The intent of the M-1 District is to establish and preserve areas for industrial and related uses of such a nature that they do not create serious problems of compatibility with other kinds of land uses, and to make provision for certain kinds of commercial uses which are necessary to service the immediate needs of people in these areas.

1.   Permitted Principal Uses and Structures.

   A.   Animal pound or kennel.

   B.   Contractor’s shop and storage yard.

   C.   Bottling works.

   D.   Dairy processing facility.

   E.   Truck or bus garage and repair shop.

   F.   Farm implement sales, service, repair, and assembly.

   G.   Grain elevator and feed mill.

   H.   Building material sales and storage.

   I.   Railroads and public utilities.

   J.   Wholesaling and warehousing but not including the bulk storage of liquid fertilizers or flammable liquids.

   K.   Freight terminal.

   L.   Automobile body repair and paint shop.

   M.   Sheet metal products manufacture.

   N.   Frozen food lockers.

   O.   Welding and blacksmith shop.

   P.   Personnel storage lockers and warehouses.

   Q.   High technology wholesaling and manufacturing to include electronics, medical and biogenetics, computers and software research, and related activities.

2.   Permitted Accessory Uses and Structures. Uses and structures accessory to a principal permitted use or a conditional permitted use are permitted subject to the provisions of Section 165.24.

3.   Special Exceptions. The following special exceptions are permitted in the M- 1 District, subject to provisions of Section 165.24(6)(D).

   A.   Radio or television broadcasting tower or station.

   B.   Carnivals, circuses, fairs, road shows.

   C.   Stock yards and/or sales barns and yards.

4.   Bulk Requirements.

 

 

5.   Transitional Yards.

   A.   Where a side or rear lot line coincides with a side or rear lot line in an adjacent Residential or Commercial District, a yard shall be provided along such side or rear lot line and such yard shall be at least equal in depth to that yard required in the abutting district. Screening required and approved with site plan.

   B.   Where a lot within the M-1 District fronts on a street which forms the boundary line between the M-1 District and a Residential or Commercial District, then such lot shall provide a front yard at least equal in depth to the front yard required in such abutting district.

6.   Minimum Off-Street Parking and Loading Space.

   A.   Parking - Warehousing, Storage and Manufacturing - one space for every 300 square feet of floor area based on approved site plan.

   B.   Off-Street Loading - one space, 50 feet by 12 feet, for each 20,000 square feet of floor area or fraction thereof.