(A) Purpose.
(1) The Limited Manufacturing District (LM) is established for the purpose of preserving areas of the village for industrial and related uses of such a nature that they do not create serious problems of compatibility with other kinds of land uses, and to make provision for certain kinds of commercial uses which are most appropriately located ancillary to industrial users or which are necessary to service the immediate needs of people in these areas.
(2) Uses under the LM District generally require a minimum of services and facilities. Such uses typically operate within enclosed structures and have little or no adverse effect on adjacent land by producing noise, odor, dust, smoke, glare, or other hazards. The intent of the district is to encourage industrial development that is architecturally sensitive, incorporating landscaping, generous setbacks, and minimal signage.
(3) Performance standards are identified and required to be met by all uses under the LM District to ensure that those uses are appropriate to the village and that such development is a positive addition to the village without creating undue negative environmental impacts.
(B) Permitted uses. Land and buildings in the Limited Manufacturing District (LM) shall be used only for the following purposes:
(1) Manufacturing.
(a) Canning and preserving fruits, vegetables, and seafood;
(b) Bakery products; candy and other confectionery products;
(c) Men’s, youth and boys’ clothing, furnishings and allied garments; women’s, misses’, children’s and infants clothing, furnishings and allied garments; fur goods and miscellaneous apparel and accessories;
(d) Miscellaneous fabricated textile products; broad and narrow woven fabric mills, including cotton, human-made fiber and silk, and dyeing and finishing, floor covering mills, yarn and thread mills, and miscellaneous textile goods;
(e) Publishing and printing of newspapers, magazines, books and other publications, and commercial printing; manifold business forms, greeting cards, bookbinding and related industries, and service industries for the printing trade;
(f) Pharmaceuticals;
(g) Footwear, gloves and mittens, luggage, handbags and other personal leather goods; boot and shoe cut stock and findings, and leather goods not elsewhere classified;
(h) Glass products made of purchased glass;
(i) Communication equipment, electronic components and accessories, engineering, laboratory, scientific and research instruments and associated equipment, and instruments for measuring, controlling, and indicating physical characteristics;
(j) Optical instruments and lenses, surgical, medical, and dental instruments and supplies, and ophthalmic goods; photographic equipment and supplies;
(k) Watches, clocks, clockwork operated devices and parts; jewelry, silverware, and plated ware;
(l) Automobile accessories and electronic components;
(m) Sausages and other prepared meat products, dairy products, grain mill products, and beverage industries;
(n) Household and office furniture, partitions, shelves, lockers and office and store fixtures, miscellaneous furniture and fixtures;
(o) Nonferrous foundries, sheet metal work, and machine shops, jobbing and repair;
(p) Household appliances, electrical lighting and wiring equipment, and miscellaneous electrical machinery, equipment, and supplies;
(q) Musical instruments and parts, toys, amusements, sporting and athletic goods; and
(r) Pens, pencils, and other office and artists’ materials, costume jewelry, costume novelties, buttons and miscellaneous notions, except precious metal.
(2) Wholesaling.
(a) Pharmaceuticals, chemicals, and allied products;
(b) Dry goods and apparel;
(c) Groceries and related products;
(d) Electrical goods;
(e) Hardware, plumbing and heating equipment and supplies;
(f) Machinery equipment and supplies;
(g) Tobacco and its products;
(h) Beer, wine, and distilled alcoholic beverages;
(i) Paper and its products; and
(j) Furniture and home furnishings.
(3) Wholesaling, warehousing, and transportation services.
(a) Trucking, local and long distance;
(b) Public warehousing and freight forwarding;
(c) Terminal and joint terminal maintenance facilities for motor freight transportation and miscellaneous services incidental to transportation;
(d) Motor vehicles and automotive equipment;
(e) Pharmaceuticals, chemicals and allied products, dry goods, apparel, groceries, and related products;
(f) Farm products and raw materials, electrical goods, hardware, plumbing and heating equipment and supplies;
(g) Machinery, equipment, and supplies;
(h) Miscellaneous wholesalers except scrap and waste materials; and
(i) Mini-warehouses.
(4) Service industries.
(a) General construction contractors;
(b) Plumbing, heating, and air conditioning, painting, paperhanging and decorating;
(c) Electrical work, masonry, stonework, tile setting, and plastering, carpentering and wood flooring, roofing and sheet metal work, concrete work, and water well drilling; and
(d) Miscellaneous special trade contractors.
(5) Commercial retail. Commercial retail uses associated with and subordinate to another permitted use and limited to no more than 25% of the total gross floor area of all structures on the subject lots.
(C) Conditional uses. The following uses may be allowed in the Limited Manufacturing District (LM) subject to approval in accordance with § 153.042:
(1) Laboratories. Research, development and testing laboratories;
(2) Other lawful industrial uses. Any other lawful industrial use compatible with the permitted uses, fulfilling the intent of this district, and developed in accordance with the development standards and performance standards of this district;
(3) Commercial and office uses. Commercial and office establishments normally associated with and intended to serve the industrial establishments or their employees, including:
(a) Commercial and stock savings banks, savings and loan associations, personal credit institutions, and business credit institutions;
(b) Offices of physicians and surgeons, dentists and dental surgeons, and osteopathic physicians, and medical and allied services;
(c) Design services include engineering, architecture, landscape architecture, urban planning, graphic arts, and interior design; and
(d) Accounting, auditing, and bookkeeping services.
(4) Administrative offices. Administrative offices primarily engaged in general administrative supervision, purchasing, accounting and other management functions;
(5) Personal and consumer services. Personal and consumer services generally involving the care and maintenance of tangible property or the provision of intangible services for personal consumption intended to serve the industrial establishments of their employees, including:
(a) Personal: beauty shops, barber shops, shoe repair shops, pressing, alteration, and garment repair, and miscellaneous personal services; and
(b) Business: advertising, consumer credit reporting agencies, mercantile reporting agencies, adjustment and collecting agencies, business services including duplicating, addressing, blueprinting, photocopying, mailing, mailing lists, and stenographic, private employment agencies, and business services not elsewhere classified, except research, development, and testing laboratories.
(6) Recycling centers. Not to include manufacturing; and
(7) Significant developments. Any proposed structure in the Limited Manufacturing District (LM) that contains at least 50,000 square feet of gross floor area shall be considered a significant development and may be allowed only upon approval in accordance with § 153.042.
(D) Development standards.
(1) Lot and building requirements. The following lot and building requirements are minimum standards, except where noted, and shall apply in the Limited Manufacturing District (LM):
(a) Lot area: no minimum lot area is required; however, all lots shall abut an improved public right-of-way and lot area shall be adequate to provide the required yard space;
(b) Lot coverage (maximum): no maximum lot coverage is required; however, the lot coverage shall be adequate to provide the yard space required;
(c) Lot width: no minimum lot width is required; however, all lots shall abut an improved public right-of-way and have adequate width to provide the required yard space and meet minimum access requirements;
(d) Front yard setback: the minimum front yard setback shall be the average of the existing adjacent industrial structures on the same side of the street and facing thereon within the same block. Where there are no adjacent industrial structures, the building line shall not be less than 50 feet measured from the street right-of-way;
(e) Side yard setback: for main and accessory structures, including open service and loading areas, the required side yards shall not be less than 20 feet, unless adjacent to any residential zoning district, Planned Residential District, and Planned Unit District whereby the side yard shall be no less than 50 feet; and
(f) Rear yard setback: for main and accessory structures the required rear yard shall be not less than 20 feet, unless adjacent to any residential zoning district, Planned Residential District, and Planned Unit District whereby the rear yard shall be no less than 50 feet.
(2) Supplemental standards. The following supplemental standards shall apply within the Limited Manufacturing District (LM):
(a) No building shall exceed 40 feet in height, nor more than three stories in height; and
(b) Applicable standards shall be met in corresponding provisions of this chapter.
(E) Performance standards. No land or building in the Limited Manufacturing District (LM) shall be used or occupied in any manner in violation of § 153.192. The cost of any testing necessary, as determined by the village, for determining whether a violation of such regulations exists or has occurred or may occur in the future shall be paid by the violator to the village.
(Ord. 96-152, passed 10-7-1996)
Cross-reference:
Ground satellite stations, see § 153.198
Open storage and display of material, see § 153.191
Public nuisance regulations, see § 153.192