Bellefontaine Neighbors
City Zoning Code
City Zoning Code
ARTICLE XII
M-2 Controlled Industrial District
Sec. 29-71 M-2 controlled industrial district regulations.
[Ord. No. 396 Art. XII, 4-29-1960; Ord. No. 638 § 1, 6-26-1966; Ord. No. 836 §§ 1 — 5, 8-3-1971; Ord. No. 1007 § 1, 2-3-1977; Ord. No. 1648 § 1, 5-4-1995; Ord. No. 2056 § 1, 2-15-2007; Ord. No. 2059 § 1, 4-5-2007]
(a)
The regulations set forth in this article or set forth elsewhere in this chapter, when referred to in this article, are the regulations in the M-2 controlled industrial district. Such district shall be laid out and developed according to an approved plan as provided in this article in order to accomplish its purpose to provide space in attractive and appropriate locations for certain types of business and manufacturing free from offense in modern, landscaped buildings, and to provide opportunities for employment closer to residence in the city of Bellefontaine Neighbors.
(b)
Use regulations. A building or premises shall be used only for the following purposes and no building shall be erected or reconstructed for dwelling purposes other than for resident watchmen or caretakers employed on the premises:
(1)
Art needle work, hand weaving and tapestries.
(2)
Books, hand binding and tooling.
(3)
Compounding of cosmetics and pharmaceutical products.
(4)
Jewelry, manufactured from precious metals.
(5)
Laboratories, research, experimental and testing.
(6)
Manufacture of clay, leather, metal and glass products.
(7)
Manufacture of medical, dental and drafting instruments.
(8)
Manufacture of optical goods and equipment, watches, clocks and other similar precision instruments.
(9)
Manufacture of small electrical or electronic apparatus, musical instruments, games and toys.
(10)
Plumbing shop, printing shop or shops of a similar nature.
(11)
Offices, business, professional and governmental.
(13)
Any other office, unitized warehouse with associated outdoor storage area, laboratory or manufacturing use which does not create any danger to health and safety in surrounding areas, which does not create any offensive noise, vibration, smoke, dust, odors, heat or glare, and which is specifically approved as to character, arrangement, design, method of operation and the like, in accordance with sections (e) and (f) hereof.
(14)
The manufacture, compounding, processing, assembling, packaging or treatment of such products as bakery goods, candy, dairy products and food products (excluding fish and meat products, sauerkraut, vinegar, yeast and the rendering or refining of fats and oils).
(c)
Height and area regulations.
(1)
No building shall exceed a height of two (2) stories or thirty-five (35) feet, except that a building may be erected to a height of sixty (60) feet when the distances from the street and any residential district boundary line required in this section are increased by one (1) foot for each foot of building height above thirty-five (35) feet.
(2)
A forty (40) foot building line must be maintained except that lots adjacent to residential districts shall have a fifty (50) foot building line.
(3)
No lot smaller than one-half (½) acre shall be permitted. Not more than thirty-five percent (35%) of lot area shall be used for building or structure for lots less than one (1) acre and not more than fifty percent (50%) of lot area for lots of one (1) acre or more.
(4)
Outside storage will be permitted if located behind the front building line of the principal structure on the lot and if reasonably screened from view from any adjoining public or private street, road or private right-of-way and from any adjoining lot located in a residential district. Any such storage area shall be paved with asphalt or concrete which shall be well maintained at all times.
(5)
Side and back yards shall be a minimum of ten (10) feet.
(6)
Off-street parking and loading spaces shall be provided in accordance with the requirements for specific uses set forth in article XV.
(7)
Procedure. The owner or owners of such tract of land must submit to the planning and zoning commission a plan for the use and development of such tract for the purposes of and meeting the requirements set forth in this article. Said plan shall be accompanied by information concerning the number of persons to be employed, the effects on surrounding property, and other physical conditions, and shall include the following:
A site plan defining the area to be occupied by buildings, the areas to be used for parking, the locations of roads, driveways and walks, the locations and height of any walls, the spaces for loading and the character and extent of landscaping, planting and other treatment of adjustment to surrounding property.
(d)
Parking and loading regulations. Off-street parking and loading spaces shall be provided in accordance with the requirements for specific uses set forth in article XV.
(e)
Procedure. The owner or owners of a tract of land comprising three (3) acres or more may submit to the planning and zoning commission a plan for the use and development of such tract for the purposes of and meeting the requirements set forth in this article. Said plan shall be accompanied by information concerning the number of persons to be employed, the effects on surrounding property, and other physical conditions, and shall include the following:
A site plan defining the area to be occupied by building, the area to be used for parking, the location of roads, driveways and walks, the location and height of any walls, the spaces for loading, and the character and extent of landscaping, planting and other treatment for adjustment to surrounding property.
(f)
Review and approval. The proposed controlled industrial development plan together with the other required information shall be studied by the planning and zoning commission. The planning and zoning commission shall then make their recommendations to the board of aldermen within a reasonable time. Any report from the planning and zoning commission recommending approval of any proposed industrial development shall contain findings relating to the following specific conditions:
(1)
The proposed development shall be so related to streets and arteries that the traffic generated can be accommodated without causing objectional volumes of traffic on residential streets.
(2)
The location and arrangement of buildings, parking areas, roads, driveways, and other features shall be adjusted to the surrounding land uses and parts of the site not used for buildings, structures, parking or accessways shall be landscaped with grass, trees and shrubs.
(3)
All roads, parking and loading areas and walks shall be suitably graded and drained and paved with hard surface material meeting applicable specifications of the city of Bellefontaine Neighbors.
(4)
Reasonable additional requirements as to landscaping, lighting, signs, advertising devices, screening, building setbacks and accessways may be imposed by the commission for the protection of adjoining residential property.
(g)
The board of aldermen must proceed to approve or disapprove the issuance of a building permit depending upon compliance with all requirements herein and the ordinances of the city of Bellefontaine Neighbors.
(h)
Delay in construction. In the event that construction of the business or industry is not begun within two (2) years of the date that approval by the board of aldermen becomes final, such approval shall be deemed to have expired, and no such business or industry shall thereupon be constructed unless and until the plans therefor have again been reviewed and approved as required by this article.