feet from any property line, and may not be located within a required front yard. Detached accessory structures may not occupy more than 5% of the lot.
(Prior Code, § 27.04.04.05) Penalty, see § 153.999