(A) In addition to all other minimum requirements, the owner or developer of industrial property shall be required to construct all new primary and accessory buildings in the following manner:
(1) Major exterior surfaces on all walls abutting a street shall be brick, rock face brick, cementitious siding, stone, decorative concrete block, glass, commercial grade metal siding, stucco, synthetic stucco or cast in place and/or precast panels.
(2) Under no circumstances shall sheet plywood, sheet metal, galvanized metal, unfinished concrete block, asbestos or iron be deemed acceptable as exterior wall material on walls abutting a street.
(3) Other materials may be allowed upon site plan approval by the city.
(B) These requirements shall not apply to building additions unless said addition is greater in floor area than the existing building. Further, if and when the combined area of all additions exceed the original footprint of the building, all major exterior surfaces abutting a street must be constructed with approved construction materials, including the original building.
(Ord. 395, passed 7-6-2010) Penalty, see § 150.999