Vernon Township City Zoning Code

Single-family detached dwelling.

Federal, state, municipal, public authority, school district or volunteer fire department facility.

Public utility transmission and distribution lines within easements including structures or buildings that must be placed along the line for the system's operating efficiency.

General agricultural operations on at least 10 acres of land if commenced as a new farm after adoption of this chapter.

Nursery stock cultivation and sales.

Private membership recreational facility.

Public golf course.

Cemetery, provided a perpetual care agreement acceptable to the Board of Supervisors is on file with the Recorder of Deeds, no graves or buildings are within 50 feet of a street or property line and any crematorium or maintenance facility is screened by landscaping from view of neighboring dwellings.

Forestry (§ 27-519).

No-impact home-based business.

Communications antenna (§ 27-516).

Family child day care home.

Churches and/or house of worship.

Private garages for residences and parking areas for residences and other permitted or conditional uses.

Outbuildings for the storage of garden equipment, children's play structures and housing of domestic animals owned by the residents of the property.

Outbuildings normally incidental to farm operations.

Recreation facilities for the use of the residents of the property and their guests only.

Residential wind turbines.

Roadside stand for the seasonal sale of agricultural produce grown on property in the same ownership as that on which the stand is located and to be closed or removed when such produce is not available.

Signs (see § 27-512).

Planned residential development (see § 27-604).

Cluster subdivision (see § 22-601, Township Subdivision and Land Development Ordinance [Chapter 22]).

Manufactured home park (see Part 7 of the Township Subdivision and Land Development Ordinance [Chapter 22]).

Commercial kennel or stable or riding academy (see § 27-603, Subsection 2).

Communications towers (see § 27-603, Subsection 3).

Recreational vehicle campground (see Part 6 of the Township Subdivision and Land Development Ordinance [Chapter 22]).

Extraction of mineral products (§ 27-603, Subsection 7).

Group child day care home (see § 27-603, Subsection 4).

Elderly housing complex (see § 27-603, Subsection 5).

Home occupation (see § 27-603, Subsection 6).

Nursing home (see § 27-603, Subsection 8).

Personal care home (see § 27-603, Subsection 9).

Group home or transitional dwelling (see § 27-603, Subsection 10).

Minimum lot size: one acre (43,560 square feet).

Minimum lot width where lot front abuts a street: 100 feet.

Minimum lot width of a corner lot: 125 feet.

Minimum lot width at front wall of building facing street: 125 feet; minimum lot width along frontage: 50 feet.

Minimum building setback from street right-of-way line: 40 feet, or from street center line: 65 feet, whichever is greater.

Minimum building setback from side lot line: a total of 25 feet both sides, but not less than 10 feet either side.

Minimum building setback from rear lot line: 40 feet.

Minimum setback of accessory use from side or rear to line: 10 feet.

Maximum percent lot coverage of all buildings to the total lot area: 10%.

Maximum percent lot coverage of all buildings and paved surface to the total lot area: 20%.

Single-family detached dwelling.

Federal, state, municipal, public authority, school district, or volunteer fire department facility.

Two-family dwelling.

Single-family attached dwelling group.

Forestry (§ 27-519).

No-impact home-based business.

Family child day care home.

Churches and/or house of worship.

Private garages for residences and parking areas for residences and other permitted and conditional uses.

Outbuildings for storage of maintenance equipment and children's play structures.

Recreation facilities for the use of the residents, their property and their guests only.

Garden apartment building or group of buildings (see § 27-603, Subsection 1).

Planned residential development (see § 27-604).

Cluster subdivision (see Township Subdivision and Land Development Ordinance [Chapter 22, § 22-601]).

Private membership recreational facility (see § 27-603, Subsection 12).

Public utility transmission and distribution lines within easements (see § 27-603, Subsection 13).

Limited extraction of mineral products (see § 27-603, Subsection 7).

Group child day care home (see § 27-603, Subsection 4).

Elderly housing complex (see § 27-603, Subsection 5).

Home occupation (see § 27-603, Subsection 6).

Nursing home (see § 27-603, Subsection 8).

Personal care home (see § 27-603, Subsection 9).

Group home or transitional dwelling (see § 27-603, Subsection 10).

Minimum Lot Size.

Minimum Lot Width at Front Wall of Building Facing Street.

Minimum lot width of a corner lot at front wall of building facing street: add five feet to each dimension under Subsection 6B above.

Minimum building setback from street right-of-way line: 40 feet, or from street center line: 65 feet, whichever is greater.

Minimum building setback from side lot line: 10 feet each side.

Minimum building setback from rear lot line: 25 feet.

Minimum setback of accessory use from side or rear lot line: five feet.

Maximum percent lot coverage of all buildings within the total lot area: 30%.

Maximum percent lot coverage of all buildings and paved surfaces within the total lot area: 60%.

Apparel sales.

Auto accessories and new parts sales.

Auto sales of new cars and supporting service with incidental sales of used cars.

Automobile service station.

Automobile muffler shop, quick lube and/or car washing.

Bakery with on-site sale of all production.

Bank or savings and loan institution.

Bank, drive-through.

Barber and/or beauty shop.

Beer and/or soft drink distributorship.

Bingo or dance hall.

Books and/or magazine sales.

Bowling alleys.

Business offices.

Business or office supplies, equipment and services.

Business or commercial school.

Delicatessen.

Department store or discount store.

Dry-cleaning pick-up and delivery.

Federal, state or municipally owned and operated facility.

Floor covering sales.

Flower shop.

Food market or supermarket.

Funeral home.

Furniture sales.

Garden supplies and material sales.

Gifts, cards, novelties or antiques.

Government services offices.

Hardware and/or paint sales.

Health maintenance studio.

Home appliances or home decorating.

Jewelry and watch sales and repair.

Luggage and leather goods sales and repair.

Mail order outlet.

Medical, dental or chiropractic offices, clinics or supporting laboratory.

Motel or hotel including restaurant conference rooms and supporting facilities.

Motorcycle or bicycle sales and service.

Outdoor supplies and equipment.

Pets and pet supplies.

Pharmacy and/or drug store.

Photographic supplies or photographic or artist's studio.

Quick stop or convenience sales including gasoline sales.

Radio, TV or electronic sales and repair.

Restaurant, sit-down or sit-down and take-out.

Self-defense instruction.

Shoe sales.

Shopping mall or plaza.

Sporting goods sales.

State liquor store.

Tailor or dressmaker.

Tavern.

Theater or concert hall, indoors.

Tools, appliances or equipment rental.

Toys, hobbies and/or arts and crafts supplies.

Tuxedo rental.

Upholstering sales and service.

Variety and/or dry goods sales.

Veterinary clinic with any overnight boarding only within the clinic building.

Wholesale sales.

Forestry (§ 27-519).

Churches and/or House of Worship.

Two-family dwelling.

Automobile parking area.

Truck servicing area.

Trash collection building.

Apartments on the second floor of a building, provided the ground floor is occupied by permitted or special exception uses; no commercial activity occurs on the second floor; the number of apartments does not exceed one for each 4,000 square feet of lot area if the property is connected to public sewer and water service or does not exceed one apartment for each acre or fraction thereof if only one or neither public utility is available to the property and one parking space is set aside on the lot for the exclusive use of each apartment.

Banking machine, photographic kiosk, used clothing collection bin and similar accessory structures.

Signs (see § 27-512).

Golf driving range or miniature golf (see § 27-603, Subsection 16).

Recreational vehicle campground (see Township Subdivision and Land Development Ordinance [Chapter 22]).

Theater, outdoors (see § 27-603, Subsection 18).

Garden apartment building or group of buildings on a property of at least 30,000 square feet (see § 27-603, Subsection 1).

Any retail sales or personal, professional or business service dealing directly with the public that is similar to and compatible with the principal permitted uses (see § 27-403, Subsection 2).

Commercial amusement enterprise (see § 27-603, Subsection 28).

Clubs and lodges, as defined in this chapter (see § 27-603, Subsection 12).

Fishing lake (see § 27-603, Subsection 15).

Nursery, commercial (see § 27-603, Subsection 17).

Restaurant for take-out only (see § 27-603, Subsection 19).

Used car sales lot (see § 27-603, Subsection 38).

Minimum lot size: 20,000 square feet; 75 feet minimum street frontage.

Minimum lot width at front building line: 100 feet.

Minimum building setback from street right-of-way line: 35 feet.

Minimum building setback from side lot line: 15 feet.

Minimum building setback from side or rear lot line that abuts land in a residential zone: 35 feet.

Minimum building setback from rear lot line: 20 feet.

Minimum setback of accessory uses from side or rear lot line: five feet, except that if abutting a residential zone: 20 feet.

Maximum percent lot coverage of all buildings to the total lot area: 30%.

Maximum percent lot coverage of all buildings and paved surfaces to the total lot area: 90%.

Automobile sales, used cars.

Bakery, commercial.

Boat sales and service and off-season storage.

Bottling works.

Cabinet and furniture making.

Catering service.

Contractor's office, garage, and storage yard.

Die and pattern making shops.

Dry-cleaning plant or commercial laundry.

Electronic components and/or instruments manufacture.

Electroplating service.

Farm machinery or contractors equipment sales and service.

Federal, state or municipally owned and operated facility.

Forestry (§ 27-519).

Injection form and molding establishments.

Lumberyard and building materials sales.

Machine shop.

Manufacturing or fabrication of a finished product for retail or wholesale sale or of a semi-finished product for sale to a second manufacturer when components have been processed from raw materials elsewhere.

Manufactured or motor home sales and service.

Nursery, commercial.

Pattern making.

Printing and publishing.

Recycling center.

Repair and servicing of manufacturing equipment or machinery.

Research and testing laboratory.

Self service storage or mini-warehouse.

Tools, appliance or equipment rental.

Tooling and machining establishments.

Truck or heavy equipment sales and service.

Trucking or railroad terminal or transfer station.

Warehousing or long-term enclosed storage.

Automobile parking area.

Truck or railroad servicing area.

Trash collection building.

Outside storage of finished products or components used in a manufacturing operation.

Apartment of a caretaker.

Signs (see § 27-512).

Bulk fuel oil storage yard (see § 27-603, Subsection 21).

Auto salvage or used materials storage and sales (see § 27-603, Subsection 23).

Business park (see § 27-603, Subsection 37).

Any other manufacturing, fabrication or assembly operation or business in support of such operations and similar to and compatible with the principal permitted uses (see § 27-603, Subsection 25).

Manufacturing or fabrication involving processing of manufacturing from raw materials (see § 27-603, Subsection 20).

Foundry or heavy concrete or other bulk materials distribution business (see § 27-603, Subsection 22).

Minimum lot size: 40,000 square feet.

Minimum lot width at front building line: 100 feet; 75 feet at the street frontage.

Minimum building setback from street right-of-way line: 50 feet.

Minimum building setback from side lot line: 15 feet.

Minimum building setback from side or rear lot line that abuts land in a residential zone: 50 feet.

Minimum building setback from rear lot line: 35 feet.

Minimum setback of accessory uses from side or rear lot line: 10 feet, except that if abutting a residential zone: 20 feet.

Maximum percent lot coverage of all buildings to the total lot area: 40%.

Maximum percent lot coverage of all buildings and paved surfaces to the total lot area: 85%.

Single-family detached dwelling.

General agricultural operations on at least 20 acres of land if commenced as a new farm after adoption of this chapter.

Nursery stock cultivation.

Private membership recreational facility.

Cemetery.

Public utility facilities, transmission and distribution lines within easements including structures that must be placed along the line for the system's operating efficiency.

Federal, state, municipal, public authority, school district or volunteer fire department facility.

Forestry (§ 27-519).

Communications antenna.

No-impact home-based business.

Private garages for residences and parking areas for residences and other permitted or conditional uses.

Outbuildings for the storage of garden equipment, children's play structures and housing of domestic animals owned by the residents of the property.

Outbuildings normally incidental to farm operations.

Recreational facilities for the use of the residents of the property and their guests only.

Residential wind turbines.

Roadside stand for the seasonal sale of agricultural produce grown on property in the same ownership as that on which the stand is located and to be closed or removed when such produce is not available.

Signs.

Commercial kennel or stable or riding academy (see § 27-603, Subsection 2).

Communications towers (see § 27-603, Subsection 3).

Recreation vehicle campground (see § 22-602 of the Township Subdivision and Land Development Ordinance [Chapter 22]).

Mineral extraction (§ 27-603, Subsection 7).

Minimum lot size: two acres (87,120 square feet).

Minimum lot width at front wall of building facing street: 200 feet; minimum frontage along street: 100 feet.

Minimum building setback from street right-of-way line: 40 feet, or from street center line: 65 feet, whichever is greater.

Minimum building setback from side lot line: 25 feet.

Minimum building setback from rear lot line: 40 feet.

Minimum setback of accessory use form side or rear lot line: 25 feet.

Maximum percent lot coverage of all buildings to total lot area: 5%.

Maximum percent lot coverage of all buildings and paved surfaces to the total lot area: 10%.

Provide a common zoning provision for communities along the Conneaut Corridor.

Set appropriate standards to insure quality development along this highway.

Set certain common signage and landscaping standards to provide an identity for the Conneaut Corridor.

To implement the Central Crawford Region Multi-Municipal Comprehensive Plan.

Retail sales, all types (floor area 30,000 square feet of floor, or less).

Retail manufacturing (bakery, candy) (Subsection 5B).

Banks and financial institutions (including drive-in).

Churches and/or house of worship.

Offices (all types, including professional services).

Medical offices and clinics.

Indoor recreation and amusement (Subsection 5C).

Business and trade schools.

Restaurants and catering.

Home centers (Subsection 5D).

Garden centers (Subsection 5D).

Day care centers (Subsection 5E).

Hotels and motels (Subsection 5F).

Health maintenance studios.

Movie theaters (Subsection 5C).

Forestry (§ 27-519).

Essential services.

Accessory uses and structures.

Commercial bakeries.

Cabinet and furniture making.

Manufactured home sales and service.

Rental centers, all types.

Federal, state, municipal, or municipal authority facilities.

Public parks.

Fire departments (Subsection 5A).

Artisans and craft work establishments.

Computer center; data processing service centers.

Large retail (over 30,000 square feet of floor area) (§ 27-603, Subsection 30).

Auto/truck sales and service (§ 27-603, Subsection 38).

Boat sales, services and storage (§ 27-603, Subsection 38).

Auto/truck sales and services, used (§ 27-603, Subsection 38).

Farm machinery/heavy equipment, sales and service (§ 27-603, Subsection 38).

Convenience stores (§ 27-603, Subsection 31).

Veterinary establishments (§ 27-603, Subsections 2 and 32).

Shopping centers (§ 27-603, Subsection 33).

Industrial business parks (§ 27-603, Subsection 37) — Conneaut Corridor.

Outdoor recreation and amusement (§ 27-603, Subsection 34).

Wholesale trade (§ 27-603, Subsection 35).

Tool and die shops (§ 27-603, Subsection 39).

Light manufacturing (§ 27-603, Subsection 39).

Car washes (§ 27-603, Subsection 40).

Elderly housing complex (§ 27-603, Subsection 5).

Self-service storage or mini warehouse (§ 27-603, Subsection 41).

Any retail sales or personal, professional, or business service dealing directly with the public that is similar to and compatible with the principal permitted uses (see § 27-406, Subsection 2).

Minimum lot size: 20,000 square feet.

Minimum lot width at front building line: 100 feet.

Minimum lot width at street frontage: 75 feet.

Minimum building setback from street right-of-way line: 35 feet.

Minimum building setback from side lot line: 15 feet.

Minimum building setback from side or rear lot line abutting land in a residential zoning district: 35 feet.

Minimum building setback from rear lot line: 20 feet.

Minimum accessory use setback from side or rear lot line: five feet; except that if abutting a residential zoning district: 20 feet.

Maximum percent lot coverage of all buildings to total lot area: 35%.

Maximum percent lot coverage of all buildings and other impervious surfaces to the total lot area: 90%.

Fire Departments.

Retail Manufacturing. This involves such activities of small bakeries, candy making or the custom production of artisan products. Such uses shall sell at least 60% of all produced goods at retail on premises.

Indoor Recreation and Amusement, Movie Theaters. Such uses as dance studios, bowling allies, game arcades, pool/billiard halls, martial arts studios, and similar private endeavors shall:

Garden and Home Centers. Such uses often use outdoor areas for the sale or storage of plants or goods.

Day Care Centers. Day care centers shall:

Hotels and Motels. Such uses shall:

Apartments on second-floor levels and above in a building, provided the ground-floor level is occupied by permitted and/or conditional uses, the number of apartments does not exceed one for each 4,000 square feet of total lot area, and the property is connected to both public sewer and water services.