The GI District is established to provide for the continuance of existing industrial activity and to encourage private reinvestment and revitalization of industrial sites within the older portions of the City of Galion, while maintaining adequate development standards.
It is recognized that property within the GI District is likely to be located in older areas of the City that are characterized by mixed land use and higher densities. It is the intent of this Ordinance, and this District in particular, to protect and preserve the basic property rights of such existing industrial uses, while promoting the compatibility of such uses with adjacent neighborhoods.
(Ord. 2009-85. Passed 12-8-09.)
(a) Public facilities consisting of buildings or structures housing essential services.
(b) Manufacturing, compounding, processing, assembling, packaging, or treatment of goods, materials, and products, consistent with the purpose of the GI District.
(c) Warehousing, wholesale establishments, manufacturing retail outlets, distribution and related uses, including truck and transfer terminals.
(d) Industrial product sales or service, consisting of firms engaged in the sale, rent or lease of products intended for industrial or commercial users, or the repair and/or servicing of industrial or commercial machinery, equipment or products.
(e) Firms servicing automobiles, trucks or other vehicles.
(f) Administrative, professional and business offices associated with and incidental to another permitted use.
(g) Similar uses, as determined by the Planning Commission in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 1127 of this Ordinance, and the purposes of the General Industrial District.
(Ord. 2009-85. Passed 12-8-09.)
(a) Storage and salvage yards and recycling facilities, subject to the screening requirements of this Chapter and the approval of a Site Plan by the Planning Commission.
(c) Churches and similar places of public assembly, provided the seating capacity of the sanctuary or main seating area is not more than 400 persons and provided a Site Plan showing the location of all new and expanded use areas and facilities is submitted and approved pursuant to Section 1127.02(g). (Ord. 2011-68. Passed 9-27-11.)
(a) Site Plan. A Site Plan shall be required for any proposed permitted or conditional use that is located adjacent or within 200 feet from any property that is zoned in any R District.
(c) Minimum Lot Width. No minimum lot width is required; however, all lots shall abut a publicly dedicated and improved street and shall have adequate width to provide for yard spaces and parking areas.
(d) Side Yards. When the lot abuts a residential zoning district, the required side yard shall be not less than twenty-five (25) feet. When the lot abuts a non-residential zoning district, the required side yard shall be not less than ten (10) feet for structures and paved areas.
(e) Front Yard Depth. Front yard depth shall be equal to or more than the average of the three (3) nearest structures on the same side of the street. In those cases where there are no structures on those properties adjacent to the subject property, the front yard depth shall be not less than twenty (20) feet from the right-of-way line of the street on which the property has frontage.
(f) Minimum Rear Yard Depth. Minimum rear yard depth shall be at least twenty-five (25) feet.
(g) Height. No structure shall exceed a height of fifty (50) feet.
(h) Trash and Garbage Control. All trash and garbage shall be stored in container systems which are located and enclosed so as to effectively screen them from view from any R District.
(Ord. 2009-85. Passed 12-8-09.)
Permitted uses within the GI District shall comply with the following standards:
(a) Fire and Explosion Standards. All activities, including storage, involving flammable or explosive material shall comply with regulations as enforced by the Ohio State Fire Marshal and/or the City of Galion. All standards enforced by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration shall be adhered to. Burning of waste materials in open fire is prohibited, as enforced by the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency (OEPA)
(b) Air Pollution. No emission of air pollutants shall be permitted which violates the Clean Air Act as enforced by the OEPA.
(c) Glare, Heat and Exterior Light. Any operation producing intense light or heat, such as high temperature processes like combustion, welding, or otherwise, shall be performed within an enclosed building and not be visible beyond the lot line bounding the property whereon the use is conducted.
(d) Liquid or Solid Wastes. No discharge at any point into any public sewer, private sewage disposal system, or stream, or onto the ground, of any materials of such nature or temperature as may contaminate any water supply or interfere with bacterial processes in sewage treatment, shall be permitted. The standards of the OEPA shall apply.
(e) Vibration and Noise. No uses shall be located and no equipment shall be installed in such a manner as to produce intense, earth shaking vibration which is discernable without instruments at or beyond the property line of the subject premises.
(f) Odors. Any applicable standards of the Ohio Department of Health, OEPA and/or other applicable agencies shall be adhered to.
(g) Open Storage and Display of Material and Equipment. The open storage and display of material and equipment incidental to permitted uses shall be permitted, provided the area used for open storage shall be effectively screened from all adjoining properties in any residential district by means of walls, fences or plantings. Walls or fences shall be a minimum of six (6) feet in height without advertising thereon. In lieu of such wall or fence, a strip of land not less than ten (10) feet in width, planted and maintained with an evergreen hedge or dense planting of evergreen shrubs not less than four (4) feet in height at the time of planting may be substituted.
(Ord. 2009-85. Passed 12-8-09.)