Washington Grove City Zoning Code

In keeping with the general purposes of this Article as stated in Section 1.1 it is more specifically the purpose of this Section:

(a) To provide for the establishment and maintenance of residential areas of low to moderately low density, so as to make available the types of living environment to meet the housing needs and preferences of those present and future residents of the Town who find it desirable or expedient to live in one family residences.

(b) To protect the residential areas of the Town as far as possible, against hazards, noise, odors, heavy street traffic, and other objectionable influences.

(c) To protect the non-commercial areas of Town as far as possible from activities that use the advantages of the Town itself such as its facilities, character, natural beauty, and historic background, for individual financial gain.

(d) To provide for the appropriate location within the residential areas of public and private facilities for education, health, and other community needs which serve the nearby residents and do not create objectionable or undesirable influences.

No building, structure or land may be used and no building or structure may be erected, structurally altered, enlarged or maintained, except for one or more of the following uses:

(a) One family detached dwelling.

(b) Buildings and uses normally accessory to permitted use.

(c) Signs, in accordance with Section 6.33.

(d) Home occupations, subject to the following:

1. Home occupations must not involve retail sales outlet from the premises more than twice per year. All retail sales events must not exceed 2 days per event.
2. Home occupations must not involve manufacturing or mechanical operations which produce noise or other emissions hazardous or annoying to neighboring residents.
3. Home occupations must not involve more than three business or employee vehicular arrivals per hour to the premises, or more than ten business or employee vehicular arrivals per day. Vehicular arrivals must occur between the hours of 9:00 a.m. and 8:00 p.m.
4. All home occupations must occur within a building.
5. On any one day, no more than two persons may be engaged or employed in such occupation on the premises who are not residents of the dwelling. The Mayor may approve a third non resident employee; the third non resident employee, however, may not be employed more than 40 hours in any calendar year.
6. The resident must be the owner and operator of the home occupation.
7. Home occupations do not include transient rentals.
8. A home occupation lawfully in existence in a Residential Zone prior to the adoption of Ordinance 2007-07 and which has become unlawful pursuant to Section 7.2(e)6 above, must be terminated by December 31, 2009, and the same, during the interim, declared to be a nonconforming use.

(e) Parking or storing of not more than four vehicles. Parking in a yard fronting an avenue is not permitted.

(f) Private swimming pool as defined in Section 4.

(g) Parking or storing of commercial vehicles that are visible from adjoining properties is not permitted except when actively involved in rendering a service.

(h) Charitable, Religious or Educational Institutions as a special exception approved by the Board of Zoning Appeals in accordance with Section 11.