Findlay City Zoning Code
CHAPTER 1141
L-1 Light Industrial District
1141.01 INTENT.
The I-1 Light Industrial Districts are designed primarily to accommodate wholesale activities, warehouses, and light industrial operations which may be conducted in areas proximate to residential and commercial areas with attempts to provide as much isolation as possible and where external environmental and physical effects are restricted to the area of this District. No offensive or hazardous conditions shall be created by an industry. Disruptive activities shall be minimized to maintain tranquility if near commercial or residential areas and districts. These would include excessive traffic, dust, dirt, noxious gases, smoke, noise, fumes or vibrations.
Permitted uses of this district exclude heavy industrial operations.
(Ord. 2023-115. Passed 12-19-23.)
1141.02 PERMITTED USE - CERTIFICATE REQUIRED.
(a) Industrial Manufacturing.
(b) Light Manufacturing.
(c) Wholesale Trade.
(d) Transportation and Warehousing.
(e) Machining.
(f) Welding.
(g) Major Automotive Repair.
(h) Semi-Truck Repair, Sales and Service.
(i) Truck Stops.
(j) Research and Development Laboratories.
(k) Mini-Storage Warehouse.
(l) Trade or Industrial Schools.
(m) Public Safety Facilities.
(n) Kennels Outdoor/Indoor - Kennels – Veterinary Clinics.
(o) Towing Operations and Storage Lots.
(p) Production and/or Storage of Medical or Compressed Gases.
(q) RV Sales and Services.
(r) Contractor Storage Equipment.
(s) Bulk Sales, Storage or Top Soils and Mulches, Etc.
(t) Accessory Uses.
(Ord. 2023-115. Passed 12-19-23.)
1141.03 CONDITIONAL USES.
(a) Sales areas or showrooms for products manufactured on-site. Sales area not to exceed forty-percent (40%) of the primary structure.
(b) Adult Entertainment Establishments / Adult Entertainment Uses. (Chapter 1164 Adult Entertainment Establishment/Adult).
(c) Outdoor drive-in movie theaters.
(d) Any additional less intensive, non-objectionable uses which are subject to Planning Commission review.
(e) Electric Vehicle Charging Station.
(f) Refuse Transfer Station and Recycling Centers.
(Ord. 2023-115. Passed 12-19-23.)
1141.04 REQUIRED BUILDING SETBACKS.
(a) Front Yard Setback. Fifty feet (50’).
(b) Side Yard Setback.
(1) Thirty feet (30’).
(2) If adjacent to an area that is zoned or used for residential, the setback shall be seventy-five feet (75’).
(c) Rear Yard Setback.
(1) Thirty feet (30’).
(2) If adjacent to an area that is zoned or used for residential, the setback shall be seventy-five feet (75’).
(Ord. 2023-115. Passed 12-15-23.)
1141.05 EXISTING SETBACKS.
(a) Industrial Uses. Expansion of existing industrial uses may use the established setbacks or the current standards, whichever is less.
(Ord. 2023-115. Passed 12-19-23.)
1141.06 REQUIRED LOT FRONTAGE.
(a) Minimum Lot Frontage. Minimum required lot frontage is one hundred feet (100’).
(Ord. 2023-115. Passed 12-19-23.)
1141.07 HEIGHT REQUIREMENTS.
(a) Primary Structure. Shall not exceed sixty feet (60’).
(b) Accessory Structure. Shall not exceed forty feet (40’).
(Ord. 2023-115. Passed 12-19-23.)
1141.08 MINIMUM BUILDING SEPARATION.
(a) Minimum Separation. Minimum distance between buildings – twenty-five feet (25’). (Ord. 2023-115. Passed 12-19-23.)