Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 47, Number 262, Decatur, Adams County, 7 November 1949 — Page 6

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COMPLETE DECATUR ZONING ORDIN ANU

gEnehai. ordinance Ne. ghort Till* K"tnbllshlng a x<-n- I ln« pUm for the City of Decatur to I -iiiiwnr th* value of pr<»|»*-rt> in - the iil» and : > the end that adv quite light, air. runvenieni'e of a--irx>, and -atety from fir-, flood and other d.niKera n>a> l<« securel. that <onKe«tmn in til* public street* ni.it he )• »*ened or avoided and that th.- public health, safet>, comfort, morale, convenient e 1 and general pilhlii welfare may be promoted in a manner which rei-og-filxe* the needs of Industry and b i«|nes» In the future growth ol the <lt» and will entourage the development of health! surrounding" for family life in residential neighborhood* all In »• “>rdari<e with n Ma-ter Plan ilevigned to a-»uri- officiate i ami e-on 'iny In the prj- ,.... of development of the <!(>. and for the purpose of <ll Classifying redialing and limiting the height, area, t-'ilx and live Os blinding' hereafter to be ere. ted, <;i Regulating and determining th- urea ->f front. , rear and • id- >ard« and other open "t>a<e< about building" <3i Regulating and determining the u»e am! Intensity of u»e ol land ami lot area". <4l Classifying. regulating and restricting the location oi trade". calling". Induatrl.*". . .miner-HI enterprise" and the 1 • atlon of building" d« • signed f«r specified uses; <r.> Hilding the . it> Into distri t« of aui-h kind, character, number, shape and are i as may be deemed tie -ssarv to . arry out Mie purposes of thia ordinance; to provide for administration and for penalties for the violating of Ita provision", authorising the creation of a board of inning appeal* and providing for review of the declalona f such board bv the court Thl" ordinance, and ordinances suppiemental or amendatory thereto, shall be known n« the Z-.nlng OrdInan. -of l>e<iitur. adopted thia IM’i day of <>-tober I’o Be It Ordained t»y the Common Coumil of the -’itv < f He atur article I. In General He- 1 Interpretation In Interpreting and applying the provision" of t ds Ordinance, thev shall be held to be th- minimum re-iulre-rent" for the promotion of the public health, safetv. cums-r moral", convenience and genera, welfare . , . . gee 2 Non-lnterferenre w1 t h Greater Restrict! m« Otherwise ance to Interfere with, or abrogate or annul any easements, ant" or other agreements between p.irtle" nor to Interfere «lth. or abrogate or annul anv ordinance" rule" regulation*, or permits previously adopted or !•■ i*d and not tn conflict with -nv of th- pr ’vl"lon. <-f this ordinance, or which shill be adopted or Issued, pursuant to law. regarding the u«e of building" or land provided, however that where thl" ordinance Im poses a great.. restriction upon the use of building" or land, or un «’n the height of buildings or require. larg-r open spaces or greatlot area per family, than are require.! bv or Imposed »iy such easements. covenants or "■’••ements between partlßß. or •u< , h or<iin-an-es, rule", regulations or permit". th- provisions of this ordinance shall control He-. 3. Definition". For the purpose of this Ordinance certain t*rT" and word" are hereby defined as follow": Word" In the present t-ns» include the future and vice ver«a. word" In the "lngular number Include the plural numhe- and vice versa; the word ‘'building" Includes the Word 'strU' ture" and vice versa. the word “.hall" Is mandatory and not directors. ACCEtt.* iRV RFlLTilxr, * subordinate building, or a portion of s main building, the use of whl-h |« incidental to that of the main building Af'CESgoitY F«E' A '>•» which Is Incidental to the main UM of the premises. ALLEY A public thoroughfare, which afford" only secondary means of vehicular access to abutting property and not twenty r"oi feet In width. _ .■> P i L-.J .M '-XT- - » ’■" *■ - * T- ’ tlon thereof de’igned for or ocm pled by more than two (Al families also DWEUJWIMt'! /ript ,E »w<»H!I,E nil TRAILER lALEfI AREA tn open area, ofher than s street, used for the display. sale or rental of new or used automrthfles or trailers, and where no repair work Is done ascent minor Incidental repair of automobiles or trailers to he d’s. plaved, sold or rented on the premises M’TGMOH’HK WRECKING The dismantling or wr* king of used rotor vehl les or trailers, or the storage, sale or dumping of d’s. mantled, obsolete or wrecked vehicles or their parts. b AHtTMENT' A Story, whofl- o' partly underground, whl-h unles" subdivided Into rooms and used for ten.nt purposes, shall not be Included a« a story for the purpose of height —earur-ment BOARDING HOTRB: A building where meals s*e regular’v served for compensation fnr three <*» or more person", hut not exceeding twelve <1 fl persona not ones to transients In contradistinction to hotels and restaurants open to ; traeelents B!ZM''K F'oper’v having front.ee op one side of a street and ivlng between the two -rare". Inte’- ’ •e-tlng or Intercepting afreets, nr nearest Inte’se-tlnr nr Intercept, tng street and railroad right of wav n- waterway. A etru-ture having a roof supported by columns nr walls, for the shelter, dttbporf. enclosure nr protect'on of persons, animals, chattels or property Wh«n separated by partv wnlls. w'thnut ono"lnra through lau-s wails, each portion of eit-h a I bonding shall he considered a ; eeoarata Structure Bl’BfKFiag The engaging In the 1 purchase. aal». barter or egchange of goods, e-prss. merchandise or services, the maintenance or operation of offices, or recreational amusement enterprise, for profit. C>un Pf-Bt-’*': Anv s»ea or tra-t ■ of land used or designed tn accommodate two f»l or more automobile house trailer, or two <•> or mo«-e camnlog parties. Including cnMns. tents nr other camofww ou*tit. «*e -»ls<> MOTE!- OH mrntf»- izinnv; CfTT: Refers to the City of tWcafVyW'rr'OriAJ,- Res Rt'UIVKHR PlwTV’'r'T A ae-tlon of the dtr of r»eoatur. for trtiWi uniform resrtilatlona governing the use height pres. alas, and Intensity of use of buildings and land and open anaegn about buildings, are herein oetnbllahed DWWIJ-W1- Any bonding nr n«r- • tlon thereof which !e d.Mgwe-t nr need egeluolvely for rea|A«t.tls! P’lFP'X*® ptTHJ,!*! porh’A IA two-fam-ily dwelling designed to house two families living eMe by aide DWTXLnro nVFUfX A two-fem-ur dwelling dwtgMA fe house two famlllM Hvin« ene abeve the e

other. I>WHI.I,!N‘I. SINOMM-'AMII.V t drtachi-<l building d*-»igned fur or I i>< c.upled by uno family, *»< lu- i alvrly. HWEI-LING TWO-PAMII.V A drtw h< d building designed fur or fiicupied by two famillva, living , Indepi- ndrntiy iiwyn-i-ixG, Mi'i-Tii’M: k <• - AVAItTMEVr FAMILY A group of one or more ‘ p>-r"<>:is on-upyirig a building and . living a- a .Ingle house keeping unit. Xo unrelated group living ii« i single houaekeeplng unit ahull i-onsl-t i f more than rlv 1 6 1 persons in distinguished from a I group on upyliig a lodging house or hot-l. FILLING STATION Any building | structure, pr-ndse. or em kunire ! or other place used for tin- dla-1 penslng. sale or offering for "ale at retail of fuels or oil. for motor vehicles. When th- dispensing, .ale or offering for sal-- l« Im Identai to the c.induct of a public garage, the premise, shall be classified a. a pitbile garage Flirt-XT YA lilt LINE The Line establishing a front yard, between which line and the street or front lln- of the lot. the lot a • tl<-n of buildings, use. or portion, of building", is regulated by tills ordinance. GARAGE I'IIIVYTE An accessory building with i.apniity for not more than three <3i motor ve. hli’les fur storage only, not more ttian one <ll of which may Io- a

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ronitneri lnl vi-hlile of not mnri than three «3> lon. tapa itv Provided however that a garage ilvsigm-d to house one (Il motor vehicle for e.n li famili lmu»e-l in un apartment shall be < lasned a. a private garage , GAIIAGE. FI HLK' Any building or premises, except those defined In-reln as a Private Garage, used forth- storage or care of motor ' vehicles, or where sui-h vehicle" are equipped for operation, repaired. or kept tor remuneration hire or, sale GlUiKf* IIOI'KE A groupofdwi Illng" eonxtrm ted In a row. witli ttie dwelling unit, separated by vertical party wall" without op- . enings GltAI'E: a For building" having walls adjoining one street oiili I th- elevation of tlie side walk at the center of th- wall adjoining the street. h. For building, having wall" adjoining more than one street, the average of the elevation of the sidewalk at Hie center of all wall" adlolning the street" c For building, having no wall adjoining the "tr-L the -n---erage level of the ground adllcent to the evteilor wall" of 'hibuilding. Any wall approxbnalely parallel to and nut isOre than five (.'H feet from a Greet line I. Io considered ns adjoining the street. HEIGHT OF BFH.IiIXG The Vert|. a! distance from the grado to

the highest point of the building i fir fl-‘t roots; to Hie .li , k line fir mansard roof.; and t ■ the mean bright level, between eave, and ridges for gable and hip roofs HOME H’PI'I’ATIOX Any on r-a-tlon tarried on by a member of i the family residing on the pi-ci I lee", in connection witli w >iidi ; there is used no sign, other t i in the name.piate, mH more liian one (I) square foot in arm. t. it will indicate from the ext- r or that the building I. l-i Ing u«ed ,n part for anv uther purpose than ttiat of dwelling, there is kept no sto< k In trade; no commodity Is sold on the premises; and no person Is employed other than a member of the family residing on the premises HOTEL a building In whl h lodging Is provided and offered to the : public for compensation. and which I" open to transient guests, | In contradlstln-tlnn to a board- I ing or lodging house INKTITITIoX A building oc-u---pl-d by a non-profit corporation or a non-profit estalbllshment for public use K.HXXEL Anv lot or premises on which four 'll or more d<><«. nt L-ast four Hi months of age. ar<kept. LOIXHN'H HOI'SE Y building where lodging onlv I" provided for eompensatlon to three t3l or more, but not exceeding twelve i <l2l persons, not open to tran-I slent". In contradistinction to a ,

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hotel which I. open to transients !>>T A par'd <’f land occupied •’ Intended for oi cupani > i>> a u»e i permitted In this Ordinance, In-I chiding one <H ninln building ami Ils u..e"‘ory building", and the open "pairs required by thi" | urdmanie, and having It" pnndpal frontage on a "tre-t. or an | uffb Lilly designated and approved place lasi. <XHI.XF.II A 1-d abutting opon two <3) or more HrrH" at their intei"• ctlon IgiT. UWI’TII OF The mean horizontal distance between the fr''it line and the rs.ir line of the lot IX>T. INTEHIOIt A l"t other than a <'orpi r lad or Through lad. IXIT LIXE. 1110X1 In the case of :<n Interior lot. a 10 parating the lot front the street or place: And in tliß «•«** of a corner lot a line* -fpar.it inx the narrowest fetr«‘€*t frontal** F>f th** lot fr«>tn | lh»- Htrfft. except in <hnf» wh*r | d»***d r**nt rl<t i<»nß In fffft «p*< ify . another line a* the front lot line. | L<>T LINE. IIEAII A lot line wiii h Is opposite and most .Ilstant from the front lot line and, In o' an Irregular ST triangular shaped lot. a line ten 1101 : ’e length within the A-t, n-i'allel tn and nt the maximum distan e from the front lot line. IZ»T OF ItRFOKH: A lot which Is part of a subdivision, the map of which has been record-'I In the office of the countv He -rd-r "f Adams Pointy, Indiana: ornptr--e| of land, the deed tn which bus

hem recordel In the office of the County Kecorder of Adams < nun. tv. Indiana, prior to the passage I of this Ordinance. miT LINE. hii»E: Any lot boundary line not a front lot Hue or rear UrP l *l HltOfGII: A lot having frontage un two streets at opposite ends of the lot. MOTEL A building or group of - oilldlng". in whli h lodging -a provided and offered to the pub1,- for compensation, and catering primarily to the public trav- | elllng bv motor vehl< le. XO.Xi'oXFOiaHNG t'-SE A building or premises whb h does not | conform In Its use or otherwise | with all of th* regulations of the dl»til t In which su<di building oi ; premises l« located I'AItKING IX fl A parcel of land devoted t" unenclosed parking ( space for five I' I or more motor vehicles for compensation or uth- j erwlse. I PLAf'E: An open unoccupied space other than a street for alley, permanently reserved for use a« the principal means of access to | abutting property PHOFEJMIHNAL OFFIHE When conducted In a residential district a Professional Offl-e shall be incidental to the residential occupancy of the building, shall he eondii'ted entirely within a residential building, and shall In. clud* onlv the offices of doctors or practitioners, ministers, architects, engineers, landscape srchl-;

teds, lawyers, urtl"t«. authors ; musu lans and other professitm.d | occupations occasionally nmductml within a rcsldemc, by the | occupant. STABLE. PRIVATE: A <b'ta-he-|4 acce»"'.iry building for the keepIng of horses owned by the o*. cupants of the premises and md kept fur remuneration, hire or' sale STABLI?. I FItLH' A stable other than a private stable SToliY That portion of a billdlng. Bncludi'd between the surface -if any floor and the surface of the floor next above It. If there l» no floor above It, then the space i between Sinti floor and the celling next above It shall be the story. | STiiltY, HALF: That portion of a building under a stuping gable hip. nr gambrel roof, the wall plates on at least two opposite exterior walls of whl-h are not more than three <3l feet above , the floor level of such half-story , SIIIEKT: A public thoroughfare twenty <2Ol feet or more In width between property lines, which affords principal means of vehicular access to abutting property, STItFfTFIIE Anything constricted or erected, the ise of whl-h required more or les* pormanenf location on the ground, or which ' Is attached to something permanently located on the ground. STHFCTFRAL ALTERATION: Any change In the supporting member" of a "building, such as hearing walls or partitions, folurnns beams, or girders, nr anv substantial change In the roof or In *h» ev»*rlo* "'nils. TOFHIRT HOME A residence Io which ’odglng for not "tors than five (5) transient gue«t» Is *-roTided, which has not required structural alterations, and which the residential use has not been discontinued TOFfHST IZ»r>GE See Motel YAHn, FRONT: An open unne-u---pled space between the front >'"• o' the building nnd the front lln* of th» lot ' r he front line of ths building shall he the line of the n-aln wall near"*’ to nnd facing the street. Including subM»lrt-" nnd enclosed por-hes and excluding onlv etan" below the f|*s» floor level nnd entranceways and open unroofed porches and ter races. YAHH REAR: An open snace hetween th* rear llr« o' ths lot and the *e«r tine o' *►* hiilldln* extending the 'till width of the l--t and "nnecunfed excen* for auth- , netted "-i-MMry buildings. YAHH RIDE' *n onen, unoccunle.l sns-e on the same lot with a I building, be’ween tb» aide Bn* of the building and the side lln* nf the lot and extending to n point twenfv-five (IS't-l per cent / o' tb» depth of the lot from the renr line nf the lot ZONE: Same n. DISTRICT. iflTtt I E If. DI«TRf«T« AND ZONE MtF Se- 1 District" ■ehe City of Decatur I" hereby d|. vlded Into six <*» districts. In order to carrv ou* the nurnnses of this | ordinance Thp districts shall be known an followsif Homestead District B-1 I'esldcntlal District r.j Veslden’lal District c-1 Neighborhood Shopping District. f’-2 General Commercial District I Tndti"fr|n| District. He- 2 Zone Man The ZONE MAP. which accompanies and la hereby declared to he a part nf this ordinance, show" the boundaries of a"d the areas coyer rd bv the above <tl"»r|cte. Notations re'e-eni-e" Indication" and other matter" shown on the Zone Man are as miu-h a nart n' thl" ordinance •• If thev were ftiHv described In the let- nf the ordinance Sec. 3 Determtne’lon gn-4 tnternretaHnn o' r>l"<rl'-t Rinndsrle* Tn determining the boundaries of dl"tr|cta. end establishing th* regulations annllonbto to rich district, due and care'u! has been elven tn eatsfl"-" condition* •he charxi-ter of buildings erected In ea'-h district, the most desirable H.e for which the land In each dlstrl-t mav be adsnted and the ron«erv<»Hnn of oroperty value throughout the city Where uncertainty estate ss to the exset boundaries o' anv district «« shown ”ti th* »ne "fan, ths folTnw|*>» fot*s ehall annlva. Where district boundaries are lodi-ated a« following street, al’ev or lot lines or approxtmntelv along eu*h lines, such lines shaH bo construed to be the dl«trl*t boundaries. b In unouhdlv'ded areas, or where a district boundary subdivide" e lot, tha exact lona-H-n of the boundary shell he determined bv use of the scale nf the Zone Man e. the *•>•• nf further uncertainty th* n*ard nf Zoning Anneals shsii Intemret the tnten* of the Zona Man as to the location o f ths boundary In question. Rec 4 Procedure Relating to Annexed or Vacated Areas Territory which ma* hereafter be annexed to the City of Decatur aha!’ Immediately he Included tn the R-1 Pe"ldentla| r»fe*r|et. until the reoulred amen"me*>* to this ordinance ha* been adon'ed Whenever -nv street, allev. puh»'o wav railroad r'e»-t of wn». i waterway or other similar «ren <• yooated bv nrnner authority the i d*"trlct edtolninv each side nf such •feet, alley, public wav. railroad r'<*ht of war waterway, or other ■'m«ar arsa, shall be extended sum. matlcslty to th“ center of such vacation and »P a*ea Included In •he vacation shall the-> and thenceforth be suhleot to a” annroprtxte regulations of the extended districts. ABT»ri.E Ilf. General Prevtelaas aad SpeHflea ties". Sec J. Fee. No building or land shall he used snd no building shall be erected, reconstructed or s»eu"t'irltll v altered, which Is arranged. Intended, or designed tn he used, fnr an» purpose other than s use which la permitted and sneotfiad In s district In whieh such building or land 1s locatsd f Height. No building shall he erected, reconstructed nr strttottieellv altered tn exceed In height the limits e.t»hllshed snd snerlfled fnr the district In which such building Is 10-sted See. 3 Yards. Lot Area and Fixe of Pul’d'ng. No building shall ho erseted. reconstructed or airtiotursHv altered I" any manner which will encroach tinon or reduco In anv manner, the varda lot area ner family nr else of building rognlatlons eatahllshed and specified fnr the district In which such building 1s located. Se- 4. Lot, Fverv building hereafter erected •hall ho located on a lot. which fro-is nn a street, and tn no co** shall more than one building and Its cuatomarv accessory buildings be erected on anv lot. ARTKI.E |». B-1 RESIDENTIAL DHTHICT Sec I. t’sos Permitted and Hpeel- j No building or premises shall be used, and n*» building shall ba erected. reconstructed or structurally altered. which Is arranged. Intended or designed to be used for other than the following uses, unless otherwise pr-vlded herein t yiiiLWvsssi 1 :’ e. Church or other building for

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