The M-2 district is designed to accommodate industrial uses engaged in the basic processing and manufacturing of materials or products predominately from extracted or raw materials, or a use engaged in storage or manufacturing processes that potentially involve hazardous materials or commonly recognized offensive conditions.

(Ord. No. 422, Art. I, 5-13-2024)

In the M-2 district, except as otherwise provided for in this chapter, all buildings shall be erected and all land shall be used, only for one or more of the following specified uses when such uses comply with the performance standards as listed in article VII of this chapter:

(1)

All uses allowed in the M-1 light manufacturing district as permitted and as regulated under section 44-700.

(2)

Salvage yard, subject to the following requirements:

a.

All outdoor storage used in the course of the applicant's business shall be restricted to the rear yard or be set back from the front property line not less than 100 feet, whichever is less restrictive.

b.

All outdoor storage shall be set back not less than 100 feet along all property lines which abut residentially zoned property.

c.

Material storage shall not exceed a height of 20 feet.

d.

All outdoor storage shall be set back not less than ten feet along any interior lot line.

e.

An all weather durable roadway shall be provided and maintained from the street providing primary site access to the rear of the outside storage to permit access by emergency vehicles at any time. Any portion of the roadway open to the general public shall be paved.

f.

Combustible materials stored on the site shall be arranged to prevent the spread of fire.

1.

Individual combustible material storage areas shall not occupy a land area greater than 2,000 square feet or a diameter of 50 feet.

2.

Combustible material storage areas shall not be located closer than ten feet to other combustible storage areas, buildings, loading areas, and off-street parking areas.

g.

All open storage areas shall be screened from all streets, screened from private road easements serving two or more parcels, screened on all sides abutting a non-industrial zoning district, and screened to prevent visibility from all horizontal lines of sight from neighboring residentially zoned property. The options for screening shall consist of a solid eight-foot tall wall or fence having an adjacent obscuring greenbelt, or by a landscaped berm, meeting the following requirements:

1.

A greenbelt shall not be less than 20 feet wide planted with one deciduous tree having a diameter at breast height of 2.5 inches or greater or an evergreen tree not less than five feet in height for each 30 feet or portion thereof of greenbelt length.

2.

A berm shall be at least three feet above grade where so located. It shall be constructed with slopes no steeper than one foot vertical for each three feet horizontal, with at least a two-foot wide flat crown. The berm shall be planted with grass to ensure it will retain its shape and height. Evergreen trees not less than five feet in height shall be planted in a staggered pattern on the crown of the berm and in sufficient quantities so as to form a complete visual barrier within five years of planting.

h.

Publicly owned buildings, public utility buildings, telephone exchanges, transformer stations with service yards and/or storage yards.

i.

Shipyards for the manufacture and repair of boats.

j.

Sanitary sewage plants, water plants, and electric power generating plants.

k.

Upon the determination of the planning commission, other uses similar to the above uses.

(Ord. No. 422, Art. I, 5-13-2024)

The following uses may be permitted in the M-2 district after review of the site plan by the planning commission and under such conditions imposed by the planning commission after completing review as detailed in section 44-842:

(1)

All uses permitted subject to special conditions in the M-1 (light industrial) district, as specified in section 44-701.

(2)

Outdoor storage, dismantling or recycling of automobiles, trucks, recreational vehicles, boats and other motor vehicles, manufactured houses and similar items.

(3)

Recreational boating facilities, such as public or private facilities for the berthing, protection or servicing of recreational boats, yachts, cruisers, inboards, outboards and sailboats, and public or private recreational facilities directly related to recreational boating activities.

(4)

Adult regulated uses, subject to the standards of sections 44-105 and 44-106.

(5)

Large-scale utility solar energy systems.

(6)

Other uses of a similar and no more objectionable character to the above uses, as determined by the planning commission. The planning commission may impose a setback in excess of minimums specified herein, and any performance standards so as to ensure public health, safety and general welfare.

(Ord. No. 422, Art. I, 5-13-2024)

All uses shall comply with the performance standards as listed in article VII of this chapter.

(Ord. No. 422, Art. I, 5-13-2024)

In all M-2 districts the measurable noise emanating from the premises for any activity permitted in this district shall not exceed 85 decibels during the normal work period or between the hours of 6:00 a.m. and 10:00 p.m., and shall not exceed 75 decibels during the sleeping hours or between the hours of 10:00 p.m. and 6:00 a.m. as measured at the boundary property lines. Noises shall be muffled so as not to become objectionable due to intermittence, beat frequency or shrillness.

(Ord. No. 422, Art. I, 5-13-2024)

Power for any manufacturing or heating process or activity shall be derived only from electrical energy, smokeless fuels, such as gas or oil, smokeless solid fuels containing less than 20 percent of volatile content on a dry basis, and bituminous coal fired by mechanical equipment.

(Ord. No. 422, Art. I, 5-13-2024)

No manufacturing operation shall cause a ground displacement exceeding 0.003 of one inch as measured at the boundary property line.

(Ord. No. 422, Art. I, 5-13-2024)

Glare from any process which emits harmful ultraviolet rays shall be performed so as not to be seen from any point beyond the outside of the property. Radioactive materials shall not be emitted to exceed quantities established as safe by the National Institute of Standards and Technology, or as the same are amended from time to time.

(Ord. No. 422, Art. I, 5-13-2024)

(a)

The storage and handling of flammable liquids, liquefied petroleum gases and explosives, shall comply with the state rules and regulations as established by the Fire Prevention Code (MCL 29.1 et seq.).

(b)

In M-2 districts, bulk storage of flammable liquids, liquefied petroleum gases and explosives, may be stored above ground.

(Ord. No. 422, Art. I, 5-13-2024)

Open storage of materials which are of a character or similar to or accessory to the permitted uses listed in section 44-781.

(1)

All open storage shall be located not less than 100 feet from any front or street property line and not less than 20 feet from any adjoining side lot line. Storage shall be at least partially screened from view by either a masonry wall or a wood, metal or solid fiber construction fence, which shall be not less than ten feet in height. A 20-foot greenbelt planting strip shall be planted and maintained along the street or front property line.

(2)

Open storage of lumber, coal or other combustible materials shall not be less than 25 feet from any interior lot line. A roadway shall be provided, graded and maintained from the street to the rear of the property to permit free access of fire trucks at any time.

(3)

Waste materials, incidental to the principal operations shall be kept in neatly stored containers, screened from public view, which shall be removed and emptied periodically so that no wastes shall be piled on open ground.

(Ord. No. 422, Art. I, 5-13-2024)

In all M-2 districts no building shall be used for schools, hospitals, clinics and other institutions for human care; retail sales, except where incidental to a permitted principal use; residences of any kind or conversion of existing buildings to additional dwelling units, except for a watchman or caretaker employed on the premises and members of his family; or any uses for the carrying on of manufacturing or storage activities of the character of or similar to junk yards, storage yards for wrecked or junked cars, bulk storage of rags, paper or waste materials, corrosive acid manufacturing, cement, lime, gypsum or plaster manufacturing, distillation of bone, coal, tar, petroleum, refuse, grain or wood alcohol, explosive manufacturing or storage, or dead animal reduction, glue manufacturing, asphalt refining or manufacturing, smelting or refining of toxic ores or metals, stockyards, tanning, curing or storage of raw hides or skins, slaughter houses or other similar factories or uses.

(Ord. No. 422, Art. I, 5-13-2024)

No building or structure hereafter erected or altered in any M-2 district shall exceed 45 feet in height at the building line, except as provided in article XXV of this chapter; and further provided, that a building or structure may be increased in height by one foot for each foot such building or structure is set back from the front, side, and rear building lines.

(Ord. No. 422, Art. I, 5-13-2024)

No building or structure, or part thereof, hereafter erected or altered in any M-2 district, the principal use of which is a general industrial use, shall be located or extended in front of a building line established by ordinance, or in the event that no such building line has been established nearer than 100 feet from the front lot line or nearer than 60 feet from a side or rear lot line abutting on a street.

(Ord. No. 422, Art. I, 5-13-2024)

Where an industrial district is located adjacent to a residential district, a greenbelt buffer strip of trees and shrubs, of not less than 20 feet in width, shall be provided and maintained along the property line. The zoning board of appeals may vary those requirements where conditions are such that a greenbelt buffer strip will not serve a useful purpose.

(Ord. No. 422, Art. I, 5-13-2024)

Off-street parking facilities and loading spaces shall be provided as hereinbefore specified in article VI of this chapter.

(Ord. No. 422, Art. I, 5-13-2024)