The regulations set forth in this article, or set forth elsewhere in this ordinance when referred to in this article, are the regulations for the "MXD-2" Mixed Use District.

The purpose of this district is to permit a mixture of diverse land uses such as residential, retail, shopkeeper, commercial office and light industrial to co-exist in a compatible environment.

Those regulations are intended to:

(a)

Encourage preservation, rehabilitation and restoration of residential and commercial structures;

(b)

Encourage stability in commercial activity through economic revitalization of the area;

(c)

Encourage compatibility of existing and future land uses.

(Ord. No. 82-111, 12-7-1982)

A building or premises shall be used for the following purpose:

(a)

Residential:

(1)

Single-family and two-family residences;

(2)

Residential townhouses;

(3)

Short-term rental of an existing dwelling, subject to the provisions of Article 39, Short-term rental regulations.

(b)

Retail, shopkeeper, commercial office:

(1)

Same as those in the "MXD-1" Mixed Use District.

(c)

Light industrial:

(1)

Any use permitted in the "MXD-1" Mixed Use District;

(2)

The uses listed below mid those uses with similar characteristics which do not create any more offensive levels of noise, vibration, dust, heat, smoke, odor, glare or other objectional functions are permitted in the "MSD-2" Mixed Use District. In general, these uses may involve light manufacturing, processing, wholesale, storage and distribution and service industries;

(3)

Auto assembly (custom orders only);

(4)

Tool, die, gauge and machine {2,500 square feet maximum);

(5)

Tools and hardware products;

(6)

Hand forged ironwork;

(7)

Wholesale houses and distributors;

(8)

Small engine manufacturing and repair;

(9)

Bedding manufacturing, retailing, and wholesaling;

(10)

Handknitting;

(11)

Weaving;

(12)

Printing;

(13)

Contractors, building and painting (no open storage yards);

(14)

Greenhouse, commercial;

(15)

Leather goods manufacturing (no tanning);

(16)

Auto parts manufacturing, retailing and wholesaling;

(17)

Furniture upholstering;

(18)

Baskets and hampers manufacturing;

(19)

Handcrafted furniture manufacturing;

(20)

Furniture refinishing (in enclosed building);

(21)

Handcrafted clay, stone, glass, pottery, porcelain;

(22)

Railroad activities as specified in Article 5, Section 2, paragraph (8);

(23)

Laundry and laundromats;

(24)

Feed and seed, retail and wholesale;

(25)

Bakery (2,500 square feet maximum);

(26)

Cosmetics, manufacturing (2,500 square feet maximum);

(27)

Ice manufacturing (2,500 square feet maximum);

(28)

Public utilities;

(29)

Accessory buildings and uses customarily incidental and clearing [clearly] subordinate to permitted uses in this district.

(Ord. No. 82-111, 12-7-1982; Ord. No. 2025-RES-041, Exh. A, 6-17-2025)

The following uses and those of similar characteristics are not permitted in this district:

(1)

Insecticides, fungicides, disinfectants, and related industrial and household chemical compounds manufacturing;

(2)

Concrete products manufacturing;

(3)

Fish, shrimp, oyster and other seafood processing, packing and storing and curing;

(4)

Malt products manufacturing;

(5)

Meat products, packing and processing and slaughtering;

(6)

Poultry packing and slaughtering;

(7)

Concrete and metal culvert manufacturing;

(8)

Firearms manufacturing;

(9)

Electrolytic plating;

(10)

Sheet metal products manufacturing;

(11)

Silverware and plateware manufacturing;

(12)

Box and crate manufacturing;

(13)

Planning and millwork;

(14)

Trailer, carriage and wagon manufacturing;

(15)

Animal pound or hospital or veterinarian;

(16)

Commercial animal, poultry and bird raising;

(17)

Building materials such as cement, lime, sand, gravel and lumber storage and sales;

(18)

Bus garage and repair shop;

(19)

Circus;

(20)

Coal and coke storage sales;

(21)

Fur finishing;

(22)

Kennels;

(23)

Livery stables and riding academy;

(24)

Plastic fabrications;

(25)

Produce and storage warehouse;

(26)

Freight truck and transfer terminal;

(27)

Chemical manufacturing, storing and distribution as principal use;

(28)

Material salvage operations;

(29)

Outdoor advertising or billboard structures;

(30)

Rendering facility.

(Ord. No. 82-111, 12-7-1982)

(a)

Dwelling structures, existing as of the adoption date of this ordinance, which may be used for light industrial purposes or for those uses enumerated in Section 2, paragraph (b) of the "MXD-1" Mixed Use District shall maintain a valid certificate of residential occupancy for a portion of the structure.

(Ord. No. 82-111, 12-7-1982)

(a)

For residential dwellings, townhouses for sale, commercial retail and shopkeeper uses, refer to section 5, article 18B [18.1], "MXD-1" Mixed Use District.

(b)

For permitted light industrial uses, there shall be a height limitation of two and one-half (2½) stories not greater than seventy-five (75) percent of the lot area.

(Ord. No. 82-111, 12-7-1982)

(a)

Front yards. No front yard shall be required (Article 25, Section 33, Paragraph 5).

(b)

Side yards and rear yards. For residential dwellings, townhouses for sale, commercial, retail and shopkeeper uses, refer to Article 22 of the Zoning Ordinance.

For permitted light industrial uses - No side yards shall be required except that where a side lot line abuts or is situated across an alley from a residential dwelling, there shall be side yard of not less than five (5) feet in width. No rear yard shall be required except that where a rear yard lot line abuts or is situated across an alley from a residential dwelling there shall be a rear yard of not less than twenty (20) feet in depth.

(Ord. No. 82-111, 12-7-1982)

The regulations contained in this article are supplemented or modified by regulations contained in other articles of this ordinance, especially the following: Article 19, Off-street parking regulations; Article 20, Off-street loading regulations; Article 22, Height, area and bulk regulations; Article 23, Supplementary use regulations; Article 25, Supplementary height, area and bulk regulations; Article 35, Historic zoning regulations.

(Ord. No. 82-111, 12-7-1982)

For light industrial uses - Where a side or rear lot line abuts a residential property there shall be a continuous evergreen vegetative or opaque structural fence or screen not less than six (6) feet in height erected along such a lot line, but not within fifteen (15) feet of any street line.

(Ord. No. 82-111, 12-7-1982)