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Wellston City Zoning Code

SU SPECIAL

USE DISTRICT

§ 153.355 PURPOSE.

   (A)   SPECIAL USE, as used throughout this chapter, means facilities classified as main and accessory uses listed in § 153.356.
   (B)   The SU District and regulations are established in order to achieve the following purposes:
      (1)   To regulate the location and standards for development of such facilities so as to ensure their proper functioning in consideration of traffic, access and general compatibility; and
      (2)   To protect listed facilities and uses from the encroachment of particular incompatible uses and to promote their compatibility with adjoining residential uses.
(2003 Code, § 153.350) (Ord. 3459, § 25.01, passed 3-7-2002)

§ 153.356 PERMITTED USES.

   Buildings and land within the SU District shall be utilized only for the uses set forth in the following schedule.
Main Buildings/Uses
Accessory Buildings/Uses
Main Buildings/Uses
Accessory Buildings/Uses
Cemeteries.
Signs, maintenance facilities, mausoleums.
Commercial recreational facilities. Private parks, golf courses, swim clubs, recreation fields and playgrounds, and similar facilities, not including such facilities developed for private use by occupants or residents of the premises.
Parking areas, clubhouses, administrative and maintenance structures, signs.
Communication. Cellular telephone towers, commercial radio and television antennas and towers.
 
Educational. Primary and secondary public, private or parochial schools, nursery schools.
Parking areas, playgrounds, signs.
Health care. General and specialized hospital and clinics, convalescent centers, institutions for care of children or senior citizens.
Parking areas, signs.
Infrastructure. Buildings housing equipment and offices related to the provision of essential services, but not including actual lines and smaller structures such as pump stations.
Parking areas, signs.
Public assembly. Churches and similar places of public assembly.
Maintenance facilities and parking areas, signs.
Public facilities. Building or areas for provision of public services and/or public assembly, including public buildings and/or major parks, memorials and monuments.
Maintenance facilities, bulletin boards and signs as hereinafter regulated.
Senior citizen housing. Retirement centers, extended care facilities.
Parking areas, signs.
Signage.
Billboards.
 
(2003 Code, § 153.351) (Ord. 3459, § 25.02, passed 3-7-2002) Penalty, see § 153.999

§ 153.357 DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS.

   (A)   The area or parcel of land for a special use shall not be less than that required to adequately provide for the main building, accessory buildings and uses, off-street parking, setbacks, yards and open spaces to accommodate the facility and maintain the character of the neighborhood. The suitability of the area or parcel of land for a permitted special use shall be approved by the Planning and Zoning Board through review of the development plan, pursuant to § 153.359.
   (B)   Property maintenance. No owner of a property or structure in the SU District shall, by willful neglect, fail to provide sufficient and reasonable care, maintenance and upkeep to such property or structure. For the purposes of this division (B), MAINTENANCE AND UPKEEP shall include keeping exterior surfaces free from debris, garbage and noxious weeds, or free from hazardous objects or conditions such as holes, broken concrete, broken glass and dead or dying trees or vegetation.
(2003 Code, § 153.352) (Ord. 3459, § 25.03, passed 3-7-2002; Am. Ord. 2018-49, passed 1-3-2018) Penalty, see § 153.999

§ 153.358 YARD REGULATIONS.

   (A)   Front yards. The front yard setback shall be not less than the largest required front yard setback for any adjacent zoning district.
   (B)   Side and rear yards. The yards for each building or structure in the SU District shall be not less than the criteria set forth in the following schedule when adjacent to any district where residences are a permitted use.
Main Building/Uses
Minimum Side/Rear Yards (Ft)
Main Building/Uses
Minimum Side/Rear Yards (Ft)
Assembly places
75
Cemeteries:
75
Commercial recreation facilities: buildings
75
Communication: antennas or antenna towers
100% of the height
Educational
75
Health care: buildings
50
Infrastructure: buildings
50
Public facilities:
Non-assembly buildings
Assembly buildings
50
75
Senior citizen housing
50
Signs: billboards
75
 
   (C)    Exception. If the proposed special use is located adjacent to a nonresidential zoning district, then the side and rear yards shall be not less than the largest yard required in that district. If side or rear yards are adjacent to a district where single-family residential uses are a permitted use, the screening or buffering of such yards shall be required. The identification, description and location of the screening or buffering methods used to meet this requirement shall be specified in the development plan.
(2003 Code, § 153.353) (Ord. 3459, § 24.04, passed 3-7-2002) Penalty, see § 153.999

§ 153.359 APPROVAL BY PLANNING AND ZONING BOARD.

   In addition to the material required for the application for a zoning amendment, as specified in §§ 153.080 through 153.086, a development plan shall be submitted for land proposed to be zoned into the SU District. Such development plan shall include all the information and material required pursuant to § 153.176(G). The construction of all buildings and development of the site within the SU District shall be in conformity and compliance with the approved development plan.
(2003 Code, § 153.354) (Ord. 3459, § 25.05, passed 3-7-2002) Penalty, see § 153.999

§ 153.360 ACTION BY CITY COUNCIL.

   In approving the redistricting of land into the SU District, the City Council may specify appropriate conditions and safeguards applying to the specific proposed facility.
(2003 Code, § 153.355) (Ord. 3459, § 25.06, passed 3-7-2002)