151. PLANNING AND ZONING (Zoning Districts 151.035 - 151.040)

Zoning Districts

151.035 Districts

151.036 Map

151.037 District boundaries

151.038 Boundary interpretation

151.039 Property not included; annexations

151.040 Use chart

ZONING DISTRICTS

§ 151.035 DISTRICTS.

(A) The following zoning districts are provided in order to promote and encourage the efficient and economic development of land, buildings, and all usable structures.

(B) The incorporated area of the city is hereby divided into the following districts which shall be known by the following respective symbols and names:

(1) R‑1 District: Single-Family Residential District;

(2) R‑2 District: Medium Density Residential District;

(3) B‑1 District: Neighborhood/Historic Central Business District;

(4) B‑2 District: Highway Business District;

(5) B‑3 District: Pedestrian-Oriented Restricted Commercial District; and

(6) M‑1 District: Manufacturing/Light Industrial District.

(Prior Code, § 602.01)

§ 151.036 MAP.

The areas comprising these zoning districts and the boundaries of the districts as shown upon the map attached hereto and made a part of this chapter, being designated as the city’s zoning map, with all proper notations, references, and other information shown thereon.

(Prior Code, § 602.02)

§ 151.037 DISTRICT BOUNDARIES.

Except where referenced on the map to a street or alley line or other designated line by dimensions shown on the map, the district boundary lines follow lot lines or the center line of streets, alleys, lakes, or rivers as they existed at the time of the adoption of this chapter.

(Prior Code, § 602.03)

§ 151.038 BOUNDARY INTERPRETATION.

Questions concerning district boundary lines as shown on the zoning map shall be decided by the Board of Adjustment after recommendation by the Planning Commission.

(Prior Code, § 602.04)

§ 151.039 PROPERTY NOT INCLUDED; ANNEXATIONS.

In every case where property has not been specifically included within a district, the same is hereby declared to be in the R‑1 District. Territory annexed to or consolidated with the city subsequent to the effective date of the annexation or consolidation becomes a part of the R‑1 District. The districting shall be temporary and the Planning Commission shall recommend to the City Council within a period of one year from the date of annexation or consolidation, a final zoning map for the annexed territory; provided, however, that nothing shall prevent the Commission from recommending the final zoning map at the time of annexation or consolidation.

(Prior Code, § 602.05)

§ 151.040 USE CHART.

*Uses*	*R‑1*	*R‑2*	*B‑1*	*B‑2*	*B‑3*	*M‑1*
3‑4 unit multi-family dwelling	NP	P	NP	NP	NP	NP
5‑12 unit multi-family dwelling	NP	C	NP	NP	NP	NP
Adult day‑care	NP	C	C	C	C	NP
Agricultural uses	C	C	C	C	C	C
Ambulance service	NP	NP	P	P	P	P
Amusement places (dance halls, roller rinks, arcades, theaters, health and recreation clubs, bowling alley, and the like)	NP	NP	P	P	P	P
Animal shelters/boarding	NP	NP	C	C	C	C
Auto accessory	NP	NP	NP	P	NP	P
Auto repair (major)	NP	NP	NP	C	NP	C
Auto repair (minor)	NP	NP	NP	P	NP	P
Automobile dealerships, motor vehicle and recreation equipment and accessory garages	NP	NP	NP	P	NP	P
Bakery with baking for retail sales on‑site	NP	NP	P	P	P	P
Barbershops, beauty parlors	NP	NP	P	P	P	P
Bed and breakfast establishments ‑ not to exceed 6 guests and 3 guest rooms (must provide at least 1 additional off-street parking space for each guest room)	NP	C	P	P	P	NP
Bed and breakfast establishments ‑ not to exceed 10 guests and 5 guest rooms (must provide additional off-street parking spaces for each guest room)	NP	C	P	P	P	NP
Bicycle sales and repair	NP	NP	P	P	P	P
Blacksmith, welding or other metal shop	NP	NP	NP	NP	NP	C
Boarding house (no more than 10 persons)	NP	C	NP	NP	NP	NP
Boarding or renting of rooms to no more than 1 person	C	C	NP	NP	NP	NP
Boat and marine sales	NP	NP	NP	P	NP	P
Book and video sales (adult)	NP	NP	NP	NP	NP	NP
Book and video sales (excluding adult)	NP	NP	P	P	P	P
Brew pub	NP	NP	P	P	P	P
Brew taproom	NP	NP	P	P	P	P
Brewery	NP	NP	NP	C	NP	C
Building materials	NP	NP	NP	C	NP	P
Building structure or use accessory to principal use	NP	NP	A	A	A	A
Buildings combining residential and non‑residential uses permitted	NP	NP	NP	NP	NP	NP
Business incubator	NP	NP	NP	P	P	P
Bus, railroad, motor freight or trucking terminals and maintenance garages	NP	NP	NP	NP	NP	C
Camera and photographic supplies	NP	NP	P	P	P	P
Car wash	NP	NP	C	C	C	C
Cell phone or other towers	NP	NP	NP	C	C	C
Cemeteries, mausoleums and crematory	NP	NP	C	C	C	C
Churches	NP	NP	C	C	C	C
Clothing sales	NP	NP	P	P	P	P
Clubs or lodges with food and drink incidental (excludes adult)	NP	NP	C	C	C	NP
Clubs or lodges (adult only)	NP	NP	NP	NP	NP	NP
Commercial and industrial laundry services	NP	NP	NP	NP	NP	C
Commercial building, structure or use accessory to the principal use	NP	NP	NP	NP	NP	A
Commercial fueling station	NP	NP	NP	NP	NP	C
Commercial greenhouse	NP	NP	NP	C	NP	P
Convenience food (on or off-site consumption ‑ such as coffee shops, delicatessens, doughnut shops, and ice cream parlors)	NP	NP	P	P	P	P
Convenience stores	NP	NP	P	P	P	P
Conversion of single‑family dwelling to no more than 4 unit multi-family dwellings	NP	NP	NP	NP	NP	NP
Crude oil, gasoline or other liquid storage tanks incidental to the principal use	NP	NP	NP	NP	NP	A
Custom manufacturing (optical, arts, crafts, watches, jewelry, dental)	NP	NP	NP	C	C	C
Daycare center (group) (services more than 12)	C	C	C	C	C	NP
Daycare home (services no more than 12)	C	C	C	C	C	NP
Department, discount and furniture stores	NP	NP	NP	P	P	P
Detoxification facility	NP	NP	NP	NP	NP	NP
Drive up or drive through facilities from which business is transacted directly with customers located in a motor vehicle during such business transactions	NP	NP	P	P	P	P
Drug stores	NP	NP	P	P	P	P
Dry cleaning and laundromats	NP	NP	P	P	P	P
Essential services (emergency service, public utilities)	P	P	P	P	P	P
Financial institutions	NP	NP	P	P	P	P
Florist shop	NP	NP	P	P	P	P
Food vending vehicle	NP	NP	C	C	C	C
Funeral homes, mortuaries	NP	NP	P	P	P	P
Gas stations (principal or incidental)	NP	NP	C	C	C	C
Governmental and public utility buildings and structures	C	C	P	P	P	P
Grocery, fruit or vegetable stores	NP	NP	P	P	P	P
Group day‑care centers	NP	NP	C	C	C	C
Group housing‑nursing homes (service more than 16)	NP	NP	C	C	C	C
Heliport	NP	NP	NP	NP	NP	C
Home occupations	C	C	P	P	P	P
Hospitals, clinics, professional or commercial offices	NP	NP	P	P	P	P
Implement sales/service, feed store	NP	NP	NP	C	NP	P
Incineration or reduction of waste material other than customarily incidental to a principal use	NP	NP	NP	NP	NP	NP
Junk/salvage yard (open storage), similar uses	NP	NP	NP	NP	NP	NP
Laboratories	NP	NP	NP	NP	NP	C
Machine shops	NP	NP	NP	NP	NP	C
Manufacture of dairy products, cold storage, distribution or bottling plants	NP	NP	NP	NP	NP	C
Manufacture of musical instruments, novelties, and molded rubber	NP	NP	NP	NP	NP	P
Manufacture of pottery, ceramic products using only previously pulverized clay and electric or gas kilns	NP	NP	NP	NP	NP	P
Manufacture or repair electrical signs, advertising devices and the like	NP	NP	NP	NP	NP	P
Manufacture or repair light sheet metal products	NP	NP	NP	NP	NP	P
Manufacturing or assembly of electrical appliances, instruments and the like	NP	NP	NP	NP	NP	P
Manufacturing, assembly or treatment of previously prepared products (cloth, leather, paper, plastic, metals, stone, wood and the like)	NP	NP	NP	NP	NP	P
Manufacturing, compounding, assembly, packaging, treatment or storage of products including: cement, concrete, stone cutting, brick, glass, batteries, ceramic products, mill working, metal polishing and plating, paint, vinegar works, rendering of fats and oils, rubber products, plastic, asphalt, and similar uses	NP	NP	NP	NP	NP	C
Manufacturing, processing, packaging or cosmetics, pharmaceuticals, and food products	NP	NP	NP	NP	NP	P
Milling, distillation and similar uses; grain elevators	NP	NP	NP	NP	NP	C
Mini-storage facilities	NP	NP	NP	NP	NP	C
Motels/hotels	NP	NP	NP	P	P	P
Multi‑family (over 12 units)	NP	NP	NP	NP	NP	NP
Non‑commercial greenhouses	A	A	A	A	A	A
Non‑commercial recreation facilities associated with residence	A	A	NP	NP	NP	NP
Off-site parking facilities for adjacent commercial or multi-family residential	NP	NP	A	A	A	A
Off‑street loading	NP	NP	A	A	A	A
Oil, gasoline, liquid fertilizer, propane or other chemical storage tanks (principal or accessory use), storage capacity exceeds 12,000 gallons	NP	NP	NP	NP	NP	NP
Open or outdoor storage	NP	NP	NP	NP	NP	C
Open or outdoor service, sale and rental as an accessory use, and including sales in or from motor vehicles, trailers or wagons	NP	NP	NP	NP	NP	C
Paint and wallpaper sales	NP	NP	P	P	P	P
Plumbing, heating, and electrical	NP	NP	NP	P	P	P
Post-secondary educational and vocational or career training facilities	NP	NP	NP	C	C	C
Printing, newspaper, communications	NP	NP	P	P	P	P
Private garages, carports and off-street parking (associated with residential uses)	A	A	NP	NP	NP	NP
Professional and commercial offices (medical, dental, lawyer, real estate, insurance, travel agent, accountant and the like)	NP	NP	P	P	P	P
Public or private educational institutions	C	C	C	P	C	P
Public parks and playgrounds	P	P	P	P	P	P
Radio/TV station without transmitting tower	NP	NP	NP	P	P	P
Radio/TV transmitting towers (with or without station)	NP	NP	NP	NP	NP	C
Recreational buildings, community centers, churches and other religious institutions	C	C	P	P	P	P
Recycling center	NP	NP	NP	C	C	C
Refuse and garbage disposal	NP	NP	NP	NP	NP	NP
Research laboratories (excluding animal)	NP	NP	NP	NP	NP	C
Residential facilities (services 1‑6)	NP	C	NP	NP	NP	NP
Residential facilities (services 7‑16)	NP	C	NP	NP	NP	NP
Residential PUD	C	C	NP	NP	NP	NP
Restaurants	NP	NP	P	P	P	P
Retail sales associated and incidental to hospitals, clinics, professional offices or to meet the everyday needs of the building’s tenants or residents	NP	NP	P	P	P	P
Retail sales of art, art supplies, school and office supplies, and stationery	NP	NP	P	P	P	P
Retail store 15,000 square feet or greater	NP	NP	NP	C	C	C
Senior citizen housing	NP	C	C	C	C	NP
Shopping center <15,000 square feet	NP	NP	NP	P	NP	P
Shopping center >15,000 square feet	NP	NP	NP	C	NP	C
Single‑family attached dwelling	NP	C	NP	NP	NP	NP
Single‑family detached dwelling	NP	C	NP	NP	NP	NP
Small appliances, sales and repair	NP	NP	P	P	P	P
Storage of recreational vehicles and equipment	A	A	A	A	A	A
Taverns, off-sale liquor	NP	NP	C	C	C	C
Taxi or bus terminal	NP	NP	NP	C	NP	C
Tool houses, sheds, storage building (non‑commercial associated with residence)	A	A	NP	NP	NP	NP
Townhouse	NP	P	NP	NP	NP	NP
Two‑family dwelling	NP	P	NP	NP	NP	NP
Warehouses and wholesaling	NP	NP	NP	NP	NP	C
Notes: A = Accessory use C = Conditional use NP = Not permitted P = Permitted use

Uses

R‑1

R‑2

B‑1

B‑2

B‑3

M‑1

3‑4 unit multi-family dwelling

5‑12 unit multi-family dwelling

Adult day‑care

Agricultural uses

Ambulance service

Amusement places (dance halls, roller rinks, arcades, theaters, health and recreation clubs, bowling alley, and the like)

Animal shelters/boarding

Auto accessory

Auto repair (major)

Auto repair (minor)

Automobile dealerships, motor vehicle and recreation equipment and accessory garages

Bakery with baking for retail sales on‑site

Barbershops, beauty parlors

Bed and breakfast establishments ‑ not to exceed 6 guests and 3 guest rooms (must provide at least 1 additional off-street parking space for each guest room)

Bed and breakfast establishments ‑ not to exceed 10 guests and 5 guest rooms (must provide additional off-street parking spaces for each guest room)

Bicycle sales and repair

Blacksmith, welding or other metal shop

Boarding house (no more than 10 persons)

Boarding or renting of rooms to no more than 1 person

Boat and marine sales

Book and video sales (adult)

Book and video sales (excluding adult)

Brew pub

Brew taproom

Brewery

Building materials

Building structure or use accessory to principal use

Buildings combining residential and non‑residential uses permitted

Business incubator

Bus, railroad, motor freight or trucking terminals and maintenance garages

Camera and photographic supplies

Car wash

Cell phone or other towers

Cemeteries, mausoleums and crematory

Churches

Clothing sales

Clubs or lodges with food and drink incidental (excludes adult)

Clubs or lodges (adult only)

Commercial and industrial laundry services

Commercial building, structure or use accessory to the principal use

Commercial fueling station

Commercial greenhouse

Convenience food (on or off-site consumption ‑ such as coffee shops, delicatessens, doughnut shops, and ice cream parlors)

Convenience stores

Conversion of single‑family dwelling to no more than 4 unit multi-family dwellings

Crude oil, gasoline or other liquid storage tanks incidental to the principal use

Custom manufacturing (optical, arts, crafts, watches, jewelry, dental)

Daycare center (group) (services more than 12)

Daycare home (services no more than 12)

Department, discount and furniture stores

Detoxification facility

Drive up or drive through facilities from which business is transacted directly with customers located in a motor vehicle during such business transactions

Drug stores

Dry cleaning and laundromats

Essential services (emergency service, public utilities)

Financial institutions

Florist shop

Food vending vehicle

Funeral homes, mortuaries

Gas stations (principal or incidental)

Governmental and public utility buildings and structures

Grocery, fruit or vegetable stores

Group day‑care centers

Group housing‑nursing homes (service more than 16)

Heliport

Home occupations

Hospitals, clinics, professional or commercial offices

Implement sales/service, feed store

Incineration or reduction of waste material other than customarily incidental to a principal use

Junk/salvage yard (open storage), similar uses

Laboratories

Machine shops

Manufacture of dairy products, cold storage, distribution or bottling plants

Manufacture of musical instruments, novelties, and molded rubber

Manufacture of pottery, ceramic products using only previously pulverized clay and electric or gas kilns

Manufacture or repair electrical signs, advertising devices and the like

Manufacture or repair light sheet metal products

Manufacturing or assembly of electrical appliances, instruments and the like

Manufacturing, assembly or treatment of previously prepared products (cloth, leather, paper, plastic, metals, stone, wood and the like)

Manufacturing, compounding, assembly, packaging, treatment or storage of products including: cement, concrete, stone cutting, brick, glass, batteries, ceramic products, mill working, metal polishing and plating, paint, vinegar works, rendering of fats and oils, rubber products, plastic, asphalt, and similar uses

Manufacturing, processing, packaging or cosmetics, pharmaceuticals, and food products

Milling, distillation and similar uses; grain elevators

Mini-storage facilities

Motels/hotels

Multi‑family (over 12 units)

Non‑commercial greenhouses

Non‑commercial recreation facilities associated with residence

Off-site parking facilities for adjacent commercial or multi-family residential

Off‑street loading

Oil, gasoline, liquid fertilizer, propane or other chemical storage tanks (principal or accessory use), storage capacity exceeds 12,000 gallons

Open or outdoor storage

Open or outdoor service, sale and rental as an accessory use, and including sales in or from motor vehicles, trailers or wagons

Paint and wallpaper sales

Plumbing, heating, and electrical

Post-secondary educational and vocational or career training facilities

Printing, newspaper, communications

Private garages, carports and off-street parking (associated with residential uses)

Professional and commercial offices (medical, dental, lawyer, real estate, insurance, travel agent, accountant and the like)

Public or private educational institutions

Public parks and playgrounds

Radio/TV station without transmitting tower

Radio/TV transmitting towers (with or without station)

Recreational buildings, community centers, churches and other religious institutions

Recycling center

Refuse and garbage disposal

Research laboratories (excluding animal)

Residential facilities (services 1‑6)

Residential facilities (services 7‑16)

Residential PUD

Restaurants

Retail sales associated and incidental to hospitals, clinics, professional offices or to meet the everyday needs of the building’s tenants or residents

Retail sales of art, art supplies, school and office supplies, and stationery

Retail store 15,000 square feet or greater

Senior citizen housing

Shopping center <15,000 square feet

Shopping center >15,000 square feet

Single‑family attached dwelling

Single‑family detached dwelling

Small appliances, sales and repair

Storage of recreational vehicles and equipment

Taverns, off-sale liquor

Taxi or bus terminal

Tool houses, sheds, storage building (non‑commercial associated with residence)

Townhouse

Two‑family dwelling

Warehouses and wholesaling

Notes:

A = Accessory use

C = Conditional use

NP = Not permitted

P = Permitted use