§ 156.164 SPECIAL USES.
   (A)   After public hearing, pursuant to § 156.222(A), any building or premises may be used for any purpose not in conflict with any ordinance of the city regulating nuisances; provided, however, no building permit shall be issued for any of the following uses until and unless the location of such use shall have been approved by the City Council after report by the City Zoning Commission.
   (B)   Special uses include:
      (1)   Utility substations;
      (2)   Communications towers and stations;
      (3)   Commercial establishments;
      (4)   Acid manufacture;
      (5)   Cement, lime, mortar, gypsum, or plaster manufacturing or mixing at a central plant;
      (6)   Slaughter of animals and fowl;
      (7)   Rendering, distillation, or reduction of animal products;
      (8)   Tanning, curing, or storage of raw hides or skins;
      (9)   Operation of stockyards or confinement facilities;
      (10)   Reduction or dumping of garbage, offal, or dead animals;
      (11)   Manufacture or storage of explosives;
      (12)   Fertilizer manufacture;
      (13)   Gas manufacture;
      (14)   Glue manufacture;
      (15)   Refining or storage of petroleum or its products;
      (16)   Junk, iron, or rag storage or baling; and
      (17)   Other uses of similar scale and intensity.
(Prior Code, Chapter 24, Article 10, § 5)