(A) Purpose. The M-1 District is designed to accommodate limited manufacturing uses having a minimal impact on surrounding areas. The intent is to allow manufacturing development by reason of location and the availability of adequate transportation and infrastructure systems, while protecting the surrounding uses from negative external effects.
(B) Permitted uses.
(1) Wholesale businesses;
(2) Service businesses that provide support services to manufacturing uses;
(3) Manufacturing, assembly, warehousing and distribution of previously prepared material;
(4) Office uses related to the manufacturing activities;
(5) Automobile and truck repair or vehicle conversion shops, including painting, upholstering, reconditioning, and body repair when performed entirely within a building;
(6) Machine, tool, and die shops, including presses and similar equipment in compliance with division (G);
(7) Public utilities substations and distribution centers;
(8) Indoor and outdoor storage facilities, except when located in front yard;
(9) Equipment rental facilities;
(10) Printing and publishing establishments;
(11) Building supply store, including lumber sales;
(12) Recycling centers, excluding chemical processing and tire recycling;
(13) Kennels and animal hospitals;
(14) Laundries, commercial;
(15) Paint shops;
(16) Archery/rifle range, when located entirely within a building;
(17) Motor freight terminal, excluding hazardous waste;
(18) Truck, tractor, trailer or bus storage, parking lot or yard, or garage;
(19) Warehousing;
(20) Boat building and repair;
(21) Bicycle manufacture;
(22) Recreational vehicle manufacture;
(23) Trailer and mobile home manufacture, and manufactured housing;
(24) Auction barns;
(25) Canning and preserving;
(26) Clothing and textile manufacture, including dyeing and printing;
(27) Contractors’ offices, shops and storage facilities;
(28) Drugs and pharmaceutical products manufacture;
(29) Production and use of food grade chemicals, acids and enzymes;
(30) Crematoriums;
(31) Wireless communication facilities, as defined in § 151.251 of this chapter;
(32) Outside storage, provided that it is not located in the front yard area;
(33) Professional offices;
(34) Outside storage of liquids or gases on one or more tanks, where total volume of the tank(s) does not exceed 2,000 gallons; and
(35) Laboratories.
(C) Special exception uses.
(2) Airports and heliport landing fields;
(3) Railroad facilities;
(4) Excavation areas/gravel pit;
(5) Motor freight terminals, except hazardous waste;
(6) Stadiums, auditoriums, arenas;
(7) Automobile drive-in theaters;
(8) Recycling centers involving used tires and/or any chemical processing of materials;
(9) Tattoo parlors;
(10) Public utilities and service uses;
(11) Bulk storage tanks including liquids or gases that require filing a Tier 1 or 2 SARA report or those that exceed an NFPA classification of 2; and
(12) Storage of any liquid or gas in excess of 10,000 gallons.
(D) Conditional uses. Adult entertainment establishments.
(E) Existing “B” business uses. Business uses permitted in the “B” zoning districts which are in existence on the effective date of this chapter may be expanded within the limits of the existing zoning lot upon which they are located so long as all other requirements of this zoning district are satisfied. Creation of new “B” uses on currently vacant zoning lots or the expansion of a zoning lot upon which an existing “B” use is located is prohibited within the M-1 District.
(F) Yard requirements. The yard requirements for the M-1, Limited Manufacturing District are as follows: (All standards are minimums except as noted.)
(1) Lot size: No minimum.
(2) Frontage: No minimum.
(3) Setbacks:
(a) Front yard: 25 feet.
(b) Side yards: 15 feet each or 25 feet each when abutting a residential district.
(c) Rear yard: 10 feet or 30 feet when abutting a residential district.
(d) Corner side yard: The corner side yard setback is determined by measuring the average established setback of the structures within the same block between 2 intersecting streets. This calculation would equal the established front yard setback for the side street.
(4) Height: 75 feet; maximum of 2 towers with a maximum height of 90 feet each.
(5) Maximum lot coverage for structures: 60% total.
(6) F.A.R.: 3.
(G) Development conditions.
(1) The district shall have major transportation facilities readily available.
(2) The transportation systems serving this district shall not be routed through a residential development, or a street serving a school.
(3) All operations, servicing and processing shall be conducted within completely enclosed buildings or structures, except; airport/heliport, excavation activities, outdoor storage and large equipment rentals.
(4) No emission of toxic or noxious matter, which is injurious to human health, comfort, or enjoyment of life and property or to animal or plant life shall be permitted. Where such emissions could be produced as a result of an accident or equipment malfunction, adequate safeguards considered suitable for safe operation in the industry involved shall be taken.
(5) No person, firm or corporation shall cause vibrations which can be detected without the use of instruments at or beyond the property boundaries.
(6) In addition to the standard landscape requirements of this chapter the following shall apply:
(a) In the event a property to be developed in this district is adjacent to a residentially zoned property along a common rear or side lot line, whether separated by an alley or not, a visual and physical screen, a minimum of 6 feet in height, shall be provided along the common lot line, which may consist of any of the following:
1. An evergreen hedge used with a chain link fence;
2. A solid fence of a non-deteriorating material;
3. Masonry wall; and
4. When a fence or masonry wall is used, plantings (trees, shrubs and the like) shall be installed so as to reduce its visual impact.
(b) In the event a property to be developed in this district is across a street from residentially zoned property a visual and physical screen, a minimum of 6 feet in height, shall be provided as necessary to screen any outside storage of materials or loading facilities.
(7) No building or structure shall be used for residential purposes except that a watchman or custodian may reside on the premises.
(8) In the event that a property to be developed in this district is adjacent to or across an alley from a residentially zoned property the following setbacks for on-site parking shall apply:
Parcel Size | Setback from Property Line |
< 1 acre | 15 feet |
1 to 3 acres | 20 feet |
> 3 acres | 30 feet |
(H) Supplemental regulations.
(1) Special flood hazard area regulations: §§ 151.120 et seq.
(2) Wetlands Conservation District regulations: §§ 151.145 et seq.
(3) Air Space Control Area regulations: §§ 151.210 et seq.
(4) Accessory structures and swimming pool requirements: § 151.225.
(5) Landscape and screening requirements: § 151.226.
(6) Permitted obstructions in required yards: § 151.227.
(7) Fence requirements: § 151.228.
(8) Intersection visibility area requirements: § 151.229.
(9) Primary street setback requirements: § 151.229.
(10) Off-street parking and loading requirements: § 151.231.
(11) Sign regulations: § 151.234.
(Ord. 4370, passed 7-20-1998; Am. Ord. 4444, passed 8-16-1999; Am. Ord. 4431, passed 7-12-1999; Am. Ord. 4457, passed 12-6-1999; Am. Ord. 4462, passed 1-13-2000; Am. Ord. 4592, passed 6-4-2001; Am. Ord. 4683, passed 7-1-2002
; Am. Ord. 4985, passed 9-11-2006; Am. Ord. 5044, passed 7-9-2007; Am. Ord. 5175, passed 7-20-2009)
Penalty, see § 151.999