This district is composed of those areas of the township whose principal use is or ought to be manufacturing, other industrial, wholesale commercial and industrial storage facilities. This district has been located within the township to permit the development of these industrial uses, to protect adjacent agricultural, residential and commercial areas against the encroachment of incompatible uses and to lessen congestion on public streets and highways. To these ends, certain uses that would function more effectively in other districts and would interfere with the operation of these industrial activities and the purpose of this district have been excluded.

The following buildings and structures and uses of parcels, lots, buildings and structures are permitted in the IND district:

(1)

The manufacturing, compounding, process, or treatment of such products as bakery goods, candy, cosmetics, dairy products, food products, drugs, perfumes, pharmaceutical toiletries, and frozen food lockers.

(2)

Assembly of merchandise such as electrical appliances, electronic or precision instruments.

(3)

Packaging of previously prepared materials, but not including the bailing of discards, such as old iron or other metal, wood, lumber, glass, paper, rags, cloth or other similar materials.

(4)

Printing, lithographic, blueprinting and similar uses.

(5)

Wholesale warehousing and material distribution centers, provided all products and materials are enclosed within a building.

(6)

Light manufacturing industrial use which by nature of the materials, equipment and process utilized are to a considerable extent clean, quiet and free from any objectionable or dangerous nuisance or hazard including any of the following goods or materials: drugs; jewelry; musical instruments; sporting goods; glass products; small household appliances; electronic products; printed matter; baked and dairy products; advertising displays; tents and awnings; brushes and brooms; cameras and photographic equipment and supplies; wearing apparel; leather products and luggage but not including tanning products from such finished materials as plastic, bone, cork, feathers, felt, fiber, paper, glass, hair, horn, rubber, shell or yarn.

(7)

Research and testing facilities.

(8)

A sign, only in accordance with the regulations in article XXII of this chapter.

(9)

Essential service buildings. (See section 38-474.)

(10)

Machine shops.

(11)

Vehicle repair and service.

(12)

Accessory use, buildings or structures. (See sections 38-416 and 38-419.)

(13)

Contractor's establishment.

(14)

Gasoline service stations.

(15)

Manufacturing product warehousing, exchange and storage centers and yards.

(16)

Wholesale businesses, including warehouse and storage, commercial laundries, dry cleaning establishments, ice and cold storage plants, lumber, fuel and feed yards, construction and farm equipment sales.

(17)

Essential services.

(18)

Essential service buildings.

The following buildings and structures and uses of parcels, lots, buildings and structures are permitted subject to obtaining a conditional use permit as provided in article XVI of this chapter:

(1)

Manufacturing.

(2)

Bus, truck, taxi and rail terminals.

(3)

Airports.

(4)

Auctions for livestock.

(5)

Slaughter houses and/or rendering plants.

(6)

Temporary trailer office.

(7)

Public or private dumps; incinerators; and sanitary landfills; junkyards; inoperative vehicle. (See section 38-470.)

(8)

Storage.

(9)

Quarries, sand and gravel pits.

(10)

Plating shops.

(11)

Heat treating processors.

(12)

Tanneries.

(13)

Trucking and cartage facilities, truck and industrial equipment storage yards, repairing and washing equipment and yards.

(14)

Commercial telecommunication towers. (See section 38-488.)

(15)

Group child care homes. (See section 38-490.)

The following regulations shall apply in all IND Industrial Districts:

(1)

Lot area. No building or structure shall be established on any lot less than five acres in area, except where a lot is served with a public sewer system and a water supply system, in which case there shall be provided a minimum lot area of two acres.

(Ord. of 11-18-2008)

(2)

Lot width. The minimum lot width for lots served with a public sewer system and a water supply system shall be 150 feet. Where a lot is not so served, the minimum width shall be 250 feet.

(Ord. of 11-18-2008)

(3)

Lot coverage. The maximum lot coverage shall not exceed 25 percent per acre.

(4)

Yard setback requirements.

a.

Front yard: Not less than 85 feet.

b.

Side yards: Least width of either yard shall not be less than 30 feet, except in the case of a corner lot or parcel where the side yard on the road or street shall not be less than 60 feet.

c.

Rear yard: Not less than 35 feet.

The above requirements shall apply to every lot, building or structure except for accessory buildings located totally behind the principal building.

(5)

Height. Except as is otherwise provided in this article, no building or structure should exceed a height of 50 feet. (See section 38-426.)

(6)

Required off-street parking. As required in article XXIII of this chapter.

(7)

Transition strips. (See section 38-422.)

Fences and walls provisions as contained in section 38-427.

Prohibited uses not specifically permitted above are prohibited.