(A) Purpose. The purpose of this district is to provide space for modern landscaped industrial and commercial establishments which create limited or no hazards, noise, vibrations, smoke, dust, odors, heat, glare or other objectionable influences which would be offensive beyond the boundaries of the industrially zoned lot.
(B) Permitted principal uses. Only those uses providing office or industrial services; manufacturing, processing or assembly of materials or substances into new products; engaged in wholesale trade; or warehousing that are listed below shall be permitted, subject to compliance with all of the provisions of this district:
(1) Uses permitted in the “C-O” District;
(2) General warehousing and storage; refrigerated warehousing; and special warehousing and storage, except petroleum, chemical, oil, gasoline and other flammable, hazardous or toxic materials or products;
(3) Apparel and other finished products made from fabrics and similar materials;
(4) Printing, publishing and allied industries;
(5) Footwear, except rubber, leather gloves and mittens, luggage and handbags and other personal leather goods;
(6) Apparel and other finished products made from fabrics and similar materials;
(7) Glass and glassware, pressed or blown;
(8) Glass and plastic products made of purchased glass or plastic;
(9) Computer and office equipment;
(10) Measuring, analyzing and controlling instruments; photographic, medical and optical goods; watches and clocks;
(11) Computer and office equipment;
(12) Measuring, analyzing and controlling instruments; photographic, medical and optical goods; watches and clocks;
(13) Jewelry, silverware and plated ware; costume jewelry, costume novelties, buttons and miscellaneous notions;
(14) Musical instruments;
(15) Dolls, toys, games and sporting and athletic goods;
(16) Pens, pencils and other artists’ materials;
(17) Research laboratories;
(18) Research agencies;
(19) Vocational schools;
(20) Radio and television stations; and
(21) Communication towers with a maximum height of 150 feet, subject to § 160.47.
(C) Accessory uses. Uses that are clearly subordinate and customarily incidental to the principal use may be permitted subject to the standards set forth in division (E) below.
(D) Conditional uses. The following conditional uses may be allowed by the Board of Adjustment subject to § 160.63, provided such use complies with the requirements of this and all other city codes and is in accordance with the Comprehensive Plan of the city:
(1) Restaurants and other retail uses;
(2) Uses permitted in the “M-2” District;
(3) Airports and heliports, including hangars, terminal buildings and other auxiliary facilities;
(4) Local and suburban transit and interurban highway passenger transportation;
(5) Correctional facilities and halfway homes for delinquents or offenders, or persons with present drug or alcohol dependence;
(6) Stadiums, auditoriums and arenas of any kind;
(7) Small wind energy conversion system (SWECS), subject to § 160.48;
(8) Communication towers with a height of more than 150 feet; towers for micro-wave relay, radio and television transmission, or other purposes; and towers located less than 200 feet from the boundary of any property zoned for residential use or designated for such use by the Comprehensive Plan, subject to § 160.47;
(9) Animal shelters and kennels;
(10) Off-premise signs, except those having a digital or other changing display, subject to the elimination of existing legally nonconforming off-premise signs in accordance with the Sign Code; and
(11) Other manufacturing, processing, assembly or warehousing uses that the Board of Adjustment finds to be of the same general character as those uses permitted in this district, and to not be characterized by significant risk noxious, toxic, hazardous or unhealthful operations or conditions.
(E) Performance standards.
(1) All outdoor storage of products or materials shall be effectively screened from adjacent streets and properties.
(2) All refuse collection areas shall be fully enclosed by a six-foot high opaque wood fence or masonry wall.
(3) Where lot adjoins a residential zoning district, a buffer yard shall be provided along said district boundary in accordance with the requirements of § 160.27.
(4) A minimum of 15% of the lot in addition to required landscape setbacks and buffer yards shall be maintained as open space landscaped with grass, trees, shrubs and other plant material in accordance with § 160.28.
(F) Bulk requirements. The following minimum requirements shall be observed:
(1) Minimum lot area: 40,000 square feet;
(2) Minimum lot width: 150 feet;
(3) Minimum front yard: 50 feet;
(4) Minimum side yards: adjacent to a street - 50 feet; adjacent to a residential district - ten feet; otherwise none required;
(5) Minimum rear yard: adjacent to residentially zoned property - 30 feet; otherwise none required;
(6) Maximum height: 35 feet, provided that no building for any use shall exceed a bulk plane having a 14-degree altitude calculated from a horizontal plane extending through a line located 18 feet above the average elevation of the north lot line, if an existing building with a passive solar design that includes thermal storage, or an existing solar photovoltaic array that is capable of producing a minimum of 3-kW DC in direct sun, lies to the north; said existing design or device shall be previously documented for this limitation to be applicable; and
(7) Maximum floor area ratio: (F.A.R.): 0.50.