The manufacturing districts are established to protect public health, safety, comfort, convenience and the general welfare and to protect the economic base of the city, as well as the value of real estate, by regulating manufacturing developments in appropriate locations. These general objectives include, among others, the following specific objectives:
(A) To protect established residential areas, and the health of families living therein, by restricting those nearby manufacturing activities which may create offensive noise, vibration, smoke/dust, odors, heat, glare, fire hazards and other objectionable influences to those areas which are appropriate therefor.
(B) To provide adequate space in appropriate locations for most types of manufacturing and related activities so that the economic structure of the community may be strengthened, and that employment opportunities may be found in the interest of public prosperity and welfare.
(C) To provide more space for manufacturing activities in locations accessible to rail and highways, so that the movement of raw materials, finished products and employees can be carried on efficiently and with a minimum danger to public life and property.
(D) To establish proper standards of performance which will restrict obnoxious manufacturing activities, while at the same time encourage and permit the manufacturing activities which have adopted facilities for the processing of finished products without adversely affecting the health, happiness, safety, convenience and welfare of the people living and working in nearby areas.
(E) To protect manufacturing districts from incompatible uses of land by prohibiting the use of such space for new residential development, thereby preserving the land for a more appropriate use per the plans for city improvement and development.
(F) To promote the most desirable use of land per a well-considered plan of land use for all of the city, to conserve the use of property, to promote stability of manufacturing activities and related development, and to protect the character and established development in each area of the community, to enhance and stabilize the value of land and to protect the tax base of the city.
('71 Code, § 11-4-5) (Ord. 1413, passed 9-13-60)