§ 3303.18. Letter R.  


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  • "Rear of a building", "Rear line of a building" and "rear yard line", respectively mean that portion, building line or yard line opposite to the front line of a building, whether or not affording service access to the building.

    "Reconstruction" means the replacement or rebuilding of a building, premises or structure.

    "Recreational vehicle" means a vehicle manufactured or modified to contain temporary living quarters for travel, recreation, or vacation purposes including, but not necessarily limited to, camper, travel trailer, truck camper, and motor home.

    "Religious facility" means a building or structure in which worship, ceremonies, rituals and education pertaining to a particular system of beliefs are held.

    "Residence" is the general term implying place exclusively used for human habitation and embracing both residential and apartment residential district classifications.

    "Residential care facility" means a use of a dwelling unit or dwelling units within a building primarily for providing supervised room, board and care in a residential setting to residents thereof whose disabilities or status limit their ability to live independently, and secondarily for training, rehabilitation and nonclinical services. The term excludes use as a clinic, institution, hospital, nursing home, convalescent home, school, child day care center, nursery school, dormitory or other similar use. The term shall not be applied to owner-occupied premises with one or two roomers. However, for the purpose of licensing, the term is included within "rooming house" as defined in Section 4501.32.

    "Residential complex" means a residential development with 15 or more dwelling units situated on the same tax parcel.

    "Residential district" means a zoning district permitting dwelling units as a principal use.

    Residential Use. See "Use, residential."

    "Restaurant" means an establishment that involves the preparation of food and drink, served to and consumed by patrons primarily within the building.

    "Rest home" means a home that provides personal assistance for three or more individuals who are dependent on the services of others by reason of age or physical or mental impairment but who do not require skilled nursing care. A rest home shall be licensed under Chapter 3721 of the Revised Code to provide only accommodations and personal assistance and may not admit individuals requiring skilled nursing care.

    "Retail filling station" means a use involving the supplying to individual vehicles for their use only, of oil, grease, gasoline, or other fuel or power source, with other optional customary incidental service.

    "Right-of-way line" means the limit of publicly owned land or easement encompassing a street or alley.

    "Roof line" means in the case of a flat roof, the uppermost line of the roof of a building; in the case of a pitched roof, the lower edge of the eave; or in the case of an extended facade or parapet, the uppermost height of said facade or parapet.

    Roof Sign. See "Sign."

    "Rooming house" means a residential building, other than a hotel, in which part or parts are kept, used or held out to be a place where sleeping accommodations are offered for hire for three or more persons.

    "Row" is a group of attached residences, separated by vertical fire walls, in which each residence has its own front and rear yards, and has appropriated to it the entire building between the fire walls.

(Ord. 1900-98 § 3; Ord. 1425-01 § 3 (part); Ord. 1272 § 1 (part); Ord. 1143-02 § 1 (part); Ord. 546-03 § 3 (part); Ord. 0230-04 § 7; Ord. 0854-2008 § 3 (part); Ord. No. 0455-2010, § 16, 4-5-2010; Ord. No. 0791-2011, § 1(Att. 1), 7-18-2011; Ord. No. 1200-2017 , § 8, 6-12-2017)