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Wauseon City Zoning Code

CHAPTER 1118

R-1 Single Family Residential District

1118.01 PURPOSE.

   The R-1 Single Family Residential District is established primarily to promote a mixture of single family houses and related educational, cultural and religious land uses in a residential environment.
(Ord. 1989-81. Passed 1-2-90.)

1118.02 PRINCIPAL PERMITTED USES.

   The following provisions apply to R-1 Single Family Residential Districts. Any use not expressly permitted is prohibited:
   (a)   One family detached dwelling;
   (b)   Publicly owned and operated libraries, parks and recreation facilities.
   (c)   Utility and public service buildings without storage yards;
   (d)   Public, parochial and other private schools;
   (e)   Accessory uses and buildings incidental to the above principal uses.
      (Ord. 1989-81. Passed 1-2-90.)

1118.03 CONDITIONAL USES.

   The following conditional uses may be permitted in the R-1 Single Family Residential District by the Planning Commission pursuant to Section 1115.11 and subject to the following provisions.
   (a)   Churches:
      (1)   Minimum lot width of one hundred fifty feet;
      (2)   Minimum site size of three acres;
      (3)   All front, side and rear yard space shall be a minimum of fifty feet from adjoining lot lines;
      (4)   Wherever the off-street parking area is adjacent to residentially used land, a continuous screening may be required so as to substantially obscure the parking area.
   (b)   Nursery Schools and Day Care Centers:
      (1)   Structures should have primary access to a collector street;
      (2)   Shall meet all State of Ohio or mandatory federal licensing requirements.
   (c)   Golf Courses:
      (1)   The site shall be so planned as to provide all ingress and egress directly onto or from a major or minor thoroughfare of not less than sixty feet of right-of-way width either existing or proposed.
      (2)   The side plan shall be laid out to achieve a relationship which will encourage pedestrian and vehicular traffic safety between the major or minor thoroughfare and any proposed service road, entrance, driveway and parking area.
      (3)   Development features including the principal and accessory buildings and structures shall be so located and related as to minimize the possibilities of any adverse effects upon adjacent property. This shall mean that all principal or accessory buildings shall be not less than two hundred feet from any property line abutting residentially zoned lands; provided that where topographic conditions are such that buildings would be screened from view, the Planning Commission may modify this requirement.
      (4)   Whenever a swimming pool is to be provided, such pool shall be provided with a protective fence five feet in height, and entry shall be by means of a controlled gate.
   (d)   Group Homes:
      (1)   A group home may not be located within one thousand five hundred feet of any other group home.
      (2)   All parts of the home in residentially zoned areas shall be maintained in a residential character. If in a non-residential district, the structure shall be maintained in the general character of the district in which it is located.
      (3)   The group home shall be licensed by the appropriate state and local licensing agencies before zoning approval.
      (4)   The group home shall have approved Fulton County Health Department or Ohio EPA sanitary facilities.
      (5)   No more than ten clients shall occupy a group home at one time.
         (Ord. 1989-81. Passed 1-2-90.)
   (e)   Bed and Breakfast and Boarding Homes:
      (1)   Shall meet off-street parking requirements.
      (2)   Additional vehicular traffic shall have a negligible impact in the surrounding neighborhoods.
         (Ord. 1993-28. Passed 1-17-94.)

1118.04 AREA, HEIGHT, BULK AND PLACEMENT.

(a)
Minimum Lot Size:
 
 
Area in Square Feet
12,500
 
Width in Feet
100
   In all new subdivisions, 25% of developed lots may be reduced to 12,000 square feet in area and 80 feet in width providing the total of all lots in the development average 12,500 square feet in area and 100 feet in width.
 
 
 
(b)
Maximum Height of Main Structures:
 
 
In Stories
2 1/2
 
In Feet
35
 
 
 
(c)
Minimum Yard Setback In Feet:
 
 
Front
30
 
Side One
10
 
Side Total
25
 
Rear
30
 
 
 
(d)
Minimum Floor Area:
 
 
In Square Feet
1,100
 
 
 
(e)
Maximum Lot Coverage
 
 
Including All Buildings
30%