54-85 Supplement sect 1111.04 Zoning - prof & med offices

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Placed on Fi"rs~'.,Rea~..,i~ng 7-15-85 Placed on Second Read~ng 9-3-85 ORDINANCE 54-85 BY: Brown, Chinnock, Gallagher, Graham, Salmon, Wendling AN ORDINANCE to supplement Section 1111.04 of the Zoning Code of the Codified Ordinances of the City of Lakewood by enacting new paragraph (b) to permit business and medical offices and service oriented business to replace non-conforming uses being vacated in an M2 district. WHEREAS, the vacation of existing non-conforming uses in M2 districts has an adverse effect upon the condition of the neighborhoods where such non- conforming use is located, and WHEREAS, permitting professional and medical offices and services oriented businesses to replace non-conforming uses in the M2 district would reduce said impact upon the neighborhood and would be in the best interest of the community at large; now, therefore, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF LAKEWOOD, STATE OF OHIO: Section 1. That Section 1111.04 of the Zoning Code of the Codified Ordinances of the City of Lakewood shall be and the same is hereby supplemented by enacting new paragraph (b) to read as follows: 1111.04 SPECIAL EXCEPTION The following uses if approved by the Board of Zoning Appeals after public notice and public hearing, may be permitted as a special exception provided that the conditions hereinafter specified are met:. (b) Professional and medical offices and general business offices provided: (1) that the proposed use replaces an existing non-conforming use and is determined by the Board to be a lower use than the existing non- conforming use being vacated; (2) that the proposed use is located only on the ground floor of the building; (3) that no variances are required to accommodate the proposed use; and (4) that the required off street parking for all occupancies is available on the same parcel. Section 2. It is found and determined that all formal actions of this Council concerning and relating to the passage of this ordinance were adopted in an open meeting of this Council, and that all such deliberations of this Council and of any of its committees that resulted in such formal action, were in meetings open to the public, in compliance with all legal requirements including Section 121.22 of the Ohio Revised Code.