The general character of these manufacturing districts is designed to consist of industries which:

   (A)   Either involve considerable danger of fire, explosion, or other hazards to public health or safety, or cannot be designed without appreciable expense to conform to high or medium performance standards with respect to the emission of objectionable influences; or

   (B)   Normally generate a great deal of traffic, both pedestrian and freight.

(1995 Code, § 153.135) (Ord. 68-15, passed 8-22-1968)

   A building or other structure may be erected, altered, or used, and a lot may be occupied or used for any of the following purposes on receiving a special exception permit.

   (A)   Generally. All uses permitted in the M-1 Light Manufacturing District.

   (B)   Manufacturing establishments.

      (1)   Asphalt or asphalt products.

      (2)   Beverages, alcoholic, or breweries.

      (3)   Brick, tile, or clay.

      (4)   Cement.

      (5)   Charcoal, lampblack, or fuel briquettes.

      (6)   Chemical products.

      (7)   Coal, coke, or tar products.

      (8)   Excelsior or packing materials.

      (9)   Fertilizers.

      (10)   Foundries.

      (11)   Gelatin, glue, or size.

      (12)   Glass products.

      (13)   Grain milling or processing.

      (14)   Gypsum.

      (15)   Film, photographic.

      (16)   Incineration or reduction of garbage, offal, or dead animals.

      (17)   Insecticides or related industrial or household chemical compounds.

      (18)   Leather or fur tanning, curing, finishing, or dyeing.

      (19)   Machinery, heavy and electrical.

      (20)   Matches.

      (21)   Meat or fish products, including slaughter and preparation thereof.

      (22)   Metal or metal ores.

      (23)   Metal alloys or foil.

      (24)   Metal or metal products.

      (25)   Metal casting or foundry products.

      (26)   Monument works.

      (27)   Paint, varnishes, or turpentine.

      (28)   Petroleum or petroleum products, refining.

      (29)   Plastic, raw.

      (30)   Porcelain products.

      (31)   Railroad equipment.

      (32)   Rubber, natural or synthetic products.

      (33)   Sewage disposal plants.

      (34)   Soaps or detergents, including fat rendering.

      (35)   Steel, structural products.

      (36)   Solvent extracting.

      (37)   Stone processing or stone products.

      (38)   Sugar refining.

      (39)   Wood or bone distillation.

      (40)   Wood or lumber processing.

      (41)   Wood pulp or fiber reduction or processing.

      (42)   Wool scouring or pulling.

   (C)   Storage or miscellaneous uses.

      (1)   Coal or gas storage.

      (2)   Electric power or steam generating plants.

      (3)   Explosives storage, when not prohibited by other ordinances.

      (4)   Gas manufacturing plants.

      (5)   Grain storage.

      (6)   Lumber yards.

      (7)   Manure, peat or topsoil storage.

      (8)   Refrigerating plants.

      (9)   Scrap metal, paper, or rags storage.

   (D)   Accessory uses. Any applicant for a special exception permit for any of the above uses shall have the burden of demonstrating to the satisfaction of the Planning Commission that provision will be made to adequately reduce or minimize the noxious, offensive, dangerous, or hazardous feature or features thereof, as the case may be. Uses of the same general character, not specifically named, will be permitted when authorized as a special exception.

(1995 Code, § 153.136) (Ord. 68-15, passed 8-22-1968)

   The maximum height of buildings and other structures erected or enlarged in this district shall be 35 feet, except that such height may be increased to a maximum of 65 feet provided that for every foot in excess of 35 feet, there shall be added to each yard requirement one corresponding foot of width or depth.

(1995 Code, § 153.137) (Ord. 68-15, passed 8-22-1968)

   (A)   Minimum lot area and width. A lot area of not less than 50,000 square feet, and a lot width of not less than 100 feet at the building line shall be provided for every building or other structure erected or used for any use permitted in this district.

   (B)   Front yards. There shall be a front yard on each lot which shall be not less than 30 feet in depth.

   (C)   Side yards.

      (1)   On each interior lot there shall be two side yards having an aggregate width of not less than 50 feet, neither side yard having a width of less than 20 feet, except as hereinafter provided in division (F) hereof.

      (2)   On each corner lot there shall be two side yards, the side yard abutting the street having a width of not less than 50 feet and the side yard not abutting the street having a width of not less than 20 feet, except as hereinafter provided in division (F) hereof.

   (D)   Rear yard. There shall be a rear yard on each lot the depth of which shall be not less than 50 feet, except as hereinafter provided in division (F) hereof.

   (E)   Building coverage. Not more than 50% of the area of any lot shall be occupied by building.

   (F)   Lots abutting residential districts. Unless authorized as a special exception, in no case shall any building or structure be erected closer than 100 feet to any residential district nor shall any parking area be closer than 60 feet to any residential district which 60 feet area between such parking lot and such residential district shall be maintained as green area entirely covered by grass, shrubs, or trees.

(1995 Code, § 153.138) (Ord. 68-15, passed 8-22-1968) Penalty, see § 153.999

   All areas delineated by the front lot line and a depth of 60 feet therefrom for the entire length thereof, and all areas delineated by any lot line abutting a residential district and a depth of 60 feet for the entire length thereof shall be maintained as green areas and planted in grass, shrubs, or trees, except for necessary ways of access therethrough.

(1995 Code, § 153.139) (Ord. 68-15, passed 8-22-1968)

   The provisions of §§ 153.185 et seq. to the contrary notwithstanding, no parking area shall be permitted closer than 40 feet to the front line of any lot in this district, nor closer than 40 feet to any residential district.

(1995 Code, § 153.140) (Ord. 68-15, passed 8-22-1968) Penalty, see § 153.999

   Sign requirements will be in accordance with the provisions of § 153.163.

(1995 Code, § 153.141) (Ord. 68-15, passed 8-22-1968)