(a) Intent and Purpose: The purpose of the Light Industrial District is to provide space for those industrial uses which operate in a clean and quiet manner and generate only light to moderate amounts of traffic. This district is not intended for the use of industries which deal with hazardous elements or emit noise, glare, dust, odor, smoke, or possess other offensive characteristics detrimental to surrounding land uses such as large traffic generators. The intent is to create and protect efficient light industrial areas by insuring careful design, placement, and grouping of industries which will promote the protection of any adjacent residential or business activities. Land to be placed in this district is intended to have level topography, public utilities, and major transportation facilities readily available.
(b) Permitted Principal Uses: Manufacturing or industrial uses providing; such uses are not objectionable by reason of odor, radiation, noise, vibration, cinders, gas, fumes, dust, smoke, refuse matter, or wastewater generation. Public water supply and a public sanitary sewer system shall be available to the site, or the owner shall present proof that proposed on-site water and/or the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency before any Zoning Permit shall be issued to such use.
(1) Fabrication, processing, packaging and/or assembly of articles or merchandise from the following previously prepared materials: bone, canvas, cellophane, cloth, cork, feathers, felt, fiber, horn, leather, paint, paper, plastics, precious or semi-precious metals or stones, textiles, tobacco, wax, wood, and yarn.
(2) Fabrication, processing, packaging and/or manufacture of food products and condiments, excluding slaughter houses and rendering and refining of fats, oils, fish, vinegar, yeast and sauerkraut.
(3) Manufacturing, assembling or repairing of electrical and electronic products components, and equipment.
(4) Machine shops and tool and die shops.
(5) Lumber yards including incidental millwork, coal, brick, and stone.
(6) Recycling center collection points, provided materials are kept in an enclosed building.
(7) Warehouses and warehouse distribution centers.
(8) Research and engineering laboratories.
(9) Cold storage and frozen food lockers.
(10) Publishing and printing.
(11) Automobile repair and painting but no commercial wrecking, dismantling or salvage yard.
(12) Auto service station.
(13) Parcel post delivery stations.
(14) Radio and television stations.
(15) Public buildings and/or uses which are supported in whole or in part by taxes or special public assessments, the location of which has been fixed by studies. Such uses include but are not limited to: wastewater pumping, and storage facilities; sanitary landfills as regulated in Section 1117.22
; fire stations; police stations; parks; and public maintenance facilities.
(c) Accessory Uses:
(3) Temporary buildings as regulated in Section 1117.24.
(4) Storage of materials within an enclosed building normally utilized in connection with a permitted use.
(5) Accessory land areas as regulated in Section 1137.02.
(d) Conditional Uses: The following uses shall be permitted only in accordance with Section 1137.02:
(2) Manufacturing or industrial enterprise operations, or processes similar to any permitted principal use provided that any resulting cinders, dust, flashing, fumes, gas, noise, odor, refuse matter, smoke, vapor or vibration is no greater or more detrimental to the neighborhood than the above specified uses, that no extra fire hazard is created, and that the proposed use is determined by the Board of Zoning Appeals to be of the same general character as the above uses.
(4) Private sanitary landfills in accordance with Section 1117.22.