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The M-4 Industrial and Business Park District is created as an area to be devoted exclusively to industrial and business activity. Residences or any structures intended for living purposes are prohibited in this district. The intent and purposes of the City in creating this district are as follows:
(a) To encourage the establishment of industries and business which are compatible with one another;
(b) To establish standards for the height and size of buildings, the areas and dimensions of yards and open spaces;
(c) To provide development and operational standards for yards, structures and equipment that shall minimize traffic congestion, noise, glare, air pollution, water pollution, fire and safety hazards and ensure adequate drainage;
(d) To provide standards for off-street vehicle storage and loading facilities adequate in area, design, arrangement and development to properly serve the uses for which such facilities are intended and sufficient to preclude the need for on-street parking or storage of vehicles;
(e) To provide standards for the location and illumination of signs and advertising devices so as to minimize glare and distraction to motorists and neighboring residential districts;
(f) To prohibit residential uses, except as such uses are purely incidental to the industrial and business uses they are intended to serve;
(g) To prohibit industrial or business uses which, because of potential emanation of dust, ash, smoke, noise, fumes, gas, odors or vibrations are or may be inconsistent with the intent and purposes of this section; and
(h) To establish standards for environmental development, including landscaping and requirement of open areas that shall tend to result in healthful and productive working conditions.
(Ord. 44-81. Passed 12-1-81.)
Any building and premises may be used for every purpose not in conflict with the ordinances of the City or the laws of the State of Ohio, except that no building or premises may be used for any of the following purposes which are specifically prohibited:
(a) Residences or any structure intended for living purposes other than hotels and motels, apartments and assisted living facilities having not less than twelve dwelling units, and resident watchmen or caretakers employed on the premises.
(Ord. 62-19. Passed 7-16-19.)
(b) Manufacture, formulation or above-ground storage of explosives, volatile products, inflammable products, chemicals and allied products classified under S.l.C. 28* or S.l.C. 29*, except as are used in conjunction with a permitted use;
(c) Manufacture of cement, lime, gypsum or plaster of Paris;
(d) Distillation of bones, fat rendering, manufacture of glue or fertilizer, reduction, storage or dumping of garbage, offal or dead animals;
(e) Stock yards or slaughter of animals;
(f) Exterior storage of scrap, junk or used materials;
(g) Smelting of metals; or
(h) Nuclear power plant or similar facilities.
* Refer to the "Standard Industrial Classification Manual", 1972 Edition, prepared by the United States Office of Management and Budget, available from the Superintendent of Documents, U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington D.C. 20402.
(Ord. 44-81. Passed 12-1-81.)
(a) An M-4 Industrial and Business Park District shall be required to contain a minimum of twenty-five acres of land area.
(b) All buildings or structures in the District shall be located on a lot having a minimum area of 20,000 square feet and a minimum frontage on a public or private street of 100 feet. (Ord.44-81. Passed 12-1-81.)
(a) Front Yards. There shall be a front yard of not less than thirty-five feet from the street right-of-way on streets listed as major thoroughfares on the officially adopted Major Thoroughfare Plan. Front yards on other public or private streets shall be not less than twenty-five feet. On double frontage or corner lots, the yards adjoining all public or private streets shall conform to all front yard requirements.
(b) Side Yards. For main and accessory structures, including open service and loading areas, the side yards shall be not less than fifteen feet from any interior lot line and thirty-five feet from any residential district. The first twenty feet abutting the residential district shall be appropriately landscaped and maintained and shall remain open and unoccupied by any principal or accessory building or use, including driveways.
(c) Rear Yards. For main and accessory structures, the required rear yards shall be not less than twenty-five feet from any interior lot line and thirty-five feet from any residential district. The first twenty feet abutting the residential district shall be appropriately landscaped and maintained and shall remain open and unoccupied by any principal or accessory building or use, including driveways.
(d) Heliport Yard Requirements. In addition to the yards provided herein, any heliport or part thereof lying wholly within an M-4 Industrial and Business Park District shall provide peripheral strips no less than 100 feet wide interior from all building lines and no structures above surface yard improvements or vegetation above a level of eight inches above the ground shall be permitted thereon. The interior lines of such peripheral strips shall constitute the building lines of such heliports. All approach strips, landing pads and other facilities shall meet minimum requirements specified by the CAA or other applicable agencies governing safe operation and procedure of aircraft.
(Ord. 44-81. Passed 12-1-81.)
(a) Buildings. The height of any building at the front yard line shall be not more than fifty feet. For each foot of setback from the front yard line an additional height of two feet shall be permitted, but in no event shall the total height exceed seventy-five feet.
(b) Other Structures. Chimneys; tanks, water, communications and other towers and antennas; ventilators and other similar structures, whether or not accessory to the building or appurtenant thereto, shall be erected to heights no greater than specified in other sections of the Zoning Code. All such structures in excess of seventy-five feet shall be suitably lighted between the hours of sunset and sunrise.
(Ord. 44-81. Passed 12 1-81.)
(a) Number of Spaces Required. Where any building or use is erected, reconstructed, or converted, there shall be adequate, as determined by the Zoning Inspector, off-street parking- provided, but in no case less than the following:
Building or Use | Spaces Required |
(1) Hotels and motels | 1 for every sleeping room, plus 1 for each employee |
(2) Churches, temples, schools, public buildings, etc. | 1 for every 3 seats in the main auditorium |
(3) Hospitals, clinics, institutions, etc. | 1 for every 3 beds |
(4) Private clubs or lodges, etc. | 1 for every 6 members |
(5) Colleges, universities, etc. | 1 for every 5 students |
(6) Theater or auditorium (except school auditorium), sports arena, stadium or gymnasium | 1 for each 3 seats or 6 lineal feet of bench seating space for 3 persons |
(7) Bowling alley | 8 for each lane, plus 1 additional for each 200 square feet of area used for eating, drinking or other recreation |
(8) Retail commercial or business service establishment, except as otherwise specified herein | 1 for each 150 square feet of gross floor area |
(9) Personal or professional services; restaurants, nightclubs, cafes or similar recreation or amusement establishments | 1 for each 200 square feet of gross floor area |
(10) Offices and institutions, furniture or appliance store, hardware store, wholesale establishments, machinery or equipment sales and service | 1 for each 300 square feet of gross floor area |
(11) Printing or plumbing shop or similar service establishment | 1 for each anticipated customer or visitor |
(12) Manufacturing or industrial establishment, research or testing laboratory, dairy processing, bakery, bottling plant, warehouse or similar establishment | 1 for each anticipated customer or visitor |
(13) In the case of any business or industrial use not specifically mentioned, or a combination of uses, the parking requirements shall be determined by the Zoning Inspector.
(14) In addition to the above requirements, one space shall be provided for each employee on the maximum working shift, plus space to accommodate all trucks and other vehicles used in connection therewith.
(15) Space also shall be provided for the parking of freight and delivery trucks during any time in which the off-street loading facilities are insufficient to handle all such trucks waiting to use the facilities.
(b) General Location of Off-Street Parking. Required spaces for off-street parking or storage of vehicles shall be provided on the premises intended to be served or with the approval of the Zoning Board of Appeals, on adjoining or nearby property within 300 feet of any part of the premises when there is positive assurance that such land shall be used for such purpose during the existence of the use to be served.
(c) Location of Employee and Company-Owned Vehicle Parking. Parking spaces for employees, trucks or other vehicles used in connection with the use of the premises, including trucks waiting to use the off-street loading facilities, shall not be located in the required front or side yard area or in front of any main building.
(d) Location of Customer and Visitor Parking. Parking spaces to accommodate customers and visitors shall not be permitted within the required front yard or within five feet of a side lot line.
(e) Parking Lots Adjacent to Public Streets. Where off-street parking spaces or lots are provided adjacent to a public street, all such spaces or lots shall have protective walls or bumper blocks to prevent encroachment into the required setbacks.
(f) Surface and Drainage of Parking Area. All off-street parking, loading, open service and drive areas shall be constructed to provide adequate drainage and to be improved and maintained in such a manner that no dust or other nuisance will be produced by continuous use.
(g) Minimum Size of Parking Spaces. A parking space for one automobile shall be a rectangular area of not less than nine feet by twenty feet, unless a smaller size is specifically approved by the Zoning Inspector and marked for "small cars only", in addition to adequate area for ingress and egress.
(h) Arrangement and Marking of Parking Areas. Off-Street parking areas shall be arranged and marked to provide for orderly and safe ingress and egress and parking of vehicles, subject to the approval of the City Engineer.
(i) Access to Parking Lots. There shall be provided to off-street parking lots or areas an access drive of not less than twenty feet in width leading to the required parking spaces or lots. (Ord. 44-81. Passed 12-1-81.)
Space for off-street loading and storage shall be required in the following manner and in accordance with other sections of the Zoning Code governing loading requirements:
(a) Off-street loading and storage space shall herein be interpreted to be an accessory use and shall conform to all requirements as to side yard and rear yard clearances as specified in this Zoning Code.
(b) All loading and storage space shall be located on the same lot with the building.
(c) All open storage and service areas shall be screened in accordance with the performance standards of this M-4 District.
(d) In no case shall loading and storage spaces be permitted in the front of any main building.
(e) All loading facilities shall be located a minimum of 100 feet from any residential district boundary if operated between the hours of 6:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m.
(f) One space for the loading or unloading of trucks, either within the building or upon the lot, with a minimum dimension of ten feet by twenty-five feet and having a vertical clearance of fourteen feet shall be provided for every 10,000 square feet of gross floor area or fraction thereof.
(Ord. 44-81. Passed 12-1-81.)
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