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Marion City Zoning Code

ARTICLE V

Manufacturing District

§ 625-17 M Manufacturing District.

A. 
Purpose. The M District is intended to provide for industry and manufacturing in areas suited for industry based on location, topography, existing streets and potential for utilities, and relationships to other uses. The M District is intended to keep out uses not compatible with industry.
B. 
Permitted uses. The following uses are permitted within an M District:
(1) 
The manufacture, repair, service, processing or assembly of goods which do not require open storage;
(2) 
Wholesale businesses without open storage; and
(3) 
Storing and warehousing of products without open storage.
C. 
Requirements. In order to be considered a conforming lot or structure within an M District, a lot or structure must:
(1) 
Have a minimum lot size of 30,000 square feet and a minimum lot width of 100 feet;
(2) 
Have a front yard setback of 15 feet, rear yard setback of 15 feet, and a side yard setback of 15 feet;
(3) 
Not exceed a maximum building height of 50 feet; and
(4) 
Have a side and rear yard setback of five feet for accessory buildings.
D. 
Conditional uses. The following uses shall be considered conditional uses within an M District:
(1) 
All permitted uses with open storage;
(2) 
Commercial processing but not butchering of fowl or animals;
(3) 
Junk or salvage yards if screened;
(4) 
Golf courses;
(5) 
Lumberyards;
(6) 
Motels; and
(7) 
Uses permitted in the B-1 District.
E. 
Screening. Any open storage use shall be screened by being contained within an opaque fence or wall 72 inches high or a visual screen consisting of evergreen-type hedges or shrubs, spaced at intervals of not more than six feet, located and maintained in good condition within 15 feet of the property line or in any case out of view of the public.[1]
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Editor's Note: Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. II).