The ED-G, Economic Development General District is established to support locations for free standing establishments and planned industrial parks serving research, technology, development and training, corporate employment offices, and light manufacturing and warehousing operations under sound environmental performance standards.

The objective is for city industries to be operated in a clean and quiet manner, compatible in all respects to adjacent residential, commercial and professional districts. The regulations prohibit heavy industrial and manufacturing uses which otherwise should be properly located within the ED-I District.

This district promotes moderate intensity industrial uses, with an emphasis on landscaped and screened facilities, which afford maximum protection to the economic, environmental, and aesthetic value of surrounding properties.

Regulated by Table 17.1; see following page.

1.

Accessory uses and structures.

2.

Data center or call center.

3.

Hydroponic agriculture.

4.

Manufacturing, processing, and assembly.

5.

Personal services establishment.

6.

Plant nursery or landscape sales.

7.

Professional office space.

8.

Radio or television station.

9.

Repair services establishment.

10.

Research and development.

11.

Retail sales of items created or warehoused on site.

12.

Vocational or trade school.

13.

Wholesale food and beverage production.

14.

Wholesale sales and trade.

1.

Artisan craft production.

2.

Artist studio.

3.

Automobile auction establishment.

4.

Automobile parking (as a stand-alone use).

5.

Automobile repair and service.

6.

Automobile sales, including display lot.

7.

Banks and financial services.

8.

Car wash.

9.

Coffee shop.

10.

Contractor or building trades workshop.

11.

Convenience store.

12.

Day care, for children or adults.

13.

Gasoline sales.

14.

Golf course.

15.

Gym or health club.

16.

Heavy equipment sales and service.

17.

Heliport or helipad associated with a permitted use.

18.

Hospital.

19.

Hotel or motel.

20.

Lumber yard.

21.

Medical or dental office or laboratory.

22.

Outside storage.

23.

Pet grooming and boarding.

24.

Printing or publishing facility.

25.

Rail or bus transit terminal.

26.

Restaurant.

27.

Restaurant, fast food.

28.

Schools, colleges and academic institutions.

29.

Telecommunications equipment and towers.

30.

Truck terminal or shipping center.

31.

Urgent care center.

32.

Veterinary clinic.

33.

Warehouse or self-storage facility.

1.

Any use, establishment or activity which in the opinion of the city council would be injurious, offensive, or noxious by reason of odor, fumes, dust, smoke, vibration, glare, noise or other cause which may be deemed as hazardous to the health, welfare and safety of the public shall be prohibited.

2.

An environmental impact statement may be required for any permitted or special permit use. All uses shall conform to federal, state and city environmental regulations and performance standards and design criteria as related to:

a.

Air pollution.

b.

Fire and explosion hazards.

c.

Radiation hazards.

d.

Electromagnetic radiation and interference hazards.

e.

Liquid, gas and solid wastes hazards.

f.

Noise standards.

g.

Vibration standards.

h.

Illumination and glare.

i.

Water quality.

3.

In the evaluation of design and construction standards for any permitted or special permit use in the ED-G District, the city council, at its sole discretion, may impose other conditions and additional restrictions to that use for the purposes of ensuring the mitigation of impacts and promulgating the health, safety and general welfare of the citizens of Martinsville.

4.

All uses shall be subject to site plan approval.

5.

All refuse stored on-site shall be contained in completely enclosed and screened facilities.

6.

On a corner lot, no curb cut shall be located closer than sixty (60) feet to the nearest curb line extended from the intersecting public street.

7.

No curb cut shall be located closer than twenty (20) feet to a side or rear lot line, unless a common curb cut serves adjacent uses, and in no instance shall the distance between separate curb cuts serving adjacent uses be less than sixty (60) feet.

8.

A freestanding use shall have no more than two (2) curb cuts on any single right-of-way, and such curb cuts shall have a minimum distance of one hundred (100) feet between them.

9.

Outdoor storage shall be screened. The location and use of outdoor storage, loading and display areas shall be limited to the designated area(s) on the approved site plan.

10.

Where a lot is contiguous to property located in an R- district, a landscaped buffer yard shall be provided, with landscape materials and placement subject to site plan approval. Fencing may be required in such cases with fence material and heights subject to site plan approval.

11.

All site development activities shall comply with the state stormwater management regulations in effect at the time of site plan application. The applicant shall be responsible for obtaining and providing the city will all requisite state and federal permits.

12.

Refer to any applicable city-adopted design and construction standards for public infrastructure, transportation, stormwater management, low impact development, and other site improvements requirements.

13.

Child or adult day care centers shall comply with all applicable state regulations and requirements.