The purpose of the general industrial district, M-2, is to provide for a wide variety of industrial operations, but to restrict or prohibit those industries which have characteristics likely to produce serious adverse effects within or beyond the limits of the district. Certain potentially hazardous industries are permitted only after public hearings and review to assure protection of the public interest and surrounding property and persons. It is the intention of the district to preserve the land in the district for industrial use and to exclude new residential or commercial development except for a limited group of specified uses deemed appropriate service adjuncts to industrial operations.

(Ord. of 6-18-90, § 19-11.1)

In industrial district M-2, buildings to be erected or land to be used shall be for one (1) or more of the following uses:

(1)

Any manufacturing, processing, storing or distributing use permitted in the M-1 limited industrial district.

(2)

Agriculture and forestry as permitted in the A-2 agricultural district, including a single-family dwelling accessory to a farm of ten (10) acres or more.

(3)

Dwellings for resident watchmen and caretakers employed on the premises.

(4)

Retail and service establishments as follows:

a.

Banks and savings and loan offices.

b.

Business and office supply establishments.

c.

Clinics, medical or dental.

d.

Employment service or agency.

e.

Offices and office buildings, studios and the like, business, professional or administrative.

f.

Restaurant or cafeteria, drive-in or otherwise.

g.

Security service office or station.

h.

Trade or business school, including heavy construction or materials handling equipment or similar vehicles and equipment.

(5)

The following uses and any similar industrial uses which are not likely to create any more offensive noise, vibrations, dust, heat, smoke, odor, glare or other objectionable influences than the minimum amount normally resulting from other uses permitted, and manufacture, compounding, processing, packaging or treatment of the following products or similar products. In cases of doubt regarding the nature of a process or use, the administrator may require an engineering report describing the process or use and the probable impact thereof at property lines in terms of the factors listed above or other significant factors as may be associated with a particular process or use. Where doubt remains following such engineering report, the proposal shall be considered as a potentially hazardous use and referred to the board of supervisors for decision after public hearing.

a.

Abrasive wheels, stones, paper, cloth and related products.

b.

Adhesives, but not glue or size manufacture.

c.

Aircraft and aircraft parts.

d.

Agricultural or farm implements, manufacture, sale storage or repair.

e.

Aluminum extrusion, rolling, fabrication and farming.

f.

Asbestos products.

g.

Automobile, motorcycle, bus or truck manufacture or assembly.

h.

Bag manufacture or cleaning.

i.

Barrel or box manufacturing.

j.

Brick, firebrick, tile or terra cotta and clay products.

k.

Building materials (cement, lime in bags or container, sand, gravel, stone, lumber, structural or reinforcing steel, pipe and the like) storage and sales, open or enclosed, but not manufacturing or steel fabricating or junk storage.

l.

Candles, including wax or tallow manufacture.

m.

Coal, flour or grain elevator.

n.

Concrete products or central mixing and proportioning plant.

o.

Contractor's equipment storage yard or plant or rental of equipment commonly used by contractors.

p.

Engine testing (internal combustion engines), but not jet engines or rockets.

q.

Excelsior, wood fiber.

r.

Facilities and structures necessary for rendering public utility service, including poles, wires, transformers, telephone booths and the like for electrical power distribution and communication service, and underground pipelines or conduits for electrical, gas, sewer, or water service, but not including buildings, treatment plants, water storage tanks, pumping or regulator stations, major transmission lines, storage yards and substations which are permitted with a conditional use permit.

s.

Fertilizer storage in bags or bulk storage of liquid or dry fertilizer in tanks or in a completely enclosed building, but not manufacturing or processing.

t.

Firewood operation, as defined.

u.

Flour, storage, blending, packaging and milling.

v.

Galvanizing or plating (hot dip).

w.

Glass and glass products.

x.

Grain and peanut drying and storage and feed milling.

y.

Ink manufacture from primary raw materials (including colors and pigments).

z.

Lumber yard.

aa.

Monuments and architectural stone.

bb.

Oils, shortenings, and fats (edible) and storage.

cc.

Paper and paperboard (from paper machine only), but not pulp mills.

dd.

Peanuts, buying, storage and processing.

ee.

Petroleum and other inflammable liquids, aboveground bulk storage up to eighty thousand (80,000) gallons.

ff.

Plumbing supplies, manufacture, sale or storage.

gg.

Poultry packing and slaughtering (wholesale).

hh.

Sawmill (including cooperage stock mill), stationery and planing mill.

ii.

Soap products, but not soap manufacture.

jj.

Sand and gravel processing but not extraction or stone crushing or grinding.

kk.

Tobacco products, cigars, cigarettes.

ll.

Structural iron and steel fabrication.

mm.

Truck stop.

nn.

Truck terminal freight.

oo.

Wallboard and plaster, building, insulation and composition flooring.

pp.

Water well drilling establishment.

qq.

Welding and soldering shops.

rr.

Wire rope and cable.

ss.

Wireless communication facilities per the regulations set forth in section 18-427 of this chapter.

tt.

Wood bark mulch.

uu.

Wood chipping operation.

vv.

Wood chip and fiberboard.

ww.

Wood preserving treatment, but not creosote manufacture.

(Ord. of 6-18-90, § 19-11.2; Ord. of 9-23-02(2))

The following uses or the manufacture, compounding, processing, packaging, or treatment of products not specifically listed above or below, but which may have accompanying hazards, such as fire, explosion, noise, vibration, dust or the emission of smoke, odor, toxic gases or other pollutants, may, if not in conflict with any state or county law or ordinance, be located in the M-2 general industrial district, only after the location and nature of such use shall have been approved by the board of supervisors as conditional uses after public hearing, as provided in article XVIII. In cases of doubt regarding the nature of a process or use, the board of supervisors may require an engineering report describing the process or use and the probable impact thereof at property lines in terms of the factors listed above or other significant factors as may be associated with a particular process or use. The board of supervisors shall review the plans and statements and shall not permit such buildings, structures, or uses until there has been shown that the public health, safety, morals, and general welfare will be properly protected, and that necessary safeguards will be provided for the protection of streams or other water areas or surrounding property and persons. The board of supervisors, in reviewing the plans and statements shall consult with other agencies created for the promotion of public health and safety, and shall pay particular attention to protection of the county and its neighbors from the harmful effects of air or water pollution of any type.

(1)

Acetylene, generation and storage.

(2)

Alcohol, industrial.

(3)

Asphalt or asphalt products, or central asphalt mixing or batching.

(4)

Automobile wrecking yard, subject to special development standards below.

(5)

Bleaching products.

(6)

Cider and vinegar.

(7)

Cleaning and polishing preparations, dressings and blackings, processing.

(8)

Cotton ginning.

(9)

Cotton wading and linter.

(10)

Cottonseed oil, refining.

(11)

Distillery (alcoholic), breweries and alcoholic spirits (nonindustrial).

(12)

Dyestuff.

(13)

Explosives, including ammunition and fireworks and explosive storage.

(14)

Felt, manufacturing.

(15)

Fertilizer manufacture from natural products.

(16)

Film, photographic.

(17)

Fish curing or smoking, fish oils and meal.

(18)

Forge plant, pneumatic drop and forging hammering.

(19)

Foundries.

(20)

Glue, hides, hair and raw fur, curing, tanning, dressing, dyeing and storage.

(21)

Heliport or helistop.

(22)

Hydrogen and oxygen.

(23)

Incinerator, industrial or public.

(24)

Insecticides, fungicides, disinfectants or related industrial or household chemical compounds.

(25)

Junk yards, open or enclosed storage of junk, subject to special development standards below, but not a dump heap.

(26)

Leather tanning and curing.

(27)

Linoleum and other hard-surface floor coverings (except wood).

(28)

Livestock market or stockyard.

(29)

Match manufacture.

(30)

Meat or fish products, including slaughtering of animals or preparation of fish for packing.

(31)

Molasses.

(32)

Paint, oil, shellac, turpentine or varnish.

(33)

Paper manufacture or pulp mill.

(34)

Petroleum and other inflammable liquids, aboveground bulk storage over eighty thousand (80,000) gallons.

(35)

Pickles, sauerkraut, vegetable relish and sauces.

(36)

Plastic material and synthetic resins, processing only.

(37)

Port facilities, commercial docks and loading facilities.

(38)

Power generating plant, nuclear or otherwise, and radioactive waste handling.

(39)

Railroad switching and classification yards, repairs and cleaning shops, round houses, power houses, interlocking towers and fueling, sanding and watering stations.

(40)

Refractories.

(41)

Rendering and storage of dead animals, offal, garbage and waste products, fat rendering.

(42)

Rubber products (natural or synthetic, including tires, tubes or similar products) gutta percha, chickle and balta processing.

(43)

Sand and gravel extraction, subject to applicable state regulations.

(44)

Sandblasting or cutting.

(45)

Sanitary land fill or refuse collection site or transfer station.

(46)

Soap manufacture.

(47)

Starch manufacture.

(48)

Stone crushing operation.

(49)

Sugar refining.

(50)

Textile bleaching.

(50.1)

Wireless communication facilities per section 18-427 of this chapter.

(51)

Wool pulling or scouring.

(Ord. of 6-18-90, § 19-11.3; Ord. of 9-23-02(2); Ord. of 12-19-05(2))

Accessory uses permitted in the M-2 district are as follows:

(1)

Any accessory use permitted in the A-2 agricultural district.

(2)

Signs as regulated in section 18-315 hereunder.

(3)

Storage of supplies, merchandise, equipment or goods normally carried in stock, used or produced in connection with a permitted office, business, commercial or industrial use subject to applicable district regulations.

(Ord. of 6-18-90, § 19-11.4)

Signs permitted in this district are subject to the general sign regulations of article XV, consisting of accessory illuminated or nonilluminated signs as follows:

(1)

Flat signs, no limit on number or area.

(2)

Projecting signs, if there are no marquee or detached signs, one (1) for each business on the premises, with sign area limited to sixty (60) square feet.

(3)

Detached signs, if there are no projecting signs, limited in area to one hundred fifty (150) square feet and limited in height to thirty-five (35) feet, one (1) for each business or industry on the premises. A group of three (3) or more contiguous permitted service establishments or industrial uses may combine permitted detached sign area to provide a single detached sign advertising the group if there are no other detached signs and if the combined sign area does not exceed two hundred fifty (250) square feet. Detached signs greater in area or height require a conditional use permit.

(4)

Marquee signs if there are no projecting signs, two (2) for each business on the premises, with sign area for each sign limited to ten (10) square feet.

(5)

Directional signs limited in area to eight (8) square feet giving directions to motorists regarding the location of parking areas and access drives, shall be permitted as accessory signs and not included in any computation of sign area.

(6)

Signs at appropriate locations, on or off the premises, for direction of the traveling public, truck deliveries and employees to an activity or event, a church, school, historic place, subdivision or community, a construction site or excavation, airport, or other center of employment or visitor center or recreation facility in an isolated area of the county, limited in area to fifty (50) square feet and subject to approval of location, design and wording by the administrator.

(Ord. of 6-18-90, § 19-11.5; Ord. of 6-22-98(2); Ord. of 12-19-05(2))

For permitted uses in an M-2 district utilizing individual sewage disposal systems, the required area for any such use shall be approved by the health official.

(Ord. of 6-18-90, § 19-11.6)

All structures:

(Ord. of 6-18-90, § 19-11.7)

Buildings in an M-2 district may be erected up to one hundred (100) feet in height from grade, except that:

(1)

Belfries, cupolas, monuments, water towers, chimneys, flues, flag poles, television antennae and radio aerials less than one hundred fifty (150) feet in height are exempt. Parapet walls may be up to four (4) feet above the height of the building on which the walls rest.

(2)

Landscaping of corner lots shall be limited to plantings, fences or other landscaping features of no more than three (3) feet in height within the space between the setback line and the property line on the street side of the lot.

(3)

The board of zoning appeals may grant a special exception to height restrictions under article XVII.

(Ord. of 6-18-90, § 19-11.8; Ord. of 12-19-05(2))

Buildings or groups of buildings and their accessory buildings in an M-1 district may cover not more than seventy-five (75) percent of the area of the lot.

(Ord. of 6-18-90, § 19-11.9)

Provision shall be made for proper storm water drainage from parking and loading areas. Water shall not be permitted to drain from such areas onto adjacent property except into a natural watercourse or a drainage easement. Provision shall be made for protection against erosion and sedimentation in accord with applicable county ordinances.

(Ord. of 6-18-90, § 19-11.10)

(a)

Automobile graveyards, salvage, wrecking yards and junk yards in existence on October 1, 1968, are to be considered as nonconforming uses. Such places shall be allowed one (1) year after such date in which to completely screen, on any side open to view from a public road, the operation or use by a masonry wall, a uniformly painted solid board fence or an evergreen hedge which screens properly.

(b)

No junk yard, salvage yard or automotive wrecking yard or graveyard shall hereafter be established with any portion of its area within five hundred (500) feet of a public street, road or highway.

(c)

All such yards shall be screened effectively from view from public streets or highways, public spaces and adjacent property in a residential or business district by natural vegetation, topography or other means and shall be surrounded by an opaque structural screen, fence or wall not less than eight (8) feet in height. All fences and walls shall have a uniform and durable character and shall be properly maintained.

(d)

Junk, wrecked vehicles or parts thereof shall not be collected or stored outside the required fence or in piles more than six (6) feet in height.

(e)

The collection or storage of any material containing or contaminated with dangerous explosives, chemicals, gases or radioactive substances is prohibited.

(f)

Every junk yard, salvage yard or automobile wrecking yard or graveyard shall be operated and maintained in such a manner as not to allow the breeding of rats, flies, mosquitoes or other disease carrying animals and insects.

(Ord. of 6-18-90, § 19-11.11)

Off-street parking and loading design standards and space requirements for particular uses are contained in article XV.

(Ord. of 6-18-90, § 19-11.12; Ord. of 12-19-05(2))