Findlay City Zoning Code
CHAPTER 1143
I-2 General Industrial District
1143.01 INTENT.
The I-2 General Industrial Districts are designed primarily for manufacturing and assembling, fabricating activities, including large scale and specialized industrial operations whose external physical effects may be felt in other districts. These Districts are structured to include heavy industrial use.
(Ord. 2023-115. Passed 12-19-23.)
1143.02 PERMITTED USES - CERTIFICATE REQUIRED.
(a) All Uses Permitted in I-1.
(b) Light Manufacturing.
(c) Research and Testing Facilities.
(d) Automobile Service Stations.
(e) Major Automobile Repair.
(f) Heavy Manufacturing.
(g) Accessory Uses.
(h) Wholesale Businesses.
(i) Warehousing.
(j) Laboratories.
(k) Truck Stops.
(l) Refineries.
(Ord. 2023-115. Passed 12-19-23.)
1143.03 CONDITIONAL USES.
(a) Junkyards.
(b) Stock Yards.
(c) Slaughterhouse.
(d) Landfills.
(e) Oil and Gas Wells.
(f) Adult Entertainment Establishments / Adult Entertainment Uses.
(g) Mining.
(h) Quarrying.
(i) Off Premise Signs.
(j) Borrow Pits.
(k) Electric Vehicle Charging Station.
(l) Any Additional Less Intensive, Non-Objective Uses Which are Subject to Planning
Commission Review. (Ord. 2023-115. Passed 12-19-23.)
1143.04 REQUIRED BUILDING SETBACKS.
(a) Front Yard Setback.
(1) Major and secondary thoroughfares – seventy-five feet (75’);
(2) All other streets – fifty feet (50’).
(b) Side Yard Setback.
(1) Thirty feet (30’);
(2) If adjacent to an area that is zoned 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 for residential, the setback shall be seventy-five feet (75’).
(Ord. 2023-115. Passed 12-19-23.)
1143.05 USE OF EXISTING SETBACKS.
Existing industrial operations with established setbacks less than required in this Chapter may be permitted to continue using the existing setback for current 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.)
1143.06 REQUIRED LOT FRONTAGE.
(a) Minimum Lot Frontage. Minimum distance between buildings – twenty-five feet (25’). (Ord. 2023-115. Passed 12-19-23.)
1143.07 MINIMUM BUILDING SEPARATION.
(a) Minimum Separation. Minimum distance between buildings – twenty-five feet (25’). (Ord. 2023-115. Passed 12-19-23.)
1143.08 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.)