(A) Permitted uses. The following uses shall be permitted in the HI - Heavy Industrial District:
(1) Any land use is permitted in this zoning district, except that no building, manufactured home, modular home, may be erected for residential use;
(2) Junk yard, auto salvage and scrap yards shall be surrounded by either a fence or screen planting at least six feet in height, so that such use can not be seen from a public street, or from any conservation, rural residential, single-family residential, multi-family residential, R3 neighborhood commercial or travelers commercial district; provided, however, that if more restrictive standards are required by any other ordinance or regulation of the township, such junk yard, auto salvage and scrap yard operation shall comply with such more restrictive standards;
(3) Small scale wind generators, as per § 154.088;
(4) Concrete mixing or batching plants;
(5) Petroleum products, bulk storage;
(6) Railroad freight terminals;
(7) Tire retreading, recapping or rebuilding; and
(8) Recycling plant.
(B) Uses permitted by special exception.
(1) Telecommunications towers, as further regulated by § 154.094; and
(2) Solar energy systems, as further regulated under § 154.096.
(C) Conditional uses.
(1) Commercial power generating windmills, as per § 154.089; and
(2) Adult entertainment establishments, as per § 154.093.
(D) Area regulations.
(1) Minimum lot area. There shall be a minimum lot area of not less than 5,000 square feet. Each lot shall have a minimum width of not less than 80 feet.
(2) Yard areas. No building or structure shall be erected or enlarged unless the following yard areas are provided and maintained:
(a) Front yard. Not less than 25 feet; fences or ornamental walls shall be not less than ten feet when located along a public street;
(b) Side yard. Not less than 25 feet on each side; side yards on corner lots shall be not less than 25 feet; and
(c) Rear yard. Not less than 30 feet.
(E) Height. The maximum height, to the highest point of the roof, of buildings hereafter erected or altered shall be as follows:
(1) Primary buildings. Not greater than 60 feet; and
(2) Accessory buildings. Not greater than 35 feet.
(F) Building area. All buildings, including accessory uses, shall cover not more than 75% of the area of the lot.
(Ord. 678, passed 10-20-2010; Ord. 686, passed 4-18-2012; Ord. 707, passed 2-15-2023)