This District is intended to reserve sites appropriate for the location of industrial uses with relatively limited environmental effects. This District is designed to provide appropriate space and regulations to encourage good quality industrial development, while assuring that facilities are served with adequate parking and loading facilities.

Note 1: Flexible Yard Setbacks in Planned Districts

The Planning Commission and City Council may vary required minimum setbacks in planned districts. Along arterials designated in the City's Comprehensive Development Plan, the Director of Public Works may require a deeper front-yard setback.

Note 2: Flexible Floor Area Ratios in Planned Districts

The Planning Commission and City Council may increase the maximum Floor Area Ratio for a development in a planned district.

(Ord. No. 6964, 6-10-2003; Ord. No. 8089, 7-12-2016)

A.

Uses in the M-1 Districts: Performance Standards. The following performance standards apply to all industrial uses permitted within an M-1, Limited Industrial District:

1.

Physical Appearance: All operations shall be carried on within an enclosed building except that new materials or equipment in operable condition may be stored outside. Normal daily inorganic wastes may be stored outside in containers, provided that such containers are not visible from the street.

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Fire Hazard: No operation shall involve the use of highly flammable gases, corrosive materials, strong acids or bases, liquids, or inherent fire hazards. This prohibition shall not apply to the normal use of heating or motor fuels and welding gases when handled in accordance with the regulations of Buffalo County and the City of Kearney.

3.

Maximum Permitted Sound Levels Adjacent to Residential Zoning Districts: No operation in the M-1 District shall generate sound levels in excess of those specified in Table 46-2 at the boundary of a residential district. All noises shall be muffled so as not to be objectionable because of intermittence, beat frequency, or shrillness.

4.

Sewage and Wastes: No operation shall discharge into a sewer, drainage way, or the ground any material, which is radioactive, poisonous, detrimental to normal sewer plant operation, or corrosive to sewer pipes and installations.

5.

Air Contaminants: No material may be discharged into the air from any source in such quantity as to cause injury, detriment, nuisance, or annoyance to any considerable number of people or to the public in general; or to endanger the health, comfort, or safety of any considerable number of people or to the public in general; or to damage other businesses, vegetation, or property.

6.

Odor: The emission of odors determined by the Public Works Department to be obnoxious to most people shall be prohibited. Such odors shall be measured at the property line of the operation.

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Gases: No release of noxious or poisonous gases shall be permitted except as provided in this section. Measurements shall not exceed five (5) parts per million for sulfur dioxide or carbon monoxide or one (1) part per million for hydrogen sulfide taken at the property line of the operation.

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Vibration: All machines shall be mounted to minimize vibration. No measurable vibration shall occur at the property line of the operation, which exceeds a displacement of 0.003 inch.

9.

Glare and Heat: All glare generated by a use shall be shielded or directed so as not to be visible at the property line of the operation. No heat may be generated from an operation that raises the air temperature at the property line of the operation by more than five (5) degrees Fahrenheit above the ambient air temperature.

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Storage of Chemical Products: Any above or below ground storage of liquid petroleum products or chemicals of a flammable or noxious nature shall comply with all requirements set forth by State of Nebraska Fire Marshal's office.

(Ord. No. 8096, 9-13-2016)