(A) General. The M-1 District delineates areas where a satisfactory correlation of factors such as adequate transportation facilities, accessibility for employees, efficient land assembly, adequate topographical conditions, and adequate provisions of public utilities required by industry may be achieved. It is intended that this particular district will generally provide for light industry of an assembly nature from finished goods, warehousing and wholesaling activities. Supportive services for light industry are generally of a non-retail or personal service character and should be encouraged to locate in this district.
(B) Conditions of uses. The permitted uses shall be subject to the following:
(1) Uses shall take place without disturbing adjoining properties. Any production, processing, cleaning, servicing, testing, repair or storage of goods, materials, or products shall take place without creating disturbing influences to the uses and occupancy of adjoining properties.
(2) Uses to take place in completely enclosed building. All business, production, servicing and processing shall take place within a completely enclosed building unless otherwise approved. Storage of equipment and supplies in this district may be open to the sky but shall be enclosed by a wall or fence, including gates, at least eight feet high and if abutting an R District an approved landscaped screen shall be provided. Open off-street loading facilities and open, off-street parking facilities for the storage of motor vehicles may be unenclosed throughout the district, except for such screening of parking and loading facilities as may be required to protect adjacent uses or residential districts.
(3) Railroad siding frontage. No yards shall be required for those portions of lots which front on railroad sidings.
(4) Buffer areas. A 20-foot wide planting screen, consisting of suitable shrubbery and trees, shall be planted wherever an industrial use abuts any other use district. This screen shall consist of shrubbery and trees at least five feet in height when planted and shall be maintained at not less than 20 feet in height when full grown or as reviewed by the Zoning Administrator and approved by the Land Use Committee.
(5) Yard areas. No building or structure shall hereafter be erected or structurally altered unless the following yards are provided and maintained in connection with the building.
(6) Front yard. On every zoning lot, a front yard of not less than 25 feet in depth shall be provided.
(7) Side yards. On every zoning lot, a side yard shall be provided along each side lot line. Each side yard shall be not less in width than 10% of the lot width or minimum of ten feet, but need not exceed 20 feet in width.
(8) Rear yard. A rear yard sufficient for structural maintenance or safety equipment of at least 12 feet in depth shall be provided.
(9) Maximum floor area ratio. The maximum floor area ratio shall not exceed 1.5.
(10) Additional requirements. The applicant should refer to the following sections for additional requirements:
(C) Permitted uses. Production, processing, cleaning, testing or repair, limited to the following uses and products:
(1) Advertising displays.
(2) Apparel and other products manufactured from textiles.
(3) Art needle work and hand weaving.
(4) Automobile painting, upholstering, repairing, reconditioning, and body fender repairing when done within the confines of a structure.
(5) Awning, Venetian blinds.
(6) Bakeries.
(7) Beverages, nonalcoholic.
(8) Blacksmith shop.
(9) Books, hand binding and tooling.
(10) Bottling works.
(11) Brushes and brooms.
(12) Building equipment, building material, lumber, coal, sand, and gravel yards, and yards for contracting equipment of public agencies, or public utilities or material of a similar nature.
(13) Cameras and other photographic equipment and supplies.
(14) Canning and preserving.
(15) Canvas and canvas products.
(16) Carpet and rug cleaning.
(17) Carting, express hauling or storage yard.
(18) Ceramic products such as pottery and small glazed tile.
(19) Cleaning and dyeing establishments.
(20) Clothing.
(21) Contractor or construction shops, such as: Building, cement, electrical, excavation, refrigeration, air conditioning, masonry, painting, plumbing, roofing, heating, and ventilation.
(22) Cosmetics and toiletries.
(23) Creameries and dairies.
(24) Dentures.
(25) Drugs.
(26) Electrical appliances, such s lighting fixtures, irons, fans, toasters, and electric toys.
(27) Electrical equipment assembly, such as home radio and television receivers and home movie equipment.
(28) Electrical supplies, manufacturing and assembly of wire and cable assembly switches, lamps, insulation, and dry cell batteries.
(29) Food products processing and combining of (except meat and fish); baking, boiling, canning, cooking, dehydrating, freezing, frying, grinding, mixing, and pressing.
(30) Fur goods, not including tanning and dyeing.
(31) Glass products, from previously manufactured glass.
(32) Greenhouses (wholesale).
(33) Hair, felt and feather products (except washing, curing, dyeing).
(34) Hat bodies of fur and wool felt.
(35) Hosiery.
(36) Ice, dry and natural.
(37) Ink mixing, packing, and inked ribbons.
(38) Insecticides.
(39) Jewelry.
(40) Laboratories - medical, dental, research, experimental, and testing; provided there is no danger from fire or explosion, nor offensive noise, vibration, smoke, dust, odors, heat, glare or other objectionable influences.
(41) Laundries.
(42) Leather products, including shoes and machine belting.
(43) Luggage.
(44) Machine shops for tool, die and pattern making.
(45) Mail order houses.
(46) Metal finishing, plating, grinding, sharpening, polishing, cleaning, rust proofing, and heat treatment.
(47) Metal stamping and extrusion of small products, such as costume jewelry, pins and needles, razor blades, bottle caps, buttons and kitchen utensils.
(48) Modular building units for office commercial uses, provided they meet the requirements of the building code for placement in the county. These are to be only modular building units have received prior approval of the Land Use Committee and are on file in the office of the Building Department.
(49) Musical instruments.
(50) Orthopedic and medical appliances, such as artificial limbs, braces, supports, and stretchers.
(51) Paper products, small, such as envelopes and stationery, bags, boxes, tubes and wallpaper printing.
(52) Perfumes and cosmetics.
(53) Pharmaceutical product, compounding only.
(54) Plastic products, but not including the processing of raw materials.
(55) Poultry and rabbits, slaughtering.
(56) Precision instruments such as optical, medical, and drafting.
(57) Products for finished materials: Plastics, bone, cork, feathers, felt, fiber, fur, glass, hair, horn, leather, paper, precious, and semiprecious stones, rubber, shell or yarn.
(58) Printing and newspaper publishing, including engraving and photoengraving.
(59) Repair of household or office machine or equipment.
(60) Rubber products, small, and synthetic treated fabrics (excluding all rubber and synthetic processing) such as washers, gloves, footwear, bathing caps and atomizers.
(61) Silverware, plate and sterling.
(62) Soap and detergents, packaging only.
(63) Soldering and welding.
(64) Sporting and athletic equipment, such as balls, cues, gloves, bats, rackets and rods.
(65) Statuary, mannequins, figurines, and religious and church art goods, excluding foundry operations.
(66) Storage of household goods.
(67) Storage and sale of trailers, farm implements, and other similar equipment on an open lot.
(68) Underground storage of flammable liquids, fats or oil in tanks each of 50,000 gallons or less capacity.
(69) Telephone booth, public.
(70) Textiles: Spinning, weaving, manufacturing, dyeing, printing, knit goods, yard, thread and cordage, but not including textile bleaching.
(71) Tobacco curing and manufacturing, and tobacco products.
(72) Tool and die shops.
(73) Tools and hardware, such as bolts, nuts, screws, doorknobs, drills, hand tools and cutlery, hinges, house hardware, locks, nonferrous metal, casting and plumbing appliances.
(74) Toys.
(75) Truck tractor, trailer, or bus storage yard, but not including a truck or motor freight terminal.
(76) Umbrellas.
(77) Upholstering (bulk), including mattress manufacturing, rebuilding and renovating.
(78) Vehicles, children's such as bicycles, scooters, wagons and baby carriages.
(79) Watches.
(80) Wood products, such as furniture, boxes, crates, baskets, and pencils, and cooperage works.
(81) Any other manufacturing establishment that can be operated without creating unreasonable noise, odor, dust smoke, gas, fumes or vapor; and that is a use compatible with the use and occupancy of adjoining properties.
(82) Wholesale and warehousing; local cartage and express facilities (but not including motor freight terminals).
(83) Public and community service users as follows: Bus terminals, bus garages, bus lots, railway facilities and car houses.
(84) Fire stations.
(85) Municipal or privately owned recreation buildings or community centers.
(86) Parks and recreation areas.
(87) Police stations.
(88) Sewage treatment plants.
(89) Telephone exchanges.
(90) Telephone booths, public.
(91) Water pumping station.
(92) Water reservoirs.
(93) Residential areas, as follows: Dwelling units for watchmen and their families when located on the premises where they are employed in this capacity.
(94) T.V. disks.
(96) Telecommunication facility not to exceed 200 feet in height. (Subject to the requirements of § 93.099).
(97) All land used for agricultural purposes, which includes the growing of farm crops, truck garden crops, animal and poultry husbandry, apiculture, nurseries, tree farms, sod farms, pasturage, viticulture, and wholesale greenhouses when such agricultural purposes constitute the principal activity on the land.
(D) Special uses.
(1) Airport or aircraft landing fields.
(2) Animal pounds and shelters.
(3) Automobile service stations, lubrication and washing facilities, including car washes, are permitted only if in a completely enclosed building.
(4) Banks or financial institutions.
(5) Battery and tire service stations.
(6) Currency exchanges.
(7) Drug stores.
(8) Dwellings, including mobile homes in compliance with § 93.101.
(9) Fuel sales, with storage of oils, gasoline, and other flammable products.
(10) Garages and parking lots other than accessory.
(11) Greenhouses.
(12) Ice sales, linen, towel, diaper and other similar supply services.
(13) Motor freight terminals.
(14) Planned developments, industrial, limited to the uses of this district.
(15) Freight cars, to be used for storage only.
(16) Public utility electric substations and distribution centers, gas regulation centers, and underground gasholder stations.
(17) Restaurants, including the sale of liquor in conjunction therewith.
(18) Riding academies and stables.
(19) Sanitary landfill.
(20) Stadiums, auditoriums, and arenas.
(21) Stone and gravel quarries and crushing grading, washing and loading equipment and structure.
(22) Surface shaft mining of all kinds.
(23) Taverns, bars, nightclubs.
(24) Theaters, outdoor drive-in.
(25) Trade schools.
(26) Impound storage yards, including towing services.
(1) Dwelling units for watchmen when located on the premises where they are employed in that capacity.
(2) Off-street parking and loading.
(3) Storage of merchandise or inventory usually carried in stock.
(4) Telephone booths.
(5) Temporary buildings for construction purposes for a period not to exceed the duration of the construction.
(6) Accessory structures.
(F) Prohibited uses.
(1) Neither junkyards, the dismantling of vehicles nor the storage of dismantled vehicles, petroleum bulk plants, or outside storage of flammable gases, liquids or explosives, shall be permitted in this district.
(2) Research and development of any commodity from explosives or flammable liquids or gases.
(3) The following shall not be permitted: Boarding and rooming houses dormitories, fraternity and sorority houses, apartment hotels, mobile home parks, and any uses for living quarters not specifically provided for in this section.
(4) Vehicles, such as automobiles, buses, and trucks that do not bear a current set of license plates; or are not in running condition; or are in such a condition that they are inoperable on public streets shall not be permitted unless such vehicles are incidental to and essential for a permitted primary use taking place on the property.
(5) Restaurants or bars that feature nude dancing in any form.
(Ord. 2014-18, passed 4-16-2014; Am. Ord. 2017- 02, passed 6-1-2017; Am. Ord. 2020-02, passed 1-16-2020)