Vermilion City Zoning Code
CHAPTER 1268
Districts Generally and Zoning Map
1268.01 DISTRICTS.
For the purposes stated in this Zoning Code, the City is hereby divided into the following zoning districts:
A-1 Agricultural District.
R-1 Estate Residence District.
R-2 Rural Residence District.
R-3 Suburban Residence District.
R-4 Urban Residence District.
R-4a Two-Family Urban Residence District.
R-5 Apartment Residence District.
R-6 Special Family Residence District.
RS Special Residence District.
RL-1 Existing Lagoon District.
B-1 Neighborhood Business District.
B-2 Central Business District.
B-3 Highway Commercial District.
B-4 Motorist Service District.
I-1 Light Industrial District.
I-2 Heavy Industrial District.
I-3 Industrial Park District.
I-U Utility District.
FP Flood Plain District.
PUD Planned Unit Development.
(Ord. 66-103. Passed 12-19-66; Ord. 71-85. Passed 12-29-75; Ord. 74-58. Passed 6-17-74; Ord. 99-54. Passed 2-22-00.)
1268.02 ZONING MAP.
The districts set forth in Section 1268.01 are bounded as shown on a map entitled “The Official Zoning Map of the City of Vermilion, Ohio”, prepared by Bramhall Engineering and Surveying Company and verified by the City Engineer, bearing the date of May, 1984, subsequent the revisions up through July 2008, and updated December, 2017, and certified on the face thereof by the Clerk of Council and by the Chairperson of the Planning Commission, and signed by the Mayor. Such Map accompanies this Zoning Code, and with all explanatory matters, thereon, is hereby made a part of this Zoning Code by reference. The official custodian on such Map shall be the City Engineer and his or her successors, and the City Engineer and his or her successors shall cause such Map to be amended from time to time and shall attach on the rear portion thereof a legend referring to all official amendments of such Map as enacted by Council in the future.
(Ord. 2018-10. Passed 1-22-18.)
1268.03 INTERPRETATION OF DISTRICT BOUNDARIES.
Where uncertainty exists with respect to the boundaries of any of the districts as shown on the Zoning Map, the following rules shall apply:
(a) Where district boundaries are indicated as approximately following the centerlines of streets or highways, street lines or highway right-of-way lines, such centerlines, street lines or right-of-way lines shall be construed to be such boundaries.
(b) Where district boundaries are indicated as approximately following the lot lines, such lot lines shall be construed to such boundaries.
(c) Where district boundaries are indicated as approximately parallel to the centerlines or street lines of streets or the centerlines or right-of-way lines of highways, such district boundaries shall be construed as being parallel thereto and at such distance therefrom as indicated on the Zoning Map. If no distance is given, such dimension shall be determined by the use of the scale shown on such Zoning Map.
(d) Where the boundary of a district follows a railroad line, such boundary shall be deemed to be located midway between the main tracks of such railroad line.
(e) In unsubdivided property, the district boundary lines on the Zoning Map shall be determined by dimensions, notes on the Map or by the use of the scale appearing on the Map.
(Ord. 66-103. Passed 12-19-66.)