Westlake City Zoning Code

Sec. 12-2005

Schedule of zoning district regulations.

The schedule of regulations and the notes appended thereto, included herein as Plate A, applying to the uses of land and buildings, the height of buildings, the coverage of lots, the yards and other open spaces to be provided contiguous to or in connection with buildings, the minimum living area, the area of lots, off street parking space, and all other matters contained therein, as indicated for the various districts established by this chapter, is hereby adopted and declared to be a part of this chapter and may be amended in the same manner as any other part of this chapter. The regulations listed for each district as designated, reading from left to right across the schedule, and in all notes appended thereto, are hereby adopted and prescribed for such district, subject to the provisions of this section and section 12-2006 of this chapter and, unless otherwise indicated, shall be deemed to be the minimum requirements in every instance of their application. The original of the schedule of zoning district regulations shall at all times be maintained on file in the office of the city clerk.

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PLATE A. SCHEDULE OF ZONING DISTRICT REGULATIONS

Zoning Districts	Permitted	Permitted as Exception by Board of Adjustment		Permitted Signs	Minimum Lot	Maximum Height of Building	Minimum Yards
Zoning Districts	Permitted	Permitted as Exception by Board of Adjustment		Permitted Signs	Minimum Lot	Maximum Height of Building	Front	Side, Total		Rear

A-1 Agriculture	Farm, single-family dwellings extraction [sic], parks, playground clubs, public and private forest and wildlife reservations, stables, kennels, home occupations, boat houses and docks, accessory uses, churches, public schools, private schools (except business and trade), public buildings or land use whose sole purpose is to preserve national defense	Temporary and unenclosed roadside stands offering for sale products produced on the premises, railroads, public and private utilities, temporary commercial amusements or recreation developments, temporary buildings used in connection with construction, hospitals, institutions, mausoleums, cemeteries, airports, radio and TV broadcasting towers		Business signs not over 12 sq. ft.; one sign per lot	One acre per family	35 ft.	50 ft.	18% of lot width	5 ft.	20% of lot depth; not required to exceed 25 ft.

R-1 Single-Family Residence	Single-family dwellings, parks, playgrounds, libraries, museums, churches, public schools, private schools (except business or trade), private recreational uses, private gardens, nurseries, private garages, home occupations, accessory uses	Same as A-1 except for temporary and unenclosed roadside stands offering for sale products produced on premises		Business signs not over 2 sq. ft.; one sign per lot	10,000 sq. ft.	35 ft.	30 ft.	18% of lot width	5 ft.	20% of lot depth; not required to exceed 25 ft.

R-2 Single-Family Residence	Same as R-1	Same as R-1		Same as R-1	7500 sq. ft.	35 ft.	30 ft.	18% of lot width	5 ft.	20% of lot depth; not required to exceed 25 ft.

R-M Multifamily Residence	Same as R-3, plus two-family and multifamily dwellings, boarding houses, fraternity houses, clubs, apartments, hotels, tourist homes, storage garages, hospitals, and institutions	Same as R-3		Business signs not over 6 sq. ft.				18% of lot width	5 ft.	20% of lot depth; not required to exceed 25 ft.
					No. of Families		Acres [sic] per Family
					1 .....		3500 sq. ft.
					2 .....		1700 sq. ft.
					3 .....		1200 sq. ft.
					4 .....		1000 sq. ft.
					5—11 .....		800 sq. ft.
					12—16 .....		600 sq. ft.
					17—40 .....		600 sq. ft.
					over 40 .....		400 sq. ft.

R-3 Single-Family Residential	Same as R-1, but excluding nurseries	Same as R-1, plus parking lots for business uses within 300 feet of district boundary		Same as R-1	5000 sq. ft.	35 ft.	25 ft.	18% of lot width	5 ft.	20% of lot depth; not required to exceed 25 ft.

B-1 Commercial/Community Shopping	Same as R-M, plus retail stores, businesses and professional offices, business schools, personal service shops, restaurants, retail manufacturing, filling stations, parking garages and lots, studios, amusement places, fix-it shops, laundromats, and similar retail stores for convenience of neighboring residents	Same as R-3		Business signs not over 120 sq. ft.	Same as R-M for dwellings	50 ft.	25 ft.	None except for dwellings, R-M

B-2 Commercial/Central Business	Same as B-1, plus all offices, funeral homes, retail and wholesale uses, radio towers, warehouses, light manufacturing, storage and public garages, barrooms, nightclubs, lounges, radio and TV studios, hotels	Same as R-3		Business advertising signs	Same as R-M for dwellings	100 ft.		None except for dwellings, R-M

I-1 Light Industry	Same as B-2, plus trailer parks and all other uses except junk yards, and all uses which may be obnoxious or offensive by reason of emission of dust, smoke, odor, gas, excessive glare, light noise, or vibration plus all similar heavy industrial uses	Same as R-3	Same as B-2	Same as R-M for dwellings	50 ft.					None except for dwellings, same as R-M

I-2 Heavy Industry	All uses except dwellings; nuisances prohibited by law; manufacture of acid, cement, lime, plaster of paris, gypsum, explosives, fertilizer, gas and glue; distillation of bones, storage of explosives; fat rendering, reduction or dumping garbage, offal or dead animals; refining of petroleum or its products; smelting of zinc or tin, copper or iron ores; extraction; wholesale storage of gasoline; stockyards or slaughter of animals; any similar objectionable use	Same as R-3	Same as B-2	None	None	100 ft.

Westlake City Zoning Code

Sec. 12-2005

Schedule of zoning district regulations.

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PLATE A. SCHEDULE OF ZONING DISTRICT REGULATIONS

Zoning Districts	Permitted	Permitted as Exception by Board of Adjustment		Permitted Signs	Minimum Lot	Maximum Height of Building	Minimum Yards
Zoning Districts	Permitted	Permitted as Exception by Board of Adjustment		Permitted Signs	Minimum Lot	Maximum Height of Building	Front	Side, Total		Rear

A-1 Agriculture	Farm, single-family dwellings extraction [sic], parks, playground clubs, public and private forest and wildlife reservations, stables, kennels, home occupations, boat houses and docks, accessory uses, churches, public schools, private schools (except business and trade), public buildings or land use whose sole purpose is to preserve national defense	Temporary and unenclosed roadside stands offering for sale products produced on the premises, railroads, public and private utilities, temporary commercial amusements or recreation developments, temporary buildings used in connection with construction, hospitals, institutions, mausoleums, cemeteries, airports, radio and TV broadcasting towers		Business signs not over 12 sq. ft.; one sign per lot	One acre per family	35 ft.	50 ft.	18% of lot width	5 ft.	20% of lot depth; not required to exceed 25 ft.

R-1 Single-Family Residence	Single-family dwellings, parks, playgrounds, libraries, museums, churches, public schools, private schools (except business or trade), private recreational uses, private gardens, nurseries, private garages, home occupations, accessory uses	Same as A-1 except for temporary and unenclosed roadside stands offering for sale products produced on premises		Business signs not over 2 sq. ft.; one sign per lot	10,000 sq. ft.	35 ft.	30 ft.	18% of lot width	5 ft.	20% of lot depth; not required to exceed 25 ft.

R-2 Single-Family Residence	Same as R-1	Same as R-1		Same as R-1	7500 sq. ft.	35 ft.	30 ft.	18% of lot width	5 ft.	20% of lot depth; not required to exceed 25 ft.

R-M Multifamily Residence	Same as R-3, plus two-family and multifamily dwellings, boarding houses, fraternity houses, clubs, apartments, hotels, tourist homes, storage garages, hospitals, and institutions	Same as R-3		Business signs not over 6 sq. ft.				18% of lot width	5 ft.	20% of lot depth; not required to exceed 25 ft.
					No. of Families		Acres [sic] per Family
					1 .....		3500 sq. ft.
					2 .....		1700 sq. ft.
					3 .....		1200 sq. ft.
					4 .....		1000 sq. ft.
					5—11 .....		800 sq. ft.
					12—16 .....		600 sq. ft.
					17—40 .....		600 sq. ft.
					over 40 .....		400 sq. ft.

R-3 Single-Family Residential	Same as R-1, but excluding nurseries	Same as R-1, plus parking lots for business uses within 300 feet of district boundary		Same as R-1	5000 sq. ft.	35 ft.	25 ft.	18% of lot width	5 ft.	20% of lot depth; not required to exceed 25 ft.

B-1 Commercial/Community Shopping	Same as R-M, plus retail stores, businesses and professional offices, business schools, personal service shops, restaurants, retail manufacturing, filling stations, parking garages and lots, studios, amusement places, fix-it shops, laundromats, and similar retail stores for convenience of neighboring residents	Same as R-3		Business signs not over 120 sq. ft.	Same as R-M for dwellings	50 ft.	25 ft.	None except for dwellings, R-M

B-2 Commercial/Central Business	Same as B-1, plus all offices, funeral homes, retail and wholesale uses, radio towers, warehouses, light manufacturing, storage and public garages, barrooms, nightclubs, lounges, radio and TV studios, hotels	Same as R-3		Business advertising signs	Same as R-M for dwellings	100 ft.		None except for dwellings, R-M

I-1 Light Industry	Same as B-2, plus trailer parks and all other uses except junk yards, and all uses which may be obnoxious or offensive by reason of emission of dust, smoke, odor, gas, excessive glare, light noise, or vibration plus all similar heavy industrial uses	Same as R-3	Same as B-2	Same as R-M for dwellings	50 ft.					None except for dwellings, same as R-M

I-2 Heavy Industry	All uses except dwellings; nuisances prohibited by law; manufacture of acid, cement, lime, plaster of paris, gypsum, explosives, fertilizer, gas and glue; distillation of bones, storage of explosives; fat rendering, reduction or dumping garbage, offal or dead animals; refining of petroleum or its products; smelting of zinc or tin, copper or iron ores; extraction; wholesale storage of gasoline; stockyards or slaughter of animals; any similar objectionable use	Same as R-3	Same as B-2	None	None	100 ft.

Westlake City Zoning Code

Sec. 12-2005

Schedule of zoning district regulations.

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PLATE A. SCHEDULE OF ZONING DISTRICT REGULATIONS

Zoning Districts	Permitted	Permitted as Exception by Board of Adjustment		Permitted Signs	Minimum Lot	Maximum Height of Building	Minimum Yards
Zoning Districts	Permitted	Permitted as Exception by Board of Adjustment		Permitted Signs	Minimum Lot	Maximum Height of Building	Front	Side, Total		Rear

A-1 Agriculture	Farm, single-family dwellings extraction [sic], parks, playground clubs, public and private forest and wildlife reservations, stables, kennels, home occupations, boat houses and docks, accessory uses, churches, public schools, private schools (except business and trade), public buildings or land use whose sole purpose is to preserve national defense	Temporary and unenclosed roadside stands offering for sale products produced on the premises, railroads, public and private utilities, temporary commercial amusements or recreation developments, temporary buildings used in connection with construction, hospitals, institutions, mausoleums, cemeteries, airports, radio and TV broadcasting towers		Business signs not over 12 sq. ft.; one sign per lot	One acre per family	35 ft.	50 ft.	18% of lot width	5 ft.	20% of lot depth; not required to exceed 25 ft.

R-1 Single-Family Residence	Single-family dwellings, parks, playgrounds, libraries, museums, churches, public schools, private schools (except business or trade), private recreational uses, private gardens, nurseries, private garages, home occupations, accessory uses	Same as A-1 except for temporary and unenclosed roadside stands offering for sale products produced on premises		Business signs not over 2 sq. ft.; one sign per lot	10,000 sq. ft.	35 ft.	30 ft.	18% of lot width	5 ft.	20% of lot depth; not required to exceed 25 ft.

R-2 Single-Family Residence	Same as R-1	Same as R-1		Same as R-1	7500 sq. ft.	35 ft.	30 ft.	18% of lot width	5 ft.	20% of lot depth; not required to exceed 25 ft.

R-M Multifamily Residence	Same as R-3, plus two-family and multifamily dwellings, boarding houses, fraternity houses, clubs, apartments, hotels, tourist homes, storage garages, hospitals, and institutions	Same as R-3		Business signs not over 6 sq. ft.				18% of lot width	5 ft.	20% of lot depth; not required to exceed 25 ft.
					No. of Families		Acres [sic] per Family
					1 .....		3500 sq. ft.
					2 .....		1700 sq. ft.
					3 .....		1200 sq. ft.
					4 .....		1000 sq. ft.
					5—11 .....		800 sq. ft.
					12—16 .....		600 sq. ft.
					17—40 .....		600 sq. ft.
					over 40 .....		400 sq. ft.

R-3 Single-Family Residential	Same as R-1, but excluding nurseries	Same as R-1, plus parking lots for business uses within 300 feet of district boundary		Same as R-1	5000 sq. ft.	35 ft.	25 ft.	18% of lot width	5 ft.	20% of lot depth; not required to exceed 25 ft.

B-1 Commercial/Community Shopping	Same as R-M, plus retail stores, businesses and professional offices, business schools, personal service shops, restaurants, retail manufacturing, filling stations, parking garages and lots, studios, amusement places, fix-it shops, laundromats, and similar retail stores for convenience of neighboring residents	Same as R-3		Business signs not over 120 sq. ft.	Same as R-M for dwellings	50 ft.	25 ft.	None except for dwellings, R-M

B-2 Commercial/Central Business	Same as B-1, plus all offices, funeral homes, retail and wholesale uses, radio towers, warehouses, light manufacturing, storage and public garages, barrooms, nightclubs, lounges, radio and TV studios, hotels	Same as R-3		Business advertising signs	Same as R-M for dwellings	100 ft.		None except for dwellings, R-M

I-1 Light Industry	Same as B-2, plus trailer parks and all other uses except junk yards, and all uses which may be obnoxious or offensive by reason of emission of dust, smoke, odor, gas, excessive glare, light noise, or vibration plus all similar heavy industrial uses	Same as R-3	Same as B-2	Same as R-M for dwellings	50 ft.					None except for dwellings, same as R-M

I-2 Heavy Industry	All uses except dwellings; nuisances prohibited by law; manufacture of acid, cement, lime, plaster of paris, gypsum, explosives, fertilizer, gas and glue; distillation of bones, storage of explosives; fat rendering, reduction or dumping garbage, offal or dead animals; refining of petroleum or its products; smelting of zinc or tin, copper or iron ores; extraction; wholesale storage of gasoline; stockyards or slaughter of animals; any similar objectionable use	Same as R-3	Same as B-2	None	None	100 ft.