(A) The H-1 Heavy Industrial District is established as a district in which the principal use of land is for heavy industries that by their nature may create some nuisance and which are not properly associated with nor compatible with residential, business, office, and institutional and light industrial districts.
(B) (1) Permitted uses.
(a) Any use permitted in the L-1 Industrial District;
(b) Coal yards;
(c) Concrete manufacturing and storage;
(d) Farm machinery assembly, repair, and sales;
(e) Feed, fertilizer, and flour mills;
(f) Lumber and saw mills;
(g) Livestock sales pavilion;
(h) Paper, pulp, cardboard, building board, or metal processing or manufacturing;
(i) Petroleum, bulk storage, provided all local and state fire codes are met;
(j) Quarrying or mining;
(k) Railroad freight yards, terminals, and classification yards;
(l) Slaughterhouses;
(m) Uses and buildings customarily accessory to the above permitted uses; and
(n) Arch style or Quonset style buildings.
(Am. Ord. 878, passed 1-27-1998)
(2) Special exceptions. After a Public Hearing as required in § 156.213, other uses may be permitted under a special exception, if, in the opinion of the Board of Adjustment, the proposed use is not offensive or incompatible in keeping with the character of the district.
(3) Dimensional requirements.
(a) Lot area. Minimum required lot area shall be 48,560 square feet or 1 acre.
(b) Lot width. Minimum required lot width shall be 100 feet. Refer also to § 156.170.
(c) Yard requirements.
1. Front yard.
a. Structure: 50 feet; and
b. Signs: 25 feet.
2. Side yard. Minimum required width of side yard shall be 15 feet.
3. Rear yard. Minimum required depth of rear yard shall be 25 feet.
(d) Maximum lot coverage. The maximum lot coverage for principal structure and accessory buildings shall be 30%.
(e) Building height. No building shall exceed 35 feet in height except for flagpoles, antennas, chimneys, and similar accessories to buildings, which are exempted from this height limitation.
(4) Required buffers. A visual buffer in accordance with that provided in § 156.005 is required for all permitted storage yards and automobile wrecking and salvage operations in the H-1 District existing prior to the effective date of this chapter when wrecking and salvage was still allowed in the H-1 Zoning District.
(Am. Ord. 878, passed 1-27-1998)
(5) Off-street parking and loading. Off-street parking and loading shall be provided in accordance with the requirements in §§ 156.155 et seq.
(1981 Code, App. A) (Ord. 624, Art. IX, § 14, passed 2-25-1975; Am. Ord. 699, passed 6-8-1982)