(a) Purpose. The "M-3" General Industrial District is designed to accommodate a broad range of manufacturing, servicing and processing uses.
(b) Principal Permitted Uses. Only those uses set forth below which continuously conform to all the requirements of divisions (c) through (f) of this section shall be permitted:
• Acids, corrosive and derivatives - manufacture and bulk storage.
• Agricultural implement sales and service.
• Agricultural uses.
• Ammonia or chlorine manufacture and storage.
• Asphalt or asphalt products.
• Auction sales.
• Automobile parking garages.
• Automobile parking lots.
• Automobile repair garages - including body work.
• Bakeries - wholesale.
• Beverage distributors and bottling plants.
• Bone, canvas, cellophane, clay, cloth, cork, feathers, felt - manufacturing , assembling, compounding , or treatment (or any combination of these processes).
• Carpet and rug cleaning plants.
• Cash advance business.
• Celluloid or cellulose products and manufacturing.
• Cement block and formed products manufacturing.
• Cement, lime or lime products manufacture.
• Chemical products - compounding, processing and packaging, but not including any materials which decompose by detonation.
• Coal tar and creosote manufacturing.
• Coke ovens.
• Cold storage plants.
• Commercial greenhouse and nurseries.
• Concrete mixing plants.
• Contractor sales, storage and equipment yards.
• Crematoriums (pet and human).
• Dairy and food product processing and packaging.
• Driver training schools (trucks).
• Drop-forge plants.
• Electrical and electronic products, components and equipment - manufacturing, assembling or repair.
• Equipment rental services, including cars, trucks and trailers.
• Exterminating services.
• Fat rendering.
• Fertilizer manufacture.
• Fiber, fur, glass, hair, horn, leather, paper, plastics, rubber, precious or semi-precious stone or metal, sheet metal, shell, textiles, tobacco, wax, wire and wood, but not including as a principal operation, the manufacture of such substances.
• Food brokers - retail, wholesale and storage with processing.
• Food brokers - retail, wholesale and storage without processing.
• Foundries and foundry products.
• Frozen food lockers.
• Garbage or offal reduction or transfer.
• Glue manufacture.
• Government buildings, structures, or premises used exclusively be federal, state, county, township, or municipal governments for public purposes, but not including work shops, warehouse, or open material storage.
• Government buildings, structures, or premises used exclusively by federal, state, county, township or municipal governments for public purposes, provided open storage areas are screened.
• Incinerators.
• Liquid fuel, petroleum products, petroleum and volatile oils - bulk storage stations in accordance with Section 1143.19(f) hereof.
• Machine shops, tool and die shops.
• Machinery and heavy equipment rental, sales and storage.
• Manufacturing, assembling or repair of medical, dental, optical and similar precision instruments or appliances.
• Meat processing and packaging, exclusive of slaughtering.
• Medical and dental laboratories.
• Metal products, excluding structural steel and foundry products or product from previously prepared materials - manufacturing, compounding, assembling or treatment (or any combination of these processes).
• Metal products, including structural steel and foundry products or product from previously prepared materials - manufacturing, compounding, assembling or treatment (or any combination of these processes).
• Moving and storage companies.
• Musical instruments - manufacturing, assembling or repair.
• Novelties, toys and rubber products - manufacturing, assembling or repair.
• Pawn shop.
• Petroleum refining plants.
• Pharmaceutical products, including cosmetics, toiletries and perfumes, but excluding the manufacture of soap from raw materials or products previously prepared- manufacturing, compounding, assembling, or treatment (or any combination of these processes).
• Plastics.
• Pool hall.
• Printing, publishing, binding and typesetting plants.
• Public utility.
• Railroad stations, depots, train yards, classification yards and team tracks.
• Research and engineering laboratories.
• Rubber manufacture from crude or scrap material or the manufacturing of articles there from.
• Sales offices and service centers.
• Sawing and planning mills.
• Scrap and used metal storage and reclamation.
• Scrap paper storage and baling.
• Sexually oriented businesses.
• Sign painting and manufacture.
• Soap and detergent manufacture from raw materials.
• Stockyards and slaughter houses.
• Stone products processing and manufacturing.
• Tattoo parlors.
• Truck fuel dispensing stations.
• Truck repair facility.
• Truck sales and service.
• Truck washing facility.
• Trucking and motor freight terminals.
• Turpentine, varnish or paint manufacture.
• Watches and clocks, including clock operated devices - manufacturing, assembling or repair.
• Water filtration plants and pumping stations.
• Wholesale houses, warehouse and other storage facilities.
(c) Permitted Accessory Uses. The following are permitted as accessory uses subject to the provisions of Section 1151.04 of this Zoning Code:
(1) Refuse Dumpsters.
(2) A structure for storage incidental to a permitted use.
(4) Any use which is customarily found in conjunction with principal use as approved by the Planning Commission.
(d) Lot Size Requirements. Each separate zoning lot in the "M-3" General Industrial District shall:
(1) Contain a minimum lot area of forty thousand (40,000) square feet.
(2) Have a minimum lot width of one hundred (100) feet.
(3) Have a minimum lot depth of two hundred (200) feet.
(4) Have a maximum lot depth to lot width ratio of 3:1 except on cul-de-sacs lots and other lots bearing unique topography.
(e) Buffer Strips. A buffer strip shall be established on the lot being developed in the "M-3" General Industrial District when it abuts the following zoning districts:
(1) A, A-R, R-1 to R-7: A minimum of twenty-five (25) feet in width.
(f) Bulk Regulations. All construction on any zoning lot in the "M-3" General Industrial District shall provide for:
(1) Maximum building lot coverage of sixty (60) percent.
(Ord. 15-2009. Passed 6-15-09.)
(2) Maximum structure height of seventy-five (75) feet, but not more than the horizontal distance of the closest part of the structure from the nearest lot line. The Planning Commission may allow for a higher structure upon review of the specific circumstances and proximity to non-industrial neighboring uses. (Ord. 25-2011. Passed 12-19-11.)
(3) Minimum front yard of twenty-five (25) feet.
(4) Minimum side yard of ten (10) feet or half the building height.
(5) Minimum rear yard of twenty-five (25) feet or half the building height.
(6) Minimum transitional yards as follows:
A. Where a side lot line coincides with a side or rear lot line in an adjacent residence district, then a side yard shall be provided along the side lot line that is equal in width to one-half (½) of the building height.
B. Where a rear lot line coincides with a side or rear lot line in a residence district, then a rear yard shall be provided along the rear lot line that is equal in width to one-half (½) the building height. When separated by an alley, one-half (½) the alley width may be used as part of the required yard.
C. Where a side lot line lies across the street from the front yard of residential structures located in a residence district, then a side yard shall be provided along the side lot line that is not less than twenty-five (25) feet in depth.
D. Where the extension of a front or side lot line coincides with a front line of an adjacent lot located in a residence district on the same block, then a front or side yard equal in depth to the minimum front yard required by this Zoning Code in the adjacent residence district shall be provided along the front or side lot line for the remainder of the block, including the width of any intervening alley.
E. Where a front lot line lies across the street from a side lot line in a residential district, then a front yard shall be provided along the front lot line, which is not less than twenty-five (25) feet in depth.
F. Where a front lot line lies across the street from a side lot line in a residential district, then a front yard shall be provided along the front lot line which is not less than the required front yard for the residential lot.
G. Where the extension of a front or side lot line coincides with a side lot line of an adjacent lot in a residence district on the same block, then a yard equal in depth to the minimum side yard required by this Zoning Code in the adjacent residence district shall be provided along the front or side lot line for the remainder of the block, including the width of any intervening alley.
(1) Any use constructed, established, altered or enlarged in the "M-3" General Industrial District shall be operated so as to comply with the approved development plan and with the following standards. No use already established shall be altered or modified so as to conflict with, or further conflict with, the applicable standards established hereinafter for the "M-3" General Industrial District.
(2) Noise from any operation conducted on the premises, other than that emanating from vehicular traffic, either continuous or intermittent, shall be subject to the provisions of Section 1157 of this Zoning Code.
(3) No emission of toxic or noxious matter, which is injurious to human health, comfort, or enjoyment of life and property or to animal or plant life, shall be permitted. Where such emissions could be produced as a result of accident or equipment malfunction, adequate safeguards considered suitable for safe operation in the industry involved shall be taken.
(4) Vibrations, which can be detected without the use of instruments at or beyond the lot lines, are prohibited.
(5) Exterior lighting shall be in accordance with the provisions of Section 1157 of this Zoning Code. All fixtures shall be shielded so that no direct light is cast upon any property located in a residential zoning district.
(6) No building or structure shall be used for residential purposes except that a watchman or custodian may reside on the premises.
(7) All premises shall be furnished with all-weather hard surfaced walks of a material such as bituminous or Portland cement, concrete, wood, tile, terrazzo, or similar material, and except for parking areas, the grounds shall be planted and landscaped.
(8) The storage, utilization, or manufacture of solid, liquid, and gaseous chemicals and other materials shall be permitted subject to the following conditions:
A. The storage, utilization, or manufacture of solid materials or products ranging from free or active burning to intense burning is permitted, but only if these materials or products are stored, utilized, or manufactured within completely enclosed buildings meeting applicable building codes.
B. All activities involving the use and/or storage and/or disposal of flammable liquids or materials which produce flammable or explosive vapors or gasses shall be provided with adequate safety and protective devices against hazards or fire and explosion, as required by applicable building codes.
C. The storage and utilization of flammable liquids or materials that produce flammable or explosive vapors or gases shall be permitted on any lot in strict conformance with the applicable regulations set forth in the "Ohio Rules and Regulations of the Division of the State Fire Marshal for the Manufacture, Storage, Handling, Sale and Transportation of Flammable and Combustible Liquids".
(9) The handling of radioactive materials, the discharge of such materials into the air and water and the disposal of radioactive wastes shall be in strict conformance with:
1. The applicable regulations of the Atomic Energy Commission and/or the Environmental Protection Agency.
2. The applicable regulations of any instrumentality of the state.
(10) All storage or equipment display within two hundred (200) feet of a Residence or Office-Residence District Boundary shall be within completely enclosed buildings or effectively screened by a solid wall or solid fence, with solid entrance and exit gates, not less than six (6) feet in height.
(11) Sexually Oriented Business
A. No sexually oriented business shall be established or operated within seven hundred fifty (750) feet of any of the following:
1. A church, synagogue, mosque, temple, or building which is used primarily for religious worship and related religious activities.
2. A public or private educational facility including, but not limited to, child day care facilities, nursery schools, preschools, kindergartens, elementary schools, private schools, junior high schools, middle schools, high schools, vocational schools, secondary schools, continuation schools, special education schools, junior colleges and universities. "School" includes the school grounds, but does not include facilities used primarily for another purpose and incidentally as a school.
3. A boundary of a residence district as defined in this Zoning Code.
4. A public park or recreational area which has been designated for park or recreational activities including, but not limited to, a park, a playground, nature trails, swimming pool, reservoir, athletic field, basketball or tennis courts, pedestrian/bicycle paths, wilderness areas, or other similar public land within the City which is under the control, operation, or management of the City park and recreation authorities.
5. An entertainment business which is oriented primarily towards children or family entertainment.
6. The right-of-way of any divided, limited access highway including Interstate Route 75.
B. No sexually oriented business shall be established within a radius of one thousand (1,000) feet of any other sexually oriented business or within a radius of one thousand (1,000) feet of any two (2) of the following establishments:
1. Cabarets, clubs, or other establishments which feature topless or bottomless dancers, go-go dancers, exotic dancers, strippers, male or female impersonators, or similar entertainers.
2. Establishments for the sale of beer or intoxicating liquor for consumption on the premises.
3. Pawn shops.
4. Pool or billiard halls.
5. Coin operated amusement centers.
6. Dance halls and discotheques.
7. Massage parlors.
8. Signs for sexually oriented businesses shall be regulated as follows:
I. Wall signs:
(i) Shall only contain the name of the business establishment.
(ii) May be illuminated.
(iii) Shall not exceed twenty-four (24) square feet.
(iv) Shall not be animated or flashing.
II. Window or door signs:
(i) Shall not be illuminated.
(ii) Shall not exceed five (5) percent of the surface area upon which such sign is attached.
III. Electronically changeable copy signs are prohibited.
IV. Exterior lighting shall not be colored and shall be restricted to shades of white.
V. Exterior lights shall not be flashing, or changing in color or intensity.
VI. Neon stripes or similar illuminated architectural ornamentations are prohibited.
VII. Searchlights or similar promotional devices are prohibited.
VIII. Pennants, streamers, banners, hot air or cold-air inflated structures or figures, balloons and similar architectural ornamentations and/or decorations, which direct attention of passerby to the premises, are prohibited. These shall include, but not be limited to abstract paint schemes, multi-colored stripes, murals, steeples, sculptures, and topiary landscaping.
IX. All other signs are prohibited.