Oberlin City Zoning Code
CHAPTER 1337
"R-2" Dwelling District
1337.01 REGULATIONS ESTABLISHED.
The regulations set forth in this chapter, or set forth elsewhere in this Zoning Ordinance, when referred to in this chapter are the district regulations in the "R-2" Dwelling District (9,000 square feet minimum lot size).
(Ord. 430 AC. Passed 11-29-65.)
1337.02 PERMITTED USES.
(a) A building or premises shall be used only for the following purposes:
(1) Any use permitted in "R-1A", "R-1B" and "R-1" Single-Family Dwelling Districts.
(2) (EDITOR’S NOTE: Former subsection (a)(2) was repealed by Ordinance 00-30AC, passed April 17, 2000.)
(3) (EDITOR’S NOTE: Former subsection (a)(3) was repealed by Ordinance 00-30AC, passed April 17, 2000.)
(4) (EDITOR’S NOTE: Former subsection (a)(4) was repealed by Ordinance 96-82 AC, passed September 16, 1996.)
(5) Institutions of a religious, educational, eleemosynary or philanthropic nature, but not penal or mental institutions.
(6) Hospital, except a criminal, mental or animal hospital.
(7) Private club or lodge, except those the chief activity of which is a service customarily carried on as a business and provided that the lot to be used for such purpose shall have a minimum area of 12,000 square feet.
(8) Tourist home.
(9) Nursing home.
(10) School of commerce.
(11) (EDITOR’S NOTE: Former subsection (a)(11) was deleted by Ordinance 22-08AC CMS, passed February 22, 2022. See Section 1331.07 Home Occupation Regulations for current provisions. Legally pre-existing uses may continue as “grandfathered”.)
(12) Professional office buildings for the following professional practitioners, together with the necessary office personnel for conducting such professional operation: dentists, attorneys, architects, musician, certified public accountants, opticians, optometrists, chiropodists, physicians and surgeons (M. D. and/or osteopathic), chiropractors.
(13) Accessory use of buildings and uses customarily incidental to any of the above uses, including storage garages, on a lot occupied by a rooming house, hospital or institutional building.
(Ord. 430 AC. Passed 11-29-65.)
(14) Type B Child Day Care Home.
(Ord. 21-76AC CMS. Passed 12-20-21.)
1337.03 PARKING REGULATIONS.
1337.04 HEIGHT REGULATIONS.
No building shall exceed two and one-half stories, nor shall it exceed thirty-five feet in height.
(Ord. 430 AC. Passed 11-29-65.)
1337.05 AREA REGULATIONS.
(a) Front Yard. There shall be a front yard of not less than thirty feet, except that on streets where uniform front yards have hitherto been maintained by buildings erected on one-half or more of the frontage of the block, the uniform front yard shall be continued; where regulations are specified in deeds in certain allotments as to the distance or front yard for all structures, the requirements shall be complied with, provided they are not less than thirty feet. Further, no building may be constructed less than sixty feet from the center line of the street right of way. On corner lots, the required front yard shall be provided on each street.
(b) Side Yards. There shall be a side yard on each side of the building as follows:
Lot Frontage (Feet) | Required Minimum Side Yard Width (Feet) |
60 to 70 | 8 |
70 or more | 12 |
For lots of separate ownership having a frontage of less than sixty feet, duly recorded in the office of the Recorder of Deeds of Lorain County, Ohio, on the effective date of this Zoning Ordinance (Ordinance 430 AC, passed November 29, 1965), there shall be a side yard on each side of the building of not less than eight feet.
(Ord. 430AC. Passed 11-29-65; Ord. 10-03AC. Passed 2-16-10.)
(c) Intensity of Use of Lot. No building with its accessory buildings shall occupy in excess of forty percent of the area of an interior lot, nor in excess of fifty percent of the area of a corner lot.
(d) Lot Area
(e) Combining Contiguous Lots. Where two or more contiguous lots under one ownership individually do not meet the minimum standards under this Zoning Ordinance but can be combined to meet the minimum standards under this Zoning Ordinance, such lots shall be treated as one lot.
(Ord. 430 AC. Passed 11-29-65.)
(f) Lot Area per Family. Every dwelling shall be located upon a lot having a frontage of at least sixty feet and shall contain not less than the following area:
(1) 9,000 square feet for each single-family dwelling.
(2) 10,000 square feet per family for a two-family dwelling.
If a lot has less area or frontage than herein required and was of record on the effective date of this Zoning Ordinance (Ordinance 430 AC, passed November 29, 1965), that lot may be used for purposes permitted in "R-2" Dwelling District.
(g) Residential Floor Area Regulations. The main residential structure erected upon any lot shall have the following floor area:
(1) A single-family structure shall have not less than 720 square feet of ground floor area.
(2) A two-family dwelling shall have a ground floor area of not less than 480 square feet per family.
(h) Accessory Buildings.
(1) Location/lot coverage. An accessory building may be erected detached from the principal building. No accessory building shall be erected in any required yard except a rear yard, and shall not occupy more than thirty-five percent (35%) of the rear yard. Accessory buildings shall be distant at least six (6) feet from any dwelling situated on the same lot.
(2) Corner lots. Where a corner lot adjoins the rear of a lot fronting on the side street and located in a residential district, no part of an accessory building on such corner lot shall be nearer the side street lot line than the least depth of the front yard required along such side street for a dwelling on such adjoining lot.
(3) Side yard setbacks. No accessory building or structure shall be located closer to the side lot line than permitted in that district.
(4) Rear yard setback. No accessory building or structure shall be located closer to the rear lot line than four (4) feet.
(5) Maximum height. No accessory building shall exceed one story or fifteen (15) feet in height.
(6) Main or principal building required. No accessory building or structure shall be erected or constructed prior to the erection or construction of the principal building.
(Ord. 10-03AC. Passed 2-16-10.)
1337.06 CONDITIONAL USES.
The following uses may be established in the R-2 District if approved by the Planning Commission according to the procedures and standards for a Conditional Use Permit:
(Ord. 96-82AC. Passed 9-16-96.)
(a) Limited conversion of a single-family dwelling existent at the date of passage of this Zoning Ordinance (Ordinance 430 AC, passed November 29, 1965.)
(Ord. 00-30AC. Passed 4-17-00.)
(b) Place of Worship, Church, School
(c) Bed and Breakfast Inn.
(Ord. 96-82 AC. Passed 9-16-96.)
(d) Two-Family Dwelling.
(Ord. 00-30AC. Passed 4-17-00.)
(e) Type A Child Day Care Home.
(f) Child Day Care Center.
(Ord. 21-76AC CMS. Passed 12-20-21.)