Industrial Zones

 

157.055 Light Industrial Zone

(A) Uses permitted outright. In a M1 zone, only the following uses and their accessory uses are permitted outright:

(1) Cabinet, carpenter or woodworking shop;

(2) Compounding, packaging or storage of cosmetics, drugs, perfumes, pharmaceuticals, soap or toiletries, but not including processes involving refining or rendering of fats and oils;

(3) Dwelling for caretaker or night watchman on the property;

(4) Freight depot;

(5) Ice or cold storage plant;

(6) Kennel;

(7) Laboratory for research or testing, but not including the testing of combustion engines;

(8) Laundry, dry cleaning or dyeing establishment;

(9) Lumber yard, building supply outlet;

(10) Machinery or equipment sales, services or storage;

(11) Manufacture, repair or storage of articles from the following previously prepared materials: bone, cellophane, cloth, cork, feathers, felts, fiber, fur, glass, hair, horn, leather, paper, plastic, precious or semiprecious stone or metal, shell, textiles, wax, wire or yarn;

(12) Manufacture, repair or storage of ceramic products, musical instruments, novelties, rubber or metal stamps, toys, optical goods, engineering, scientific or precision instrument, medical or dental supplies or equipment, electronic supplies or equipment, industrial or business machines, aircraft parts and equipment, luggage, photographic equipment or small pleasure boats;

(13) Ministorage;

(14) Motor vehicle body shop, tire shop or similar repair service;

(15) Plumbing, heating, electrical or paint contractor's sales, repairs or storage;

(16) Private utilities including electric power substations, telephone exchanges, television, radio or microwave transmission facilities;

(17) Processing, packaging or storage of food or beverages, but not including processes involving distillation, fermentation, slaughtering or rendering of fats and oils;

(18) Public utilities including wells, water storage tanks and sanitary sewer pump stations;

(19) Railroad tracks and related facilities;

(20) Utility lines, station or substation;

(21) Veterinary care facility;

(22) Welding, sheet metal or machine shop;

(23) Wholesale distribution or outlet, including trucking, warehousing and storage.

(B) Conditional uses permitted. In a M1 zone, the following uses and their accessory uses are permitted when authorized in accordance with the requirements of 157.205 through 157.210 of this chapter:

(1) Temporary dwelling unit;

(2) Fuel oil distribution; and

(3) Planned unit development.

(C) Limitations on use. In a M1 zone, the following conditions and limitations shall apply:

(1) A use which creates a nuisance because of the noise, smoke, odor, dust or gas is prohibited.

(2) Materials shall be stored and grounds shall be maintained in a manner which will not attract or aid the propagation of insects or rodents or otherwise create a health hazard.

(3) Service activities, processing and storage on property abutting or facing a residential zone shall be wholly within an enclosed building or screened from the residential zone view by a permanently maintained sightobscuring fence at least six feet high.

(4) Points of access from a public street to properties in a M1 zone shall be so located as to minimize traffic congestion and avoid directing traffic into residential streets.

(5) Building entrances or other openings adjacent to or across the street from a residential zone shall be prohibited if they cause glare, excessive noise or otherwise adversely affect land uses in the residential zone.

(D) Lot size. In a M1 zone, no minimum lot size shall be identified other then that to meet the requirements of this chapter.

(E) Setback requirements.

(1) Except as provided in 157.140, in a M1 zone no yard shall be required except as follows:

(2) When abutting a residential zone, all setbacks shall be a minimum of 50 feet measured from the foundation. If a living, solid screen is provided adjacent to the residential zone, the minimum setback may be reduced to 25 feet.

(F) Height of buildings. In a M1 zone, within 150 feet of a residential zone, no building shall exceed a height of 35 feet.

(Ord. 1840, passed 22894) Penalty, see 157.999

157.056 Heavy Industrial Zone M2

(A) Uses permitted outright. In a M2 zone, the following uses and their accessory uses are permitted outright:

(1) A use permitted outright in a M1 zone; and

(2) Manufacturing, repairing, compounding, fabricating, processing, packing or storage of a use not listed in 157.055.

(B) Conditional uses permitted. In a M2 zone, the following uses and their accessory uses are permitted when authorized in accordance with the requirements of 157.205 through 157.210 of this chapter:

(1) Temporary dwelling unit;

(2) Planned unit development; and

(3) Sand and gravel pits, including related activities such as exploration excavation, rock crushing, asphalt protection and storage, subject to requirements in 157.148.

(C) Limitations on use. In a M2 zone, the following conditions and limitations shall apply:

(1) A use is prohibited which creates a nuisance because of noise, smoke, odor, dust or gas or which has been declared a nuisance by statute, by action of the municipal court or by a court of competent jurisdiction.

(2) Wastes and other materials shall be stored and grounds shall be maintained in a manner that will not attract or aid the propagation of insects or rodents or otherwise create a health hazard.

(3) Where outside storage is used, the use shall have a solid enclosure at least six feet in height.

(D) Lot size. Lot size requirements for a M1 zone shall apply in a M2 zone.

(E) Setback requirements. Yard requirements for a M1 zone shall apply in a M2 zone.

(F) Height of buildings. Height of building requirements for a M1 zone shall apply in a M2 zone.

(Ord. 1840, passed 22894) Penalty, see 157.999