In a General Industrial District no building or structure shall hereafter be erected, altered or used, or any land used, in whole or in part for any of the following:
(a) Residential buildings, tourist homes, boarding houses, educational and institutional buildings, provided, however, that residential buildings existing as of December 20, 1955, which are owner occupied may be remodeled and maintained by construction of garages incidental thereto.
(b) The slaughtering of animals, processing of meats, manufacture of fats and tallow, tanning of hides, manufacturing of fertilizer, incineration of dead animals or refuse.
(c) The manufacturing and refining of petroleum or coal products.
(d) The smelting, reduction or refining of metals.
(e) The manufacturing of explosives or chemical products that emit noxious fumes that are injurious to health and vegetation or offensive to and injurious to residential districts.
(f) Junk yards, auto wrecking yards and storage of paper, rags and containers.
(g) Any other trade, industry or use that will be injurious, hazardous, noxious or offensive to an extent equal to or greater than any of the enterprises enumerated above in subsections (b) to (f) inclusive.
(h) Where a residential use exists on a parcel of property where the zoning has changed to make such residential use nonconforming, no other structure may be constructed on said property for a nonresidential use. If a preexisting residential structure is to be used for purposes other than residential use, the structure must meet all Ohio Basic Building Code requirements as well as all requirements of the City. If the structure does not or cannot meet all Ohio Basic Building Code requirements for the proposed nonresidential use, said structure must be razed prior to any business being established.
(Ord. 1995-189. Passed 11-14-95.)