Buildings, structures or land shall be used, and buildings or structures shall be erected, altered, enlarged or designed to be used, in whole or in part, only in accordance with the regulations for the Industrial District set forth in this chapter.

(Ord.79-0-14. Passed 7-24-79.)

   The following buildings and uses are permitted in the Industrial District: (a) All agricultural uses;

   (b)   All buildings and uses permitted in the Business District; and

   (c)   Additional business, services and semi-industrial buildings and uses as follows:

      (1)   Outdoor theaters, amusement parks, bowling alleys or any other amusement,

sport or recreational enterprise;

      (2)   Motor freight terminals, wholesale trade establishments, warehouses for storage and distribution except inflammable and explosive materials;

      (3)   Commercial laundries, dry cleaning and dyeing establishments;

      (4)    Commercial greenhouses;

      (5)   Cold storage plants, creameries, ice manufacturing plants, bottling works;

      (6)   Coal yards, lumber yards, builders' supply establishments, establishments for the manufacturing of concrete or cement products;

      (7)    Experimental laboratories;

      (8)   Veterinary hospitals and kennels;

      (9)   Establishments for the storing, killing, dressing and sale of poultry on the premises;

      (10)   Paint shops, woodworking shops, monument works, blacksmith shops, repair garages engaged in body repair and paint spray operations;

      (11)   Machine shops and other manufacturing or industrial enterprises, operations or processes of a character, extent and hazard similar to those previously specified in this subsection, provided that all resulting cinders, dust, fumes, gases, water-carried waste, odors, refuse matter, smoke and vapor are effectively confined to the premises or disposed of in a manner which will not create a nuisance, and provided further that noise and vibrations are effectively controlled;

      (12)   Tourist and trailer camps or trailer parks;

      (13)   Any other building or use similar in operation and effect on adjacent premises in adjoining more restricted use districts as the buildings or uses listed in this section;

      (14)   Any industrial, manufacturing, commercial or other nonresidential use, except the uses hereinafter listed as prohibited in the Industrial District; and

      (15)   Secondhand lumber yards, where such uses are located not less than sixty feet from any public thoroughfare, public land or Residential District and if all operations and materials are screened on all sides with an attractive fence at least ten feet high and if approved by the Planning and Zoning Commission.

(Ord.79-0-14. Passed 7-24-79.)

   In the Industrial District no building or structure shall be erected, altered or used, or any land used, in whole or in part, for any of the following purposes:

   (a)   The slaughtering of animals, processing of meats, manufacture of fats and tallow, tanning of hides, manufacturing of fertilizer, incineration of dead animals or refuse;

   (b)   The manufacturing and refining of petroleum or coal products;

   (c)   The smelting, reduction or refining of metals, except as an accessory use to the principal operation;

   (d)   The manufacturing of explosives or chemical products that emit noxious fumes that are injurious to health and vegetation or offensive to and injurious to Residential Districts;

   (e)   Junk yards, auto wrecking yards and storage of paper rags and containers; and (f) Any other trade, industry or use that will be injurious, hazardous, noxious or offensive to an extent equal to or greater than any of the enterprises enumerated in subsections (a) through (c) hereof.

(Ord.79-0-14. Passed 7-24-79.)

   For every main or accessory building or use, the following minimum yards shall be provided:

   (a)   Front Yards. Front yards shall not be less than 125 feet in depth if opposite a Residential District or along a major highway, or not less than sixty feet in depth along other roads and unless otherwise shown on the Zoning Map.

   (b)   Side Yards. No side yard shall be required, except that where the side of a lot in the Industrial District abuts upon the side of a lot in a Residential District, there shall be a side yard of not less than 100 feet in width on the Industrial District premises, and where the side of a lot in the Industrial District abuts upon a street or upon the side of a lot in a Business District, there shall be a side yard of not less than forty feet in width on the Industrial District premises.

   (c)   Rear Yards. No rear yard shall be required, except that where the rear of a lot in an Industrial District abuts upon the side or rear of a lot in a Residential District, there shall be a rear yard of not less than 150 feet in depth on the general industrial premises.

(Ord.79-0-14. Passed 7-24-79.)

   (d)   Yard Improvements. The yards required herein, where industry adjoins a Residential District or a nonconforming residence use lot, shall be improved with appropriate landscaping, recreational areas or employee parking areas to within thirty feet of a residential lot line. Such improvement shall be approved by the Planning and Zoning Commission prior to the issuance of a zoning permit.

   The height of any main building shall not exceed forty-five feet, except that chimneys, flagpoles, towers, water tanks and other mechanical appurtenances may be built to a height not exceeding seventy-five feet above the finished grade when erected upon or as an integral part of a building.

(Ord.79-0-14. Passed 7-24-79.)

   Within any Industrial District, buildings and land for industrial purposes shall be used in accordance with, and buildings for industrial purposes shall be erected, altered, moved, maintained or reconstructed in such manner as to comply with, the following performance standards

   (a)   All industrial operations shall be carried on in buildings meeting the design and construction requirements for fireproof buildings established by the Ohio Basic Building Code. The exterior walls shall be masonry or an equivalent thereto.

   (b)   All noise of whatever nature shall be confined to the premises on which the industrial operation is located.

   (c)   There shall be no air contaminant emitted from any industrial operation in violation of Ohio R.C. Chapter 3704.

   (d)   There shall be no emission from any industrial operation of odorous gases or other odorous matter in such quantities as to be offensive at any property line of the lot on which the industrial operation is located or at any point beyond such property line.

   (e)   There shall be no emission from any industrial operation which can cause soiling at any location.

   (f)   Any industrial operation which requires flood lighting or produces glare, such as welding or some other high temperature process, shall be protected so that no glare, either direct or sky-reflected, will be visible from any property line of the lot on which the industrial operation is located.

   (g)   No equipment shall be used in any industrial operation in such a manner as to adversely affect, at any point beyond any property line of the lot on which the industrial operation is located, the operation or use of radio, television or other electronic equipment.

   (h)   The storage of equipment, raw materials, scrap materials or waste materials is not permitted in the required front yard, and storage elsewhere shall be screened from direct view of any adjacent properties and shall be constructed so as to prevent the movement of materials outside the storage area.

   (i)   Treatment and disposal of sewage and industrial waste shall be in accordance with the requirements of the County Board of Health, the Ohio Water Pollution Control Board, the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency and the County Regional Sewer and Water District. Waste material shall be stored so as not to be conducive to the' breeding of rodents or insects. No burning is permitted.

   (j)   Toxic materials shall be so stored, handled and processed that in the event of any accident, such as an explosion or other unforeseen circumstance, the material will not be airborne in toxic concentrations beyond the property lines on which the industrial operation is located.

   (k)   Any Industrial operation involving the use, storage or handling of dangerous or hazardous substances, defined as such by Ohio R. C. 3716.01(D) , shall comply with the following requirements

      (1)   All containers containing such hazardous substances shall be labeled in accordance with Ohio R.C. 3716.01(L), (M) and (N).

      (2)   Employers shall maintain a Material Safety Data Sheet (referred to as the MSDS form) containing information about the nature, chemical make-up and emergency treatment for each hazardous substance, a copy of which shall be kept on file with the City Fire Department and updated as required to remain current.

      (3)   Employers shall provide education to employees to teach safe handling of hazardous substances.

   (l)   Every structure housing any industrial operation shall meet the acceptable standards of the Building and Housing Code and the Fire Prevention Code.

(Ord.85-0-22. Passed 3-25-86.)

   (a)   An application for a zoning permit for the erection, alteration, movement or reconstruction of a building in any Industrial District shall be accompanied. by:

      (1)   A plot plan of the lot showing the location of all present and proposed buildings, driveways, parking areas, waste disposal fields and other constructional features on the lot, as well as all buildings, streets, alleys, highways, streams and other topographical features outside of the lot and within 200 feet of any lot line;

(Ord.85-0-22. Passed 3-25-86.)

      (2)   Architectural renderings for any proposed buildings, including landscaping, driveway and parking lot details;

(Ord.86-0-15. Passed 9-9-86.)

      (3)   A description of the proposed industrial operations in sufficient detail to ensure that the effects of such operations in producing traffic congestion, noise, glare, air pollution, water pollution, fire hazards or other safety hazards are within the acceptable limits of the appropriate environmental enforcement agency, whether Federal, State or local, having jurisdiction over such matters ;

      (4)   Engineering and architectural plans for the treatment and disposal of sewage and industrial waste;

      (5)   Engineering and architectural plans for the handling of any excess traffic congestion, noise, glare, air pollution, water pollution, fire hazard or safety hazard;

      (6)   Designation of the fuel proposed to be used and any necessary architectural and engineering plans for controlling smoke; and

      (7)   Any other data or evidence that the Zoning Inspector or the Planning and Zoning Commission may require in order to determine whether or not the proposed building and industrial operation will comply with the requirements hereof.

   (b)   All architectural and engineering plans required hereunder shall be prepared by a registered architect or a registered engineer.

   (c)   The registered architect or registered engineer shall furnish a statement indicating that all performance standards set forth in Section 1262.06 will be met by the proposed building use.

(Ord.85-0-22. Passed 3-25-86.)

   (EDITOR’S NOTE: Section 1262.08 was repealed by Ord. 2008-O-18, passed 10-28-08. See Chapter 1268 for current provisions regulating floodlights and exterior lighting.)