The M-2 medium manufacturing district is intended for the conduct of light manufacturing, assembling, fabrication, and business and service operations, including those that are permitted uses in the B-1 neighborhood business, B-2 secondary and highway business, and M-1 light manufacturing districts. The following regulations shall apply to the M-2 medium manufacturing district:

A.

Use regulations. A building or lot shall be used only for the following purposes:

1.

Permitted uses. Any use permitted in the B-1 neighborhood business, the B-2 secondary and highway business, or the M-1 light manufacturing districts.

2.

Storage. Storage (associated with an operation carried out in a building on the property) and accessory to a permitted use.

3.

Other uses permitted. Any medium manufacturing, assembling, fabrication, business, or service operation not included above, provided that such use is not a nuisance, noxious, or offensive to adjacent or nearby uses within the M-2 medium manufacturing district or any adjoining district by reason of excessive noise, vibrations, smoke, odor, dust, gas, light, or pollution of any type.

4.

Residential uses prohibited. It is the determination of the city that residential uses are inconsistent with and are not compatible with the M-2 medium manufacturing district, and such residential uses are expressly not permitted uses in the M-2 medium manufacturing district.

5.

Special exceptions. The following uses for buildings or lots shall be a use permitted by special exception, subject to the granting of a special exception as prescribed in section 17 herein:

a.

Mobile food unit, subject to chapter 18 (businesses), article IV.

B.

Prohibited noise, vibrations, smoke, odor, dust, gas, or light.

1.

Sustained or repetitive noise or vibration, of such an intensity or character that it constitutes a nuisance that injures or destroys the peaceful enjoyment or use, comfort, repose, safety, or health of persons of ordinary sensibilities, when such noise or vibration is measured, or audible, or felt at the property line of any adjoining residential use within the city limits, is prohibited.

2.

Smoke, odor, dust, gas, light, or pollution of any type that constitutes a nuisance that injures or destroys the peaceful enjoyment or use, comfort, repose, safety, or health of persons of ordinary sensibilities, when such smoke, odor, dust, gas, light, or pollution is measured, or present, or detected at the property line of any adjoining residential use within the city limits, is prohibited.

C.

Height regulations. No building shall exceed 45 feet in height.

D.

Yard area regulations.

1.

Lot size and width. Every lot shall have an area of not less than one acre and a minimum width of 100 feet. Additionally, every lot shall have a minimum lot size and width sufficient to provide the minimum front, side, and rear yard requirements set out below. Such minimum yard requirements shall be applicable at the property line of commonly owned lots.

2.

Front yard. For uses permitted in the M-2 Medium Manufacturing District, there shall be a front yard along the front property line of the lot. The minimum depth of such front yard shall be 25 feet.

3.

Side yards. For uses permitted in the M-2 Medium Manufacturing District, there shall be a minimum side yard of 5 feet.

a.

Side yards fronting public roads. For uses permitted in the M-2 Medium Manufacturing District, shall be a minimum side yard of 20 feet.

b.

Side yards abutting a single-family dwelling zoning district and required privacy fencing. For uses permitted in the M-2 Medium Manufacturing District, there shall be a minimum side yard of 25 feet and a required privacy fence (no access or view) at least eight feet in height, constructed of cedar, treated (by the manufacturer) pine, brick, or masonry, which shall be built prior to or contemporaneous with any commercial use of or construction on the lot zoned M-2 Medium Manufacturing District, and such fence shall be maintained in good condition.

4.

Rear yards. For uses permitted in the M-2 Medium Manufacturing District, there shall be a minimum rear yard of 10 feet.

a.

Rear yards fronting public roads. For uses permitted in the M-2 Medium Manufacturing District, there shall be a minimum rear yard of 20 feet.

b.

Rear yards abutting a single-family dwelling zoning district and required privacy fencing. For uses permitted in the M-2 Medium Manufacturing District, there shall be a minimum rear yard of 25 feet and a required privacy fence (no access or view) at least eight feet in height, constructed of cedar, treated (by the manufacturer) pine, brick, or masonry, which shall be built prior to or contemporaneous with any commercial use of or construction on the lot zoned M-2 Medium Manufacturing District, and such fence shall be maintained in good condition.

E.

Parking regulations (see Schedule A—Master Parking Schedule).

1.

Parking spaces shall be arranged so as to permit the satisfactory egress and ingress of automobiles and/or commercial vehicles including delivery trucks according to generally accepted, published standards, and such parking spaces shall be required in addition to driveways.

2.

Where any structure is erected, reconstructed, or converted for any of the business or commercial uses permitted in this section, parking spaces shall be provided in accordance with the following schedule, calculated on the amount of floor space in the structure used for each applicable use. Such parking space may be located on the same lot the building or on an area within 300 feet of the building. Two or more owners of buildings may join together for the purpose of providing the required parking spaces.

3.

The parking or storage, including temporarily, of any type of motor vehicle, wheeled vehicle, or trailer on any unpaved surface is prohibited. "Paved" means a constructed surface of concrete, asphalt, or similar materials (not debris) to establish a permanent surface.

F.

Additional use, height, and area regulations. Additional use, height, and area regulations and exceptions are found in section 10 herein.

G.

Outside storage or discarding of materials. No refuse, unused material or item, or discarded material or item shall be stacked, stored, or placed on any part of a lot that is not designed or constructed for that particular purpose, and any such use of a lot is prohibited. For example, the placement of raw materials, surplus materials, completed goods, other items, or refuse generated on-site during manufacturing operations, within a building or structure or on an area constructed to store such items until used, sold, or picked up for disposal or recycling is not prohibited, but the placement or discarding of such materials on a vegetated portion of the lot would be prohibited. It is the intent of this provision to prohibit the placement and/or accumulation of such materials or items in a manner that tends to cause blight within the M-2 or adjoining zoning districts. All such outside storage shall be separated from any streets or adjacent properties by fencing at least six feet high made out of wrought iron, galvanized chain link, or equivalent material and visually screened by use of landscaping or vinyl slats.

H.

Fencing. Any fencing located between the support foundation of the principle building located on the property and any adjacent roadway or street must be of wrought iron.

I.

Exterior building materials.

1.

All buildings or structures, with the exception of mobile food units, shall contain at least 75 percent brick, stone, decorative concrete block, or a combination thereof on the part of the exterior of any building or structure which fronts a major street. In calculating the 75 percent requirement, doors and windows shall not be counted. The remaining 25 percent of the part of the exterior of any such building or structure which fronts a major street shall consist of brick, stone, cement siding, decorative concrete block, stucco, or a combination thereof.

(Ord. No. 14-2013, § 2, 3-11-13; Ord. No. 32-2016, § 9, 9-26-16; Ord. No. 21-2017, § 2(Exh. A), 12-18-17; Ord. No. 19-2020, § 3, 6-22-20)