(A) Permitted uses.
(1) Corporate administrative and institutional offices.
(2) Research, design and development laboratories and departments not including any large scale manufacturing, or manufacture of products other than prototypes and not involving the use of significant amounts of toxic wastes, nor requiring the use of railroad or semi-tractor freight in the ordinary course of their business, and using water and sewer primarily for personal sanitation of employees.
(3) Commercial or industrial facilities engaged in the business of designing, manufacturing, and sale of items such as computer software, communication equipment, and other high technological pursuits not involving any significant handling of toxic wastes, nor requiring the use of railroad or semi-tractor freight in the ordinary course of their business, and using water and sewer primarily for personal sanitation of employees.
(4) Professional offices.
(5) Data processing facilities, communication and computer networking centers.
(B) Special exceptions.
(1) Uses ancillary to any permitted use, or a commercial use intended primarily to serve a developed cluster of select industrial sites.
(2) Loading docks located in rear or appropriately camouflaged at any facility constructed for a permitted use.
(C) Yard and building requirements.
(1) In calculating the size of yards and/or measuring to establish setback lines, the measurement is to be taken from the furthest protruding point of the building, such as eaves, steps, ramps, decks, porches and the like. When adjoining property is within an agricultural, commercial or industrial district:
(a) Front yard 50 feet
(b) Side yard 50 feet
(c) Rear Yard 50 feet
(2) In calculating the size of yards and/or measuring to establish setback lines, the measurement is to be taken from the furthest protruding point of the building, such as eaves, steps, ramps, decks, porches and the like. Whenever the parcel adjoins any residential district:
(a) Front yard 100 feet
(b) Any yard which adjoins an R district 100 feet
(3) A parking area may not be located within 100 feet of an R district.
(4) A loading area or loading dock may not be located within 200 feet of an R district, or in the front of any building. A loading area is not permitted in a location or in such a configuration that enables or encourages vehicles to use public thoroughfares for backing, parking or otherwise maneuvering to access the loading area. Vehicles may temporarily park on a public thoroughfare while waiting its turn to access the loading area.
(5) Upon development, industrial sites shall construct a buffer zone around all sides of the site which zone may consist of one or more of the following: earth mounds, tree plantings, hedges or decorative fences. In the case of future rezoning, the types of buffer are to be designated by the Plan Commission at the time of rezoning.
(6) Minimum lot size is three acres.
(7) Building exteriors visible from public highways or adjoining residential areas must have brick, designer block, or a veneer compatible with veneer appearances on residential dwellings. Loading docks, except by special exception, are prohibited.
(D) Prohibited uses.
(1) Any process which involves noise generation escaping the enclosed facility, in excess of what would be normally associated with a secretarial office.
(2) Any process or storage in significant amounts of toxic wastes or dangerous substances.
(3) Outside storage of any type.
(4) Unlandscaped grounds.
(5) Any process which involves the generation of odor which escapes the enclosed facility.
(‘88 Code, § 10-4-11) (Ord. 94-2, passed 4-4-94; Am. Ord. 2002-04, passed 7-1-02; Am. Ord. 2013-8, passed 9-3-13)