(A) This district provides a place for the location of manufacturing and other uses which would be inimical or incompatible with general business areas.
(B) It is not intended to permit in this district any use which is inherently obnoxious to urban areas because of noise, odors, smoke, light, dust or the use of dangerous materials.
(1) Permitted uses. The following uses shall be permitted in G-M General Manufacturing Districts:
(a) Any use permitted in the H-B Highway Business District;
(b) Any lawful retail, service, repair or wholesaling use not specifically referred to in this section (see § 153.231);
(c) Gasoline, oil or fuel storage above ground;
(d) Mixing plans for concrete or paving materials;
(e) Stone crushing, cutting and polishing;
(f) Wholesale and warehouse establishments (greater than 25,000 square feet gross floor area), except for the storage of dangerous or offensive items such as uncured hides and explosives;
(g) Recycling establishment (see § 153.231);
(h) Manufacture, processing or fabrication (greater than 25,000 square feet gross floor area) of the following products:
1. Wood and wood products, including furniture;
2. Textiles;
3. Metals and metal products;
4. Household appliances;
5. Glass;
6. Electric and electronic products;
7. Foods and food products, not including abattoirs and slaughterhouses;
8. Bedding, carpets and pillows;
9. Animal feeds;
10. Ice;
11. Leather goods, not including the processing or storage of raw hides;
12. Machine tools;
13. Paints;
14. Pottery, porcelain and vitreous china;
15. Soap, detergent and washing compounds;
16. Rubber products, including the processing or manufacture of rubber;
17. Paper products, not including the manufacturing or processing of paper;
18. Plastics;
19. Furniture; and
20. Building materials.
(i) Customary accessory uses and structures, including open storage, provided the area devoted to open storage is enclosed by a fence at least six feet in height.
(2) Special uses. The following uses shall be permitted subject to a Board of Adjustment review and approval:
(a) Manufacturing uses not otherwise named herein which come within the spirit or intent of this zoning district; and
(b) Planned development manufacturing.
(3) Accessory uses. Accessory uses and buildings which are clearly incidental to a permitted use and which will not create a nuisance or hazard.
(5) Dimensional requirements. Within any G-M General Manufacturing District as shown on the zoning map, the following dimensional requirements shall be complied with:
(a) Minimum required building setback line: 25 feet; and
(b) Minimum side and rear yards: ten feet; however, where a lot abuts a residential district, there shall be a ten-foot high densely planted buffer strip. No such buffer, however, shall extend nearer to a street right-of-way line than the established building setback line of the adjoining residential lots. No buffer shall be required upon a side or rear yard that abuts a public street.
(6) Minimum lot sizes and maximum lot coverage. Within the G-M General Manufacturing District there is no minimum lot size and development activities can cover 100% of the lot area; however, if the development activity requires a Sedimentation/Erosion Control Plan, the maximum permissible impervious surface coverage, as defined in this chapter, shall not exceed 36% of the total lot area, or 24% of the total lot area if the lot abuts a curb and gutter street system, or if the lot is located in the WS-4 Critical Area.
(Ord. passed 4-5-2010; Ord. passed 5-3-2021)