Oberlin City Zoning Code
CHAPTER 1345
Exceptions and Modifications
1345.01 REGULATIONS ESTABLISHED.
The regulations hereinafter set forth in this chapter qualify or supplement the district regulations appearing elsewhere in this Zoning Ordinance.
1345.02 HEIGHT REGULATIONS.
(a) The height regulations when approved by the Zoning Board of Appeals may be exceeded for the following:
(1) Church spires (8) Cooling towers
(2) Belfries (9) Ornamental towers and spires
(3) Monuments (10) Chimneys
(4) Tanks (11) Elevator bulkheads
(5) Water towers (12) Smoke stacks
(6) Fire towers (13) Conveyors
(7) Stage towers or scenery (14) Flagpoles.
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(b) The height regulations may also be exceeded by supporting structures for antennas used by fire departments, police departments, amateur radio operators, civil defense personnel and others operating in the public service. Such structures should not exceed a height of seventy feet. When an existing permanent structure already exceeds this height, the supporting structure may not exceed the permanent structure by more than twenty feet.
(Ord. 430 AC. Passed 11-29-65.)
1345.03 YARD REGULATIONS.
(a) Where dwelling units are erected above commercial structures in commercial districts, no side yards are required except such side yards as may be required in the district regulations for a commercial building on the side of a lot adjoining a dwelling district.
(b) Every part of a required yard shall be open to the sky except for accessory buildings and ordinary projections of sills, belt courses, cornices and ornamental features which may project to a distance not to exceed twenty-four inches into a required yard.
(c) An open uncovered porch or paved terrace may project into a required front yard for a distance of not exceeding ten feet.
(d) Open or lattice-enclosed fire escapes, fireproof outside stairways and balconies opening upon fire towers, and the ordinary projections of chimneys and flues into the rear yard, may be permitted by the City Manager for a distance of not more than five feet, but only where the same are so placed as not to obstruct light and ventilation.
(Ord. 430 AC. Passed 11-29-65.)
1345.04 TEMPORARY CONSTRUCTION SHEDS.
Temporary buildings that are used in conjunction with construction work only may be permitted in any district during the period that the construction work is in progress, but such temporary buildings shall be removed upon completion of the construction work.
(Ord. 430 AC. Passed 11-29-65.)