1159.01 PRINCIPAL PERMITTED USES.
The following principal uses shall be permitted, subject to all pertinent and applicable
provisions of this Zoning Code.
(a) Manufacturing. The manufacturing, compounding, processing, packaging and assembling of products such as:
(1) Aircraft, automobiles, trucks and trailers; motors, bodies, parts and supplies;
(2) Awnings, blinds, shades, brushes and brooms;
(3) Building materials; sash, doors, insulation, wallboards, partitions and prefabricated house panels; bottling works;
(4) Cameras, clocks, jewelry, cutlery and kitchen utensils;
(5) Chemicals; blending and packaging of disinfectants, insecticides, fungicides, ink, soaps, detergents and related household and industrial chemical compounds, but not including the preparation of basic acids and other chemicals;
(6) Clay and ceramic products; pottery and small glazed tiles, structural tile, brick and pipe;
(7) Clothing and leather goods; food and drink preparation; creameries; ice manufacturing;
(8) Cosmetics and toiletries; compounding of pharmaceutical products;
(9) Electrical equipment and supplies; miscellaneous manufacturing and assembly;
(10) Furniture, boxes, crates, patterns and similar small metal products;
(11) Glass products made from previously manufactured glass;
(12) Hardware and hand tools; dies and similar small metal products;
(13) Instruments and equipment for athletic, engineering, medical and musical purposes;
(14) Machinery and light equipment such as air conditioning, firearms, refrigerators, stoves, heaters, wash machines; heavy equipment such as agricultural, constructional, electrical and mining;
(15) Machine tools such as metal lathes, presses, stamping machines and woodworking machines;
(16) Metal alloys; miscellaneous products; brass, bronze, pewter, tin and lead;
(17) Metal processes; cleaning, enameling, galvanizing, japanning, lacquering, heat treatment and rustproofing;
(18) Metal products; miscellaneous fabrication and assembly; cabinets, doors, fencing, furniture and small castings;
(19) Milling; flour, feed and grain;
(20) Paper products; shipping containers, boxes, crates and newsprint;
(21) Plastic products; kitchen ware, buttons and wallboards;
(22) Porcelain products; kitchen and bathroom equipment;
(23) Rubber products; gloves, footwear, bathing caps, tires, tubes and hose.
(b) Warehousing Establishments. For the storage of merchandise and materials.
(c) Storage. Limited to the following establishments and products only: coal and gases; maximum 1,000 gallon tank in an open yard.
(d) Automobile Service Stations and Automobile Filling Stations. Subject to the provisions of Chapter 1171.
(f) Laboratories. Experimental, film or testing laboratories, provided no operation is conducted or equipment used which would create hazards or noxious or offensive conditions.
(g) Other Uses. Any other use which is determined by the Board of Zoning Appeals to be of the same general character as the above permitted uses, but expressly prohibiting truck terminals and those prohibited uses in Section 1159.05.
(Ord. 72-13. Passed 7-11-72.)
(Ord. 72-13. Passed 7-11-72.)
(h) Automotive Services. Automobiles and truck repair including repair garages, body and fender shops, provided that none of these are within fifty feet from any residential district.
(Ord. 85-7. Passed 3-5-85.)
(i) Offices. Business and professional offices of any kind.
(Ord. 90-67. Passed 6-19-90.)
(j) Indoor Recreational Facilities: Provided all activities are to be conducted within a wholly enclosed building.
(Ord. 93-118. Passed 8-17-93.)
(k) Crematories. After review by the Planning Commission and subject to compliance with the requirements and standards outlined in this subsection, the Planning Commission shall issue its recommendation to City council as to the proposed location of a crematory in an I Industrial District. The Planning Commission shall consider the following standards and requirements in determining whether crematories are in compliance with this subsection and this Zoning Code and whether the proposed crematory meets the safeguards required herein. The following terms shall have the meanings as set forth herein:
1. “Mortuaries” (Funeral Home) means a place for the care, preparation for burial, or disposition of dead human bodies or the conducting of funerals.
2. “Funeral Director” means a person who engages, in whole or in part, in funeral directing and who is licensed by the State of Ohio (ORC Chapter 4717: Embalmers, Funeral Directors, Crematories).
3. “Crematory Facility” means the physical location at which a cremation chamber is located and the cremation process takes place. It does not include an infectious waste incineration facility or a solid waste incineration facility.
4. “Crematory” means the building or portion of a building that houses the holding facility and the cremation chamber.
5. “Cremation” means the technical process of using heat and flame to reduce human remains to bone fragments or ashes or any combination thereof. “Cremation” includes processing and may include the pulverization of bond fragments.
6. “Cremation Chamber” means the enclosed space within which cremation takes place.
7. “Cremated remains” means all human remains recovered after the completion of the creation process, which may include the residue of any foreign matter such as casket materials, dental work or eyeglasses that were cremated with the human remains.
8. “Operator of a Crematory Facility” means the sold proprietorship, partnership, corporation, limited liability company or other business entity responsible for the overall operation of a crematory facility.
9. “Pulverization” means the reduction of identifiable bone fragments to granulated particles by manual or mechanical means after the completion of the cremation process.
10. “Board of Embalmers and Funeral Directors” means the Board appointed by the Governor whose duties include the transaction of the business and management of the affairs of the Board of Embalmers and Funeral Directors and Crematory Review Board, and the administration and enforcement of ORC Chapter 4717. The Board is also responsible for the licensing of: embalmers, funeral directors, operation of funeral homes, operation of embalming, and licensing and operation of crematory facilities.
A. Unless otherwise permitted pursuant to this Zoning Code, a crematory facility shall be operated only by a licensed funeral director who operates a licensed funeral home located within the City of Bedford Heights.
B. A crematory shall be operated for the performance of cremation and pulverization of dead human bodies and human body parts. The cremation of animals shall not be permitted.
C. A crematory facility shall be adequately equipped and maintained in a clean and sanitary manner. The crematory shall contain only the articles, facilities and instruments necessary for carrying out the business of the crematory. The crematory shall contain a separate area for the performance of cremation and pulverization, including a refrigerated body holding area.
D. The scattering of cremated remains of dead human bodies or body parts at the funeral home or crematory site shall not be permitted.
E. All required air quality emission permits including, but not limited to, particulate matter and carbon monoxide emissions must be obtained and kept in good standing by the funeral home/crematory facility from the Cleveland Division of Air Quality.
F. Crematories must meet all applicable requirements of the Ohio Building Code (OBC) and the Ohio EPA.
G. Emission stacks shall be sensitively located and treated in a manner so as to be compatible with the funeral home’s architectural design.
H. Landscape screening of the funeral home/crematory facility from adjacent properties may be required, where appropriate.
I. (Funeral Home and/or Crematory) Building and site landscape improvement plans must be reviewed and approved by the Architectural Review Board.
J. A crematory shall be designed, constructed and maintained so as not to cause or become a nuisance by way of particulate matter, offensive smells, noise, smoke or any other reason.
K. A crematory building shall be set back a minimum distance of 150 feet from any residential lot line.
(Ord. 2017-076. Passed 9-19-17.)