A.

Intent.

The Light Industrial (M-1) District is hereby established to primarily accommodate wholesale activities, warehouses, and industrial operations whose external, physical effects are restricted to the area of the district, and do not have significant detrimental impacts upon surrounding districts. The M-1 District is intended primarily for the manufacturing, compounding, processing, packaging, assembly and/or treatment of finished or semi-finished products from previously prepared materials. The processing of raw materials for shipment in bulk form to be used in an industrial operation at another location shall be prohibited in the M-1 District.

The objectives of the M-1 District are to:

1.

Provide sufficient space in the City to meet the expected future economic needs for all types of manufacturing and related uses, and protect the most desirable uses of land in accordance with a well considered plan.

2.

Protect abutting residential districts by separating them from more intensive manufacturing activities, and promote manufacturing, and other industrial development which is free from danger of fire, explosions, toxic and noxious matter, radiation and other environmental hazards, and from offensive noise, vibration, smoke, odor and other objectionable influences.

3.

Protect the character and established pattern of adjacent development, conserve the value of land and structures, and protect the City's tax revenue base.

B.

Principal Uses and Structures.

In the M-1 District, no structure or land shall be used, erected, or altered, in whole or in part, except for one (1) or more of the following principal permitted uses:

1.

Commercial kennels, subject to the standards of Section 8.310 (Kennels and Animal Shelters).

2.

Data processing and computer centers, including service and maintenance of electronic data processing equipment.

3.

Greenhouses, subject to the standards of Section 8.309 (Nurseries, Greenhouses and Garden Centers).

4.

Manufacturing and repair of electric or neon signs, light sheet metal products, including heating and ventilating equipment, cornices, eaves and the like.

5.

Manufacturing of musical instruments, toys, novelties and metal or rubber stamps or other molded rubber products.

6.

Manufacturing of pottery and figurines or other similar ceramic products using only previously pulverized clay and kilns fired only by electricity or gas.

7.

Manufacturing or assembly of electrical appliances, electronic instruments and devices, radios and phonographs.

8.

Manufacturing, compounding, assembling, reassembly, packaging or treatment of articles or merchandise from previously prepared materials: bone, canvas, cellophane, cloth, cork, elastomers, feathers, felt, fiber, fur, glass, hair, horn, leather, paper, plastics, rubber, precious or semi-precious metals or stones, sheet metal, shell, textiles, tobacco, wax, wire, wool and yarns.

9.

Manufacturing, compounding, processing, packaging or treatment of such products as, but not limited to: bakery goods, candy, cosmetics, pharmaceutical, toiletries, food products, hardware and cutlery, tool, die, gauge and machine shops.

10.

Municipal uses that do not meet the definition of an "institutional use," as specified in Section 25.02 (Definitions).

11.

Outdoor storage areas and facilities shall be permitted accessory to a principal use in the M-1 District, subject to the standards of Section 8.403 (Outdoor Storage).

12.

Public utility and service buildings and uses, subject to the standards of Section 8.205 (Public Utility and Essential Service Structures and Uses).

13.

Research and development facilities, technical centers and laboratories, and any use charged with the principal function of basic research, design and pilot or experimental product development.

14.

Self storage warehouses, subject to the standards of Section 8.406 (Self Storage Warehouses).

15.

Trade or industrial schools that do not meet the definition of an "institutional use," as specified in Section 25.02 (Definitions).

16.

Trucking facilities and distribution centers, subject to the standards of Section 8.409 (Warehouses and Other Storage Facilities).

17.

Warehousing and wholesale establishments, subject to the standards of Section 8.409 (Warehouses and Other Storage Facilities).

18.

Other uses of a similar and no more objectionable character to the above uses, as determined by the Planning Commission.

C.

Accessory Uses and Structures.

The following uses and structures shall be permitted accessory to principal uses in the M-1 District, subject to the provisions of Section 24.03 (Uses):

1.

Signs, subject to the provisions of Article 17 (Signs).

2.

Off-street parking, subject to the provisions of Article 13 (Streets and Off-Street Parking).

3.

Child or adult day care centers, child caring institutions, and nursery schools shall be permitted accessory to a permitted use in the M-1 District, subject to the standards of Section 8.103 (Child Care Center, Group Day Care, Nursery Schools, Day Nurseries, and Pre-schools).

4.

Offices for executive or administrative uses shall be permitted accessory to a principal use in the M-1 District.

5.

Retail, restaurant or personal service establishments which serve the convenience needs of the industrial district shall be permitted accessory to and located entirely within a principal building occupied by a principal use in the M-1 District.

Such establishments shall be limited to convenience stores, restaurants, coffeehouses and similar eating and drinking establishments, banks, savings and loan associations and credit unions, tailor shops, beauty parlors or barbershops, laundries or dry cleaners, printing or photographic reproduction, health clubs and fitness centers, indoor recreation facilities, and similar uses.

6.

Showrooms or retail stores which primarily sell or display products produced on the premises shall be permitted accessory to and located entirely within a principal building occupied by a principal use in the M-1 District, subject to the standards of Section 8.319 (Retail Uses in Industrial Districts).

7.

Other accessory structures and uses customarily incident to the principal uses permitted in the M-1 District.

D.

Special Land Uses.

The following uses may be permitted in the M-1 District by the Planning Commission, subject to the conditions specified for each use; review and approval of the site plan by the Planning Commission; any special conditions imposed by the Planning Commission to fulfill the purposes of this Ordinance; and the procedures and requirements set forth in Section 20.02 (Special Land Uses):

1.

Automobile, truck and other motor vehicle repair garages (major repair), subject to the standards of Section 8.304 (Repair Garages, Service Centers and Fueling Stations).

2.

Central dry cleaning plants or laundries, provided that such plants shall not deal directly with consumer at retail.

3.

Hazardous materials storage, subject to the standards of Section 8.401 (Hazardous Materials Storage).

4.

Intensive industrial operations, including but not limited to lumber and planing mills, metal plating, buffing and polishing, processing of materials to allow their re-use in a form for which they were not originally intended, and similar industrial uses, subject to the standards of Section 8.402 (Intensive Industrial Operations).

5.

Offices for professional, executive, governmental, or administrative uses; accountants, writers, attorneys, realtors, architects, engineers, planners, and similar professions and occupations.

6.

Adult-use cannabis retailers and adult-use cannabis microbusinesses, subject to the conditions and standards set forth in Article XIV "Cannabis Businesses", in Chapter 14 "Businesses" of the Code of Ordinances.

7.

Other uses of a similar and no more objectionable character to the above uses, as determined by the Planning Commission.

(Ord. No. 740, art. I, 3-20-2023)

A.

Intent.

The General Industrial (M-2) District is hereby established primarily for manufacturing, assembling and fabrication activities including large scale or specialized industrial operations, whose external physical effects will be felt to some degree by surrounding districts. The M-2 District is so structured as to permit the manufacturing, processing and compounding of semi-finished or finished products from raw materials as well as from previously prepared materials, and to permit more intensive industrial uses requiring extensive road, railroad, or utility access.

Where the M-2 District boundaries abut the Detroit River, it is the further intent of this district to permit a limited range of recreational facilities and accessory commercial uses to serve the needs of the users of established recreational boating facilities.

B.

Principal Uses and Structures.

In the M-2 District, no structure or land shall be used, erected, or altered, in whole or in part, except for one (1) or more of the following principal permitted uses:

1.

All principal uses permitted in the M-1 (Light Industrial) District, as specified in Section 7.01B.

2.

Blast furnaces, steel furnaces, blooming or rolling mills, or smelting of copper, iron or zinc ore.

3.

Heating and electric power generating plants, or incineration of garbage or refuse within an enclosed incinerator plant.

4.

Manufacture of corrosive acid or alkali, cement, lime, gypsum or plaster of paris.

5.

Other uses of a similar and no more objectionable character to the above uses, as determined by the Planning Commission.

C.

Accessory Uses and Structures.

The following uses and structures shall be permitted accessory to principal uses in the M-2 District, subject to the provisions of Section 24.03 (Uses):

1.

Signs, subject to the provisions of Article 17 (Signs).

2.

Off-street parking, subject to the provisions of Article 13 (Streets and Off-Street Parking).

3.

Child or adult day care centers, child caring institutions, and nursery schools shall be permitted accessory to a principal use in the M-2 District, subject to the standards of Section 8.103 (Child Care Center, Group Day Care, Nursery Schools, Day Nurseries, and Pre-schools).

4.

Offices for executive or administrative uses shall be permitted accessory to a principal use in the M-2 District.

5.

Retail, restaurant or personal service establishments which serve the convenience needs of the industrial district shall be permitted accessory to and located entirely within a principal building occupied by a principal use in the M-2 District.

Such establishments shall be limited to convenience stores, restaurants, coffeehouses and similar eating and drinking establishments, banks, savings and loan associations and credit unions, tailor shops, beauty parlors or barbershops, laundries or dry cleaners, printing or photographic reproduction, health clubs and fitness centers, indoor recreation facilities, and similar uses.

6.

Showrooms or retail stores which primarily sell or display products produced on the premises shall be permitted accessory to and located entirely within a principal building occupied by a principal use in the M-2 District, subject to the standards of Section 8.319 (Retail Uses in Industrial Districts).

7.

Retail businesses and commissary establishments shall be permitted accessory to a recreational boating facility. Such establishments shall be limited to convenience stores, restaurants, coffeehouses and similar eating and drinking establishments which supply food, beverages and commodities to persons using the boating facility, or are directly related to recreational boating (such as boat sales, engines and accessories, fishing equipment and similar items).

8.

Other accessory structures and uses customarily incident to the principal uses permitted in the M-2 District.

D.

Special Land Uses.

The following uses may be permitted in the M-2 District by the Planning Commission, subject to the conditions specified for each use; review and approval of the site plan by the Planning Commission; any special conditions imposed by the Planning Commission to fulfill the purposes of this Ordinance; and the procedures and requirements set forth in Section 20.02 (Special Land Uses):

1.

All uses permitted subject to special conditions in the M-1 (Light Industrial) District, as specified in Section 7.01D.

2.

Railroad freight terminals and transfer facilities.

3.

Water and sewage treatment plants, and similar municipal uses.

4.

Outdoor storage, dismantling or recycling of automobiles, trucks, recreational vehicles, boats and other motor vehicles, manufactured houses and similar items, subject to the standards of Section 8.404 (Outdoor Storage, Dismantling or Recycling).

5.

Recycling collection facilities and composting centers, subject to the standards of Section 8.405 (Recycling Collection Facilities and Composting Centers).

6.

Slaughter houses, rendering plants, tanneries, stock yards, glue factories, soap factories, oil refineries or other similar factories, subject to the standards of Section 8.407 (Slaughter Houses…or Other Similar Factories).

7.

Shipping container yards, and outdoor storage of containerized shipping units, subject to the standards of Section 8.408 (Shipping Container Yards).

8.

Recreational boating facilities, such as public or private facilities for the berthing, protection or servicing of recreational boats, yachts, cruisers, inboards, outboards and sailboats, and public or private recreational facilities directly related to recreational boating activities.

9.

Adult regulated uses, subject to the standards of Section 8.301 (Adult Regulated Uses).

10.

Adult-use cannabis retailers and adult-use cannabis microbusinesses, subject to the conditions and standards set forth in Article XIV "Cannabis Businesses", in Chapter 14 "Businesses" of the Code of Ordinances.

11.

Large solar energy systems.

12.

Other uses of a similar and no more objectionable character to the above uses, as determined by the Planning Commission. The Planning Commission may impose a setback in excess of minimums specified herein, and any performance standards so as to ensure public health, safety and general welfare.

(Ord. No. 685, art. I, 6-20-2016; Ord. No. 694, art. I, 12-4-2017; Ord. No. 740, art. I, 3-20-2023)