The LI/R district is intended to provide for the development of a variety of industrial and ancillary uses that are characterized by low density land coverage, the absence of objectionable external impacts, by top-quality, attractive industrial architecture in a campus setting and by less intense activity than is likely to be found in more traditional industrial zones. The regulations contained in this chapter, will facilitate the continued development of new industrial facilities in a well-planned environment so as to protect the public health, safety and general welfare; promote economic stability and growth; encourage variety in the design and type of structure constructed and provide for efficient traffic movement.

(Ord. No. 346, § 1701, 6-19-2000; Ord. No. 373, § 2, 1-24-2005)

In the LI/R district, no building, structure, or land shall be used and no building or structure shall hereafter be erected, structurally altered, or enlarged except for the following uses:

1.

Non-manufacturing research and development establishments, including accessory laboratories, offices and other related facilities.

2.

Laboratories or technology centers.

3.

Facilities for manufacturing, compounding, processing, packaging, fabrication, treatment or assembling from previously prepared materials, such items as:

a.

Pharmaceutical products, cosmetics and toiletries.

b.

Toys, jewelry, novelties and athletic goods.

c.

Furniture, fixtures and office equipment.

d.

Signs and displays.

e.

Engineering, optical, medical, photographic equipment and similar instruments.

f.

Electrical instruments or appliances.

g.

Paper and paperboard containers and products.

h.

Printing, publishing and allied industries.

i.

Plastic injection moldings.

j.

Textile mill products such as woven fabric, knitted goods, floor coverings, yarn and thread.

k.

Apparel and similar projects made from fabrics, leather, fur, canvas and similar materials.

l.

Glass products.

4.

Public service or utility building, telephone exchange buildings and communication or relay facilities, municipal buildings.

5.

Offices, provided they are incidental to an industrial use located on the same site.

(Ord. No. 346, § 1702, 6-19-2000; Ord. No. 373, § 3, 1-24-2005)

The following uses may be permitted subject to the granting of a special use permit, pursuant to the requirements in chapter 23:

1.

Indoor recreation centers and health or fitness centers, indoor tennis or swim clubs, indoor hockey or ice skating rinks and similar commercial recreational facilities within an enclosed building.

2.

Executive, administrative, professional or accounting office facilities if located on a lot or parcel with abuts Grand River Avenue.

3.

Industrial uses determined by the planning commission to be substantially similar to permitted uses described in section 1702 and compatible with the intent and purposes of the LI/R district.

4.

Adult and child residential care facilities in accordance with section 615, adult and child care facilities.

(Ord. No. 346, § 1703, 6-19-2000; Ord. No. 373, § 4, 1-24-2005; Ord. No. 411, § 17, 1-18-2010)

The following are permitted accessory uses in the LI/R district:

1.

Any structural or mechanical use customarily incidental to the permitted principal use.

2.

Clinics located on the premises of and clearly incidental to the permitted principal use.

3.

Cafeteria facilities located on the premises of and for the employees of the permitted principal use.

4.

Corporate office facilities incidental to the permitted principal use.

5.

Retail sales incidental to the permitted principal use.

6.

Off-street parking to service the permitted principal use as required by and subject to the regulations established in chapter 20.

(Ord. No. 373, § 5, 1-24-2005)

Any application for a land use permit for a use in the LI/R district shall be accompanied by all information required in this section, including a written statement, submitted and signed by the applicant, certifying that the proposed use will be operated in complete conformance with the use requirements below.

1.

Activities in the LI/R district shall be carried on in completely enclosed buildings unless otherwise permitted in this ordinance. Storage, when permitted out-of-doors, shall be effectively screened by a solid, uniformly finished wall or fence with solid entrance and exit gates, such wall or fence shall in no case be lower than the storage enclosed.

2.

Noise emanating from a use in this district shall not exceed the level of ordinary conversation at the boundaries of the lot. Short intermittent noise peaks may be excepted if they do not exceed normal traffic noise peaks at any point on the lot boundaries.

3.

Uses in this district shall be subject to the following requirements and the standards of section 608, whichever is more restrictive:

a.

Emit no obnoxious, toxic or corrosive fumes or gases except for those produced by internal combustion engines under design operating conditions.

b.

Emit no odorous gases or other odorous matter in such quantities as to be perceptible at or beyond any point on the lot boundaries, provided that any process which may involve the creation or emission of any odors shall be provided with a secondary safeguard system, so that control will be maintained if the primary safeguard system should fail.

c.

Emit no smoke greater than that emitted by properly operating domestic heating equipment.

d.

Discharge into the air no dust or other particulate matter created by any industrial operation and/or emanating from any products stored prior to subsequent to processing.

e.

Produce no heat and/or glare humanly perceptible at or beyond the lot boundaries.

f.

All lighting shall be so shaded, shielded or directed that the light intensity or brightness will not be objectionable beyond the line of the lot on which it is located.

g.

Produce no physical vibrations humanly perceptible at or beyond the lot boundaries.

h.

Produce no electromagnetic radiation or radioactive emission injurious to human beings, animals or vegetation, or of an intensity that interferes with the lawful use of any other property.

i.

Do not engage in the production or storage of any material designed for use as an explosive nor in the use of such material in production.

j.

Do not by their particular location interfere with the function of residential streets through generation of nonresidential traffic.

(Ord. No. 346, § 1704, 6-19-2000)

In the LI/R district, the following minimum requirements shall apply:

1.

Minimum lot area. Two and one-half acres.

2.

Minimum lot width. Two hundred fifty feet.

3.

Minimum front yard depth. Fifty feet as measured from the street right-of-way. Except for landscape improvements and necessary drives and walks, the front yard shall remain clear and shall not be used for parking, loading, storage, or accessory structures.

4.

Minimum side yard width. None, except where the use adjoins a residential use. In such case, the side yard shall be landscaped according to provisions in chapter 19. The setback shall be maintained as a natural buffer area and building of structures and parking of vehicles is prohibited.

5.

Minimum rear yard depth. None, except when the use adjoins a residential use. In such case, the rear yard shall be landscaped according to provisions in chapter 19. The setback shall be maintained as a natural buffer area and building of structures and parking of vehicles is prohibited.

6.

Height of structures. Maximum of two stories or 30 feet is permitted.

7.

Fences and buffers. The buffer requirements of this ordinance shall be met.

8.

Maximum lot coverage. No lot shall be occupied by buildings or structures covering more than 50 percent of the lot.

9.

All operations shall be conducted with the confines of a building, however materials and equipment may be stored outdoors within the rear yard if screened from view from any public street or adjoining property by a solid, uniformly finished wall or fence with solid gates. The wall or fence shall be at least as tall as the materials or equipment being stored. Chain link fencing within interwoven slats is prohibited as a screening wall or fence.

(Ord. No. 346, § 1705, 6-19-2000; Ord. No. 373, § 6, 1-24-2005)

See chapter 20.

(Ord. No. 346, § 1706, 6-19-2000)

See chapter 21.

(Ord. No. 346, § 1707, 6-19-2000)

See chapter 24.

(Ord. No. 346, § 1708, 6-19-2000)

See chapter 19.

(Ord. No. 346, § 1709, 6-19-2000)

See section 2004.

(Ord. No. 346, § 1710, 6-19-2000)