(A) Intent and purpose. The M1 Light Industrial District encompasses areas wherein may be achieved a satisfactory correlation of factors such as adequate transportation facilities, accessibility to dwelling areas, efficient land assembly, adequate topographic conditions and adequate provision of public utility facilities required by industry. Uses permitted in the district are typically light industrial, manufacturing, distribution and warehousing activities that are compatible with the residential and commercial uses in the area. Industrial activity in which the finished product is generally produced from semi-finished material applies to this district. Commercial uses are permitted within the district to provide support services to the industrial uses.
(B) Permitted uses. In the M1 District, there may be the following uses, provided that the uses are not obnoxious or offensive due to emission of noise, odor, dust, gas or vibration.
(1) Commercial.
(b) Contractors offices and storage facilities;
(c) Farm machinery sales and service;
(d) Lumber yards;
(e) Storage and sale of new trailers and other similar equipment on an open lot provided that compliance is made with the screening and fencing requirements stated elsewhere in these provisions;
(f) Telecommunication centers; and
(g) Medical cannabis cultivation center, provided that the center may not be located within 2,500 feet of the property line of a pre-existing public or private preschool, or elementary or secondary school or day care center, day care home, group day care home, part day child care facility or an area zoned for residential use.
(2) Manufacturing. Production, processing, cleaning, testing or repair, limited to the following uses and products:
(a) Advertising displays;
(b) Apparel and other products manufactured from textiles;
(c) Art needle work and hand weaving;
(d) Automobile painting, upholstering, repairing, reconditioning and body and fender repairing and motor vehicle washing facilities when done within the confines of a structure;
(e) Awnings, Venetian blinds;
(f) Bakeries;
(g) Beverages; bottling and distributing;
(h) Boat, camper and recreational vehicle storage facilities;
(i) Books; hand binding and tooling;
(j) Bottling works;
(k) Brushes and brooms;
(l) Cameras and other photographic equipment and supplies;
(m) Camper storage facilities;
(n) Canning and preserving;
(o) Canvas and canvas products;
(p) Carting, express hauling or storage yards;
(q) Ceramic products, such as pottery and small glazed tile;
(r) Cleaning and dyeing establishments;
(s) Clothing;
(t) Concrete block manufacturing;
(u) Concrete ready-mix plants;
(v) Confectionery manufacturing;
(w) Cosmetics and toiletries;
(x) Dentures;
(y) Display lot. For open display of goods and equipment ancillary to the principal use may be permitted unfenced provider that the area involved shall not exceed 10% of the total lot area of the principal use and the area must be properly maintained and shall be completely within the setback requirements set forth elsewhere in this chapter;
(z) Drugs;
(aa) Electronics;
(bb) Electric motor repairing;
(cc) Fiber products manufacturing, provided fibers are previously prepared;
(dd) Food products processing;
(ee) Foundry casting lightweight nonferrous metal, and no brass, manganese, bronze or zinc;
(ff) Fur goods, not including tanning and dyeing;
(gg) Glass products, from previously manufactured glass;
(hh) Grain elevators;
(ii) Hair, felt and feather products (except washing, curling and dyeing);
(jj) Hosiery;
(kk) Ice, dry and natural;
(ll) Ink mixing and packaging and inked ribbons;
(mm) Insecticides;
(nn) Jewelry;
(oo) Laboratories; medical, dental, research, experimental and testing;
(pp) Laundries;
(qq) Leather products, including shoes and machine belting;
(rr) Luggage;
(ss) Lumber yard (including related roof-covered display areas within any yard and setback requirements);
(tt) Machine shops for tool, die and pattern making;
(uu) Manufactured homes;
(vv) Metal finishing, plating, grinding, sharpening polishing, cleaning, rust-proofing and heat treatment;
(ww) Mini-storage facilities, provided all storage is enclosed facilities and provided there is no storage of flammable liquids or explosive materials;
(xx) Metal stamping and extrusion;
(yy) Monument engraving;
(zz) Musical instruments;
(aaa) Open storage of building material, lumber, coal, machinery and pipe (not otherwise permitted) when the material is enclosed within a solid fence at least six feet high within required building lines;
(bbb) Orthopedic and medical appliances, such as artificial limbs, braces, supports, stretchers;
(ccc) Paper products, small, such as envelopes and stationery, bags, boxes, tubes and wallpaper printing;
(ddd) Perfumes and cosmetics;
(eee) Pharmaceutical products, compounding only;
(fff) Plastic products, but not including the processing of the raw materials;
(ggg) Plating;
(hhh) Precision instruments, such as optical, medical and drafting;
(iii) Products from finished materials, plastic bone, cork, feather, felt fiber, fur, glass, hair, horn, leather, paper, precious and semi-precious stones, rubber, shell or yard;
(jjj) Printing and newspaper publishing, including engraving and photoengraving;
(kkk) Public utility electric substation and distribution centers, gas regulation centers and underground gas holder stations;
(lll) Repair of household or office machinery or equipment;
(mmm) Rubber products, small and synthetic treated fabrics (excluding all rubber and synthetic processing), such as washers, gloves, footwear, bathing caps and atomizers;
(nnn) Sheet metal products (light);
(ooo) Sign painting shops;
(ppp) Soap and detergents, packaging only;
(qqq) Soldering and welding;
(rrr) Sporting and athletic equipment, such as balls, baskets, cues, gloves, bats, racquets and rods;
(sss) Statuary, mannequins, figurines and religious and church art goods, excluding foundry operations;
(ttt) Television and radio broadcasting transmitters;
(uuu) Textiles; spinning, weaving, manufacturing, dyeing, printing, knit goods, yarn, thread and cordage, but not including textile bleaching;
(vvv) Tire retreading, recapping and rebuilding;
(www) Tobacco curing and manufacturing and tobacco products;
(xxx) Tools and hardware such as bolts, nuts and screws, doorknobs, drills, hand tools and cutlery, hinges, house hardware, locks, nonferrous metal castings and plumbing appliances;
(yyy) Truck, tractor, trailer or bus storage yards and terminals;
(zzz) Umbrellas;
(aaaa) Upholstering (bulk), including mattress manufacturing, rebuilding and renovating;
(bbbb) Vehicles, children’s such as bicycles, scooters, wagons and baby carriages;
(cccc) Watches;
(dddd) Wood products, such as furniture, boxes, crates, baskets, pencils, cooperage works; and
(eeee) Wholesale and warehousing building; and
(ffff) Adult-use cannabis dispensing organization shall comply with the following:
1. Dispensing facility may not be located within 100 feet of the property line of a pre-existing public or private nursery school, preschool, primary or secondary school, licensed day care center, licensed day care home, licensed residential care home. Learning centers and vocational/trade centers shall not be classified as public or private school for purpose of the section.
2. Dispensing facility shall not be located in a dwelling unit.
3. Dispensing facility shall not be within 1,500 feet of another adult-use cannabis dispensing facility or medical cannabis dispensing center.
4. At least 75% of the floor areas of any tenant space occupied by a dispensing organization shall be devoted to the activities of the dispensing organization as authorized by the Cannabis Regulation and Tax Act (the “Act”).
5. Dispensing facility may not conduct any sales or distribution of cannabis other than as authorized by the Act.
6. Security improvements shall be determined based on the specific characteristics of the floor plan for the adult-use cannabis business establishment and the site on which it is located, consistent with the requirements of the Act.
(gggg) Adult-use cannabis infuser organization shall comply with the following:
1. Infuser facility may not be located in a dwelling unit.
2. At least 75% of the floor area of any tenant space occupied by an infusing facility shall be devoted to the activities of the infusing organization as authorized by the Cannabis Regulation and Tax Act (the “Act”). Infuser facility may not conduct any sales or distribution of cannabis other than as authorized by the Act.
3. Security improvements shall be determined based on the specific characteristics of the floor plan for the adult-use cannabis business establishment and the site on which it is located, consistent with the requirements of the Act.
(hhhh) Adult-use cannabis processing organization shall comply with the following:
1. Processing facility may not be located in a dwelling unit.
2. At least 75% of the floor area of any tenant space occupied by a processing facility shall be devoted to the activities of the processing organization as authorized by the Cannabis Regulation and Tax Act (the “Act”). Processing facility may not conduct any sales or distribution of cannabis other than as authorized by the Act.
3. Security improvements shall be determined based on the specific characteristics of the floor plan for the adult-use cannabis business establishment and the site on which it is located, consistent with the requirements of the Act.
(iiii) Adult-use cannabis transportation organization shall comply with the following:
1. Transportation facility may not be located in a dwelling unit.
2. The transporting facility shall be the sole use of the tenant space in which it is located. Facility may not conduct any sales or distribution of cannabis other than as authorized by the Cannabis Regulation and Tax Act (the “Act”).
3. Security improvements shall be determined based on the specific characteristics of the floor plan for the adult-use cannabis business establishment and the site on which it is located, consistent with the requirements of the Act.
(jjjj) Adult-use cannabis craft grower shall comply with the following:
1. Craft grower facility may not be located in a dwelling unit.
2. Craft grower facility shall not be within 1,500 feet of another cannabis craft grower or cultivation facility.
3. Craft grower facility may not conduct any sales or distribution of cannabis other than as authorized by the Cannabis Regulation and Tax Act (the “Act”).
4. Security improvements shall be determined based on the specific characteristics of the floor plan for the adult-use cannabis business establishment and the site on which it is located, consistent with the requirements of the Act.
(kkkk) Adult-use cannabis cultivation center shall comply with the following:
1. Cultivation facility may not be located in a dwelling unit.
2. Cultivation facility shall not be within 1,500 feet of cannabis cultivation or craft grower facility.
3. Cultivation facility may not conduct any sales or distribution of cannabis other than as authorized by the Cannabis Regulation and Tax Act (the “Act”).
4. Security improvements shall be determined based on the specific characteristics of the floor plan for the adult-use cannabis business establishment and the site on which it is located, consistent with the requirements of the Act.
(3) Public and community service uses.
(a) Bus terminals, bus garages, bus lots, street railway terminals or streetcar houses;
(b) Electric and gas substations;
(c) Fire stations;
(d) Municipal or privately owned recreation buildings or community centers;
(e) Parks and recreation areas;
(f) Police stations;
(g) Sewage treatment plants;
(h) Telephone exchanges;
(i) Water filtration plants;
(j) Water pumping stations; and
(k) Water reservoirs.
(4) Residential uses.
(a) Dwelling units for watchpersons and his or her families and when located on the premises where he or she employed in that capacity;
(b) Multiple-dwellings. Multiple-family dwellings established in any M1 District (Light Industrial District) prior to the effective date of this amendment (July 12, 1992) may be maintained as nonconforming uses in accordance with this code; and
(c) Single-family and two-family dwelling units established before the effective date hereof.
(1980 Code, § 29.202) (Ord. 8925, passed 11-5-2001; Ord. 9260, passed 8-4-2014; Ord. 9339, passed 7-16-2018; Ord. 9370, passed 2-11-2019; Ord. 9388, passed 9-16-2019) Penalty, see §
162.999