(A) Purpose.
(1) The OVI District is established to provide for the continuance of existing industrial uses within the older portions of the village, thereby encouraging private reinvestment and revitalization in such areas, while maintaining adequate development standards.
(2) It is recognized that property within the OVI District is likely to be located in older areas of the village, and that such areas are likely to be characterized by mixed land use. It is the intent of this chapter, and this District in particular, to protect and preserve the basic property rights of such existing industrial uses, while promoting the compatibility of such uses with adjacent neighborhoods. Specific provisions are made for the continuance, substitution and extension of such uses, pursuant to § 152.026 and R.C. § 713.15.
(3) Permitted uses within the OVI District shall comply with the following standards.
(a) Fire and explosion standards. All activities, including storage, involving flammable or explosive material shall comply with regulations as enforced by the State Fire Marshal. All standards enforced by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration shall be adhered to. Burning of waste materials in open fire is prohibited, as enforced by the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency (OEPA).
(b) Air pollution. No emission of air pollutants shall be permitted which violates the Clean Air Act, being 33 U.S.C. §§ 1251 et seq., as enforced by the OEPA.
(c) Glare, heat and exterior light. Any operation producing intense light or heat, such as high temperature processes like combustion, welding or otherwise, shall be performed within and enclosed building and not be visible beyond the lot line bounding the property whereon the use is conducted.
(d) Liquid or solid wastes. No discharge at any point into any public sewer, private sewage disposal system or stream, or onto the ground, of any materials of such nature or temperature as may contaminate any water supply or interfere with bacterial processes in sewage treatment, shall be permitted. The standards of the OEPA shall apply.
(e) Vibration and noise. No uses shall be located and no equipment shall be installed in such a manner as to produce intense, earth shaking vibration which is discernable without instruments at or beyond the property line of the subject premises. Noise standards of the OEPA shall be adhered to.
(f) Odors. The applicable standards of the OEPA shall be adhered to.
(g) Open storage and display of material and equipment. The open storage and display of material and equipment incidental to permitted uses shall be permitted, provided the area used for open storage shall be effectively screened from all adjoining properties in any residential district by means of walls, fences or plantings. Walls or fences shall be a minimum of six feet in height without advertising thereon. In lieu of such wall or fence, a strip of land not less than ten feet in width, planted and maintained with an evergreen hedge or dense planting of evergreen shrubs not less than four feet in height at the time of planting may be substituted.
(B) Permitted uses.
(1) Manufacturing, compounding, processing, assembling, packaging, or treatment of goods, materials and products, consistent with the purpose of the OVI District;
(2) Warehousing, wholesale establishments, manufacturing retail outlets, distribution and related uses, including truck and transfer terminals;
(3) Administrative, professional and business offices associated with and incidental to another permitted use; and
(4) Similar uses, as determined by the Planning and Zoning Board, in accordance with the provisions of § 152.040(B)(5), and the purpose of the Old Village Industrial District.
(C) Prohibited uses. Keeping, feeding, grazing, or sheltering of hoofed animals, poultry, fowl, or the like.
(D) Minimum development standards.
(1) Minimum lot area. No minimum lot size is required; however sufficient area shall be provided to meet the requirements of this division (C)(1) through division (C)(5) below.
(2) Minimum lot width. No minimum lot width is required; however, all lots shall abut a publicly dedicated and improved street and shall have adequate width to provide for yard spaces and parking areas.
(3) Side yards. When the lot abuts a residential zoning district, the required side yard shall be not less than 25 feet. When the lot abuts a nonresidential zoning district, the required side yard shall be not less than ten feet for structures and paved areas.
(4) Front yard depth. Front yard depth shall be equal to or more than the average of the five nearest structures on the same side of the street. In those cases where there are no structures on those properties adjacent to the subject property, the front yard depth shall be not less than 25 feet from the right-of-way of the street on which the property has frontage.
(5) Minimum rear yard depth. Minimum rear yard depth shall be at least 25 feet.
(6) Height. No structure shall exceed a height of 80 feet.
(7) Trash and garbage control. All trash and garbage shall be stored in container systems which are located and enclosed so as to effectively screen them from view.
(Ord. 97-5, passed 8-4-1997; Ord. 2008-6, passed 8-19-2008; Ord. 2023-6, passed 5-2-2023)