(A) General. The IIM Intense Industrial Zone is created to include heavy manufacturing uses and Industrial Parks. Industrial Parks refer to industrial subdivisions not less than five acres in area developed in accordance with the City Comprehensive Plan.
(B) Permitted uses. No building, structure or land shall be used and no building or structure shall be hereafter erected structurally altered, enlarged or maintained except for the following uses:
(1) Uses permitted in all Business and Industrial Zones;
(2) Manufacturing of steel, tin, or glass containers;
(3) Manufacturing of cement, lime, and gypsum;
(4) Open hearth, blast furnaces;
(5) Coke ovens, creosote manufacturing;
(6) Fat rendering, fertilizer manufacturing;
(7) Slaughtering and food processing;
(8) Manufacturing of explosives, matches, fireworks;
(9) Storage of petroleum products;
(10) Manufacturing of chemicals, detergents, soaps;
(11) Foundries;
(12) Manufacturing of railroad equipment, repair, and services;
(13) Utility pole yards and pipe yards;
(14) Motor truck terminals over ten docks or bays subject to the performance standards set forth in this chapter; and
(15) Paper box and paper products manufactured from finished paper.
(C) Performance standards. The same performance standards set forth in § 152.059(H), shall apply to the IIM Intense Industrial Zone.
(D) The plan for an industrial park. Any person, group of persons, organization, or corporation contemplating the development of an Industrial Park Zone or seeking a change in zone for the purpose of development of such zone, shall file a complete site plan, accurate and to scale, showing how the project is to be carried out. Attractiveness, compatibility, and flexibility of design shall be fundamental areas studied by the Plan Commission in making its determination.
(1) The plan shall include street design, building arrangement, off-street parking and loading, accessory uses and facilities, topography, and setback requirements.
(2) The plan shall contain maximum building coverage of not more than 45% of the total area of the lot.
(3) The developer of an industrial park shall provide a system of sanitary sewers and a system of municipal or privately owned water supply.
(4) Should the proponents of an industrial park be seeking departures from applicable provisions of this chapter, they shall submit reasons justifying such departures.
(E) Procedure. The same procedure as for attaining a proposed zone change shall be followed by the Plan Commission in making a determination as to whether or not an application for industrial park zoning should be favorably recommended, including public hearings.
(Ord. 1991-07, passed 1-7-1991) Penalty, see § 10.99