The following uses, because of their natures, are hereby declared undesirable for location within the corporate limits as being incompatible with suburban, residential developments and the development and location of commercial businesses and industries which do not have an adverse effect upon the community. Because of their product, byproducts, processing and general nature, because of their adverse effect upon the public safety and health, and upon the public roads and lands and because of excessive air pollution and unsightliness, the following uses are hereby declared to be nuisances and therefore prohibited to be undertaken within the corporate limits, except where authorized by Conditional Use Permit, and only in the districts where such Conditional Use may be permitted as prescribed in this Ordinance. Any use not included in the list of permitted uses for the various zoning districts included in this Zoning Ordinance shall be considered a prohibited use. Any use that is accessory to a prohibited use shall itself be prohibited.
(a) Abattoir or slaughter house, stockyards, tannery, curing and storage of raw hides, manufacture and refining of tallow, grease and lard, handling and treatment of dead animals, hides, bones, blood, scrap, hair, glue and size and gelative manufacture, stock food manufacture from refuse, treatment or handling of fertilizers, except sale of fertilizer at retail, offal, dead animals or refuse, sewage disposal plant except when controlled by a political subdivision.
(b) Ferrous and nonferrous manufacturing processes.
(c) Bronze powder manufacture, carbon, lampblack or graphite manufacture, celluloid or pyroxylene manufacture, or explosive or inflammable cellulose or pyroxylene products manufacture, coal gas manufacture, coal tar manufacture or tar distillation, mineral dye or dyestuffs manufacture, creosote manufacture or treatment.
(d) Distillation of bones, coal or wood, or manufacture of any byproduct of such distillation.
(e) Explosive or fireworks manufacture or the storage or loading of explosives in bulk, gas manufacture or storage, acid manufacture, or their use of storage, except as accessory to a permitted industry, match manufacture, nitrating processes, petroleum refining, paper and pulp manufacturing.
(f) Gypsum, cement, plaster or plaster of paris manufacture, lime manufacture, stone crushing plants, brick plants.
(g) Manufacture of oiled cloth or clothing, or the impregnation of any fabric by oxidizing oils, rayon or synthetic cloth and fiber manufacture, rubber manufacture by reclaiming process, manufacture of wood scouring, any chemical manufacture or process giving off noxious fumes, smoke, odors or vapors.
(h) Hog feeding, except in the ordinary practice of a farm operation, handling, storage or feeding of any garbage, offal or waste, sewage or garbage disposal plant, except where operated by the City.
(i) Mobile home parks and temporary housing, such as cabins, excluding motels.
(j) Aviation fields for commercial aircraft but not to include heliports.
(k) Junkyards or automotive graveyards.
(l) The commercial breeding, raising and feeding of any animal such as fox, mink, skunk, etc.
(m) Strip or open mining or extracting operations for clay, gravel, stone, coal, and other natural resources, except upon issuance of a Conditional Use Permit.
(n) Land fills.
(o) Uranium and plutonium manufacturing and processing.
(p) Storage, handling and transporting of hazardous waste material.
(Ord. 87-1989. Passed 7-11-89.)
(q) The incineration of medical, pathological and anatomical waste shall be prohibited. (Ord. 40-2009. Passed 4-28-09.)