The M-1 Service Commercial/Limited Industrial District is intended and designed to provide for increased flexibility in the location of certain limited service commercial and manufacturing and industrial uses while maintaining protection for nearby residential districts. It allows selected uses of nonnuisance character to locate in areas within reasonable proximity of residential uses. (1983 Code § 11-1-20A)

Only the uses of structures or land listed in this chapter shall be permitted in the M-1 District; provided, however, that all manufacturing or other comparable treatment, including storage of any and all materials and equipment, shall take place within completely enclosed buildings, or approved sight-proof fencing except for parked motor vehicles and off-street parking and loading as required by chapter 9 of this title. No dwelling or dwelling unit is permitted. In addition, all open areas not used for off-street parking and loading shall be planted with grass, shrubs and trees, properly maintained and kept free from refuse and debris.

Animal hospitals and clinics.

Auto repair and body shop; provided, that all work is done within an enclosed building and that no inoperable autos or materials are held or stored outside a six foot (6') high sight-proof fence.

Bakery.

Building contractors' offices and related facilities, if exterior storage occurs, it shall be screened by a six foot (6') high sight-proof fence approved by the commission.

Building material sales (except for ready-mix concrete or similar uses which emit dust, odor, or smoke).

Carpenter and cabinet shops.

Dog kennels.

Dry cleaning and/or laundry plants.

Frozen food lockers and ice plants.

Greenhouses and nurseries, retail and wholesale.

Incinerators.

Lumber yards.

Machine shops.

Manufacturing, assembling, compounding, processing, packaging or other comparable treatment of the following:

Bakery goods, candy and food products.

Cameras and other photographic equipment.

Electric and neon signs, outdoor advertising signs.

Medical, dental and drafting instruments.

Musical instruments, toys, novelties and rubber and metal handstamps.

Pottery and other ceramic products using only previously pulverized clay and kilns fired only by electricity or gas.

Products from the following previously processed materials: bone, canvas, cellophane, cloth, cork, rope, cord, twine, feathers, felt, fiber, fur, glass, hair, horn, leather, paper, cardboard, plastics, natural and synthetic rubber, precious or semiprecious metals or stones, shells, textiles, tobacco, wax, wood, yarns, light metal mesh, pipe, rods, strips or wire.

Small precision instruments, such as barometers, clocks, watches and compasses.

Miniwarehouses.

Monument sales.

Offices or office buildings.

Parking areas, including garages.

Plumbing and heating shops.

Printing, publishing and related trades.

Railroads.

Research laboratories and facilities.

Sales and renting of equipment and vehicles used by business, industry, and agriculture, excluding retail automobile sales.

Sheet metal shops.

Storage of grain in a dustless manner.

Terminals for trucks, buses and rail.

Towed vehicle storage yards, wherein no individual vehicle may be stored for a period exceeding ninety (90) days, and involving no salvage of automobile parts. A six foot (6') high sight proof fence shall be provided along all limits of the property except as limited by this title.

Upholstery shops.

Vehicle and equipment repair, service and body shops; provided, that all work is done within an enclosed building and that no inoperable vehicles or equipment or materials are held or stored outside a six foot (6') high sight proof fence.

Welding and metal shops.

Wholesaling or warehousing of manufactured commodities except live animals, explosives, or flammable gases.

Yards for storage of contractors' equipment, materials, and supplies, excluding junkyards and salvage yards; provided, that all material and equipment is within a six foot (6') high sight proof fence.

Any other use which is determined by the commission to be consistent with the intent of this chapter, and which is determined to be of the same general character as the above permitted uses. (1983 Code § 11-1-20B; amd. Ord. 17-07, 12-18-2017)

Special uses and development permits shall be issued under chapter 10 of this title.

   A.   Local public utility facilities; provided, that any installation, other than poles and towers and equipment attached to the poles and towers, shall be:

      1.   Adequately screened with landscaping, fencing or walls; or any combination thereof; or

      2.   Placed underground; or

      3.   Enclosed in a structure in such a manner so as to blend with and complement the character of the surrounding area. (1983 Code § 11-1-20C)

All plans for screening these facilities shall be submitted to the board for review. No building permit or installation permit shall be issued until these plans have been approved by the board. (1983 Code § 11-1-20C; amd. Ord. 05-06, 6-6-2005)

   B.   Adult entertainment facilities.

   C.   Buildings up to sixty five feet (65') in height, unlimited number of stories. (1983 Code § 11-1-20C)

   D.   Gas stations, including emergency towing and repair services. (Ord. 17-07, 12-18-2017)

   E.   Restaurants.

   F.   Commercial and private camping areas. Campgrounds shall meet the following criteria:

      1.   Minimum Size: Each campground established after the effective date of this subsection F. shall have a minimum size of 4.5 acres.

      2.   Setbacks: All campgrounds shall maintain a fifty-foot (50') front yard setback and a twenty-five foot (25') buffer yard from all other property lines.

      3.   Water, Trash And Sewage Disposal: Each campground must maintain water supply, trash and sewage disposal, and water and toilet facilities in compliance with all City ordinances.

      4.   Site Plan Review: Campgrounds shall be subject to site plan review procedures. (1983 Code § 11-1-20C; Ord. 17-07, 12-18-2017; Ord. 20-13, 9-21-2020)

   A.   Land Or Structure Accessory Use: Accessory uses of land or structures customarily incidental and subordinate to any of the above principal uses.

   B.   Employee Cafeteria Or Food Concession: Employee cafeteria or other food concession in conjunction with permitted use. (1983 Code § 11-1-20D)

   C.   Signs: See chapter 17 of this title for sign regulations.

   D.   Billboards: See chapter 17 of this title for sign regulations. (Ord. 12-12, 11-5-2012)

   E.   Dish Antennas: Parabolic dish antennas shall be as allowed by this title. (1983 Code § 11-1-20D)

The following minimum requirements shall be observed subject to the modifications contained in chapter 4 of this title:

 

(1983 Code § 11-1-20E; amd. Ord. 04-02, 3-1-2004)

The M-2 heavy industrial district is intended and designed to provide areas of the city for activities and uses of a heavy industrial character and to protect said areas from encroachment of unlike uses. In addition no residential uses are allowed. (1983 Code § 11-1-21A)

Manufacturing, fabrication, assembly, processing, or packaging of any commodity except:

Facilities for animal slaughtering, meat packing, or rendering.

Facilities producing or processing explosives or flammable gases or liquids.

Sulphur plants, rubber reclamation plants, or cement plants.

Printing and publishing facilities over forty thousand (40,000) square feet gross floor area.

Research laboratories and facilities.

Wholesaling or warehousing of manufactured commodities except live animals, explosives or flammable gases unless otherwise allowed by this title. (1983 Code § 11-1-21B)

Special uses and development permits shall be issued under chapter 10 of this title.

   A.   Local public utility facilities; provided, that any installation, other than poles and towers and equipment attached to the poles and towers, shall be:

      1.   Adequately screened with landscaping, fencing or walls, or any combination thereof; or

      2.   Placed underground; or

      3.   Enclosed in a structure in such a manner so as to blend with and complement the character of the surrounding area. (1983 Code § 11-1-21C)

All plans for screening these facilities shall be submitted to the board for review. No building permit or installation permit shall be issued until these plans have been approved by the board. (1983 Code § 11-1-21C; amd. Ord. 05-06, 6-6-2005)

   B.   Building of up to sixty five feet (65') in height, unlimited number of stories.

   C.   Restaurants.

   D.   Gas stations.

   E.   Explosive manufacturing and storage.

   F.   Fat rendering plants.

   G.   Fertilizer manufacturing.

   H.   Gas manufacturing and cylinder recharging.

   I.   Junk, iron or rags, storage or baling and wastepaper yards, where the premises upon which such activities are conducted are wholly enclosed within a building, wall or fence not less than six feet (6') in height, completely obscuring the activity.

   J.   Petroleum or its products, refining or wholesale storage of, and asphalt plants.

   K.   Waste treatment facility.

   L.   Wholesale storage of gasoline and other flammable liquids. (1983 Code § 11-1-21C)

   A.   Land Or Structure Accessory Use: Accessory uses of land or structures customarily incidental and subordinate to any of the above principal uses.

   B.   Employee Cafeteria Or Food Concession Use: Employee cafeteria or other food concession in conjunction with permitted uses. (1983 Code § 11-1-21D)

   C.   Signs: See chapter 17 of this title for sign regulations.

   D.   Billboards: See chapter 17 of this title for sign regulations. (Ord. 12-12, 11-5-2012)

   E.   Parabolic Dish Antennas: Parabolic dish antennas shall be as allowed by this title. (1983 Code § 11-1-21D)

The following minimum requirements shall be observed subject to the modifications contained in chapter 4 of this title:

 

(1983 Code § 11-1-21E; amd. Ord. 04-02, 3-1-2004)