This District is intended to accommodate a wide variety of industrial uses, some of which may have significant external effects. These uses may have operating characteristics that create conflicts with lower-intensity surrounding land uses. This District provides the reservation of land for these activities and includes buffering requirements to reduce incompatibility.

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-2 Districts: Performance Standards. The following performance standards apply to all industrial uses permitted within an M-2, General Industrial District:

1.

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.

2.

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.

3.

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.

4.

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.

5.

Vibration: All machines shall be mounted to minimize vibration. No measurable vibration shall occur at the property line of the operation, as set forth in Table 46-2.

6.

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.

7.

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)