Ordinance No. 1141, Passed September 1, 1998
Amended Section 904 by Ord. #1273 on 12/16/2003

VILLAGE COUNCIL

Gustava Oberhouse, Mayor
Pat Vandersall, Council President
Diana L. Austin
Robert Mazur
Matthew Phillips
Thomas Reiter
Cheryl Sharp
Ruth A. Phillips, Clerk-Treasurer

PLANNING COMMISSION

David Foulke, Chair
Gustava Oberhouse, Mayor
Cheryl Sharp, Council Representative
David K. Miesmer
Edwin J. Wozniak
John Bailey (through 1997)
Daniel Zink (through 1997)

ZONING BOARD OF APPEALS

Joseph Hirzel, Chair
Gustava Oberhouse, Mayor
Dwight Fertig

ZONING INSPECTOR

Brian Heestand

Section 301. Open Space Districts
Section 302. Residential Districts
Section 303. Commercial Districts
Section 304. Industrial Districts
Section 305. Zoning District Map
Section 306. District Boundaries

Section 401. "A" AGRICULTURAL
Section 402. "R-A" RURAL RESIDENTIAL
Section 403. "R-1" SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL
Section 404. "R-2" SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL
Section 405. "R-3" MULTIPLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL
Section 406. "C-1" NEIGHBORHOOD COMMERCIAL
Section 407. "C-2" GENERAL COMMERCIAL
Section 408. "C-3" CENTRAL BUSINESS DISTRICT
Section 409. "M-1" LIGHT INDUSTRIAL
Section 410. "M-2" HEAVY INDUSTRIAL

Section 500. Basic Yard, Area and Height Requirements for Dwellings
Section 501. Floor Area Requirements for Dwellings
Section 502. Height Regulations for Institutional, Office, Industrial and Apartment Buildings and Structures
Section 503. Existing Lots of Record
Section 504. Architectural Projections
Section 505. Special Yard Requirements
Section 506. Traffic Visibility Across Corner Lots

Section 600. Off-Street Parking Requirements
Section 601. Special Parking Provisions

Section 701. Parking and Storing of Boats, Recreational Vehicles, Utility Equipment and Mobile Homes
Section 702. Swimming Pools
Section 703. Conversion of Dwelling
Section 704. Family Day Care Facilities

Section 800. Performance Requirements
Section 801. Signs and Outdoor Advertising Structures
Section 802. Temporary Buildings
Section 803. Open Storage and Display of Material and Equipment
Section 804. Day Care Facilities
Section 805. Animal Care Facilities

Section 901. Dish Antennae
Section 902. Ponds
Section 903. Site Design and Development - Multiple-Family Dwellings and Non-Residential Uses
Section 904. Fences and Planting Screens

Section 1000. Nonconforming Uses
Section 1001. Zoning Certificates for Nonconforming Uses

Section 1100. Zoning Inspector
Section 1101. Zoning Certificates
Section 1102. Conditions Under Which Certificates Are Required
Section 1103. Application and Issuance of Zoning Certificates
Section 1104. Fee for Zoning Certificates
Section 1105. Granting of Temporary Permits
Section 1106. Violations and Penalties

Section 1200. Organization and Procedures
Section 1201. Application and Appeals
Section 1202. Hearings
Section 1203. Decision of the Board
Section 1204. Powers and Duties
Section 1205. Variances
Section 1206. Conditional Uses
Section 1207. Performance Requirements
Section 1208. Interpretation of Zoning District Map

Section 1300. General
Section 1301. Procedure for Change in Zoning Districts
Section 1302. Application

AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE ZONING AND BUILDING ORDINANCE OF THE VILLAGE OF PEMBERVILLE, OHIO, REQUIRING CERTIFICATES FOR THE ERECTION OR ALTERATION OF BUILDINGS AND STRUCTURES AND FOR MODIFICATION OF THE USES OF LAND, BUILDINGS AND STRUCTURES LOCATED THEREON; REGULATING THE LOCATION, HEIGHT, AREA, NUMBER AND SIZE OF BUILDINGS AND OTHER STRUCTURES, PERCENTAGES OF LOT AREAS WHICH MAY BE OCCUPIED AND DENSITY OF POPULATION; PRESCRIBING THE MINIMUM PLAT SIZE, SET BACKS, SIDE AND BACK YARDS; DIVIDING THE VILLAGE INTO DISTRICTS OF SUCH NUMBER, SHAPE AND AREA AS ARE DEEMED BEST SUITED TO CARRY OUT SAID PURPOSES; REGULATING THE USES PERMITTED IN SUCH DISTRICTS; PROVIDING A METHOD OF ADMINISTRATION; AND PRESCRIBING PENALTIES AND PROCEEDINGS FOR THE ADMINISTRATION AND ENFORCEMENT OF THIS ORDINANCE.

This Ordinance is adopted for the purpose of protecting and promoting public health, safety, morals, comfort and general welfare; preventing overcrowding; conserving and protecting property and facilitating adequate but economical provision of public improvements; avoiding congestion in the public streets and highways; and to amend Ordinance No. 335 of the Village of Pemberville, Wood County, Ohio, as amended by Ordinance Nos. 525, 745, 799, 818, 845, 846, 904, 910, 928, 952 and 1053 effective August 17, 1994, in each and every part thereof that is inconsistent with this amending Ordinance, as of the date of the adoption of this amending Ordinance.

102.1 In interpreting and applying the provisions of this Ordinance, they shall be held to be minimum requirements for the promotion of the public safety, health, convenience, comfort, morals, prosperity, and general welfare. It is not intended by this Ordinance to interfere with or abrogate or annul any Ordinance rules or regulations previously adopted or issued and not in conflict with any of the provisions of this Ordinance, or which shall be adopted or issued, pursuant to law relating to the use of buildings or premises and likewise not in conflict with this Ordinance; nor is it intended by this Ordinance to interfere with or abrogate or annul any easements, covenants or other agreements between parties; provided, however, that where this Ordinance imposes a greater restriction upon the use of buildings or premises or upon the height of buildings, or requires larger open spaces or larger lot areas than are imposed or required by such other Ordinances or agreements, the provisions of this Ordinance shall control.

103.1 No building or structure shall be located, erected, constructed, reconstructed, enlarged or structurally altered except in conformity with the area, height and yard regulations of the district in which such building or structure is located.

103.2 No building, structure or lot shall be used for any purpose other than that which is permitted in the district in which such building, structure or lot is located.

103.3 No yard or other open space existing about any building or structure shall be so reduced in area or dimension as to make it less than the minimum required by this Ordinance.

103.4 No lot held under one ownership at the time of the effective date of this Ordinance shall be reduced or subdivided in any manner below the minimum area and yard provision required by this Ordinance.

103.5 Every building hereafter erected or structurally altered shall be located on a lot as herein defined and in no case shall there be more than one (1) main building on one (1) lot except as specifically provided hereinafter. Every lot shall have access to a public right-of-way and have a minimum width per the dimensional requirements of Section 500.

103.6 Exceptions to these regulations in specific cases may be authorized by the Zoning Board of Appeals where there are practical difficulties or unnecessary hardships in carrying out the strict letter of this Ordinance providing such exception is in harmony with the general purpose and intent of the Ordinance and in accordance with the procedures and provisions specified in Article XII. Hardship shall be based on physical limitations of the land or structures and does not encompass financial considerations.

The location, erection, construction, reconstruction, change, alteration, maintenance, removal, use or enlargement of any building or structures of any public utility owned by the Village of Pemberville, or the use of land by any public utility owned by the Village of Pemberville for the operation of its business or the use of land for essential services as herein defined shall be permitted in all districts established by this Ordinance and no zoning certificate shall be required for any building or structure or for the use of any land essential to the operations of a public utility owned by the Village of Pemberville.

If any article, section, subsection, paragraph, sentence or phrase of this Ordinance is for any reason held to be invalid by a court of competent jurisdiction, such decision shall not affect the validity of the remaining portions of this Ordinance.

This Ordinance shall become effective from and after the date of its approval and adoption as provided by law.

This ordinance shall be known as the Zoning Ordinance of the Village of Pemberville, Ohio.

This ordinance shall consist of the text hereof together with that certain map marked and designated the map of the zoning ordinance of the Village of Pemberville, Ohio, dated and identified by the signatures of the Mayor and the Village Clerk-Treasurer. Whenever zone classifications are established or modified, the zoning district map shall be corrected to show such changes and shall be published unless the amending ordinance clearly identifies the zone classification changes without reference to the zoning district map. Either the zoning district map or the text in amending ordinances shall be sufficient to establish zone changes. The latest dated zoning district map shall be the effective one.

Except as provided by this Ordinance and except after obtaining a written zoning certificate from the Zoning Inspector, it shall hereafter be prohibited in Pemberville, Ohio:

109.1 To erect any new building or structure or to relocate, enlarge, or substantially alter any existing building or structure.

109.2 To establish, expand, change or re-establish any nonconforming use of a building, structure or land.

109.3 To reduce the open structure or plot area required for a building, structure, parking space or similar facility or to include any part of such open space or plot area as that required for an adjoining building or structure.

For the purpose of this Ordinance, certain terms and words are herein defined as follows:

The words "used for" include "designed for" and vice versa; words used in the present tense include the future; words in the singular number include the plural number and vice versa; the word "building" includes the word "structure"; the word "dwelling" includes the word "residence"; the word "lot" includes the word "plot"; and the word "shall" is mandatory and not directory.

Abandoned Sign: A sign or sign structure which no longer identifies or advertises a business, service, owner, product or activity. Such sign(s) and sign structures shall be removed within 30 days of notification by the Village Zoning Inspector.

Accessory Building: A detached subordinate building or portion of a main building, the use of which is clearly incidental to that of the main building or the use of this land.

Accessory Use: A use customarily incidental and subordinate to the principal use or building and located on the same lot with such principal use or building.

Advertising Sign: A sign which directs attention to a business, commodity or service or entertainment conducted, sold or offered elsewhere than on the premises and only incidentally on the premises, if at all.

Agriculture: Includes farming, dairying, pasturage, agriculture, horticulture, viticulture, animal and poultry husbandry; and only the sale of such products as are raised on the premises; agriculture shall not include kennels. Includes the necessary accessory uses, provided however that:

(a) The operation of any such accessory uses shall be secondary to that of normal agricultural activities; and

(b) The above uses shall not include the feeding or sheltering of animals or poultry in penned enclosures within 100 feet of any residential zoning district. Agriculture does not include the feeding of garbage to animals or the operation or maintenance of a commercial stockyard or feedyard

Airport or Aircraft Landing Field: Any landing area, runway, or other facility designed, used, or intended to be used either publicly or by any person or persons for the landing and taking off of aircraft, including all necessary taxiways, aircraft storage, and tie-down areas, hangars, and other necessary buildings and open spaces.

Alley: A public thoroughfare which typically affords a secondary means of access to the back or side of properties abutting another street.

Alteration, Structural: Any change which would tend to prolong the life of the supporting members of a building or structure, such as bearing walls, columns, beams, or girders.

Animal Care Facilities: Structures, buildings, or enclosures used for medical treatment including care and temporary housing of animals.

Animated Sign: A sign or display manifesting either kinetic or illusionary motion occasioned by natural, manual, mechanical, electrical or other means.

Area Identification Sign: A sign which identifies a neighborhood, a residential subdivision, a multi-family residential complex or a commercial or industrial complex.

Area of a Sign: The area of the largest single face of the sign where the copy is placed, but excluding the necessary supports or uprights on which the sign may be placed. Embellishments and other architectural features are not included in the square footage of the sign area calculation, and are not to exceed 25 percent of the single face area.

Assisted Living Facility: A licensed residential care facility that is designed, maintained and operated for persons in need of assistance/medical/rehabilitative care where in addition a limited number of support services such as meals, housekeeping, transportation, and social and recreational activities are provided.

Athletic Field: An area substantially open to the sky that may include, along with the natural environmental features, any other recreational facilities that the Planning Commission deems permissible. Streets, parking areas, structures for habitation, and the like shall not be included.

Automobile Service Station: Any premises used for supplying gasoline, oil, grease, batteries, tires and motor vehicle accessories, at retail direct to the customer, and where in addition, auto repairs and services may be rendered and sales made. See also "Convenience Gas Station."

Automotive Repair: The repair, rebuilding or reconditioning of motor vehicles or parts thereof, including collision service, painting and steam cleaning of vehicles.

Automotive, Travel Trailer, and Farm Implement Sales: An open area, other than a street, used for the display or sale of new or used automobiles, travel trailers and farm implements, and where no repair work is done except minor incidental repair of automobiles, travel trailers and farm implements to be displayed and sold on the premises.

Awning Sign: A sign attached to an awning covering a doorway, window or face of the building.

Backlit Awning Sign: A sign attached to an awning that is covered with translucent fabric and is internally illuminated.

Balcony: A railing enclosed platform projecting from the outer wall of a building.

Banner: A temporary sign not exceeding 30 square feet in aggregate displayed on a flag or strip of lightweight material made of paper, cloth or fabric which is attached to a building, another sign (but as not to obstruct the view of traffic) or some other existing structure. One banner sign is allowed for two (2), 30 day periods per year and requires a Sign Zoning Certificate.

Basement: A story partly or wholly underground. For purposes of height measurement, a basement shall be counted as a story where one-half (1/2) of its height is above average level of the adjoining ground.

Bed and Breakfast: A building in which board or rooming, or both are offered to the traveling public for compensation, and open to transient guests, in contradistinction to a hotel, boarding or rooming house.

Boarding House: A building or portion thereof, other than a hotel where meals, or lodging and meals for five (5) or more persons are provided for compensation.

Boats and Boat Trailers: Shall include boats, floats and rafts, plus the normal equipment to transport same on the highway.

Building: A structure having a roof supported by columns or walls designed or intended for the shelter, support, protection or enclosure of persons, animals, property, or chattels.

Building, Community: A building for social, educational, and recreational activities of a neighborhood or community, provided any such use is not operated for commercial gain.

Building Face or Wall: All window and wall area of a building in one plane or elevation.

Building, Front Line of: The line of the face of the building nearest the front line of the lot. This face includes sun parlors and covered porches whether enclosed or unenclosed but does not include steps.

Building Height: The vertical distance measured from the adjoining curb grade to the highest point of the roof surface, if a flat roof; to the deckline of a mansard roof; and to the mean height level between eaves and ridges for a gable, hip, or gambrel roof, provided that where the buildings are set back from the street line, the height of the building may be measured from the average elevation of the finished grade along the front of the building.

Building, Main: A building in which is conducted the principal use of the lot on which it is situated.

Building, Unit Group: Two (2) or more buildings (other than dwellings) grouped upon a lot and held under one ownership, such as universities, hospitals and institutions.

(a) Business, General: Retail and service establishments which, in addition to catering to the community residents's and workers's daily needs for convenience goods and services, also include establishments offering comparative-type shopping facilities. General business includes, but is not limited to, supermarkets and stores for the sale of drugs, hardware, appliances, furniture, apparel, footwear, business and personal services, professional services and other similar or related activities. Establishments in this classification are located in the "C-2," General Commercial and "C-3," Central Business District zoning districts.

(b) Business, Highway: Includes commercial uses requiring locations on major thoroughfares and at their principal intersections. Highway uses include motels, motor vehicle service stations, motor vehicle repair, restaurants, drive-in establishments, automotive and farm implement rental, sales and services, building trades and services, commercial recreation and similar commercial activities, when maintained inside an enclosed building. Establishments in this classification are located in the "C-2," General Commercial zoning district.

(c) Business, Neighborhood: Retail and service establishments which primarily serve a day-to-day need in local market areas and can be located in close proximity to or within residential districts without creating undue vehicular congestion, excessive noise or other objectionable influence. To prevent congestion, local retail and service uses include only those enterprises which normally employ less than 10 persons. Permitted uses include drug stores, beauty salons, barber shops, carry-outs, dry cleaning and laundry pickup facilities, and hardware and grocery stores if less than 10,000 square feet of floor area. Other small businesses of an equally restricted and local nature may be permitted, based on the discretion of the Zoning Board of Appeals. Establishments in this classification are located in the "C-1," Neighborhood Commercial zoning district and "C-3," Central Business District zoning district.

(d) Business, Office-Type: Quasi-commercial uses which may often be transitional between retail business and/or manufacturing, and residential uses. The term "Office-Type Business" generally accommodates such occupations as administrative, executive, professional, accounting, writing, clerical, stenographic and drafting. Institutional offices of a charitable, philanthropic, or religious or educational nature are also included in this classification. Establishments in this classification are located in the "C-2," General Commercial and "C-3," Central Business District zoning districts.

(e) Business, Wholesale: Business establishments that generally sell commodities in large quantities or by the piece to retailers, jobbers, other wholesale establishments, or manufacturing establishments. These commodities are basically for further resale, for use in the fabrication of a product, or for use by a business service. Establishments in this classification are located in the "M-1," Light Industrial and "M-2," Heavy Industrial zoning districts.

Business Services: Any activity conducted for gain which renders services primarily to other commercial or industrial enterprises, or which services and repairs appliances and machines used in homes or business.

Business Sign: A sign which directs attention to a business or profession conducted on the premises. A "For Sale" sign or a "For Rent" sign relating to the property on which it is displayed shall be deemed a "business sign."

Canopy Sign: Any sign attached to or constructed on a roof like covering with poles or an overhanging shelter.

Cemetery: Land used or intended to be used for the burial of the human or animal dead and dedicated for cemetery purposes, including crematories, mausoleums, and mortuaries if operated in connection with and within the boundaries of such cemetery.

Changeable Copy Sign: A sign or portion thereof with characters, letters or illustrations that can be changed or rearranged without altering the face or the surface of the sign.

Child Care Clinic: Is an establishment where patients up to and including the age of 12 are not lodged overnight but are admitted for examination and treatment by a physician or a group of physicians practicing medicine together.

Child Day Care: Administering to the needs of infants, toddlers, pre-school children and school children outside of school hours by persons other than their parents or guardians, custodians or relatives by blood, marriage or adoption for any part of the 24-hour day in a place or residence other than the child's own home. The following are child day care facilities:

(a) Child Day Care Center: Any place in which child day care is provided, with or without compensation, for 13 or more children at any one (1) time, or any place that is not the permanent residence of the licensee or administrator in which child day care is provided, with or without compensation, for seven (7) to 12 children at any one time. In counting children for the purposes of this definition, any children under six (6) years of age who are related to a licensee, administrator, or employee and who are on the premises shall be counted.

(b) Family Day Care Home, Type A: A permanent residence of the administrator in which child day care is provided for four (4) to 12 children at any one time, if four (4) or more children are under two (2) years of age. In counting children for the purposes of this definition, any children under six (6) years of age who are related to a licensee, administrator, or employee and who are on the premises of the Type A home shall be counted. The term "Family Day Care Home, Type A" does not include a residence in which the needs of children are administered to, if all such children are siblings of the same immediate family and the residence is their home.

Church: A place of worship that typically includes an assembly room, rooms for religious education and administrative offices. A church is considered a semi-public use.

Clearance (of a Sign): The smallest vertical distance between the grade of the adjacent street, highway, or street curb and the lowest point of any sign, including framework extending over that grade.

Clinic: An establishment where human patients, who are not lodged overnight, are admitted for examination and treatment by a group of physicians practicing medicine together or professionals licensed to practice the healing arts.

Club: A building or portion thereof or premises owned or operated by a corporation, association, person or persons for a social, educational or recreational purpose, but not primarily for profit or to render a service which is customarily carried on as a business.

Commercial Entertainment Facilities: Any activity conducted for gain which is generally related to the entertainment field, such as motion picture theaters, carnivals, night clubs and similar entertainment activities.

Commercial Message: Any sign wording, logo or other representation that directly or indirectly, names, advertises or calls attention to a business, product, service or other commercial activity.

Commission: Shall mean the Planning Commission of the Village of Pemberville, Ohio.

Community Water and Sewerage Facilities or Services: Are the water distribution and/or sewage collection system provided by or authorized or franchised by a public authority.

Conditional Use: A use permitted within a district other than a principally permitted use which is subject to conditional approval by the Zoning Board of Appeals and requires a conditional use permit. A conditional use may be granted by the Board only when there is a specific provision for such made in this Ordinance. A conditional use is not considered to be a nonconforming use.

Conditional Use Permit: A permit issued by the Zoning Inspector upon approval by the Zoning Board of Appeals to allow a use other than a principally permitted use to be established within a district.

Condominium (Zero-Lot Line Development): A form of real property ownership in fee simple of a cubic air space including only interior surfaces (the individual dwelling unit), and undivided ownership share, in common with other purchasers, of the common elements of the project including the land and its appurtenances.

Construction Sign: A temporary sign identifying an architect, engineer, financial institution, contractor, subcontractor and/or material supplier participating in construction on the property on which the sign is located.

Convenience Gas Station: Any premises used for supplying gasoline as well as convenience goods, at retail direct to the customer, and wherein auto repairs and services are not rendered.

Copy: The graphic content of a sign surface in either permanent or removable letter, pictographic, symbolic or alphabetic form.

Court: An open unoccupied space, other than a yard, on the same lot with a building or group of buildings and which is bounded on two (2) or more sides by such building or buildings.

(a) Inner Court: A court other than an outer court. The length of an inner court is the minimum horizontal dimension measured parallel to its longest side. The width of an inner court is the minimum horizontal dimension measured at right angles to its length.

(b) Outer Court: A court which opens onto a required yard, or street or alley. The width of an outer court is the minimum horizontal dimension measured in the same general direction as the yard, street or alley upon which the court opens. The depth of an outer court is the minimum horizontal dimension measured at right angles to its width.

Curb Grade: The elevation of the established curb in front of the building measured at the center of such front. Where no curb grade has been established, the Village Engineer shall establish such curb grade or its equivalent for the purpose of this Ordinance.

Day Care Facilities: A place other than a permanent residence which, administers to the need of children or adults providing social, recreational, or educational activities on a daily basis with no provisions for residential care.

Directional, Sign (Private): An on-premise sign giving directions or instructions to facilitate traffic flow. Such signs shall not contain the business name or business logo.

Disabled Vehicle: A vehicle that is inoperable and can not move under its own power.

Dish: Shall mean that part of a signal-receiving antenna characteristically shaped like a saucer or dish.

Dish Antenna (Earth Station) (Ground Station): An accessory structure that shall mean one (1) or a combination of two (2) or more of the following:

(a) a signal-receiving device (antenna, dish antenna or dish-type antenna), the purpose of which is to receive communication or other signals from satellites in earth orbit and other extraterrestrial sources.

(b) a low-noise amplifier (LNA) which is situated at the focal point of the receiving component and the purpose of which is to magnify, store, transfer and/or transmit electronic or light signals.

(c) a coaxial cable the purpose of which is to carry or transmit the signals into a receiver which may be located in the interior of the building.

District, Zoning Districts: Administrative tracts designating the uses to which land can legally be utilized. Boundaries of the districts are shown on the zoning district map which is part of this Ordinance. Regulations concerning the use of land or buildings are uniform within said tracts.

Drive-in Commercial Uses: Any retail commercial use providing considerable off-street parking and catering primarily to vehicular trade such as drive-in restaurants, drive-in theaters and similar uses.

Dwelling: A building or portion thereof used exclusively for residential purposes, including one-family, two-family and multiple-family dwellings. The term "dwelling" shall include Ohio Basic Building Code (OBBC) approved units, but not include house trailers or mobile homes as defined by Ohio Revised Code 4501.01, recreational vehicles, hotels and boarding and lodging houses. Residential purposes shall mean use or intention to use for living or sleeping by one or more human occupants.

(a) Unit: One or more rooms in a dwelling or in a commercial building for which a special residential conditional use has been approved, and designed for occupancy by one (1) family and its household employees for living, dining and sleeping purposes, and having cooking, bathing and toilet facilities and space for storage.

(b) One-family: A detached building designed exclusively for occupancy by one (1) family and separated from other dwelling units by open space.

(c) Two-family: A building designed exclusively for occupancy by (2) families living independently of each other, including a duplex [one (1) dwelling unit above the other], or a semi-detached dwelling [one (1) dwelling unit beside the other] and each unit having a separate or combined entrance or entrances.

(d) Multiple-family: A building or portion thereof, designed for occupancy by three (3) or more families living independently of each other including condominiums with varying arrangements of entrances and party walls. Multi-family housing may include public housing and industrialized units.

(e) Row: A row of three (3) to six (6) attached, one family dwellings, not more than two (2) rooms deep.

Easements: Authorization by a property owner for the use by another, and for a specified purpose, of any designated part of his property.

Educational Institution: A college or university giving general academic instruction equivalent to the standards prescribed by the State Board of Education.

Elderly Housing Facility: A building or buildings containing 12 or more dwelling units where occupancy is restricted to elderly persons or households. Such facilities may include emergency first aid care, day care, therapy, personal care, nursing facilities and recreational facilities, and provide for independent or semi-independent living. For the purposes of this definition, "Elderly Housing Facility" shall not include convalescent homes, nursing homes, group residential facilities, or homes for the aged.

Essential Services: The erection, construction, alteration, or maintenance by public utilities or municipal or other governmental agencies, of underground or overhead gas, electrical, steam or water transmission or distribution systems, collection, communication, supply or disposal systems, including poles, wires, mains, drains, sewers, pipes, traffic signals, hydrants, and other similar equipment and accessories in connection therewith; reasonably necessary for the furnishing of adequate service by such public utilities or municipal or other governmental agencies or for the public health or safety or general welfare, but not including buildings.

Family: An individual or married couple and natural or adopted children thereof, or of either of them, occupying a dwelling for the purposes of habitation, and including other persons related directly to the individual or married couple by blood or marriage, and including not more than two (2) lodgers or boarders.

Flood Plain: That land, including the flood fringe and the floodway, subject to inundation by the regional flood.

Flood, Regional: Large floods which have previously occurred or which may be expected to occur on a particular stream because of like physical characteristics. The regional flood generally has an average frequency of the 100-year recurrence interval flood.

Floodway: That portion of the flood plain, including the channel, required to convey the regional flood waters. Floods of less frequent recurrence are usually contained completely within the floodway.

Floodway Fringe: That portion of the flood plain, excluding the floodway, where development may be allowed under certain restrictions.

Folding Camper: A folding or collapsing structure of low silhouette, mounted on wheels and designed for travel, recreational or vacation uses.

Food Processing: The preparation or processing of food products. Examples of activities included are bakeries and dairies.

Frontage: All of the property on one side of a street between two (2) intersecting streets (crossing or terminating), measured at the set-back building line. Or if the street is a dead-end street, then all of the property abutting on one side between an intersecting street and the dead-end of the street. (For individual lots, see "Lot Frontage.")

Future Development Sign: A temporary sign indicating the future construction or development of a building or area but not fitting under the definition of construction sign.

Garage, Private: A detached accessory building or portion of a main building for the parking or temporary storage of automobiles of the occupants of the premises, and wherein:

(b) not more than one (1) space is rented for parking to persons not resident on the premises;

Garage, Public: A building other than a private garage used for the care, repair, or equipment of automobiles, or where such vehicles are parked or stored for remuneration, hire or sale.

Golf Course: An extensive recreational facility that typically includes nine or 18 holes of golf plus a driving range and a clubhouse which typically includes a restaurant and a bar.

Grounding Rod: Shall mean a metal pole permanently positioned in the earth to serve as an electrical conductor through which electrical current may safely pass and dissipate.

Guest House: Living quarters within a detached accessory building located on the same premises with the main building, for use by temporary guests of occupants of the premises; such quarters have no kitchen facilities and are not rented or otherwise used as a separate dwelling.

Height (of a Sign): The vertical distance measured from the highest point of the sign, including decorative embellishment, to the grade of the adjacent street or the surface grade beneath the sign, whichever is less.

Highway, Major: A street or road of considerable continuity and used primarily as a traffic artery for intercommunication among large areas.

Home Occupation: An occupation for gain or support, such as millinery, dressmaking, hairdressing, upholstering or repairing, carried on by the occupant of a dwelling, which use is clearly incidental and secondary to the use of the dwelling for dwelling purposes, does not change the external character of the dwelling, does not produce a sound that is audible beyond the dwelling, does not involve the employment of any person other than a resident of such dwelling, and that no articles are sold or offered for sale except such as are produced by the residents of the dwelling, and provided that such occupation shall not occupy more than one-third of the area of the residence.

Hotel: Any building or portion thereof which contains guest rooms which are designed or intended to be used, let or hired out for occupancy by, or which are occupied by ten (10) or more individuals for compensation, whether the compensation be paid directly or indirectly.

Identification Sign: A sign whose copy is limited to the name and address of a building, institution or person and/or to the activity or occupation being identified.

Institution: Building or land occupied by a nonprofit corporation or a nonprofit establishment for public use.

Institutional Home: A home or institutional facility for the care of babies, children, pensioners or elderly people, except those for correctional or mental cases.

Kennel: Any lot or premises on which four (4) or more dogs, more than four (4) months of age, are kept.

Library: A public or semi-public educational institution that, among other activities, catalogues and stores books and other educational media for research and archival purposes, disseminates information, and provides books and other media for recreational reading and learning.

Loading Space: An off-street space or berth on the same lot with a building, or contiguous to a group of buildings, for the temporary parking of a commercial vehicle while loading or unloading merchandise or materials, and which abuts upon a street or other appropriate means of access.

Lot: Land occupied or to be occupied by a building, or unit group of buildings, and accessory buildings, together with such yards and other open spaces and a lot area as are required by this Ordinance to meet minimum zoning requirements for use, coverage, and area, and having its principal frontage upon an improved public street, or on an approved private street, and may consist of:

(1) A single lot of record;

(2) A portion of a lot of record; or

(3) A combination of complete lots of record, of complete lots of record and portions of lots of record, or of portions of lots of record.

(a) Lot Area: the total horizontal area within the lot lines of a lot.

(b) Lot, Corner: a lot, or portion thereof, not greater than 100 feet in width and situated at the intersection of two (2) or more streets, having an angle of intersection of not more than 135 degrees.

(c) Lot Coverage: the ratio of enclosed ground floor area of all buildings on a lot to the horizontally projected area of the lot, expressed as a percentage.

(d) Lot Depth: the distance between the mid-points of straight lines connecting the foremost points of the side lot lines in front and the rearmost points of the side lot lines in the rear.

(e) Lot Frontage: The length of the property line of any one parcel along a public right-of-way on which it borders. The front of a lot shall be construed to be the portion nearest the street. For the purpose of determining yard requirements on corner lots and through lots, all sides of a lot adjacent to streets shall be considered frontage, and yards shall be provided as indicated under "Yards" in this section.

(f) Lot, Interior: a lot other than a corner lot.

(g) Lot of Record: any lot which individually or as part of a subdivision has been recorded in the Office of the Wood County Recorder.

(h) Lot Lines: the lines bounding a lot as described and defined herein.

(i) Lot, Minimum Area of: the area of a lot computed exclusive of any portion of the right-of-way of any public or private street.

(j) Lot, Reversed Corner: a corner lot the side street line of which is substantially a continuation of the front lot line of the lot to its rear.

(l) Lot Width: the width of a lot at the building set-back line measured at right angles to its depth. The width of lots fronting on a cul-de-sac shall be the chord distance between side lot lines for the curve coinciding with the required depth of the front yard.

Low Profile Sign: A sign mounted directly to the ground with the maximum height not to exceed five (5) feet measured from the ground surface and not to exceed seven (7) feet measured from the center line of the road.

Maintenance and Storage Facilities: Land, buildings, and structures devoted primarily to the maintenance and storage of construction equipment and material.

Manufactured Home: A factory built, single family structure that is transportable in one or more sections, is built on a permanent chassis and is used as a place of occupancy which is not constructed with a permanent hitch or other device allowing transport of the unit other than for the purpose of delivery to a permanent site and which does not have wheels or axles permanently attached to its body or frame.

Manufacturing: Any production or industrial process, including food processing, which combines one or more raw materials or components into a product, or which changes the nature of the materials entering the process.

(a) Manufacturing, General: any manufacturing, industrial production or storage, which by the nature of the materials, equipment and processes utilized, is generally conducted within an enclosed building and if outside storage of material is required such storage is conducted within a well-maintained enclosure which shall have an opaqueness of 75 percent or more. General Manufacturing shall include the manufacturing of dairy, canned fruit and vegetable, bakery, soft drink and confectionery products; textile mill products and apparel; lumber wood products, furniture and fixtures; plastic products; perfumes and cosmetics; fabricated products from metal coils and sheets, the rolling and finishing of ferrous and nonferrous metals; screw machine products and bolts, nuts and screws, and washers; cutlery, hand tools and general hardware; electrical machinery, equipment and supplies; radio and television sets; electronic components and accessories; and products of a similar nature.

(b) Manufacturing, Heavy: any industrial use which requires buildings and open area for manufacturing, fabricating, processing, heavy repair, dismantling, testing, storage or disposal of raw materials, manufactured products or wastes, which is not injurious to health or safety of humans or animals. Typically, heavy manufacturing requires large sites, open storage and service areas, extensive services and facilities, and ready access to regional transportation. Normally, such uses generate some nuisances such as smoke, noise vibration, dust, glare, air pollution and water pollution, but not beyond the district boundary.

Heavy manufacturing shall include primary metal industrial operations involving the use of blast furnaces, the rolling and finishing of ferrous and nonferrous metals, iron and steel foundries, primary and secondary smelting and refining facilities, metal plate and sheet fabricating facilities for metal plates and sheets and any other operations which shall be deemed to be of a similar nature. Heavy manufacturing shall also include the manufacture of food and meat products; paper and allied products; chemicals and allied products, including plastic materials, synthetic rubber and man-made fibers, soaps and detergents, paints and agricultural chemicals, petroleum refining and related industries, including production of paving and roofing materials, tire products, glass products and any other products of a similar nature.

(c) Manufacturing, Light: Manufacturing or other industrial uses which are usually controlled operations; relatively clean, quiet, and free of objectionable or hazardous elements such as smoke, noise, odor, or dust; operating and storing within enclosed structures; and generating little industrial traffic and no nuisances.

(d) Manufacturing, Restricted: Any industrial use which is conducted entirely within enclosed, substantially constructed buildings; involving the use of only light machinery and equipment; does not use the open area about the buildings for the storage of materials or equipment other than for the unloading or loading operations at the rear or within an enclosure which abuts a building. Restricted manufacturing shall include the manufacture of drugs, jewelry, musical instruments, sporting goods; the processing and assembly of small glass products; small household appliances; small electronic products, scientific instruments, and parts for the production of finished equipment; office, computing and accounting machines; research and laboratory testing; printing, publishing and engraving plants; and other similar products and operations.

Metal Salvaging and Storage: The salvaging of metal in all forms for sale and storage.

Mineral processing: The processing of coal, limestone, clay and other mineral resources except sand and gravel, provided no chemical change in the mineral is involved in the process.

Mobile Home: A transportable factory built home, designed to be used as a year-round residential dwelling and built prior to the enactment of the Federal Manufactured Home Construction and Safety Standards Act of 1974 which became effective June 15, 1976.

Mortuary: A building or part thereof used for human funeral services. Such building may contain space and facilities for: a) embalming and the performance of other services used in preparation of the dead for burial; b) the performance of autopsies and other surgical procedures; c) the storage of caskets, funeral urns, and other related funeral supplies; and d) the storage of funeral vehicles but shall not include facilities for cremation. Where a funeral home is permitted, a funeral chapel shall also be permitted.

Motel: A group of attached or detached dwellings containing less than 300 square feet of floor area for each sleeping or living unit and which are provided for transient guests; including auto courts, motels and motor lodges.

Motorized Home: A portable dwelling designed and constructed as an integral part of a self propelled vehicle for travel, recreational or vacation use.

Nonconforming Sign: A sign which was constructed legally, but which does not comply with subsequently enacted sign restrictions and regulations.

Nonconforming Use: The use of land or a building, or portion thereof, lawfully existing at the time this Ordinance or amendments thereto became effective, which does not conform with the use regulations of the district in which it is situated and are therefore incompatible.

Nursery, Plant Materials: Land, buildings, structures, or combination thereof, for the storage, cultivation and/or transplanting of live trees, shrubs, or plants offered for retail or wholesale sale on the premises including products used for gardening or landscaping.

Nursing Home: An establishment where persons are housed or lodged and furnished with meals and nursing or convalescent care for hire.

Off-Premise Sign: Any sign or advertisement situated on private premises used as an outdoor display for the purpose of making anything known on which the written or pictorial information is not directly related to the principal use of the land on which such sign is situated.

Open Space: An area substantially open to the sky which may be on the same lot with a building. Along with the natural environmental features, the area may include any other recreational facilities that the Planning Commission deems permissible. Streets, parking areas, structures for habitation, and the like shall not be included.

Park: An open space that is set-aside for passive and/or active recreational purposes. The range of development of a park can extend from no development to highly developed. A park may include recreational facilities, a shelter house, rest rooms, and ball fields. Typically, a public parking area is included.

Parking Area, Private: An open area, other than a street or alley, used for the parking of the automobiles of occupants of a dwelling.

Parking Area, Public or Customer: An open area, other than a private parking area, street or alley, used for the parking of automobiles and available for public or semi-public use.

Parking Space, Automobile: Space within a building or a private or public parking area for the parking of one (1) automobile.

Parking Space, Off-Street: For the purpose of this Ordinance, an off-street parking space shall consist of an area adequate for parking an automobile with room for opening doors on both sides, together with properly related access to a public street or alley and maneuvering room, but shall be located totally outside of any street or alley right-of-way.

Pennant: Any lightweight plastic, fabric or other material, whether or not containing a message of any kind, suspended from a rope, wire or string usually in series designed to move in the wind.

Personal Services: Any enterprise conducted for gain which primarily offers services to the general public such as shoe repair, watch repairing, barber shop, beauty parlors and similar activities.

Pickup Camper: A structure designed primarily to be mounted on a pickup or truck chassis and with sufficient equipment to render it suitable for use as a temporary dwelling for travel, recreational or vacation uses.

Playground: A park or a portion of a park that typically includes recreational equipment that is youth-oriented in nature, e.g. swings, slides, and play structures.

Pole Sign: Any sign supported by upright structures or supports that are anchored in the ground and that are independent from any building or other structure.

Political Sign: A temporary sign used in connection with a local, state, or national election or referendum.

Pond: A body of water, of which none of the excavated material has been removed from the site for commercial purposes, and is used for the following purposes: to provide water for livestock, fish and wildlife, recreation, fire control, irrigation or crop and orchard spraying.

Porch: An entrance one story high to a building, projecting out from a main wall, partially or fully enclosed but not heated.

Portable Sign: Any sign not permanently attached to the ground or other permanent structure or a sign designed to be transported, including but not limited to signs designed to be transported by means of wheels; signs converted to A-frames or T-frames; menu and sandwich board signs; inflated devices such as balloons and other gas-filled figures; umbrellas used for advertising; and signs attached to or painted on vehicles. Such vehicles are to be located in a designated off-street parking space that is in compliance with Section 600 of this Ordinance.

Professional Activities: The use of offices and related spaces for such professional services as are provided by doctors, dentists, lawyers, architects, engineers, ministers, authors, artists or musicians.

Projecting Sign: A sign, other than a flat wall sign, which is attached to and projects from a building wall or other structure not specifically designed to support the sign.

Public Service Facility: The erection, construction, alteration, operation or maintenance of a utility or service building, power plant or substation, water treatment plant, sewage disposal or pumping facility or similar public service structures by a public utility, by a railroad, whether publicly or privately owned, or by a municipal or other government agency, including the furnishing of electrical, gas, rail transport, communication, public water, and sewerage services.

Public Service Information Sign: Any sign intended primarily to promote items of general interest to the community such as time, temperature and date. Public service information signs are permitted in commercial and industrial districts, are not included in the total square footage of sign area allowed, and require a Zoning Certificate.

Public Uses: Public parks, schools, administrative, e.g. village halls and town halls, cultural and service buildings and structures, e.g. fire stations and police stations, not including public land or buildings devoted solely to the storage and maintenance of equipment and materials.

Real Estate Sign: A temporary sign advertising the real estate upon which the sign is located as being for rent, lease or sale.

Recreational Facilities: Public or private facilities that may be classified as either "extensive" or "intensive" depending upon the scope of services offered and the extent of use. Extensive facilities generally require and utilize considerable areas of land and include, but need not be limited to, hunting, fishing and riding clubs and parks. Intensive facilities generally require less land (used more intensively) and include, but need not be limited to, miniature golf courses, amusement parks, stadiums and bowling alleys.

(a) Commercial Recreational Facilities: Recreational facilities open to the public, established and operated for a profit, such as commercial golf courses, swimming pools, ice skating rinks, riding stables, campgrounds, race tracks, carnivals and similar commercial enterprises.

(b) Non-Commercial Recreational Facilities: Private and semi-public recreational facilities which are not operated for commercial gain including private country clubs, riding clubs, golf courses, game preserves, campgrounds, hunting and trapping, and other private noncommercial recreation areas and facilities or recreation centers including private community swimming pools. Noncommercial recreational facilities may be leased to outside groups and organizations provided the fee for such purposes is limited to incidental maintenance and custodial expenses.

(c) Restricted Commercial Recreational Facilities: Concessions for the sale of food, non-alcoholic beverages and boating and fishing supplies and accessories.

Recreational and Utility Equipment: Travel Trailers, Pickup Campers, Motorized Homes, Folding Campers, Boats, Boat Trailers, Utility Trailers, Snowmobiles and All-Terrain Vehicles.

Research Activities: Research, development, and testing related to such fields as chemical, pharmaceutical, medical, electrical, transportation, and engineering. All research, testing, and development shall be carried on within entirely enclosed buildings, and no noise, smoke, glare, vibration, or odor shall be detected outside of said building.

Residential Sign: Any sign located in a district zoned for residential uses that contains no commercial message except advertising for goods or services offered on the premises where the sign is located, if offering such service at such location conforms with all requirements of the Zoning Ordinance.

Residential Floor Area: The interior floor area of a dwelling including stairways, halls and closets but not including basement, porches, garages, breezeways or carports.

Retail Store: A store serving a limited local area or neighborhood selling commodities, not processed on the premises, direct to the public.

Right-of-Way: A strip of land taken or dedicated for use as a public way. In addition to the roadway, it normally incorporates the curbs, lawn strips, sidewalks, lighting and drainage facilities and may include special features (required by the topography or treatment) such as grade separation, landscaped areas, viaducts and bridges.

Right-of-Way Line: A dividing line between a lot, tract or parcel of land and a contiguous right-of-way.

Roof Sign: Any sign erected and constructed wholly on and over the roof of a building, supported by the roof structure and extending vertically above the highest portion of the roof.

Rooming House: A building or portion thereof other than a hotel, where lodging for five (5) or more persons is provided for compensation.

Seasonal Sign or Holiday Sign: Any sign such as Christmas decorations or those used for a holiday and installed for a limited period of time.

Seat: For purposes of determining the number of off-street parking spaces for certain uses, the number of seats is the number of seating units installed or indicated, or each 24 lineal inches of benches, pews or space for loose chairs.

Self-Service Storage Facility: Any real property designed and used for the purpose of renting or leasing of storage spaces for storage of personal property.

Semi-Public Uses: Churches, Sunday schools, parochial schools, colleges, hospitals and other institutions of an educational, religious, charitable or philanthropic nature.

Setback Line: A line established by zoning, platting or other legal means on a lot, a specified distance from and parallel to the lot line defining the limits of a yard in which no building or structure may be located above ground to restrict the encroachment of buildings on the lot line, except as may be provided in this Ordinance. (See Yard.)

Sewage Disposal System, On-Site: A septic tank installation on an individual lot which utilizes an anaerobic bacteriological process for the elimination of solid wastes and provides for the proper and safe disposal of the effluent, subject to the approval of health and sanitation officials having jurisdiction.

School, Elementary and High: An institution which offers instructions in the several branches of learning and study required to be taught in the public schools by the Ohio School Code. High schools include junior and senior.

Sidewalk: That portion of the road right-of-way outside the roadway, which is improved for the use of pedestrian traffic.

Sign: Any visual communication display, object, device, fixture, placard, graphic or structure situated indoors or outdoors, or attached to, painted on or displayed from a building or structure in order to direct or attract attention to or to announce or promote an object, person, service, product, event, location, organization or the like or to communicate information of any kind to the public by means of letters, words, designs, colors, symbols, images, forms or illuminations. Architectural design features such as building accent lighting are not considered signs.

Sign Structure: Any structure which supports, has supported or is capable of supporting a sign, including decorative cover.

Snowmobiles and All-Terrain Vehicles: Self-propelled units designed to travel on land and/or water for recreational uses.

Social Activities: Any building and land used for private or semiprivate club activities, including lodges, fraternities and similar activities.

Story: That portion of a building included between the surface of any floor and the surface of the next floor above it, or, if there be no floors above it, then the space between such floor and ceiling next above it.

Story, Half: A story under a gable, hip or gambrel roof, the wall plates of which on at least two (2) opposite exterior walls are not more than two (2) feet above the floor of such story.

Street: A dedicated public thoroughfare the full width between property lines bounding every public way of whatever nature, with a part thereof to be used for vehicular traffic access to abutting properties. For the purpose of this Ordinance, the word "street" shall include the words "road," "thoroughfare" and "highway."

(a) Cul-de-Sac: A local street of relatively short length with one (1) end open to traffic and the other end terminating in a vehicular turnaround.

(b) Dead-End Street: A street temporarily having only one (1) outlet for vehicular traffic and intended to be extended or continued in the future.

Street Width: The horizontal distance between the side lines of a street, measured at right angles to the side lines.

Structural Alterations: Any change which would tend to prolong the life of a supporting member of a structure such as bearing walls, columns, beams or girders.

Subdivision: The division of a lot, tract or parcel into two or more lots, tracts or parcels or other divisions of land for sale, development or lease.

Substantially to Alter: Shall mean any exterior alteration or any structural alteration amounting to a minimum dollar amount established through ordinance by Council.

Swimming Pool: A pool, pond, lake or open tank containing at least 1.5 feet of water at any point and maintained by the owner or manager.

Temporary Sign: Any portable sign, flag, pennant, garage sale sign, or public election and candidate sign that is used temporarily and is not permanently mounted.

This Ordinance: Whenever the term "this Ordinance" is used, it shall be deemed to include where the text permits any and all amendments thereto as the same may be hereafter from time to time adopted.

Travel Trailer: A vehicular, portable structure, not over 32 feet long or eight (8) feet wide designed to be used as a temporary dwelling for travel, recreational and vacation use.

Use: The specific purpose for which land or a building is arranged, designed or intended, or for which either land or a building is or may be occupied or maintained.

Variance: A variance is a relaxation of the strict requirements of this Ordinance where such variation will not be contrary to the public interest and where, owing to conditions peculiar to the property and not the result of actions of the applicant, a literal enforcement of this Ordinance would result in unnecessary and undue hardship.

Village Council: The Village Council for the Village of Pemberville, Wood County, Ohio.

Wall Sign: A sign attached to or placed against a wall of a building with the face parallel to the building wall and extending not more than one (1) foot therefrom, which advertises the use carried on within such building.

Waste Disposal: Disposition of garbage, combustible and noncombustible waste material.

Warehousing Activities: The receiving, storage, sale and distribution of manufacturing products and equipment, such storage to be within wholly enclosed structures or buildings.

Window Sign: Any sign, picture, symbol or combination thereof designed to communicate information about a business, commodity, sale or service that is placed inside a window or upon the interior window panes or glass and is visible from the exterior of the window.

Yard: A required open space other than a court, on the same lot with a building or structure or group of buildings and structures, which open space lies between the building or group of buildings and the nearest lot line and is unoccupied and unobstructed from three (3) feet above the general ground level of the graded lot upward, provided accessories, ornaments and furniture may be permitted in any yard, subject to height limitations and requirements limiting obstruction of visibility.

(a) Yard, Front: A yard extending across the full width of the lot between side lot lines, the depth of which is the minimum horizontal distance between the front lot line and the front of the principal building.

(b) Yard, Rear: A yard extending across the full width of the lot between side lot lines and from the rear lot line to the rear of the nearest principal building. The depth of the required rear yard shall be measured horizontally from the nearest part of the principal building to the nearest point of the rear lot line.

(c) Yard, Side: A yard between the principal building and the side lot line extending from the front yard, or front lot line, where no front yard is required, to the rear yard. The width of the required side yard shall be measured horizontally from the nearest point of the side lot line to the nearest part of the principal building.

Zoning Certificate: A document issued by the Zoning Inspector authorizing the use of lots, structures, uses of land and structures, and the characteristics of the uses.

Zoning District Map: The Zoning District Map or maps of the Village together with all amendments subsequently adopted.

Zoning Inspector: The person designated by the Mayor and Council to administer and enforce this Ordinance.

301.1 "A" Agriculture: Land which is level or gently rolling and is best reserved for agricultural and other rural purposes.

302.1 "R-A" Rural Residential: For low density residential development which may or may not have community water and sewerage services.

302.2 "R-1" Single-Family Residential: For relatively low density residential development which may or may not have community water and sewerage facilities developed.

302.3 "R-2" Single-Family Residential: For medium density residential development served by community water and sewerage services.

302.4 "R-3" Multiple-Family Residential: For moderately high density residential development which has ready access to most community facilities. Community water and sewerage facilities are required.

303.1 "C-1" Neighborhood Commercial: Areas for small local business with convenience-type goods such as are handled in small food markets and drugstores, plus personal services such as barber shops and beauty salons. Uses in these areas must be compatible with surrounding residential uses and not be large generators of traffic. All uses and activities shall be inside buildings unless related to the existing primary use of the property.

303.2 "C-2" General Commercial: Areas of general business, highway business and office-type business located along major thoroughfares which provide sales and services. All uses and activities shall be inside buildings unless related to the existing primary use of the property.

303.3 "C-3" Central Business District: Areas of general business, neighborhood business and office-type business concentrated in the core area of the Village. All uses and activities shall be inside buildings unless related to the existing primary use of the property.

304.1 "M-1" Light Industrial: Areas which, because of their access to transportation and community services, and because of the nature of their light industrial operation, with restricted manufacturing operations, research facilities and offices of a restricted nature, will have little or no detrimental effects on neighboring land uses.

304.2 "M-2" Heavy Industrial: Areas which, because of their access to transportation and community services, and isolation from other land uses, can accommodate industrial uses which might cause detrimental effects in other areas.

305.1 The boundaries of the district are shown upon the map which is made a part of this Ordinance, which map is designated as the "Zoning District Map." The zoning district map and all of the notations, references and other information shown thereon, are a part of this Ordinance and have the same force and effect as if the zoning district map and all of the notations, references and other information shown thereon were all fully set forth or described herein, the original of which zoning district map is properly attested and is on file with the Village Council.

305.2 In the event that the Official Zoning District Map becomes damaged, destroyed or lost, the Village Council may by Ordinance adopt a new Official Zoning District Map which shall supersede the prior Official Zoning District Map.

306.1 The district boundary lines on said zoning district map are intended to follow either centerlines of streets or alleys or lot lines; and where the districts designated on the zoning district map are bounded approximately by such alley or lot line, such alley or lot line shall be construed to be the boundary of the district unless such boundary is otherwise indicated on the zoning district map. In the case of unsubdivided property, wherever a district is indicated as a strip adjacent to or paralleling an adjacent street or highway, the depth of such strip shall be 250 feet measured at right angles from the street or highway line and the length of the frontage shall be the entire tract of land along such street or highway unless otherwise indicated. In the case of the vacation of a street, alley, water course or other right-of-way, the abutting zoning classification on each side thereof shall automatically be extended to the centerline of said vacated street, alley, water course or right-of-way.

306.2 Where boundaries appear to approximately follow such aforesaid lines and are not more than 10 feet distant therefrom, such lines shall be construed to be the boundary lines unless specifically shown otherwise.

The permitted and conditional uses for each district are shown in the following tabulations which shall constitute Article IV of the Zoning Ordinance. The interpretation of Uses given in categorical terms shall be as defined in Article II. Uses not specifically listed or interpreted by the Board to be included categorically under this Article shall not be permitted, except by action of the Planning Commission and the Village Council.

The following schedule establishes minimum yard and area and maximum lot coverage and height requirements for dwellings and structures accessory to dwellings by district.

(2) When abutting a residential district, the minimum side yard shall be the same as required in the abutting district; otherwise, no side yard is required.

(3) Required side yards may be reduced to zero (0) for zero-lot line developments subject to the approval of a site plan or subdivision by the Planning Commission.

The floor area per unit in dwellings erected on any lot shall not be less than that established by the following table. In determining floor area, only the area used for living quarters shall be counted. Garages, carports, porches, and basements are to be excluded.

SECTION 502. Height Regulations for Institutional, Office, Industrial and Apartment Buildings and Structures

The height regulations prescribed herein shall not apply to television and radio towers, church spires, belfries, monuments, tanks, water and fire towers or scenery lofts, cooling towers, ornamental towers and spires, chimneys, silos and similar structures, elevator bulkheads, smokestacks, conveyors and flag poles, except where the height of such structures will constitute a hazard to the safe landing and take-off of aircraft at an established airport.

Any lot of record 60 feet or wider existing at the effective date of this Ordinance in the "R-1" District may be used for the erection of a single-family dwelling even though its area and width are less than the minimum requirements set forth herein. Each side yard shall be a minimum of ten (10) feet. Where two adjacent lots of record with less than the required area and width are held by one owner, the Board may require that the lot be combined and used for one (1) main building. In either case, the prevailing setback shall be met. Where three (3) or more contiguous unimproved lots of record with less than the required area and width are held by one (1) owner, the Board may restrict the use to fewer lots to permit compliance with minimum yard requirements.

Open structures such as porches, canopies, balconies, platforms, carports, and covered patios, and similar architectural projections, shall be considered a part of the building to which attached and shall not project into the required minimum front, side, or rear yard.

505.1 Lots having frontage on more than one street shall provide the required front yard along all streets.

505.2 No accessory buildings shall be located in any front or side yard except under unusual circumstances where such activity shall not conflict with the intent and purpose of this Ordinance; or, where enforcement shall result in extreme hardship. Either exception shall require approval of the Board. Accessory buildings such as garages may be located in the rear yard provided such buildings are set back at least three (3) feet from the side lot lines and six (6) feet from the rear lot lines.

505.3 No accessory uses or structures, except off-street parking incident to the principal use, nor material or equipment storage shall be located in any required front yard without approval of the Board.

In any district on any corner lot, no fence, structure or planting shall be erected or maintained within 30 feet of the "corner" at a height greater than two and one-half (2-1/2) feet above curb or street grade, or so as to interfere with traffic visibility across the corner. The "corner" shall be the point of intersection of the two right-of-way lines.

600.1 General Requirements: In all districts, in connection with every industrial, commercial, institutional, recreational, residential, or other use, there shall be provided, at any time any building or structure is erected or is enlarged or increased in capacity, off-street parking spaces for automobiles in accordance with the following requirements:

(a) Each off-street parking space shall have a width of not less than ten (10) feet and a minimum length of 18 feet exclusive of access drives or aisles, and shall be of usable shape and condition.

(b) There shall be adequate provision for ingress and egress to all parking spaces. Where a lot does abut on a public or private alley or easement of access, there shall be provided an access drive not less than eight (8) feet in width in the case of a dwelling, and not less than 20 feet in width in all other cases, leading to the parking or storage or loading or unloading spaces required hereunder.

600.2 Number of Spaces Required: The number of off-street parking spaces to be provided shall not be less than the following:

(a) "Floor area" shall mean the gross floor area of the specified use. The outside wall dimensions shall be used in determining the area of a structure.

(c) The parking space requirement for a use not specifically mentioned herein shall be the same as required for a use of similar nature.

(d) Whenever a building or use constructed or established after the effective date of this Ordinance is changed or enlarged in floor area, number of employees, number of dwelling units, seating capacity or otherwise, to create a need for an increase of 10 percent or more in the number of existing parking spaces, such spaces shall be provided on the basis of the enlargement or change. Whenever a building or use existing prior to the effective date of this Ordinance is enlarged to the extent of 50 percent or more in floor area or in the area used, said building or use shall then and thereafter comply with the parking requirements set forth herein.

(e) One (1) additional space of proper size and construction over and above the parking space requirements of this section shall be provided for each additional operational motor vehicle owned and/or continuously stored on a residential property by the resident or owner.

Every parcel of land hereafter used as a public, commercial, or private parking lot shall be developed and maintained in accordance with the following requirements:

601.1 Screening and Landscaping: Off-street parking areas for more than 10 vehicles shall be effectively screened on each side which adjoins or faces premises situated in any "A" or "R" District, or institutional premises, by a fence of acceptable design. Such fence shall be not less than four (4) feet or more than six (6) feet in height and shall be maintained in good condition without any advertising thereon. The space between such wall or fence and the lot line of the adjoining premises in any "A" or "R" District shall be landscaped with grass, hardy shrubs, or evergreen ground cover and maintained in good condition. In lieu of such wall, or fence, a strip of land not less than 10 feet in width, and planted and maintained with an evergreen hedge or dense planting of evergreen shrubs not less than four (4) feet in height or more than six (6) feet in height, may be substituted.

601.2 Minimum Distance and Setbacks: No part of any parking area for more than 10 vehicles shall be closer than 20 feet to any dwelling, school, hospital or other institution for human care located on an adjoining lot, unless separated by an acceptably designed screen. In no case shall any part of a parking area be closer than five (5) feet to any established street or alley right-of-way. For residential uses, access drives shall have a minimum side yard of three (3) feet from the boundary lines of adjoining properties. For non-residential uses, access drives shall have a minimum side yard requirement of 25 feet and a minimum rear yard requirement of 40 feet. The wall or hedge required in Section 601.1 hereof shall be set back from each street, the same as if it were a building wall, so as to observe the front yard requirements of this Ordinance.

601.3 Joint Use: Two (2) or more nonresidential uses may jointly provide and use parking spaces when their hours of operation do not normally overlap, provided that a written agreement, approved by the Solicitor and accepted by the Zoning Board of Appeals shall be filed with the application for a Zoning Certificate.

601.4 Other Locations: Parking spaces may be located within 300 feet on a lot other than that containing the principal use with the approval of the Zoning Board of Appeals, provided a written agreement, approved by the Village Solicitor and accepted by the Zoning Board of Appeals, shall be filed with the application for a Zoning Certificate.

601.5 Surfacing: Any off-street parking area shall be graded for proper drainage and surfaced so as to provide a durable surface constructed of one of the following materials: asphalt, concrete, or tar and chip.

601.6 Lighting: Any lighting used to illuminate any off-street parking area shall be so arranged as to reflect the light away from adjoining premises in any "A" or "R" District.

601.7 All vehicles parked off-street shall be parked in an approved parking area constructed according to the requirements of Section 601.5. All vehicles shall not be parked in front, side or rear yards except in approved parking areas.

601.8 Disabled Vehicles: The parking of a disabled and/or unlicensed vehicle within a residential district for a period of more than two (2) weeks shall be prohibited, except that such vehicle may be stored in an enclosed garage or other accessory building provided that no business shall be conducted in connection therewith while such vehicle is parked or stored.

601.9 Truck tractors and/or truck trailers shall not be parked, except for making deliveries, in any "A", "R" or "C" districts; except for Agricultural purposes.

SECTION 701. Parking and Storing of Boats, Recreational Vehicles, Utility Equipment and Mobile Homes

701.1 Parking or Storing of Mobile Homes: Parking or storing of a mobile home on any residential property for 72 hours or more shall be prohibited.

701.2 Parking or Storing of Recreational and Utility Equipment: Any owner of recreational and utility equipment may park or store such equipment on residential property subject to the following conditions:

(a) Recreational and utility equipment parked or stored shall be owned by the occupant of the residence, shall not have fixed connections to electricity, water, gas or sanitary sewer facilities, and at no time shall this equipment be used for living or housekeeping purposes.

(b) If the recreational or utility equipment is parked or stored outside of a garage it shall be parked or stored to the rear of the front line of the building. The setback requirement in the side or rear yard shall be a minimum of three (3) feet. On one lot there shall be no more than two (2) pieces of equipment parked or stored outside. A mounted piece of equipment is construed as one piece; disassembled as two pieces.

(c) Not withstanding the provisions of sub-paragraph (b), recreational and utility equipment may be parked anywhere on the premises for loading and unloading purposes, for a period of not more than 72 hours.

A private swimming pool shall be any pool, lake or open tank not located within a completely enclosed building and containing or normally capable of containing water to a depth at any point greater than one and one half (1-1/2) feet. No such swimming pool, exclusive of portable swimming pools with a diameter less than 12 feet or with an area of less than 100 square feet, shall be allowed in any "A" or "R" District except as an accessory use and unless it complies with the following conditions and requirements:

(a) The pool is no greater than 1,200 square feet in surface area of water and no more than 12 feet in depth.

(b) The pool is intended and is to be used solely for the enjoyment of the occupants of the principal use of the property on which it is located.

(c) The pool, including any walks or paved areas or accessory structures adjacent thereto, shall not be constructed so as to extend into the required front or side yards, nor may it be located closer than ten (10) feet to any property line of the property on which it is located.

(d) The swimming pool, or the entire property on which it is located, shall be so walled or fenced so as to prevent uncontrolled access by children from the street or from adjacent properties. Said fence or wall shall be not less than four (4) feet in height and shall be maintained in good condition with a gate and lock, with a latch on any gate on the inside thereof, preferably out of the reach of small children.

(e) As an alternative to installing a separate fence or wall around an above ground pool, the wall of the pool and, if necessary, a railing built around the top of the pool wall to a height not less than four (4) feet, may be considered the enclosure for the pool. All access ladders, stairs, or similar apparatus for this type of pool shall be removed when the pool is not in use or is left unattended.

In an "R-3" District a residence may be converted to accommodate an increased number of dwelling units provided:

(a) If the building is to be altered on the outside, the yards shall not be reduced to less than the yard dimensions required by the zoning regulations for new structures in that district.

(b) The lot area per family is equal to the lot area requirements for new multifamily structures in that district.

(c) The number of square feet of living area per family unit is not less than that which is required for new construction in that district.

In all "R" Districts and "C-1" and "C-2" districts, a permanent residence may be used to provide day care services. All day care operations shall conform to applicable local and state licensing provisions.

800.1 Requirements: No land or building in any district shall be used or occupied in any manner so as to create any dangerous, injurious, noxious or otherwise objectionable element or condition so as to adversely affect the surrounding area or adjoining premises provided that any use permitted by this Ordinance may be undertaken and maintained if acceptable measures and safeguards are employed to limit dangerous and objectionable elements to acceptable limits as established by the following performance requirements:

(a) Fire Hazards: Any activity involving the use or storage of flammable or explosive materials shall be protected by adequate fire-fighting and fire suppression equipment and by such safety devices that are normally used in the handling of any such material. Such hazards shall be kept removed from adjacent activities to a distance which is compatible with the potential danger involved.

(b) Radioactivity or Electrical Disturbance: No activity shall emit dangerous radioactivity at any point, or electrical disturbance adversely affecting the operation at any point of any equipment other than that of the creator of such disturbance.

(c) Noise: Noise which is objectionable as determined by the Board because of intermittence, beat, frequency or shrillness, shall be muffled or otherwise controlled. Noises may equal but shall not exceed average street traffic noise during such periods that traffic noise exceeds the following decibel readings as measured at the boundary or boundaries of the district or at any point in any adjacent "A," "C" or "R" District:

(d) Vibration: No continuous vibration shall be permitted which will have the effect of destroying adjoining property and is found to be detrimental to the legal use of any adjoining lot or property.

(e) Smoke: Smoke shall not be emitted with a density greater than No. 2 on the Ringlemann chart as issued by the U.S. Bureau of Mines. Smoke of a density of No. 4 on the Ringlemann chart shall be permitted for a period of up to eight (8) minutes in each hour, provided the following conditions exist:

(f) Odors: No malodorous gas or matter shall be permitted which produces a public nuisance or hazard on any adjoining lot or property.

(g) Air Pollution: No pollution of air by fly ash, dust, vapor or other substances shall be permitted which can cause damage to health, animals, vegetation or other property, or which can cause damaging soiling.

(h) Glare: No direct or reflected glare shall be permitted which is visible from any property outside an "M" District or from any public street, road or highway.

(i) Erosion: No erosion, by either wind or water, shall be permitted which will carry objectionable substances onto neighboring properties.

(j) Water Pollution: Pollution of water shall be subject to the requirements and regulations established by the Ohio EPA.

800.2 Enforcement Provisions: The Zoning Inspector or Zoning Board of Appeals, prior to the issuance of a Zoning Certificate, may require the submission of statements and plans indicating the manner in which dangerous and objectionable elements involved in processing and in equipment operations are to be eliminated or reduced to acceptable limits and tolerances.

800.3 Measurement Procedures: Methods and procedures for the determination of the existence of any dangerous and objectionable elements shall conform to applicable standard measurement procedures published by the American Standards Association, Inc., New York, N.Y.; the Manufacturing Chemists Association, Inc., Washington, D.C.; and the United States Bureau of Mines.

801.1 The purpose of these sign regulations is to provide standards for the placement, display and use of signs. These standards are designed to enhance the aesthetic environment of the Village; improve pedestrian and traffic safety; and minimize possible adverse effects of signs on nearby public and private property.

(a) Unless otherwise provided by this Ordinance all new signs shall require a certificate. Application for sign certificates shall be made to the Zoning Inspector. Payment of fees shall be in accordance with the Permit Fee Schedule. No certificate is required for the maintenance of a sign or for a change of copy on painted, printed or changeable copy signs, so long as the sign area or structure is not modified in any way for the existing owner and/or tenant.

(b) Each application for a Zoning Certificate shall include a drawing of the proposed sign showing the following information:

2) Street address or location of the property on which the sign is to be located, along with the name and address of the property owner.

4) A site plan with dimensions showing the proposed location of the sign with the measurements from all property lines along with the location of all existing signs and buildings on the same premises and adjacent roadways.

5) A drawing of the proposed sign showing the following specifications: dimensions, height, design, copy, illumination and construction details (materials, structural supports and electrical components of the proposed sign).

6) Computations showing total number and area of existing and proposed signs on the lot.

(c) No sign shall project into any public right-of-way or obstruct traffic visibility at street or highway intersections.

(d) If a sign is installed, constructed or maintained in violation of any of the terms of this Ordinance, the Zoning Inspector shall notify the owner or lessee thereof to alter such sign so as to comply with this Ordinance. Any owner, lessee or sign contractor who installs a new sign without a permit is subject to three (3) times the normal fee schedule.

(e) All nonconforming signs, sign structures and off-premise signs will be permitted to remain in place on the same premises of such use. When the existing use is no longer in business all nonconforming signs shall be removed. All new signs on the premises shall conform to the provisions of this Ordinance.

(f) All signs and advertising structures except as hereinafter modified may be illuminated internally or by reflected light provided the source of light is not directly visible and is so arranged so as to reflect away from the adjoining premises and provided that such illumination shall not be placed as to cause a hazard to traffic or conflict with traffic control signs or lights.

(g) One (1) temporary sign not exceeding an aggregate of 50 square feet, announcing the opening of a business in a Commercial or Industrial District is permitted for one (1), 30-day period.

(h) A temporary sign (construction sign) not exceeding an aggregate of 50 square feet advertising the construction of a building including the contractor, architect, engineer, financial institution, etc. is permitted in a Commercial or Industrial District during the construction period. Within the agricultural and residential districts, a temporary sign (construction sign) not exceeding an aggregate of 32 square feet is permitted during the construction period.

(i) Directional signs shall be permitted for off-street parking areas, provided:

(b) Animated Signs. No sign shall be permitted which is animated by means of flashing, blinking or traveling lights or any other means not providing constant illumination. Public service information signs and changeable copy signs are not considered animated signs.

(d) Signs placed on vehicles or trailers which are parked or located for the primary purpose of displaying said sign.

(e) Any sign or other object attracting attention to a business which interferes with the safety of the traveling public.

(a) Any public notice or warning required by a valid and applicable federal, state, local law or regulation.

(e) Traffic directional signs on private property which contain no commercial message.

(f) Non-illuminated real estate signs not exceeding six (6) square feet in sign area in "A" and "R" districts and 32 square feet in sign area in "C" and M" districts that advertise the sale, rental or lease of the premises upon which such sign is located.

(g) Non-illuminated signs not exceeding 32 square feet per face in sign area which advertise the sale or lease of a subdivision or undeveloped acreage.

(h) Memorial signs or tablets, names of buildings and the date of construction; placed on the building provided that such signs do not exceed two (2) square feet in area.

(i) The following temporary signs. These signs shall be removed no later than five (5) days after completion of the event or transaction.

(a) One (1) low-profile or one (1) wall sign shall be allowed for each lot which contains a main building other than a dwelling. Low-profile signs in "A" and "R" Districts shall not exceed five (5) feet in height measured from the ground surface and shall be no higher than seven (7) feet measured from the center line of the road and 32 square feet per face in area.

(b) Signs for home occupations shall not exceed eight (8) square feet in area and shall be wall mounted and flush against the wall.

(c) Signs for churches, schools or other public or semi-public buildings shall not exceed 32 square feet per face in area.

(d) At any entrance to a residential subdivision or multi-family development there may be not more than two signs identifying such subdivision or development and said signs shall be setback from the right-of-way line a minimum distance of ten (10) feet. The total sign area of a single sign located at a single entrance shall not exceed 32 square feet, shall not exceed 42 inches in height and shall contain only the name of the subdivision or development. Any subdivision entrance/ identification sign proposed to be located within the center of a boulevard entrance shall be located in a manner so as not to create a traffic hazard from the standpoint of adequate sight distances.

(e) All signs permitted in Section 801.5 (a) and (c) shall be located a minimum distance of 25 feet from the right-of-way line and not less than ten (10) feet from any adjacent lot line.

(a) Except as indicated, only one (1) of each sign type listed below shall be permitted per lot in Commercial and Industrial Districts:

(1) Lineal building width facing the rights-of-way; multiple wall signs are permitted provided the combined square footage is within the wall sign size limit indicated.

(2) Awning, backlit awning and canopy signs are treated as wall signs for the purposes of this table. The sign area for awning, backlit awning and canopy signs is the copy area.

If a development is located on a lot that is bordered by two streets that do not intersect at the lot's boundaries (double front lot), then the development may [subject to total sign area limitations in Section 801.6 (a)] have a pole or low profile sign on each street.

All pole signs shall be located at least ten (10) feet from the right-of-way line, not less than ten (10) feet from any adjacent lot line and may not exceed a height of 30 feet.

(d) Low-profile signs shall be setback from the right-of-way line a minimum distance of 15 feet and not less than ten (10) feet from any adjacent lot line.

(e) Exceptions to these regulations in specific cases may be authorized by the Zoning Board of Appeals where there are practical difficulties or hardships in carrying out the strict letter of this section of the Ordinance providing each exception is in harmony with the general purpose and intent of the Ordinance and in accordance with the procedures and provisions specified in Article XII. Hardship shall be based on physical limitations of the land or structures and does not encompass financial considerations.

(a) In lieu of the requirements elsewhere in this section, in Commercial and Industrial Districts, when a structure contains more than one (1) business establishment, or when the owners of two (2) or more contiguous lots voluntarily agree to develop common signage, a common signage plan may be submitted to the Zoning Inspector.

(b) A common signage plan shall specify standards for consistency among all signs affected by the plan in regard to:

1) Maximum Sign Area: The total maximum aggregate area of all signs (pole, wall, low profile or projecting) shall not exceed either three (3) square feet of sign per lineal foot of street frontage, or five (5) percent of the ground floor of the principal building, or 1,000 square feet, whichever is less.

2) Maximum Number of Pole or Low Profile Signs: Pole or low profile signs, are limited to one (1), for each 500 feet of lot frontage.

Off premise signs are permitted in the M-1 and M-2 districts, subject to the following:

Temporary buildings and construction trailers used in conjunction with construction work only may be permitted in any "C" or "M" district during the period construction work is in progress, but such temporary buildings shall be removed upon substantial completion of the construction work.

803.1 The open storage and display of material and equipment incident to permitted or conditional uses in "C" or "M" Districts shall be permitted provided the area used for open storage and display shall be effectively screened from all adjoining properties in any "A" or "R" District by means of walls, fences or plantings. In no case shall this storage be maintained beyond the front building line except for items displayed for sale or rental. Walls or fences shall be a minimum of four (4) feet in height without advertising thereon. In lieu of such wall or fence a strip of land not less than 10 feet in width and planted and maintained with an evergreen hedge or dense planting of evergreen shrubs not less than four (4) feet in height at the time of planting may be substituted.

803.2 The temporary open storage of contractor's equipment and material shall be permitted on the site upon which buildings or structures are being erected or installed for the duration of the construction period. Storage of such equipment and material beyond the date of completion of the project shall be subject to a special permit authorized by the Zoning Board of Appeals.

District	Single-Family Detach	Single-Family Condo (Zero-Lot Line)	Two-Family	Multi-Family
District	Single-Family Detach	Single-Family Condo (Zero-Lot Line)	Two-Family	Efficiency	One Bedroom	Two Bedroom	Three or More Bedrooms
A	1,500	----	----	----	----	----	----
R-A	1,500	----	----	----	----	----	----
R-1	1,500	----	----	----	----	----	----
R-2	1,500	----	1,000 (1) (2)	----	----	----	----
R-3	----	1,000	1,000 (2)	500	600	700	800
C-3	1,500 (1)	750 (1)	750 (1) (2)	500 (1)	600 (1)	700 (1)	800 (1)

Use	Parking Spaces Required
One Family Units	Two (2) for each dwelling
Two-Family & multiple dwellings	Two (2) for each dwelling unit
Rooming or boarding house, hotel or motel or dormitory	One (1) for each sleeping room or suite
Private club, golf club or lodge or similar establishment	One (1) for each four members
Church or Temple	One (1) for each five seats in main auditorium
School (Except High School or College)	One (1) for each five seats in auditorium or main assembly room, or two (2) for each classroom, whichever is greater

Use	Parking Spaces Required
Community Center, Library, Museum or art gallery or similar establishment	Ten (10) plus one additional for each 300 square feet of floor area in excess of 2,000 square feet
Commercial Golf Course	40 for each nine holes plus one for each employee
Hospital	One (1) for each bed
Sanitarium, convalescent home, home for the aged or similar institutions	One (1) for each two beds
Theater or auditorium (except school auditorium), sports arena, stadium or gymnasium or similar venue	One (1) for each five seats or each 10 lineal feet of bench seating spaces
Bowling Alley	Five (5) for each lane; plus one additional space for each 200 square feet of area used for eating, drinking or other recreation
Mortuary or Funeral Home	One (1) for each 50 square feet of floor space in slumber rooms, parlors or individual funeral service rooms
Adult Day Care	One (1) for every 150 square feet of gross floor area
Child Day Care or Nursery School	Six (6) or two for each classroom, whichever is greater
Restaurants, Night clubs, Cafes or similar recreation or amusement establishments, dance halls, assembly or exhibition halls, without fixed seats, barber shops, beauty parlors and health salons	One (1) for each 75 square feet of floor area
Medical and Dental offices and Clinics	One (1) for each 125 square feet of floor area with a minimum of four spaces required
Personal services other than barber shops, beauty parlors, and health salons and professional activities other than medical and dental offices and clinics	One (1) for each 150 square feet of floor area with a minimum of four spaces required
Use	Parking Spaces Required
Retail business, shopping center or business service establishment except as otherwise specified herein	One (1) for each 150 square feet of gross floor area plus one for each 2 employees on the maximum work shift
Furniture or appliance store, hardware store, wholesale establishments, machinery or equipment sales and service or similar establishment	Two (2) plus one additional for each 200 square feet of floor area over 1,000 square feet with a minimum of four spaces required plus space to accommodate all trucks and other vehicles used in connection therewith
Printing or plumbing shop or similar service establishment	One (1) for each person employed therein plus one (1) for each 150 square feet of floor area with a minimum of four spaces required plus space to accommodate all trucks and other vehicles used in connection therewith
Manufacturing or industrial establishment, research or testing laboratory, dairy processing, bakery, bottling plant, warehouse or similar establishment	One (1) for each two employees on the maximum working shift, plus space to accommodate all trucks and other vehicles used in connection therewith
Assisted Living Facility	One (1) for every four beds

District	Type of Sign Permitted	Max. Size of Pole Sign (Sq. Ft.)	Max. Size of Wall Sign (1) (2)	Max. Size of Low Profile Sign (Sq. Ft.) ( 3)	Max. Size of Projecting Sign (Sq. Ft.) (4)
C-1	Wall, low profile, projecting, pole	40 per face	1.5 sq. ft. per lineal ft. of building width	40 per face	40
C-2	Wall, low profile, projecting, pole	100 per face	1.5 sq. ft. per lineal ft. of building width	100 per face	40
C-3	Wall, low profile, projecting, pole	60 per face	1.5 sq. ft. per lineal ft. of building width	60 per face	40
District	Type of Sign Permitted	Max. Size of Pole Sign (Sq. Ft.)	Max. Size of Wall Sign (1) (2)	Max. Size of Low Profile Sign (Sq. Ft.) ( 3)	Max. Size of Projecting Sign (Sq. Ft.) (4)
M-1	Wall, low profile, pole	100 per face	1.5 sq. ft. per lineal ft. of building width	50	NA
M-2	Wall, low profile, pole	100 per face	1.5 sq. ft. per lineal ft. of building width	50	NA

District	Lot Area (Sq. Ft.)	Lot Width (Ft.)	Front Yard (Ft.)	Rear Yard (Ft.)	Side Yard (Ft.) (3)	Max. Lot Coverage (%) (4)	Max. Height (Ft.)
A	1 Acre	150	35	30	10	25	35
R-A	12,000	90	35	30	10	25	35
R-1	8,400	70	35	30	10	25	35
R-2	6,000	50	35	30	10	50	35
R-3	3,500 (1)	NA	35	30	10	40	35
C-1	----	----	35	15	10	50	35
C-2	----	----	35	15	10	50	45
C-3	----	----	35	15	(2)	NA	35
M-1	----	----	35	15	10	----	45
M-2	----	----	50	15	10	----	45