Norwood City Zoning Code
ARTICLE VIII
Laboratory Administrative Zone
§ 233-41 Compliance required.
Within the LA Zone and the LA-5 Zone, no premises, lot, building or structure shall be used, and no building or structure shall be erected or altered to be used in whole or in part for any other use, except the following specified purposes:
§ 233-42 Permitted uses.
Permitted uses shall be as follows:
A.
Office buildings for executive or administrative purposes.
B.
Scientific or research laboratories devoted to research, design and/or experimentation and processing and fabricating incidental thereto, provided that no materials or finished products shall be manufactured, processed or fabricated on the premises for sale, except such as are incidental to research, design or experimentation conducted on the premises.
C.
Nursing homes, which is defined for the purpose of this chapter to mean a building designed for the reception or care of persons who are dependent or not capable of properly caring for themselves and shall be understood to include homes for the aged or infirm, or where chronically ill or incurable persons are housed or lodged and furnished with food and nursing care for compensation. Nursing homes shall be permitted in LA Zone only and not in LA-5 Zone.
E.
Warehouse and storage, including self-storage facilities.
[Added 3-11-2020 by Ord. No. 20:02]
F.
New car storage, both indoor and outdoor, excluding junkyards or storage of damaged or inoperable vehicles, and subject to screening, etc.
[Added 3-11-2020 by Ord. No. 20:02]
G.
Supermarkets and warehouse/discount clubs or stores.
[Added 3-11-2020 by Ord. No. 20:02]
H.
Health clubs, gyms, indoor recreational facilities.
[Added 3-11-2020 by Ord. No. 20:02]
I.
New automobile sales.
[Added 3-11-2020 by Ord. No. 20:02]
J.
Educational uses.
[Added 3-11-2020 by Ord. No. 20:02]
K.
Micro-breweries.
[Added 3-11-2020 by Ord. No. 20:02]
L.
Medical uses/assisted-living facilities and nursing homes.
[Added 3-11-2020 by Ord. No. 20:02]
M.
Hotels.
[Added 3-11-2020 by Ord. No. 20:02]
N.
Restaurants.
[Added 3-11-2020 by Ord. No. 20:02]
O.
Wholesale and commercial bakeries.
[Added 3-11-2020 by Ord. No. 20:02]
P.
Online sales.
[Added 3-11-2020 by Ord. No. 20:02]
Q.
Catering facilities.
[Added 3-11-2020 by Ord. No. 20:02]
R.
Accessory uses customarily incidental to the above.
§ 233-42.1 Conditional uses.
§ 233-43 General regulations.
The specified uses shall not be permitted unless the following standards are met:
A.
No use shall be established, maintained or conducted so that the same will cause:
(1)
Dissemination of smoke, fumes, gas, dust, odor or any atomospheric pollutant beyond the boundaries of the lot occupied by such use.
(2)
Discharge of any waste material whatsoever into any watercourse, except in accordance with existing state and local requirements.
(3)
Dissemination of glare, noise or vibration beyond the immediate site or lot on which such use is conducted. See § 233-37B for standards that apply to this zone also.
(4)
Physical hazard by reason of fire, explosion, radiation or similar cause to property in the same or adjacent zones.
B.
Each laboratory or office building use shall provide loading and unloading facilities which must be located on the same lot and shall not be located in the required front yard area and shall not be closer than 50 feet to the lot line of any property zoned for residential purposes or a street line.
C.
At least 25% of the entire lot shall be landscaped and seeded and used for no other purpose.