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SEC. 51A-4.123.   COMMERCIAL SERVICE AND INDUSTRIAL DISTRICTS.
   (a)   Commercial service (CS) district.
      (1)   Purpose. To provide for the development of commercial and business serving uses that may involve outside storage, service, or display. This district is not intended to be located in areas of low and medium density residential development.
      (2)   Main uses permitted.
         (A)   Agricultural uses.
            --   Crop production.
         (B)   Commercial and business service uses.
            --   Building repair and maintenance shop. [RAR]
            --   Bus or rail transit vehicle maintenance or storage facility. [RAR]
            --   Catering service.
            --   Commercial bus station and terminal. [DIR] [By right or SUP. See Section 51A-4.211(2).]
            --   Commercial cleaning or laundry plant. [RAR]
            --   Custom business services.
            --   Custom woodworking, furniture construction, or repair.
            --   Electronics service center.
            --   Job or lithographic printing. [RAR]
            --   Labor hall. [SUP]
            --   Machine or welding shop. [RAR]
            --   Machinery, heavy equipment, or truck sales and services. [RAR]
            --   Medical or scientific laboratory.
            --   Technical school.
            --   Tool or equipment rental.
            --   Vehicle or engine repair or maintenance. [RAR]
         (C)   Industrial uses.
            --   Gas drilling and production. [SUP]
            --   Industrial (inside) for light manufacturing.
            --   Temporary concrete or asphalt batching plant. [SUP] 
         (D)   Institutional and community service uses.
            --   Adult day care facility.
            --   Cemetery or mausoleum. [SUP]
            --   Child-care facility.
            --   Church.
            --   College, university, or seminary.
            --   Community service center. [SUP]
            --   Convent or monastery.
            --   Halfway house. [SUP]
            --   Hospital. [RAR]
            --   Open-enrollment charter school or private school. [SUP]
            --   Public school other than an open-enrollment charter school. [RAR]
         (E)   Lodging uses.
            --   Extended stay hotel or motel. [SUP]
            --   Hotel or motel. [RAR] or [SUP] [See Section 51A-4.205(1).]
            --   Lodging or boarding house.
            --   Overnight general purpose shelter. [See Section 51A-4.205(2.1).]
         (F)   Miscellaneous uses.
            --   Attached non-premise sign. [SUP]
            --   Carnival or circus (temporary). [By special authorization of the building official.]
            --   Temporary construction or sales office.
         (G)   Office uses.
            --   Alternative financial establishment. [SUP]
            --   Financial institution without drive-in window.
            --   Financial institution with drive-in window. [RAR]
            --   Medical clinic or ambulatory surgical center.
            --   Office.
         (H)   Recreation uses.
            --   Country club with private membership.
            --   Private recreation center, club or area.
            --   Public park, playground, or golf course.
         (I)   Residential uses.
            --   College dormitory, fraternity, or sorority house.
         (J)   Retail and personal service uses.
            --   Alcoholic beverage establishments. [See Section 51A-4.210(b)(4).]
            --   Ambulance service. [RAR]
            --   Animal shelter or clinic without outside runs. [RAR]
            --   Animal shelter or clinic with outside runs. [SUP may be required. See Section 51A-4.210(b)(2).]
            --   Auto service center. [RAR]
            --   Business school.
            --   Car wash. [RAR]
            --   Commercial amusement (inside). [SUP may be required. See Section 51A-4.210(b)(7)(B).]
            --   Commercial amusement (outside). [DIR]
            --   Commercial motor vehicle parking. [By SUP only if within 500 feet of a residential district.]
            --   Commercial parking lot or garage. [RAR]
            --   Convenience store with drive-through. [SUP]
            --   Drive-in theater. [SUP]
            --   Dry cleaning or laundry store.
            --   Furniture store.
            --   General merchandise or food store 3,500 square feet or less.
            --   General merchandise or food store greater than 3,500 square feet.
            --   General merchandise or food store 100,000 square feet or more. [SUP]
            --   Home improvement center, lumber, brick or building
               materials sales yard. [RAR]
            --   Household equipment and appliance repair.
            --   Liquefied natural gas fueling station. [SUP]
            --   Liquor store.
            --   Mortuary, funeral home, or commercial wedding chapel.
            --   Motor vehicle fueling station.
            --   Nursery, garden shop, or plant sales.
            --   Paraphernalia shop. [SUP]
            --   Outside sales. [SUP]
            --   Pawn shop.
            --   Personal service uses.
            --   Restaurant without drive-in or drive-through service.
               [RAR]
            --   Restaurant with drive-in or drive-through service. [DIR]
            --   Swap or buy shop. [SUP]
            --   Taxidermist.
            --   Temporary retail use.
            --   Theater.
            --   Truck stop. [SUP]
            --   Vehicle display, sales, and service. [RAR]
         (K)   Transportation uses.
            --   Commercial bus station and terminal. [DIR]
            --   Heliport. [SUP]
            --   Helistop. [SUP]
            --   Railroad passenger station. [SUP]
            --   Transit passenger shelter.
            --   Transit passenger station or transfer center. [By SUP or city council resolution. See Section 51A-4.211.]
         (L)   Utility and public service uses.
            --   Commercial radio or television transmitting station.
            --   Electrical substation.
            --   Local utilities. [SUP or RAR may be required. See Section 51A-4.212(4).]
            --   Police or fire station.
            --   Post office.
            --   Radio, television, or microwave tower. [RAR]
            --   Tower/antenna for cellular communication. [See Section 51A-4.212(10.1).]
            --   Utility or government installation other than listed. [SUP]
         (M)   Wholesale, distribution, and storage uses.
            --   Auto auction. [SUP]
            --   Building mover's temporary storage yard. [SUP]
            --   Contractor's maintenance yard. [RAR]
            --   Freight terminal. [RAR]
            --   Manufactured building sales lot. [RAR]
            --   Mini-warehouse.
            --   Office showroom/warehouse.
            --   Outside storage. [RAR]
            --   Petroleum product storage and wholesale. [SUP]
            --   Recycling buy-back center. [See Section 51A-4.213(11).]
            --   Recycling collection center. [See Section 51A-4.213(11.1).]
            --   Recycling drop-off container. [See Section 51A-4.213(11.2).]
            --   Recycling drop-off for special occasion collection. [See Section 51A-4.213(11.3).]
            --   Sand, gravel, or earth sales and storage. [SUP]
            --   Trade center.
            --   Vehicle storage lot. [SUP]
            --   Warehouse. [RAR]
      (3)   Accessory uses. As a general rule, an accessory use is permitted in any district in which the main use is permitted. Some specific types of accessory uses, however, due to their unique nature, are subject to additional regulations contained in Section 51A-4.217. For more information regarding accessory uses, consult Section 51A-4.217.
         (A)   The following accessory uses are not permitted in this district:
            --   Accessory community center (private).
            --   Home occupation.
            --   Private stable.
         (B)   In this district, the following accessory use is permitted by SUP only:
            --   Accessory helistop.
         (C)   In this district, an SUP may be required for the following accessory uses:
            --   Accessory medical/ infectious waste incinerator. [See Section 51A-4.217 (3.1).]
      (4)   Yard, lot, and space regulations. (Note: The yard, lot, and space regulations in this subsection must be read together with the yard, lot, and space regulations contained in Division 51A-4.400. In the event of a conflict between this subsection and Division 51A-4.400, Division 51A-4.400 controls.)
         (A)   Front yard. Minimum front yard is:
            (i)   15 feet where adjacent to an expressway or a thoroughfare; and
            (ii)   no minimum in all other cases.
         (B)   Side and rear yard. Minimum side and rear yard is:
            (i)   20 feet where adjacent to or directly across an alley from an R, R(A), D, D(A), TH, TH(A), CH, MF, or MF(A) district; and
            (ii)   no minimum in all other cases.
         (C)   Dwelling unit density. Not applicable.
         (D)   Floor area ratio. Maximum floor area ratio is:
            (i)   0.5 for any combination of lodging, office, and retail and personal service uses; and
            (ii)   0.75 for all uses combined.
         (E)   Height.
            (i)   Residential proximity slope. If any portion of a structure is over 26 feet in height, that portion may not be located above a residential proximity slope. Exception: Except for chimneys, structures listed in Section 51A-4.408(a)(2) may project through the slope to a height not to exceed the maximum structure height, or 12 feet above the slope, whichever is less. Chimneys may project through the slope to a height 12 feet above the slope and 12 feet above the maximum structure height.
            (ii)   Maximum height. Unless further restricted under Subparagraph (i), maximum structure height is 45 feet.
         (F)   Lot coverage. Maximum lot coverage is 80 percent. Aboveground parking structures are included in lot coverage calculations; surface parking lots and underground parking structures are not.
         (G)   Lot size. No minimum lot size.
         (H)   Stories. Maximum number of stories above grade is three. Parking garages are exempt from this requirement, but must comply with the height regulations of Subparagraph (E).
      (5)   Off-street parking and loading. Consult the use regulations (Division 51A-4.200) for the specific off-street parking requirements for each use. Consult the off-street parking and loading regulations (Divisions 51A-4.300 et seq.) for information regarding off-street parking and loading generally.
      (6)   Environmental performance standards. See Article VI.
      (7)   Landscape regulations. See Article X.
      (8)   Additional provisions.
         (A)   Development impact review. A site plan must be submitted and approved in accordance with the requirements of Section 51A-4.803 before an application is made for a permit for work in this district if the estimated trip generation for all uses on the lot collectively is equal to or greater than 6,000 trips per day and 500 trips per acre per day. See Table 1 in Section 51A-4.803 to calculate estimated trip generation.
         (B)   Visual intrusion. No portion of any balcony or opening that faces an R, R(A), D, D(A), TH, TH(A), CH, MF-1, MF-1(A), MF-1(SAH), MF-2, MF- 2(A), or MF-2(SAH) district may penetrate or be located above a residential proximity slope originating in that district. (See Section 51A-4.412.) For purposes of this paragraph, the term “opening” means an open and unobstructed space or a transparent panel in an exterior wall or door from which there can be visual surveillance into the yard of a residential use.
   (b)   Light industrial (LI) district.
      (1)   Purpose. To provide for light industrial office, research and development, and commercial uses in an industrial park setting. This district is designed to be located in areas appropriate for industrial development which may be adjacent to residential communities.
      (2)   Main uses permitted.
         (A)   Agricultural uses.
            --   Crop production.
         (B)   Commercial and business service uses.
            --   Building repair and maintenance shop. [RAR]
            --   Bus or rail transit vehicle maintenance or storage facility. [RAR]
            --   Catering service.
            --   Commercial bus station and terminal.
            --   Commercial cleaning or laundry plant. [RAR]
            --   Custom business services.
            --   Custom woodworking, furniture construction, or repair.
            --   Electronics service center.
            --   Job or lithographic printing. [RAR]
            --   Labor hall. [SUP]
            --   Machine or welding shop. [RAR]
            --   Machinery, heavy equipment, or truck sales and services. [RAR]
            --   Medical or scientific laboratory.
            --   Technical school.
            --   Tool or equipment rental.
            --   Vehicle or engine repair or maintenance.
         (C)   Industrial uses.
            --   Alcoholic beverage manufacturing. [RAR]
            --   Gas drilling and production. [SUP]
            --   Industrial (inside) for light manufacturing.
            --   Inside industrial. [RAR]
            --   Temporary concrete or asphalt batching plant. [SUP] 
         (D)   Institutional and community service uses.
            --   Adult day care facility.
            --   Cemetery or mausoleum. [SUP]
            --   Child-care facility.
            --   Church.
            --   College, university, or seminary.
            --   Community service center. [SUP]
            --   Halfway house. [SUP]
            --   Hospital. [SUP]
            --   Open-enrollment charter school or private school. [SUP]
            --   Public school other than an open-enrollment charter school. [RAR]
         (E)   Lodging uses.
            --   Extended stay hotel or motel. [SUP]
            --   Hotel or motel. [RAR] or [SUP] [See Section 51A-4.205(1).]
            --   Lodging or boarding house.
            --   Overnight general purpose shelter. [See Section 51A-4.205(2.1).]
         (F)   Miscellaneous uses.
            --   Attached non-premise sign. [SUP]
            --   Carnival or circus (temporary). [By special authorization of the building official.]
            --   Temporary construction or sales office.
         (G)   Office uses.
            --   Alternative financial establishment. [SUP]
            --   Financial institution without drive-in window.
            --   Financial institution with drive-in window. [RAR]
            --   Medical clinic or ambulatory surgical center.
            --   Office.
         (H)   Recreation uses.
            --   Country club with private membership.
            --   Private recreation center, club, or area.
            --   Public park, playground, or golf course.
         (I)   Residential uses.
            --   None permitted.
         (J)   Retail and personal service uses.
            --   Alcoholic beverage establishments. [See Section 51A-4.210(b)(4).]
            --   Animal shelter or clinic without outside runs.
            --   Animal shelter or clinic with outside runs. [SUP may be required. See Section 51A-4.210(b)(2).]
            --   Auto service center. [RAR]
            --   Business school.
            --   Car wash. [RAR]
            --   Commercial amusement (inside). [SUP may be required. See Section 51A-4.210(b)(7)(B).]
            --   Commercial motor vehicle parking. [By SUP only if within 500 feet of a residential district.]
            --   Commercial parking lot or garage. [RAR]
            --   Dry cleaning or laundry store.
            --   Furniture store.
            --   General merchandise or food store 3,500 square feet or less.
            --   General merchandise or food store 100,000 square feet or more. [SUP]
            --   Home improvement center, lumber, brick or building materials sales yard. [RAR]
            --   Household equipment and appliance repair.
            --   Liquefied natural gas fueling station. [By SUP only if the use has more than four fuel pumps or is within 1,000 feet of a residential zoning district or a planned development district that allows residential uses.]
            --   Motor vehicle fueling station.
            --   Paraphernalia shop. [SUP]
            --   Personal service uses.
            --   Restaurant without drive-in or drive-through service. [RAR]
            --   Restaurant with drive-in or drive-through service. [DIR]
            --   Taxidermist.
            --   Temporary retail use.
            --   Theater.
            --   Truck stop. [SUP]
            --   Vehicle display, sales, and service. [RAR]
         (K)   Transportation uses.
            --   Commercial bus station and terminal. [RAR]
            --   Heliport. [SUP]
            --   Helistop. [SUP]
            --   Railroad passenger station. [SUP]
            --   Transit passenger shelter.
            --   Transit passenger station or transfer center. [By SUP or city council resolution. See Section 51A-4.211.]
         (L)   Utility and public service uses.
            --   Commercial radio or television transmitting station. [SUP]
            --   Electrical substation.
            --   Local utilities. [SUP or RAR may be required. See Section 51A-4.212(4).]
            --   Police or fire station.
            --   Post office.
            --   Radio, television or microwave tower. [RAR]
            --   Tower/antenna for cellular communication. [See Section 51A-4.212(10.1).]
            --   Utility or government installation other than listed. [SUP]
         (M)   Wholesale, distribution, and storage uses.
            --   Freight terminal. [RAR]
            --   Manufactured building sales lot. [RAR]
            --   Mini-warehouse.
            --   Office showroom/warehouse.
            --   Outside storage. [RAR]
            --   Recycling buy-back center. [See Section 51A-4.213(11).]
            --   Recycling collection center. [See Section 51A-4.213(11.1).]
            --   Recycling drop-off container. [See Section 51A-4.213(11.2).]
            --   Recycling drop-off for special occasion collection. [See Section 51A-4.213(11.3).]
            --   Trade center.
            --   Warehouse. [RAR]
      (3)   Accessory uses. As a general rule, an accessory use is permitted in any district in which the main use is permitted. Some specific types of accessory uses, however, due to their unique nature, are subject to additional regulations contained in Section 51A-4.217. For more information regarding accessory uses, consult Section 51A-4.217.
         (A)   The following accessory uses are not permitted in this district:
            --   Accessory community center (private).
            --   Accessory pathological waste incinerator.
            --   Home occupation.
            --   Private stable.
         (B)   In this district, the following accessory uses are permitted by SUP only:
            --   Accessory helistop.
         (C)   In this district, an SUP may be required for the following accessory uses:
            --   Accessory medical/ infectious waste incinerator. [See Section 51A-4.217 (3.1).]
      (4)   Yard, lot, and space regulations. (Note: The yard, lot, and space regulations in this subsection must be read together with the yard, lot, and space regulations contained in Division 51A-4.400. In the event of a conflict between this subsection and Division 51A-4.400, Division 51A-4.400 controls.)
         (A)   Front yard. Minimum front yard is 15 feet.
         (B)   Side and rear yard. Minimum side and rear yard is:
            (i)   30 feet where adjacent to or directly across an alley from an R, R(A), D, D(A), TH, TH(A), CH, MF, or MF(A) district; and
            (ii)   no minimum in all other cases.
         (C)   Dwelling unit density. No maximum dwelling unit density.
         (D)   Floor area ratio. Maximum floor area ratio is:
            (i)   0.5 for retail and personal service uses;
            (ii)   0.75 for any combination of lodging, office, and retail and personal service uses; and
            (iii)   1.0 for all uses combined.
         (E)   Height.
            (i)   Residential proximity slope. If any portion of a structure is over 26 feet in height, that portion may not be located above a residential proximity slope. Exception: Except for chimneys, structures listed in Section 51A-4.408(a)(2) may project through the slope to a height not to exceed the maximum structure height, or 12 feet above the slope, whichever is less. Chimneys may project through the slope to a height 12 feet above the slope and 12 feet above the maximum structure height.
            (ii)   Maximum height. Unless further restricted under Subparagraph (i), maximum structure height is 70 feet.
         (F)   Lot coverage. Maximum lot coverage is 80 percent. Aboveground parking structures are included in lot coverage calculations; surface parking lots and underground parking structures are not.
         (G)   Lot size. No minimum lot size.
         (H)   Stories. Maximum number of stories above grade is five. Parking garages are exempt from this requirement, but must comply with the height regulations of Subparagraph (E).
      (5)   Off-street parking and loading. Consult the use regulations (Division 51A-4.200) for the specific off-street parking requirements for each use. Consult the off-street parking and loading regulations (Divisions 51A-4.300 et seq.) for information regarding off-street parking and loading generally.
      (6)   Environmental performance standards. See Article VI.
      (7)   Landscape regulations. See Article X.
      (8)   Additional provisions.
         (A)   Development impact review. A site plan must be submitted and approved in accordance with the requirements of Section 51A-4.803 before an application is made for a permit for work in this district if the estimated trip generation for all uses on the lot collectively is equal to or greater than 6,000 trips per day and 500 trips per acre per day. See Table 1 in Section 51A-4.803 to calculate estimated trip generation.
         (B)   Visual intrusion. No portion of any balcony or opening that faces an R, R(A), D, D(A), TH, TH(A), CH, MF-1, MF-1(A), MF-1(SAH), MF-2, MF- 2(A), or MF-2(SAH) district may penetrate or be located above a residential proximity slope originating in that district. (See Section 51A-4.412.) For purposes of this paragraph, the term “opening” means an open and unobstructed space or a transparent panel in an exterior wall or door from which there can be visual surveillance into the yard of a residential use.
   (c)   Industrial/research (IR) district.
      (1)   Purpose. To provide for research and development, light industrial, office, and supporting commercial uses in an industrial research park setting. This district is not intended to be located in areas of low and medium density residential development.
      (2)   Main uses permitted.
         (A)   Agricultural uses.
            --   Crop production.
         (B)   Commercial and business service uses.
            --   Building repair and maintenance shop. [RAR]
            --   Bus or rail transit vehicle maintenance or storage facility. [RAR]
            --   Catering service.
            --   Commercial cleaning or laundry plant. [RAR]
            --   Custom business services.
            --   Custom woodworking, furniture construction, or repair.
            --   Electronics service center.
            --   Job or lithographic printing. [RAR]
            --   Labor hall. [SUP may be required. See Section 51A-4.202 (8.1).]
            --   Machine or welding shop. [RAR]
            --   Machinery, heavy equipment, or truck sales and services. [RAR]
            --   Medical or scientific laboratory.
            --   Technical school.
            --   Tool or equipment rental.
            --   Vehicle or engine repair or maintenance.
         (C)   Industrial uses.
            --   Alcoholic beverage manufacturing. [RAR]
            --   Gas drilling and production. [SUP]
            --   Industrial (inside). [See Section 51A-4.203(b)(1).]
            --   Industrial (inside) for light manufacturing.
            --   Industrial (outside). [See Section 51A-4.203(b)(2).]
            --   Medical/infectious waste incinerator. [SUP]
            --   Municipal waste incinerator. [SUP]
            --   Organic compost recycling facility. [SUP]
            --   Pathological waste incinerator. [SUP]
            --   Temporary concrete or asphalt batching plant. [SUP] 
         (D)   Institutional and community service uses.
            --   Adult day care facility.
            --   Cemetery or mausoleum. [SUP]
            --   Child-care facility.
            --   Church.
            --   College, university, or seminary.
            --   Community service center.
            --   Hospital. [RAR]
            --   Public or private school. [SUP]
         (E)   Lodging uses.
            --   Extended stay hotel or motel. [SUP]
            --   Hotel or motel. [RAR]
            --   Lodging or boarding house.
            --   Overnight general purpose shelter. [See Section 51A-4.205(2.1).]
         (F)   Miscellaneous uses.
            --   Attached non-premise sign. [SUP]
            --   Carnival or circus (temporary). [By special authorization of the building official.]
            --   Hazardous waste management facility. [Except when operated as a hazardous waste incinerator.]
            --   Temporary construction or sales office.
         (G)   Office uses.
            --   Alternative financial establishment. [SUP]
            --   Financial institution without drive-in window.
            --   Financial institution with drive-in window. [RAR]
            --   Medical clinic or ambulatory surgical center.
            --   Office.
         (H)   Recreation uses.
            --   Country club with private membership.
            --   Private recreation center, club, or area.
            --   Public park, playground, or golf course.
         (I)   Residential uses.
            --   None permitted.
         (J)   Retail and personal service uses.
            --   Alcoholic beverage establishments. [See Section 51A-4.210(b)(4).]
            --   Animal shelter or clinic without outside runs.
            --   Animal shelter or clinic with outside runs. [SUP may be required. See Section 51A-4.210(b)(2).]
            --   Auto service center. [RAR]
            --   Business school.
            --   Car wash. [RAR]
            --   Commercial amusement (inside). [SUP may be required. See Section 51A-4.210(b)(7)(B).]
            --   Commercial motor vehicle parking. [By SUP only if within 500 feet of a residential district.]
            --   Commercial parking lot or garage. [RAR]
            --   Convenience store with drive-through. [SUP]
            --   Dry cleaning or laundry store.
            --   Furniture store.
            --   General merchandise or food store 3,500 square feet or less.
            --   Home improvement center, lumber, brick or building materials sales yard. [RAR]
            --   Household equipment and appliance repair.
            --   Liquefied natural gas fueling station. [By SUP only if the use has more than four fuel pumps or is within 1,000 feet of a residential zoning district or a planned development district that allows residential uses.]
            --   Motor vehicle fueling station.
            --   Paraphernalia shop. [SUP]
            --   Pawn shop.
            --   Personal service uses.
            --   Restaurant without drive-in or drive-through service. [RAR]
            --   Restaurant with drive-in or drive-through service. [DIR]
            --   Taxidermist.
            --   Temporary retail use.
            --   Theater.
            --   Truck stop. [SUP]
            --   Vehicle display, sales, and service. [RAR]
         (K)   Transportation uses.
            --   Airport or landing field. [SUP].
            --   Commercial bus station and terminal. [RAR].
            --   Heliport. [RAR]
            --   Helistop. [RAR]
            --   Railroad passenger station. [SUP]
            --   STOL (short take off or landing) port. [SUP]
            --   Transit passenger shelter.
            --   Transit passenger station or transfer center. [By SUP or city council resolution. See Section 51A-4.211.]
         (L)   Utility and public service uses.
            --   Commercial radio or television transmitting station.
            --   Electrical substation.
            --   Local utilities. [SUP or RAR may be required. See Section 51A-4.212(4).]
            --   Police or fire station.
            --   Post office.
            --   Radio, television, or microwave tower. [RAR]
            --   Tower/antenna for cellular communication. [See Section 51A-4.212(10.1).]
            --   Utility or government installation other than listed. [SUP]
            --   Water treatment plant. [SUP]
         (M)   Wholesale, distribution, and storage uses.
            --   Freight terminal. [RAR]
            --   Manufactured building sales lot. [RAR]
            --   Mini-warehouse.
            --   Office showroom/warehouse.
            --   Outside storage. [RAR]
            --   Recycling buy-back center. [See Section 51A-4.213(11).]
            --   Recycling collection center. [See Section 51A-4.213(11.1).]
            --   Recycling drop-off container. [See Section 51A-4.213(11.2).]
            --   Recycling drop-off for special occasion collection. [See Section 51A-4.213(11.3).]
            --   Trade center.
            --   Warehouse. [RAR]
      (3)   Accessory uses. As a general rule, an accessory use is permitted in any district in which the main use is permitted. Some specific types of accessory uses, however, due to their unique nature, are subject to additional regulations contained in Section 51A-4.217. For more information regarding accessory uses, consult Section 51A-4.217. The following accessory uses are not permitted in this district:
         (A)   The following accessory uses are not permitted in this district:
            --   Accessory community center (private).
            --   Accessory pathological waste incinerator.
            --   Home occupation.
            --   Private stable.
         (B)   Reserved.
         (C)   In this district, an SUP may be required for the following accessory uses:
            --   Accessory medical/infectious waste incinerator. [See Section 51A-4.217 (3.1).]
      (4)   Yard, lot, and space regulations. (Note: The yard, lot, and space regulations in this subsection must be read together with the yard, lot, and space regulations contained in Division 51A-4.400. In the event of a conflict between this subsection and Division 51A-4.400, Division 51A-4.400 controls.)
         (A)   Front yard. Minimum front yard is 15 feet.
         (B)   Side and rear yard. Minimum side and rear yard is:
            (i)   30 feet where adjacent to or directly across an alley from an R, R(A), D, D(A), TH, TH(A), CH, MF, or MF(A) district; and
            (ii)   no minimum in all other cases.
         (C)   Dwelling unit density. No maximum dwelling unit density.
         (D)   Floor area ratio. Maximum floor area ratio is:
            (i)   0.5 for retail and personal service uses;
            (ii)   0.75 for any combination of lodging, office, and retail and personal service uses; and
            (iii)   2.0 for all uses combined.
         (E)   Height.
            (i)   Residential proximity slope. If any portion of a structure is over 26 feet in height, that portion may not be located above a residential proximity slope. Exception: Except for chimneys, structures listed in Section 51A-4.408(a)(2) may project through the slope to a height not to exceed the maximum structure height, or 12 feet above the slope, whichever is less. Chimneys may project through the slope to a height 12 feet above the slope and 12 feet above the maximum structure height.
            (ii)   Maximum height. Unless further restricted under Subparagraph (i), maximum structure height is 200 feet.
         (F)   Lot coverage. Maximum lot coverage is 80 percent. Aboveground parking structures are included in lot coverage calculations; surface parking lots and underground parking structures are not.
         (G)   Lot size. No minimum lot size.
         (H)   Stories. Maximum number of stories above grade is 15. Parking garages are exempt from this requirement, but must comply with the height regulations of Subparagraph (E).
      (5)   Off-street parking and loading. Consult the use regulations (Division 51A-4.200) for the specific off-street parking requirements for each use. Consult the off-street parking and loading regulations (Divisions 51A-4.300 et seq.) for information regarding off-street parking and loading generally.
      (6)   Environmental performance standards. See Article VI.
      (7)   Landscape regulations. See Article X.
      (8)   Additional provisions.
         (A)   Development impact review. A site plan must be submitted and approved in accordance with the requirements of Section 51A-4.803 before an application is made for a permit for work in this district if the estimated trip generation for all uses on the lot collectively is equal to or greater than 6,000 trips per day and 500 trips per acre per day. See Table 1 in Section 51A-4.803 to calculate estimated trip generation.
         (B)   Visual intrusion. No portion of any balcony or opening that faces an R, R(A), D, D(A), TH, TH(A), CH, MF-1, MF-1(A), MF-1(SAH), MF-2, MF- 2(A), or MF-2(SAH) district may penetrate or be located above a residential proximity slope originating in that district. (See Section 51A-4.412.) For purposes of this paragraph, the term “opening” means an open and unobstructed space or a transparent panel in an exterior wall or door from which there can be visual surveillance into the yard of a residential use.
   (d)   Industrial manufacturing (IM) district.
      (1)   Purpose. To provide for heavy industrial manufacturing uses with accompanying open storage and supporting commercial uses. This district is not intended to be located in or near areas of residential development.
      (2)   Main uses permitted.
         (A)   Agricultural uses.
            --   Crop production.
         (B)   Commercial and business service uses.
            --   Building repair and maintenance shop. [RAR]
            --   Bus or rail transit vehicle maintenance or storage facility. [RAR]
            --   Catering service.
            --   Commercial cleaning or laundry plant. [RAR]
            --   Custom business services.
            --   Custom woodworking, furniture construction, or repair.
            --   Electronics service center.
            --   Job or lithographic printing. [RAR]
            --   Labor hall. [SUP may be required. See Section 51A-4.202 (8.1).]
            --   Machine or welding shop. [RAR]
            --   Machinery, heavy equipment, or truck sales and services. [RAR]
            --   Medical or scientific laboratory.
            --   Technical school.
            --   Tool or equipment rental.
            --   Vehicle or engine repair or maintenance. [RAR]
         (C)   Industrial uses.
            --   Alcoholic beverage manufacturing. [RAR]
            --   Gas drilling and production. [SUP]
            --   Gas pipeline compressor station. [SUP]
            --   Industrial (inside). [SUP may be required. See Section 51A-4.203(a); otherwise RAR.]
            --   Industrial (inside) for light manufacturing.
            --   Industrial (outside). [SUP may be required. See Section 51A-4.203(a); otherwise RAR.]
            --   Medical/infectious waste incinerator. [SUP]
            --   Metal salvage facility. [SUP]
            --   Mining. [SUP]
            --   Municipal waste incinerator. [SUP]
            --   Organic compost recycling facility. [RAR]
            --   Outside salvage or reclamation. [SUP]
            --   Pathological waste incinerator. [SUP]
            --   Temporary concrete or asphalt batching plant. [SUP] 
         (D)   Institutional and community service uses.
            --   Adult day care facility.
            --   Cemetery or mausoleum. [SUP]
            --   Child-care facility.
            --   Church.
            --   College, university, or seminary.
            --   Hospital. [SUP]
            --   Public or private school. [SUP]
         (E)   Lodging uses.
            --   Extended stay hotel or motel. [SUP]
            --   Hotel or motel. [RAR]
            --   Lodging or boarding house. [SUP]
         (F)   Miscellaneous uses.
            --   Attached non-premise sign. [SUP]
            --   Carnival or circus (temporary). [By special authorization of the building official.]
            --   Hazardous waste management facility.
            --   Temporary construction or sales office.
         (G)   Office uses.
            --   Alternative financial establishment. [SUP]
            --   Financial institution without drive-in window.
            --   Financial institution with drive-in window. [RAR]
            --   Medical clinic or ambulatory surgical center.
            --   Office.
         (H)   Recreation uses.
            --   Country club with private membership.
            --   Private recreation center, club, or area.
            --   Public park, playground, or golf course.
         (I)   Residential uses.
            None permitted.
         (J)   Retail and personal service uses.
            --   Alcoholic beverage establishments. [See Section 51A-4.210(b)(4).]
            --   Animal shelter or clinic without outside runs.
            --   Animal shelter or clinic with outside runs. [SUP may be required. See Section 51A-4.210(b)(2).]
            --   Auto service center. [RAR]
            --   Business school.
            --   Car wash. [RAR]
            --   Commercial amusement (inside). [SUP may be required. See Section 51A-4.210(b)(7)(B).]
            --   Commercial motor vehicle parking. [By SUP only if within 500 feet of a residential district.]
            --   Commercial parking lot or garage. [RAR]
            --   Convenience store with drive-through. [SUP]
            --   Drive-in theater. [SUP]
            --   Dry cleaning or laundry store.
            --   Furniture store.
            --   General merchandise or food store 3,500 square feet or less.
            --   Home improvement center, lumber, brick or building materials sales yard. [RAR]
            --   Household equipment and appliance repair.
            --   Liquefied natural gas fueling station. [By SUP only if the use has more than four fuel pumps or is within 1,000 feet of a residential zoning district or a planned development district that allows residential uses.]
            --   Motor vehicle fueling station.
            --   Paraphernalia shop. [SUP]
            --   Pawn shop.
            --   Personal service uses.
            --   Restaurant without drive-in or drive-through service. [RAR]
            --   Restaurant with drive-in or drive-through service. [DIR]
            --   Taxidermist.
            --   Temporary retail use.
            --   Theater.
            --   Truck stop. [SUP]
            --   Vehicle display, sales, and service. [RAR]
         (K)   Transportation uses.
            --   Airport or landing field. [SUP]
            --   Commercial bus station and terminal. [RAR]
            --   Heliport. [RAR]
            --   Helistop. [RAR]
            --   Railroad passenger station. [SUP]
            --   Railroad yard, roundhouse, or shops. [RAR]
            --   STOL (short take off or landing) port. [SUP]
            --   Transit passenger shelter.
            --   Transit passenger station or transfer center. [By SUP or city council resolution. See Section 51A-4.211.]
         (L)   Utility and public service uses.
            --   Commercial radio or television transmitting station.
            --   Electrical generating plant. [SUP]
            --   Electrical substation.
            --   Local utilities. [SUP or RAR may be required. See Section 51A-4.212(4).]
            --   Police or fire station.
            --   Post office.
            --   Radio, television, or microwave tower. [RAR]
            --   Refuse transfer station. [SUP]
            --   Sanitary landfill. [SUP]
            --   Sewage treatment plant. [SUP]
            --   Tower/antenna for cellular communication. [See Section 51A-4.212(10.1).]
            --   Utility or government installation other than listed. [SUP]
            --   Water treatment plant. [RAR]
         (M)   Wholesale, distribution, and storage uses.
            --   Auto auction. [SUP]
            --   Building mover's temporary storage yard. [SUP]
            --   Contractor's maintenance yard. [RAR]
            --   Freight terminal. [RAR]
            --   Livestock auction pens or sheds. [SUP]
            --   Manufactured building sales lot. [RAR]
            --   Mini-warehouse.
            --   Office showroom/warehouse.
            --   Outside storage. [RAR]
            --   Petroleum product storage and wholesale. [RAR]
            --   Recycling buy-back center. [See Section 51A-4.213(11).]
            --   Recycling collection center. [See Section 51A-4.213(11.1).]
            --   Recycling drop-off container. [See Section 51A-4.213(11.2).]
            --   Recycling drop-off for special occasion collection. [See Section 51A-4.213(11.3).]
            --   Sand, gravel, or earth sales and storage. [RAR]
            --   Trade center.
            --   Vehicle storage lot.
            --   Warehouse. [RAR]
      (3)   Accessory uses. As a general rule, an accessory use is permitted in any district in which the main use is permitted. Some specific types of accessory uses, however, due to their unique nature, are subject to additional regulations contained in Section 51A-4.217. For more information regarding accessory uses, consult Section 51A-4.217. The following accessory uses are not permitted in this district:
         (A)   The following accessory uses are not permitted in this district:
            --   Accessory community center (private).
            --   Accessory pathological waste incinerator.
            --   Home occupation.
            --   Private stable.
         (B)   Reserved.
         (C)   In this district, an SUP may be required for the following accessory uses:
            --   Accessory medical/infectious waste incinerator. [See Section 51A-4.217 (3.1).]
      (4)   Yard, lot, and space regulations. (Note: The yard, lot, and space regulations in this subsection must be read together with the yard, lot, and space regulations contained in Division 51A-4.400. In the event of a conflict between this subsection and Division 51A-4.400, Division 51A-4.400 controls.)
         (A)   Front yard. Minimum front yard is:
            (i)   15 feet where adjacent to an expressway or a thoroughfare; and
            (ii)   no minimum in all other cases.
         (B)   Side and rear yard. Minimum side and rear yard is:
            (i)   30 feet where adjacent to or directly across an alley from an R, R(A), D, D(A), TH, TH(A), CH, MF, or MF(A) district; and
            (ii)   no minimum in all other cases.
         (C)   Dwelling unit density. No maximum dwelling unit density.
         (D)   Floor area ratio. Maximum floor area ratio is:
            (i)   0.5 for retail and personal service uses;
            (ii)   0.75 for any combination of lodging, office, and retail and personal service uses; and
            (iii)   2.0 for all uses combined.
         (E)   Height.
            (i)   Residential proximity slope. If any portion of a structure is over 26 feet in height, that portion may not be located above a residential proximity slope. Exception: Except for chimneys, structures listed in Section 51A-4.408(a)(2) may project through the slope to a height not to exceed the maximum structure height, or 12 feet above the slope, whichever is less. Chimneys may project through the slope to a height 12 feet above the slope and 12 feet above the maximum structure height.
            (ii)   Maximum height. Unless further restricted under Subparagraph (i), maximum structure height is 110 feet.
         (F)   Lot coverage. Maximum lot coverage is 80 percent. Aboveground parking structures are included in lot coverage calculations; surface parking lots and underground parking structures are not.
         (G)   Lot size. No minimum lot size.
         (H)   Stories. Maximum number of stories above grade is eight. Parking garages are exempt from this requirement, but must comply with the height regulations of Subparagraph (E).
      (5)   Off-street parking and loading. Consult the use regulations (Division 51A-4.200) for the specific off-street parking requirements for each use. Consult the off-street parking and loading regulations (Divisions 51A-4.300 et seq.) for information regarding off-street parking and loading generally.
      (6)   Environmental performance standards. See Article VI.
      (7)   Landscape regulations. See Article X.
      (8)   Additional provisions.
         (A)   Development impact review. A site plan must be submitted and approved in accordance with the requirements of Section 51A-4.803 before an application is made for a permit for work in this district if the estimated trip generation for all uses on the lot collectively is equal to or greater than 6,000 trips per day and 500 trips per acre per day. See Table 1 in Section 51A-4.803 to calculate estimated trip generation.
         (B)   Visual intrusion. No portion of any balcony or opening that faces an R, R(A), D, D(A), TH, TH(A), CH, MF-1, MF-1(A), MF-1(SAH), MF-2, MF- 2(A), or MF-2(SAH) district may penetrate or be located above a residential proximity slope originating in that district. (See Section 51A-4.412 .) For purposes of this paragraph, the term “opening” means an open and unobstructed space or a transparent panel in an exterior wall or door from which there can be visual surveillance into the yard of a residential use. (Ord. Nos. 19455; 19786; 19806; 19873; 19931; 20242; 20273; 20363; 20382; 20425; 20478; 20625; 20806; 20895; 20902; 20920; 20950; 21002; 21044; 21186; 21259; 21314; 21399; 21442; 21456; 21663; 21735; 22204; 22255; 22392; 22531; 22782; 23735; 24232; 24271; 24543; 24759; 24857; 25056; 25785; 25815; 26269; 26920; 27563; 28079; 28214; 28700; 28737; 28803; 29228; 29917; 30477; 32209)