(A) Generally. This district is established as a district in which the principal use of land is for wholesale activities, industrial research, warehousing and distribution operations, and manufacturing operations, all within the interstate highway corridor. In promoting the general purpose of this chapter, the specific intent of this section is:
(1) To encourage the construction of and the continued use of the land for wholesale and industrial buildings, and related research facilities;
(2) To discourage the use of the land for heavy industry and to prohibit any other use which would substantially interfere with the development or continuation of desirable industrial establishments in the district;
(3) To encourage the discontinuance of existing uses that would not be permitted as new uses under the provision of this section; and
(4) To prohibit the use of the land for residences for the purpose both of preserving the area for its appropriate use and for preventing the location of residences in an area inappropriate for residential use.
(B) Permitted uses.
(1) Accessory uses clearly incidental to a permitted use and which will not create a nuisance or hazard;
(2) Building materials’ storage and sales;
(3) Greenhouses;
(4) Printing and publishing establishments;
(5) Public buildings, parks, and conservation areas;
(6) Electronic data processing;
(7) Motor freight terminals;
(8) Off-street parking facilities;
(9) Industrial research offices and laboratories;
(10) Any form of agricultural, horticultural, or husbandry uses, excluding swine farms and poultry farms, but including the sale of products on the property where produced;
(11) Warehousing and distribution operations;
(12) Poultry hatcheries;
(13) Poultry processing plants; and
(14) Light industry.
(C) Dimensional requirements.
(1) Minimum required lot area: 50,000 square feet;
(2) Minimum required lot width: 100 feet;
(3) Minimum required front yard: 40 feet;
(4) Minimum required distance between buildings, including accessory buildings: ten feet;
(5) Minimum required side yard: 15 feet;
(6) Minimum required rear yard: 15 feet; and
(7) Whenever an industrial lot abuts residential property, a buffer, as described in § 154.140, shall be erected along the residential property line.
(D) Location of accessory buildings. No accessory building shall be closer than 15 feet to any property line not a railroad property line.
(Ord. passed 7-9-1985; Ord. passed 5-10-1990; Ord. passed 3-9-1999; Ord. passed 8-10-1999; Ord. passed 3-14-2000; Ord. passed 5-9-2000; Ord. passed 9-9-2003; Ord. passed 9-13-2005; Ord. passed 9-12-2006; Ord. passed 6-29-2021) Penalty, see § 154.999