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ZONING RESOLUTION

ST. ALBANS TOWNSHIP

Licking County, Ohio

Prepared By the

St. Albans Township Zoning Commission November 2, 1996

Adopted: October 2, 1996 Effective: November 2, 1996

Amendments:

Adopted: July 9, 2000

Effective: August 9, 2000

Adopted: April 4, 2002 Effective: May 4, 2002

Adopted: November 6, 2002 Effective: December 6, 2002

Adopted: June 29, 2004 Effective: July 29, 2004

Adopted: November 7, 2005 Effective: December 7, 2005

Adopted: November 29, 2007 Effective: December 29, 2007

Adopted: November 23, 2010 Effective: December 23, 2010

Adopted: March 11, 2025 Effective: April 11, 2025

Adopted: August 13, 2025

Effective: September 12, 2025

CERTIFICATION OF ACCEPTANCE

By Board of Trustees and Fiscal Officer

St. Albans Township

Licking County, Ohio

Bruce Lane, Chairman Board of

Township Trustees

P.O. Box 346

Alexandria, OH 43001

Bruce Lane Adopted Date: August 13, 2025

Bridgett J. Reeves, Fiscal Officer

P.O. Box 346

Alexandria, OH 43001

. Adopted Date: August 13, 2025

Effective Date: September 12, 2025

Table of Contents

Article 1: PURPOSE AND SCOPE .................................................................................. 1-1

Section 100 Title .............................................................................................................. 1-1

Section 101 Provisions Declared Minimum Requirements ......................................... 1-1

Section 102 Separability Clause ..................................................................................... 1-1

Section 103 Repeal of Conflicting Resolution, Effective Date ..................................... 1-1

Article 2: DEFINITIONS ................................................................................................... 2-1

Section 200 Interpretation of Terms or Words............................................................. 2-1

Article 3: ENFORCEMENT .............................................................................................. 3-1

Section 300 Zoning Permits Required ........................................................................... 3-1

Section 301 Contents of Application for Zoning Permit .............................................. 3-1

Section 302 Approval of Zoning Permit ........................................................................ 3-2

Section 303 Submission to Director of Transportation (ODOT) ................................ 3-2

Section 304 Building Permits Required ......................................................................... 3-3

Section 305 Expiration of Zoning Permit...................................................................... 3-3

Section 306 Certificate of Compliance ........................................................................... 3-3

Section 307 Temporary Certificate of Compliance ...................................................... 3-3

Section 308 Record of Zoning Permits and Certificate of Compliance ...................... 3-4

Section 309 Failure to Obtain a Zoning Permit or Certificate of Compliance ........... 3-4

Section 310 Construction and Use to be as Provided in Applications, Plans, Permits, and Certificates ................................................................................................................. 3-4

Section 311 Complaints Regarding Violations ............................................................. 3-4

Section 312 Penalties for Violation ................................................................................ 3-4

Section 313 Schedule of Fees, Charges, and Expenses ................................................. 3-5

Article 4: NONCONFORMITIES ..................................................................................... 4-1

Section 400 Intent ............................................................................................................ 4-1

Section 401 Incompatibility of Nonconformities ........................................................... 4-1

Section 402 Existing Nonconforming Uses - Continuation .......................................... 4-1

Section 403 Single Nonconforming Lots of Record ...................................................... 4-1

Section 404 Nonconforming Use of Land ...................................................................... 4-2

Section 405 Nonconforming Structures ......................................................................... 4-2

Section 406 Nonconforming Uses of Structures or Structures/Land in Combo ........ 4-3

Section 407 Repairs and Maintenance ........................................................................... 4-5

Section 408 Nonconforming Certificate ........................................................................ 4-5

Section 409 Uses Under Conditional Use Provisions Not Nonconforming Uses ........ 4-7

Section 410 Non-Conforming Lot of Record Yard Requirements .............................. 4-7

Article 5: ADMINISTRATION ......................................................................................... 5-1

Section 500 Office of Zoning Inspector Created ........................................................... 5-1

Section 501 Duties of Zoning Inspector ......................................................................... 5-1

Section 502 Proceedings of Zoning Commission .......................................................... 5-1

Section 503 Membership ................................................................................................ 5-2

Section 504 Duties of Zoning Commission .................................................................... 5-2

Section 505 Board of Zoning Appeals and Zoning Commission Created .................. 5-2

Section 506 Proceedings of the Board of Zoning Appeals ........................................... 5-2

Section 507 Duties of the Board of Zoning Appeals ..................................................... 5-3

Section 508 Duties of Zoning Inspector, Board of Zoning Appeals, Legislative

Authority and Courts on Matters of Appeal .................................................................. 5-4

Section 509 Procedures and Requirements for Appeals and Variances ..................... 5-4

Section 510 Appeals ........................................................................................................ 5-4

Section 511 Stay of Proceedings ..................................................................................... 5-4

Section 512 Variance ....................................................................................................... 5-5

Section 513 Application and Standards for Variances Section 513-A ........................ 5-5

Section 514 Supplementary Conditions and Safeguards ............................................. 5-7

Section 515 Adjudicatory Hearing by the Board of Zoning Appeals .......................... 5-7

Section 516 Notice of Adjudicatory Hearing ................................................................. 5-7

Section 517 Notice to Parties in Interest ........................................................................ 5-8

Section 518 Action by Board of Zoning Appeals .......................................................... 5-8

Section 519 Procedures and Requirements for Approval of Conditional Use Permits

............................................................................................................................................ 5-8

Section 520 General ........................................................................................................ 5-8

Section 521 Contents of Application for Conditional Use Permit ............................... 5-9

Section 522 General Standards Applicable to All Conditional Uses ........................... 5-9

Section 523 Specific Criteria for Conditional Uses

Section 524 Supplementary Conditions and Safeguards ........................................... 5-15

Section 525 Procedure for Adjudicatory Hearing and Notice ................................... 5-15

Section 526 Action by the Board of Zoning Appeals ................................................. 5-15

Section 527 Expiration of Conditional Use Permit ..................................................... 5-15

Section 528 Site Design Approval ................................................................................ 5-16

Article 6: AMENDMENT .................................................................................................. 6-1

Section 600 Procedure for Amendments or District Changes ..................................... 6-1

Section 601 General ........................................................................................................ 6-1

Section 602 Initiation of Zoning Amendments .............................................................. 6-1

Section 603 Contents of Application .............................................................................. 6-1

Section 604 General Standards for All Zoning Amendments ...................................... 6-2

Section 605 Transmittal to Zoning Commission .......................................................... 6-3

Section 606 Submission to County Planning Commission ........................................... 6-3

Section 607 Submission to Director of Transportation ................................................ 6-3

Section 608 Public Hearing by Zoning Commission .................................................... 6-4

Section 609 Notice of Public Hearing ............................................................................ 6-4

Section 610 Notice to Property Owners by Zoning Commission ................................. 6-4

Section 611 Recommendation by Zoning Commission ................................................ 6-4

Section 612 Public Hearing by Board of Township Trustees ...................................... 6-5

Section 613 Action by Board of Township Trustees .................................................... 6-5

Section 614 Effective Date and Referendum ................................................................. 6-5

Article 7: PROVISIONS FOR OFFICIAL ZONING MAP ............................................ 7-7

Section 700 Official Zoning Map ................................................................................... 7-7

Section 701 Identification of the Official Zoning Map ................................................. 7-7

Section 702 Interpretation of District Boundaries ........................................................ 7-7

Article 8: DISTRICT REGULATIONS ............................................................................ 8-1

Section 800 Compliance With Regulations ................................................................... 8-1

Section 801 Official Schedule of District Regulations Adopted ................................... 8-1

Section 802 Intent of District Regulations .................................................................... 8-1

Section 803 Flood Plain Overlay District (FP) (with building restriction) [Moved] . 8-2

Section 804 Agriculture District (AG) [Moved] ............................................................. 8-3

Section 805 Not Used ....................................................................................................... 8-3

Section 806 Local Business District (LB) [Deleted] ...................................................... 8-3

Section 807 General Business District (B-2) [Deleted] ................................................. 8-3

Section 808 Manufacturing District (M-1) [Deleted] ................................................... 8-3

Article 9: SUPPLEMENTARY DISTRICT REGULATIONS ....................................... 9-1

Section 900 General ........................................................................................................ 9-1

Section 901 Conversion of Dwelling to More Units ...................................................... 9-1

Section 902 Community Swimming Pools ..................................................................... 9-1

Section 903 Temporary Buildings .................................................................................. 9-1

Section 904 Parking and Storage of Certain Vehicles .................................................. 9-2

Section 905 Junk Yards .................................................................................................. 9-2

Section 906 Junk Motor Vehicle .................................................................................... 9-2

Section 907 Required Trash Areas ................................................................................ 9-3

Section 908 Supplemental Yard and Height Regulations ............................................ 9-3

Section 909 Setback Requirements for Corner Buildings ............................................ 9-3

Section 910 Visibility at Intersections ............................................................................ 9-3

Section 911 Yard Requirements for Multi-Family Dwellings ..................................... 9-4

Section 912 Landscaping, Buffering, Screening and Fences. ........................................ 9-4

Section 913 Not used ....................................................................................................... 9-4

Section 923 Not used – Glare Being Removed ............................................................... 9-4

Section 914 Front, Side and Rear Yard Requirements for Accessory Buildings ...... 9-4

Section 915 Architectural Projections ........................................................................... 9-5

Section 916 Exceptions to Height Regulations .............................................................. 9-5

Section 917 Special Provisions for All Uses .................................................................. 9-5

Section 918 Fire Hazard ................................................................................................. 9-5

Section 919 Radioactivity or Electrical Disturbance .................................................... 9-5

Section 920 Noise ............................................................................................................. 9-6

Section 921 Vibration...................................................................................................... 9-6

Section 922 Air Pollution ................................................................................................ 9-6

Section 923 Not Used ...................................................................................................... 9-6

Section 924 Erosion ......................................................................................................... 9-6

Section 925 Water Pollution ........................................................................................... 9-6

Section 926 Enforcement Provisions .............................................................................. 9-7

Section 927 Measurement Procedures........................................................................... 9-7

Section 928 Satellite Dish Antennas ............................................................................... 9-7

Section 929 Towers, Antennas, Satellite Earth Station Or Similar Structures Or

Appurtenances .................................................................................................................. 9-8

Section 930 Oil and Gas Well Regulatory Guidelines .................................................. 9-9

Section 931 Adult Entertainment Facilities

Section 932 Street Frontage Required ......................................................................... 9-14

Section 933 Parking and Storage of Commercial Vehicles and Trailers .................. 9-14

Article 10: OFF-STREET PARKING AND LOADING FACILITIES ....................... 10-1

Section 1000 General Requirements ............................................................................ 10-1

Section 1001 Parking Space Dimensions ..................................................................... 10-1

Section 1002 Loading Space Requirements and Dimensions .................................... 10-1

Section 1003 Paving ...................................................................................................... 10-2

Section 1004 Drainage .................................................................................................. 10-2

Section 1005 Maintenance ............................................................................................ 10-2

Section 1006 Lighting.................................................................................................... 10-2

Section 1007 Location of Parking Spaces .................................................................... 10-2

Section 1008 Landscaping, Screening, Buffering and Fences ................................... 10-2

Section 1009 Minimum Distance and Setback ............................................................ 10-3

Section 1010 Joint Use .................................................................................................. 10-3

Section 1011 Wheel Blocks ........................................................................................... 10-3

Section 1012 Width of Driveway Aisle ........................................................................ 10-3

Section 1013 Access ....................................................................................................... 10-3

Section 1014 Width of Access Driveway ..................................................................... 10-4

Section 1015 Striping .................................................................................................... 10-4

Section 1016 Parking Space Requirements ................................................................. 10-4

Section 1017 General Interpretation of Article 10...................................................... 10-6

Article 11: SIGNS ............................................................................................................ 11-1

Section 1100 Intent ......................................................................................................... 11-1

Section 1101 Governmental Signs Excluded ................................................................ 11-1

Section 1102 General Requirements for All Signs and Districts ................................ 11-1

Section 1103 Measurement of Sign Area ...................................................................... 11-3

Section 1111 Violations .................................................................................................. 11-7

ARTICLE 12: LANDSCAPING, BUFFERING, SCREENING & FENCES ............ 12-1

Section 1200 - Intent ...................................................................................................... 12-1

Section 1201 - Required Landscape Review ................................................................ 12-1

Section 1202 - General Requirements .......................................................................... 12-2

Section 1203 - Enforcement........................................................................................... 12-5

Section 1204 - Sight Triangles ....................................................................................... 12-5

Section 1205 - Plant Types ............................................................................................ 12-5

Section 1206 - Screening and Berming......................................................................... 12-8

Section 1207 - Landscaping Along Street Frontages .................................................. 12-9

Section 1208 - Interior Landscaping for Parking/Loading Areas ............................. 12-9

Section 1211 - Bufferyards/Required Bufferyards ................................................... 12-13

Section 1212 - Fences ................................................................................................... 12-15

Section 1213 - Authority .............................................................................................. 12-15

Section 1214 - Procedure ............................................................................................. 12-16

Section 1215 - Application and Approval .................................................................. 12-16

Section 1216 - Landscape Plan Requirements........................................................... 12-16

Article 13: PLANNED DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT (PD) ........................................ 13-1

Section 1301 Establishment of Planned Development Types ..................................... 13-1

Section 1302 Overview ................................................................................................... 13-2

Section 1303 Procedure ................................................................................................. 13-6

Section 1304 Planned Development District Standards ........................................... 13-26

Section 1305 Special Submittal Requirements for PDs ............................................ 13-43

Article 14: NEIGHBORHOOD BUSINESS DISTRICT (NB) ..................................... 14-1

Section 1400 Purpose .................................................................................................... 14-1

Section 1401 Permitted Uses ......................................................................................... 14-1

Section 1402 Conditionally Permitted Uses ................................................................ 14-2

Section 1403 Required Lot Area and Lot Width........................................................ 14-4

Section 1404 Building Height Regulation ................................................................... 14-4

Section 1405 Required Yards ....................................................................................... 14-4

Section 1406 Landscaping, Buffering, Fences ............................................................. 14-5

Article 15: GENERAL BUSINESS DISTRICT (GB) ................................................... 15-1

Section 1500 Purpose .................................................................................................... 15-1

Section 1501 Permitted Uses ......................................................................................... 15-1

Section 1502 Conditionally Permitted Uses ................................................................ 15-3

Section 1503 Required Lot Area and Lot Width........................................................ 15-4

Section 1504 Building Height Regulation ................................................................... 15-4

Section 1505 Required Yards ....................................................................................... 15-4

Section 1506 Landscaping, Buffering, Screening and Fences .................................... 15-5

Article 17: AGRICULTURE DISTRICT (AG) ............................................................. 17-1

Section 1700 Purpose .................................................................................................... 17-1

Section 1701 Agricultural Exemptions ........................................................................ 17-1

Section 1702 Permitted Uses ......................................................................................... 17-1

Section 1703 Conditionally Permitted Uses ................................................................ 17-2

Section 1704 General Requirements of the Agriculture District (AG) ..................... 17-2

Article 18: RURAL RESIDENTIAL DISTRICT (RR) ................................................. 18-1

Section 1800 Purpose .................................................................................................... 18-1

Section 1801 Permitted Uses ......................................................................................... 18-1

Section 1802 Conditionally Permitted Uses ................................................................ 18-1

Section 1803 Required Lot Area and Lot Width........................................................ 18-1

Section 1804 Building Height Regulation ................................................................... 18-2

Section 1805 Required Yards ....................................................................................... 18-2

Section 1806 Dwelling Bulk .......................................................................................... 18-2

Article 19: MULTI-RESIDENTIAL DISTRICT (MR) ................................................. 19-1

Section 1900 Purpose .................................................................................................... 19-1

Section 1901 Permitted Uses ........................................................................................ 19-1

Section 1902 Conditionally Permitted Uses ................................................................. 19-1

Section 1903 Required Lot Area and Lot Width........................................................ 19-3

Section 1904 Building Height Regulation ................................................................... 19-3

Section 1905 Required Yards ....................................................................................... 19-3

Section 1906 Dwelling Bulk .......................................................................................... 19-3

Section 1907 Landscaping, Buffering, Screening and Fences - See Article 12. ........ 19-3

Article 20: FLOOD PLAIN OVERLAY DISTRICT (FP) (WITH BUILDING

RESTRICTION) .............................................................................................................. 20-1

Section 2000 Purpose .................................................................................................... 20-1

Section 2001 Finding of Fact ........................................................................................ 20-1

Section 2002 Applicable Lands .................................................................................... 20-1

Section 2003 Overlay District Designation .................................................................. 20-1

Section 2004 Interpretation of Boundaries ................................................................ 20-2

Section 2005 Warning and Disclaimer of Responsibility ........................................... 20-2

Section 2006 Compliance .............................................................................................. 20-3

Section 2007 Abrogation ............................................................................................... 20-3

Section 2008 Flood Plain Development Permit ........................................................... 20-3

Section 2009 General Requirements ............................................................................ 20-3

Section 2010 Required Lot Area, Lot Width, Height, Parking, Yards, and Sign

Requirements .................................................................................................................. 20-4

Article 21: CONSERVATION/NATURAL RECREATION DISTRICT (CN) .......... 21-1

Section 2100 Purpose .................................................................................................... 21-1

Section 2101 Permitted Uses ......................................................................................... 21-1

Section 2102 Conditionally Permitted Uses ................................................................ 21-1

Section 2103 General Requirements of the Conservation / Natural Recreation District

(CN) ................................................................................................................................. 21-2

Article 99: DELETED SECTIONS ................................................................................. 99-1

Section 9900 Purpose .................................................................................................... 99-1

Section 9901 Former “Neighborhood Business District (B-1)” ................................. 99-1

Section 9902 Former “Section 807 General Business District (B-2)” ....................... 99-3

Section 9903 Former “Section 808 Manufacturing District (M-1)” ......................... 99-4

Section 9904 Former “Section 806 Local Business District (LB)” ............................ 99-6

Section 9905 Former “Article 11: Signs” .................................................................... 99-9

Section 9906 Former “Article 16: MANUFACTURING & DISTRIBUTION

DISTRICT (M&D)” .................................................................................................... 99-15

Section 9906.1 Purpose ................................................................................................ 99-15

Section 9906.2 Permitted Uses ..................................................................................... 99-15

Section 9906.3 Conditionally Permitted Uses ........................................................... 99-16

Section 9906.4 Required Lot Area and Lot Width................................................... 99-16

Section 9906.5 Building Height Regulation .............................................................. 99-16

Section 9906.6 Yard Required ................................................................................... 99-17

Section 9906.7 Landscaping, Buffering, Screening and Fences .............................. 99-17

Section 9906.8 Site Design Approval ......................................................................... 99-17

Appendix A: GUIDELINES FOR RECOMMENDED METHODS OF TREE

PROTECTION .................................................................................................................. A-1

St. Albans Township Zoning Resolution Adopted: 11/07/05 / Effective: 12/07/05 1-12

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Article 1: PURPOSE AND SCOPE

Section 100 Title

This resolution shall be known and may be cited as the "St. Albans Township, Licking

County, Ohio Zoning Resolution” (“Zoning Resolution”).

Section 101 Provisions Declared Minimum Requirements

In their interpretation and application, the provisions of this resolution shall be held to be minimum requirements, adopted for the promotion of the public health, safety, welfare, and morals. Wherever the requirements of this resolution conflict with the requirements of any other lawfully adopted rules, regulations, ordinances, or resolutions, the most restrictive, or that imposing the higher standards shall govern.

Section 102 Separability Clause

Should any section or provision of this resolution be declared by the courts to be unconstitutional or invalid, such decision shall not affect the validity of the resolution as a whole, or any part thereof other than the part so declared to be unconstitutional or invalid.

Section 103 Repeal of Conflicting Resolution, Effective Date

All resolutions or parts of resolutions in conflict with this Zoning Resolution or inconsistent with the provisions of this resolution are hereby repealed to the extent necessary to give this resolution full force and effect. This resolution shall become effective from and after the date of its approval and adoption, as provided by law.

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Article 2: DEFINITIONS

Section 200 Interpretation of Terms or Words

For the purpose of this resolution, certain terms or words used herein shall be interpreted as follows:

1. The word "person" includes a firm, association, organization, partnership, trust, business trust, estate, company, or corporation as well as an individual.

2. The present tense includes the future tense, the singular number includes the plural, and the plural number includes the singular.

3. The word "shall" is a mandatory requirement, the word "may" is a permissive requirement, and the word "should" is a preferred requirement.

4. The words "used" and "occupied" include the words "intended, designed, or arranged to be used or occupied."

Access Management: The process of providing and managing access to land development while preserving the optimum flow of all modes of traffic in terms of safety, capacity, and speed.

Accessory Structure:

A subordinate structure attached to or detached from, but located on the same lot as, a principal building. The use of an accessory structure must be identical and accessory to the use of the principal building. Accessory structures include but are not limited to;

parking places, garages, outbuildings, sheds, decks, signs, canopies, fences and the like.

Accessory Use of Structure:

A use or structure on the same lot with, and of a nature customarily incidental and subordinate to, the principal use or structure.

Adjudicatory Hearing: A hearing which is open to the public and involves the determination of rights of specific persons and whether such rights should be granted based upon the evidence (not public opinion) presented at the hearing.

Adult Entertainment Facilities: Adult entertainment facility means any establishment which is involved in one or more of the following listed categories:

1. Adult Book or Video-Book Store; An establishment having any of its display area or items for sale of its stock in-trade, books, videos, magazines and other periodicals which are distinguished or characterized by their emphasis on matter depicting or relating to specified sexual activities or specified anatomical areas as herein defined.

2. Adult Mini-Motion Picture Theater; A facility with a capacity of less than 50 persons used for presenting material distinguished or characterized by an emphasis on matter depicting, describing or relating to specified sexual activities or specified anatomical areas for observation by patrons.

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3. Adult Motion Picture Theater; A facility with a capacity of 50 or more persons used for presenting material distinguished or characterized by an emphasis on matter depicting, describing or relating to specified sexual activities or specified anatomical areas for observation by patrons therein.

4. Adult Entertainment Business; Any establishment involved in the sale or services of products characterized by the exposure or presentation specified anatomical area or physical contact of live male or females and which is characterized by salacious conduct appealing to prurient interest for the observation or participation in by patrons. Services or products included within the scope of adult entertainment business are photography, dancing, reading, massage and similar functions which utilize activities as specified above.

See Section 931, “Adult Entertainment Facilities.”

Agriculture: The use of land for farming, dairying, pasturage, horticulture, floriculture, apiculture, viticulture, and animal (including horses) and poultry husbandry and the necessary accessory uses for packing, treating, or storing the produce provided, however, that the operation of any such accessory uses shall be secondary to that of normal agricultural activities.

Airport: Any runway, land area or other facility designed or used either publicly or privately by any person for the landing and taking off of aircraft, including all necessary taxiways, aircraft storage and tie-down areas, hangars and other necessary building and open spaces.

Alley: See Thoroughfare.

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

Automotive Wrecking: The dismantling or wrecking of used vehicles, mobile homes, trailers or the storage, sale or dumping of dismantled, partially dismantled, obsolete or wrecked vehicles or their parts.

Alterations, Structural: Any change in the supporting members of a building such as bearing walls, columns, beams, or girders or any change in original building footprint and/or square footage.

Aquifer: Underground regions with particularly large concentrations of groundwater.

Most often, aquifers are found in underground areas of porous rock or sand. For planning purposes, an aquifer is often evaluated on its recharge rate and its cleanliness.

Architecture Review Board: A group of people appointed to oversee the architectural integrity of new structures in the township.

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Basement: A story all or partly underground but having at least one-half of its height below the average level of the ground. The distance from the bottom of the floor joist to the top of the concrete floor shall be at least seven feet.

Beginning of Construction: The incorporation of labor and materials within the walls of a building or buildings; the incorporation of labor and materials at a site, lot or parcel where a building is to be constructed; the incorporation of labor and material where land is to be used for purposes other than construction of a building.

Boarding or Lodging House: A dwelling or part thereof where meals and/or lodging are provided for three or more persons for compensation by previous arrangement, but not transients.

Buffer: See Article 12 Shall mean a designated area between uses or adjacent to the perimeter of natural features designed and intended to provide protection and which shall be permanently maintained.

1. Land Use Buffer: Land area used to separate or visibly shield and/or screen one use from another.

2. Riparian Buffer: A naturally vegetated area located adjacent to streams and rivers that is intended to stabilize banks and limit erosion.

3. Wetlands Buffer: An area of undisturbed natural vegetation located adjacent to the perimeter of the wetlands.

BZA: Board of Zoning Appeals.

Building: Any structure designed or intended for the support, enclosure, shelter, or protection of persons, animals, chattels, or property of any kind, which is governed by the following characteristics:

1. Is affixed to the land; and

2. Has one or more floors and a roof; and

3. Is bounded by either open space or the lot lines of a lot.

Building, Accessory: A subordinate building, detached from, but located on the same lot as the principal building, the use of which is incidental and accessory to that of the main building or use.

Building, Height of: The vertical distance from the established average sidewalk grade, street grade, or finished grade, at the building line, whichever is highest, to the highest point of the building.

Building Permit: Approval in the form of a building permit is required by Licking

County in accordance with CABO Code. Using application forms furnished by building official, a permit shall be obtained before beginning work on the construction, prefabrication, use, or occupancy of new occupiable spaces of townhouses and one, two, or three family dwellings. The enclosure of a space where either a foundation or a roof

2-4 St. Albans Township Zoning Resolution existed as of June 1, 1993 is not regulated by code. When any owner or contractor has commenced work on a project without first obtaining the necessary permits, the building official shall conduct an investigation to determine whether all work performed prior to the subsequent issuance of the permit conforms to all building code provisions.

Building, Principal: See Principle Structure.

Business-to-Business Occupations: Office-type businesses, which provide services and products exclusively to other businesses (see Section 523, “Specific Criteria for

Conditional Uses”).

Business, Convenience: Commercial uses catering primarily to passing traffic which originates outside of the surrounding neighborhood. Such uses generally require location on or near major thoroughfares or their intersections.

Business, General: Commercial uses which generally require location on or near major thoroughfares or their intersections, and which, in addition to serving day to day needs of the community, also supply the more durable and permanent needs of the whole community. General business uses include, but are not limited to, such activities as stores that sell hardware and appliances.

Business, Highway: Commercial uses which generally require locations on or near major thoroughfares and/or their intersections, and which tend to serve the motoring public.

Highway business uses include, but need not be limited to, such activities as filling stations, truck and auto sales and services, restaurants and motels, and commercial recreation.

Business, Local: Commercial establishments, which cater to and can be located in close proximity to or within residential districts without creating undue vehicular congestion, excessive noise, or other objectionable influences. Local business, uses include, but are not limited to drugstores, clothing stores, beauty salons, barbershops, carry-outs, and grocery stores, of less than 3,000 square feet in floor area. Uses of this classification tend to serve a day-to-day need in the surrounding neighborhood.

Business, Office Type: Quasi-commercial uses which may often be transitional between retail business or manufacturing, and residential uses. Office-type business generally accommodates administrative, executive, professional, accounting, writing, clerical, stenographic, and drafting operations, institutional offices or a charitable, philanthropic, or religious or educational nature are also included in this classification.

Business, Service: Any profit making activity which renders services primarily to other commercial or industrial enterprises, or which services and repairs appliances and machines used in homes or by businesses.

Business, Wholesale: Business establishments that generally sell commodities in large quantities or by the piece to retailers, jobbers, other wholesale establishments, or

2-5 St. Albans Township Zoning Resolution manufacturing establishments. These commodities are basically for further resale, for use in the fabrication of a product, or for use by business service.

BZA: Board of Zoning Appeals.

CABO: Council of American Building Officials. Building codes for one, two, and three family dwellings, current addition.

Canopy: A structure constructed of rigid materials including, but not limited to, metal, wood, concrete, plastic, canvas or glass which is attached to and supported by a building or by columns, poles or braces extending to the ground.

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

Channel: A natural or artificial watercourse of perceptible extent, with bed and banks to confine and conduct continuously or periodically flowing water.

Chairman: Presiding official of a board meeting to be used synonymously with Madam

Chairman and Mr. Chairman.

Church: Shall mean a building or structure, or groups of buildings or structures that by design and construction are permanently intended for conducting organized religious services and associated accessory uses.

Clinic: A clinic is a place which provides a range of services by a group of licensed practitioners, their associate and assistant(s), including the care, diagnosis and treatment of those who are sick, ailing, infirm, and/or injured persons, and include the care of those who are in need of medical, surgical or dental attention, but who are not provided with board or room nor kept overnight on the premises.

Club: A building or portion thereof or premises owned or operated by a person for a social, literary, political, educational, or recreational purpose primarily for the exclusive use of members and their guests.

Collector Street: See Thoroughfare.

Commercial Entertainment Facility: Any profit making activity, which is generally related to, the entertainment field, such as motion picture theaters, carnivals, nightclubs, and cocktail lounges.

Comprehensive Plan: A plan or any portion thereof, adopted by the township Board of

Trustees and the legislative authority of Licking County showing the general location and extent of present and proposed physical facilities including housing, industrial and

2-6 St. Albans Township Zoning Resolution commercial uses, major thoroughfares, parks, schools, and other community facilities.

This plan establishes the general goals, objectives, and policies of the community.

Conditional Use: A use permitted within a district other than a principally permitted use, requiring a conditional use permit and approval of the BZA. Conditional uses permitted in each district are listed in the Official Schedule or District Regulations.

Conditional Use Permit: A permit issued by the Zoning Inspector upon approval by the

BZA to allow a use other than a principally permitted use to be established within the district.

Corner Lot: See Lot Types.

Cul-de-Sac: See Thoroughfare.

Culvert: Shall mean a ditch, drain, or a conduit, not incorporated in a closed system that carries drainage water under a driveway, roadway, railroad, pedestrian walk or public way. (A culvert permit is needed; see the Office of the Licking County Engineer for the required permit.)

Day Care Facility: A facility for the care of infants, children, persons, or elderly people.

Dead-End Street: See Thoroughfare.

Deed: In the ordinary acceptance of the word, a "deed" is an instrument conveying real property. As commonly understood, and as used in the statute prescribing the mode of executing "deeds," it has been said that a deed denotes an instrument conveying full title, without any interest remaining in the grantor. As used in a contract to make a good and sufficient deed, the word "deed" has been held to mean an instrument conveying a fee simple title with covenants of warranty. At common law a deed was defined as writing, sealed and delivered by the parties a strict sense, the equivalent of specialty. The word

"deed" when used in a pleading alone is taken to mean an instrument of conveyance with the usual habendum clause and covenants of warranty. A deed signifies an instrument conveying real property and is thus to be distinguished from the common-law definition of the term as a writing sealed and delivered by the parties, a meaning that would include bonds and executory contracts under seal. A general rule, if an instrument is construed as presently passing an interest to another person, even though the effective use of the property may be postponed until after the death of the person who executed the instrument, it is a deed. However, when the provision in an instrument postponing its effect until after the death of the grantor is construed as passing an interest not to take effect until after the death of the maker, the instrument is testamentary in character, notwithstanding that in form it may be a deed.

Density: Number of dwelling units per acre of land:

1. Gross Density: The number of dwelling units per gross acre of the total land to be developed.

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2. Net Density: The number of dwelling units per acre of land where the acreage involved includes only the land devoted to residential uses.

Display Sign: A structure that is arranged, intended, designed or used as an advertisement, announcement or direction, including a sign screen, billboard or advertising device of any kind.

District: A portion of the territory of the township within which certain uniform regulations and requirements or various combinations thereof apply.

Driveway: That portion of a property designated by the owner for ingress and egress.

Dwelling: Any building, which contains one or more dwelling units used, intended, or designed to be built, used, rented, leased, let or hired out to be occupied, or which are occupied for living purposes.

Dwelling, Duplex: See Dwelling, Two-Family

Dwelling, Manufactured Home: See Manufactured Home

Dwelling, Multi-Family: A dwelling consisting of three or more dwelling units, including condominiums, with varying arrangements of entrances and common walls.

Multi-family housing may include public housing.

Dwelling, Rooming Housing (Boarding House, Lodging House, Dormitory): A dwelling or part thereof, other than a hotel, motel, or restaurant where meals and/or lodging are provided for compensation, for three or more unrelated persons where no cooking or dining facilities are provided in the individual rooms.

Dwelling, Single-Family: A dwelling containing only a single dwelling unit, which is separated from other dwelling units by open space.

Dwelling, Two-Family: A dwelling consisting of two dwelling units which may be either attached by a common wall or one above the other, with each unit having a separate or combined entrance or entrances.

Dwelling Units: A dwelling unit is a single unit providing complete independent living facilities for one or more persons including permanent provisions for living, sleeping, eating, cooking and sanitation.

Easement: Authorization by a property owner for another to use (as a driveway, for utilities, etc.) a designated part of his property for a specified purpose.

Essential Services: The erection, construction, alteration, or maintenance, by public utilities or municipal or other governmental agencies, of gas, electrical, steam or water transmission, distribution, collection, communication, supply or disposal systems or sites, 2-8 St. Albans Township Zoning Resolution including poles, wires, mains, drains, sewers, pipes, traffic signals, hydrants, or other similar equipment, and accessories in connection therewith which are reasonably necessary for the furnishing of adequate service by such public utilities or municipal or other governmental agencies for the public health or safety or general welfare, but not including buildings.

Family: One or more persons occupying a single dwelling unit, provided that unless all members are related by blood, adoption, or marriage, no such family shall contain over five persons.

Farm Market: Markets from which fifty percent or more of the gross income received from the market is derived from produce raised or grown upon farms owned or…