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Old Mill Creek City Zoning Code

DISTRICTS

§ 156.20 VILLAGE DIVIDED INTO DISTRICTS.

   (A)   For the purpose of this chapter, all land lying within the limits of the village is hereby divided into the following districts, listed in order from the, highest class to the lowest class and designated as follows:
      (1)   R-1 (Residence, five acres);
      (2)   R-2 (Residence, three acres);
      (3)   R-3 (Residence, two acres);
      (4)   R-4 (Residence, 40,000 square feet);
      (5)   C (Golf courses and Clubs)
      (6)   M (Miscellaneous Special Use);
      (7)   B-1 (Business);
      (8)   B-2 (Business, Tavern and Amusement);
      (9)   I-1 (Industry, Light); and
      (10)   A special Airport Area overlying the above districts within which airports and landing fields may be located as provided in § 156.28.
   (B)   The boundaries of such districts and of the special Airport Area are hereby established as shown on the Zoning Plan consisting of one page, which plan accompanies and is hereby made a part of this chapter. Any land whose classification is not shown thereon and land hereafter annexed to the village shall be classified as in the R-1 District until differently classified by amendment.
   (C)   The Zoning Plan, as adopted, is a part of the official records in the office of the Village Clerk. A copy of the plan is in the office of the Village Clerk.
(Ord. 60-, passed 8-16-1960)

§ 156.21 R-1 DISTRICTS.

   In the R-1 Districts (Residence, five acres), the only uses which may hereafter be established are:
   (A)   Single-family residences, each one on a building plot or tract not less than 300 feet average width and five acres in area, excepting any smaller lot or parcel of land of public record on the adoption date of this chapter;
   (B)   Churches;
   (C)   Public and community parks excluding commercial enterprises therein;
   (D)   Community water works;
   (E)   Public fire stations;
   (F)   Farms; and
   (G)   Schools, public or private.
(Ord. 60-, passed 8-16-1960)

§ 156.22 R-2 DISTRICTS.

   In the R-2 Districts (Residence, three acres), the only uses which may hereafter be established are those permitted in the R-1 Districts and in addition the following:
   (A)   Single-family residences each one on a building plot or lot not less than 250 feet average width and three acres in area, excepting any smaller lot or parcel of land of public record on the adoption date of this chapter;
   (B)   Colleges, not including private music, dancing, business and vocational schools and colleges;
   (C)   General hospitals for humans; and
   (D)   Schools conducted not-for-profit, but not including private, music, dancing, business and vocational schools.
(Ord. 60-, passed 8-16-1960)

§ 156.23 R-3 DISTRICTS.

   In the R-3 Districts (Residence, two acres), the only uses which may hereafter be established are those permitted in the R-2 Districts and in addition the following: single-family residences, each one on a building plot or lot not less than 250 feet average width and two acres in area, excepting any smaller lot or parcel of land of public record on the adoption date of this chapter.
(Ord. 60-, passed 8-16-1960)

§ 156.24 R-4 DISTRICTS.

   In the R-4 Districts (Residence, 40,000 square feet), the only uses which may hereafter be established are those permitted in R-3 Districts.
(Ord. 60-, passed 8-16-1960)

§ 156.25 C DISTRICTS.

   In the C Districts (Golf Courses and Clubs), the only uses which may hereafter be established are those permitted in R-1 Districts and in addition the following:
   (A)   Golf courses; and
   (B)   Clubs incorporated and operated not-for-profit.
(Ord. 60-, passed 8-16-1960)

§ 156.26 M DISTRICTS.

   In the M Districts (Miscellaneous Special Use), the only uses which may hereafter be established are those permitted in the R-3 Districts and in addition the following:
   (A)   Specialized poultry, pigeon, rabbit and other animal farms, but not including the feeding or disposal of community or collected garbage;
   (B)   Apiaries;
   (C)   Mushroom barns;
   (D)   Green houses;
   (E)   Nurseries;
   (F)   Dog kennels;
   (G)   Removal of black dirt or top soil, stone, gravel and clay (sites of fixed plants for processing such materials shall be classified in the I-1 Districts;
   (H)   Sale of products from any of the above uses;
   (I)   Storage of farm products;
   (J)   Riding stables;
   (K)   Veterinary establishments;
   (L)   Filling of holes, pits, quarries or lowland with non-odorous and noncombustible material free from garbage and food wastes;
   (M)   Skeet or trap shooting if not nearer than 800 feet to any residence other than the lessor or owner of the site;
   (N)   Institutions;
   (O)   Cemeteries; and
   (P)   Helicopter landing ports or fields.
(Ord. 60-, passed 8-16-1960)

§ 156.27 B-1 DISTRICTS.

   In the B-1 Districts (Business), the only uses which may hereafter be established are those permitted in the R-3 Districts without reference to the plot size requirements of § 156.26 and, in addition, the following:
   (A)   Residential apartments and duplex or group houses at the rate of not more than one living unit for each 2,500 square feet of lot or building plot;
   (B)   Hotels and motels at the rate of not more than one hotel room for each 500 square feet of lot or building plot;
   (C)   Bus stations;
   (D)   Retail business and service establishments, excluding those listed in lower class districts;
   (E)   Animal hospitals;
   (F)   Greenhouses;
   (G)   Nurseries;
   (H)   Restaurants;
   (I)   Professional and business offices;
   (J)   Advertising signs, but excluding billboards and poster panels;
   (K)   Private music, dancing, business and vocational schools or colleges;
   (L)   Lodge halls;
   (M)   Commercial swimming pools; and
   (N)   Theaters.
(Ord. 60-, passed 8-16-1960)

§ 156.28 I-1 DISTRICTS.

   In the I-1 Districts (Industry, Light), the only uses which may hereafter be established are those permitted in the M and B-1 Districts and in addition the following:
   (A)   Building material and fuel yards;
   (B)   Truck or bus storage yards or terminals;
   (C)   Railroad yards;
   (D)   Distribution yards for gasoline and fuel oil by tank trucks;
   (E)   Municipal sewage disposal plants;
   (F)   Incinerators for municipal garbage; and
   (G)   Other light industrial and manufacturing uses, but expressly prohibiting those uses which are especially detrimental to property or to the health and safety of persons beyond the district, by reason of the emission of odor, dust, gas, fumes, smoke, noise, vibration or waste material and, in addition, expressly prohibiting the following:
      (1)   Iron and steel mills;
      (2)   Cement mills;
      (3)   Asbestos manufacturing;
      (4)   Locomotive plants;
      (5)   Fixed plants for processing stone, gravel or clay;
      (6)   Auto dismantling and storage of junk or non-operable motor vehicles;
      (7)   Other heavy industrial uses and manufacturing; and
      (8)   Uses which highly pollute the air with ill-smelling or noxious wastes, including, among others, glue factories, tanneries, oil refineries, garbage dumps and combustible refuse dumps.
(Ord. 60-, passed 8-16-1960)