Findlay City Zoning Code
CHAPTER 1144
I-3 Large Scale Industrial District
1144.01 INTENT.
The I-3 Large Scale Industrial Districts are designed to allow for maximum flexibility for manufacturing and assembling, fabricating activities, large scale and specialized industrial operations that are on properties greater than 50 acres. These Districts are structured to include heavy industrial use and innovative technologies that are contained within the premises.
(Ord. 2023-115. Passed 12-19-23.)
1144.02 PERMITTED USES - CERTIFICATE REQUIRED.
(a) All Uses Permitted in the I-1 District.
(b) Industry Utilizing Autonomous Technology.
(c) Solar Power Generation.
(d) Wind Energy Conversion Systems.
(Ord. 2023-115. Passed 12-19-23.)
1144.03 CONDITIONAL USES.
(a) Any Additional Less Intensive, Non-Objective Uses Which are Subject to Planning
Commission Review. (Ord. 2023-115. Passed 12-19-23.)
1144.04 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.)
1144.05 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.)
1144.06 REQUIRED LOT FRONTAGE.
(a) Minimum Lot Frontage. Minimum distance between buildings – twenty-five feet (25’). (Ord. 2023-115. Passed 12-19-23.)
1144.07 MINIMUM BUILDING SEPARATION.
(a) Minimum Separation. Minimum distance between buildings – twenty-five feet (25’). (Ord. 2023-115. Passed 12-19-23.)
1144.08 HEIGHT REQUIREMENTS.
(a) Primary Structure. Shall not exceed sixty feet (60’).
(b) Accessory Structure. Shall not exceed forty feet (40’).
(c) Wind Energy Conversion System. Shall not exceed four hundred and ninety-nine feet (499’). (Ord. 2023-115. Passed 12-19-23.)