§ 15.15.275 M-2 MANUFACTURING DISTRICT.

   (A)   Permitted uses.

      (1)   Uses permitted in the M-1 Manufacturing District; and

      (2)   Accessory uses customarily incidental to the above permitted uses including, but not limited to, off-street parking, off-street loading and signs as herein regulated.

   (B)   Conditional permitted uses.

      (1)   Automobile wrecking yards and junkyards, provided that they are screened by a solid wall or uniformly painted solid fence at least 12 feet high;

      (2)   Landfills, recycling facilities, transfer stations or other facilities or operations in any way related to the processing, sorting, storage, loading, hauling or production of solid waste;

      (3)   Landscape composting operations as defined by the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency, provided that all necessary permits are obtained from all governing agencies prior to commencing any operations;

      (4)   Mining, extraction, loading or hauling of clay, sand, gravel, soil or other aggregate or minerals, specifically including oil or gas well drilling, including the crushing, washing, screening, separating, storage, mixing or other production of the above;

      (5)   Accessory uses customarily incidental to the above conditional permitted uses including, but not limited to, off-street parking, off-street loading and signs as regulated herein; and

      (6)   Heavy equipment recycling facility, provided that all related manufacturing uses conducted outside of the principal structure shall be screened by a solid wall or uniformly painted solid fence at least eight feet high, except that temporary outside storage of equipment and inventory shall be permitted on the condition that any such temporary storage is for a period of not more than 90 days. Equipment displayed for sale shall not be subject to the solid wall/fencing requirement or subject to the 90 day limitation.

   (C)   Height.  No building or structure shall be erected or structurally altered to exceed a height of two stories nor shall it exceed 50 feet in height except as provided in §§ 15.15.020 through 15.15.085.

   (D)   Lot area and lot width.  The maximum ground area occupied by all buildings shall be not more than 60% of the area of the lot or tract on which a building permit has been issued. Lot width shall be a minimum of 150 feet.

   (E)   Yards.

      (1)   Front yard.  There shall be front yard having a depth of not less than 50 feet wherein there shall be no structure of any kind, open storage of materials or equipment, or the parking of vehicles.

      (2)   Side yard.  There shall be a minimum side yard of not less than 15 feet on both sides of the building or buildings, except where a side yard adjoins a street, the minimum width shall be not less than 50 feet. Where the property is adjacent to an “R” district, there shall be a side yard of not less than 25 feet on the side nearest to the residential lots. The parking of private automobiles may be permitted within the side yard areas, but not closer than 15 feet to any lot zoned for residential use.

      (3)   Rear yard.  A rear yard of 30 feet is required except where a lot abuts upon an R district, in which case there shall be a rear yard of not less than 60 feet, and no storage of materials or equipment, or the parking of automobiles shall take place within the 15 feet closest to any residential lot or lots.

   (F)   Off-Street parking and off-street loading.  In accordance with regulations herein set forth in §§ 15.15.295 and 15.15.300.

(Ord. passed 1-12-1976, § X-D; Ord. VG07-431, passed 6-11-2007; Ord. 002-2011, passed 3-28-2011)