Washington Township Erie County
City Zoning Code
City Zoning Code
ARTICLE V
District Development Standards
§ 150-22.1 General development standards.
[Amended 10-3-1995 by Ord. No. 8-95; 12-2-1997 by Ord. No. 10-97; 3-6-2001 by Ord. No. 1-01; 5-1-2001 by Ord. No. 3-01; 7-2-2002 by Ord. No. 3-02]
A.
The following requirements apply to the previous charts referred to in § 150-22. The numbers in parentheses refer to specific subsections of the charts.
B.
The front foot building line shall be measured from the center line of the road for all zoning districts by adding 20 feet to the required front yard setback distance in § 150-22, Charts.
[Amended 9-1-2009 by Ord. No. 2-09]
C.
Corner lots shall have the front yard requirements of those established in § 150-22 for both portions of the lot facing a road right-of-way or access easement.
D.
Overlay districts.
(1)
The F-P Floodplain District is an overlay district; therefore, the lot and yard requirements of the A-1, R-1, R-2, R-3, C-1 and I-1 Districts that it traverses applies in the F-P District.
(2)
The CD-1 Conservation Design Overlay District is an overlay district which provides for four development options as a use by right within the A-1, R-1, and R-2 Districts. The requirements of § 150-22 pertain to this district.
(3)
The McLane Village designation whose boundaries are identified on the Official Zoning Map, and in accordance with the definition of village, as set forth in the Municipalities Planning Code, is an unincorporated settlement that is part of the Township where mixed densities of one unit to the acre exist or are permitted for commercial, industrial and residential uses following the B-1 Zoning District regulations.
[1]
Editor’s Note: This ordinance also repealed former Subsection D(3), regarding the B-1 Business District, and redesignated former Subsection D(4) as D(3).
E.
Detached accessory structures, 200 square feet or less, may be placed seven feet from the side and rear property line and shall not exceed a height of 15 feet for all zoning districts with the approval of the Zoning Administrator.
[Amended 5-6-2008 by Ord. No. 2-08]
F.
When the following conditions are met, height limits may be increased up to 50% over those specified in § 150-22. Building height in excess of the height above ground level allowed in any district may be permitted, provided that all minimum front, side and rear yard depths are increased one foot for each additional foot of height. The following structures are exempt from height requirements, provided that they do not constitute a hazard to an established airport: television and radio towers, church spires, belfries, monuments, tanks, water and fire towers, ornamental towers, elevator bulkheads, chimneys, smokestacks, flagpoles, wind generators, silos, grain bins. These height exceptions shall not apply to any communications antennas or communications towers.
G.
Building coverage is that total coverage by all structures, both permitted and accessory uses.
H.
A portion of every lot must abut a public or private road right-of-way for a minimum continuous frontage according to the following chart. No lot can be landlocked.
[Amended 11-8-2006 by Ord. No. 6-06; 5-16-2007 by Ord. No. 2-07; 6-16-2015 by Ord. No. 2-15; 4-2-2019 by Ord. No. 1-19]
Zoning District | Minimum Required Frontage (feet) | |
|---|---|---|
A-1 | 100 | |
RC-1 | 100 | |
R-1 | 100 | |
R-2 | 80 | |
R-3 | 50 | |
C-1 | 100 | |
B-1 | 100 | |
I-1 | 100 | |
CD-1 | (Refer to § 150-21, CD-1 Conservation Design Overlay District) |
I.
Existing lot of record. Any lot of record existing at the effective date of this chapter and held in separate ownership of adjoining lots may be used for the erection of a structure conforming to the use regulations of the district in which it is located, even though its dimensions are less than the minimum requirements of this chapter, except as set forth hereafter. Where two or more adjoining lots of record with less than the required area and width are held by one owner on or before the date of enactment of this chapter, the request for a permit shall be referred to the Township Planning Commission, which may require replotting to fewer lots which would comply with the minimum requirements of this chapter.
J.
All landowners not operating a private well shall be required to provide written certification that water shall be provided by a certified public utility, a bona fide cooperative association of homeowners or a municipal corporation, authority or utility.[2]
[2]
Editor's Note: Former Subsection K, added 7-27-1993 by Ord. No. 1-93, which provided regulations on the depth-to-width ratio, was repealed 10-3-1995 by Ord. No. 8-95.