The intent of the M-2 District is to establish and preserve areas for necessary industrial and related uses of such a nature that they require isolation from many other kinds of land uses, and to make provision for commercial uses which are necessary to service the immediate needs of people in their areas.

1.   Permitted Principal Uses and Structures.

   A.   Sheet metal products manufacture.

   B.   Bulk storage of petroleum products and commercial fertilizers.

   C.   Asbestos, brick, and clay products manufacture.

   D.   Concrete products and central mixing and proportioning plant.

   E.   Flour, feed, and grain milling storage.

   F.   Structural iron and steel fabrication.

   G.   Machinery manufacture.

   H.   Paint and varnish manufacture.

   I.   All other uses permitted under M-1.

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- 2 District, subject to provisions of Section 165.24(6)(D).

   A.   Carnivals, circuses, fairs, road shows.

   B.   Radio-television broadcasting and microwave towers or stations.

   C.   Materials recycling.

   D.   Fertilizer manufacture.

   E.   Junk yards, including automobile wrecking and/or salvage.

   F.   Stock yards, slaughter houses, poultry processing and packaging, and/or sale barns and yards.

   G.   Explosive manufacture or storage.

   H.   Acid manufacture.

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, or an existing residential use, a yard shall be provided along such side or rear lot line not less than 45 feet in depth and shall contain landscaping and planting so designed and/or planted to provide an effective visual screen, when viewed horizontally, between two feet and eight feet above average ground level.

   B.   Where a lot within the M-2 District fronts on a street which forms a boundary line between the M-2 District and a Residential or Commercial District, then such lot shall have a front yard of not less than 45 feet in depth. Parking shall not be permitted therein, and such yard shall be appropriately landscaped with grass and/or other suitable plantings.

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.