§ 36-15. "M-2" Heavy Industrial.

The regulations set out in this section shall apply in all M-2 Districts and shall be subject to the provisions of § 36-18 .

This district is intended to encourage sound industrial development by providing and protecting an environment exclusively for such development subject to regulations necessary to insure that it will not be detrimental to activities in adjacent commercial or residential neighborhoods by reason of, but not limited to excessive noise, smoke, odor, dust, vibrations, fumes, glare, or gas.

Buildings, structures, and land shall be used, and buildings and structures shall be erected, structurally altered, or enlarged in the M-2 Districts, only for the following uses, plus such other uses as the Planning Commission by resolution may deem to be similar and not detrimental to the public health, safety, and welfare. All uses shall be subject to the property development standards in § 3615.6 .

• A. Any use permitted in the "M-1" district.

• B. Acetylene gas manufacture and storage, acid manufacture, ammonia, bleaching powder or chlorine manufacture, blacksmith, boiler works, manufacture of brick, tile, concrete block and terracotta, concrete products, cotton, natural gasoline processing, oil cloth and linoleum manufacture, oil extracting and dehydration facilities or reduction, paint, oil, shellac, turpentine or varnish manufacture, paper manufacture, petroleum products, storage, petroleum refinery together with appurtenant uses, plastic manufacture, potash works, railroad repair shop, roofing manufacture, rolling mill, soap manufacture, soda and compound manufacture, stone mill, tar distillation and tar products manufacture, wood processing.

Only those accessory uses and accessory buildings customarily appurtenant to a permitted use.

[Amended 8-2-2021 by Ord. No. 1276]

The following uses may be permitted in the M-2 Districts subject to a Use Permit provided for in § 36-20 .

• A. Public and quasi-public uses appropriate to serve the M-2 District.

• B. Other manufacturing or industrial uses not expressly permitted in section 36-15.3 .

• C. School, church, hospital and dwellings; provided, that they are accessory to and incidental to and located upon the same property as a commercial or industrial use permitted in this district.

• D. Blast furnace or coke oven, manufacture of cement, lime gypsum or plaster of paris, distillation of bones, drop forge, explosive manufacture or storage, fat rendering, fertilizer manufacture, garbage or dead animal disposal, glue manufacture, oil extraction other than petroleum products, refuse disposal, rubber treatment, rock and gravel plant, stock yards, slaughtering, smelting, storage of tin, copper, zinc, ore, rags, paper, scrap and junk, tannery, winery, wrecked cars and wrecking cars.

• E. Retail commercial uses, such as restaurants and service stations, appropriate in and necessary to serve the M-2 District.

• F. Caretakers residence, one unit not to exceed twelve hundred square feet for industrial uses of one acre minimum lot area.

• G. Airports.

• H. Mobile Food Vendor, as specified in § 36-29 . [Added 8-2-2021 by Ord. No. 1276]

The following property development standards shall apply to all land and buildings in the M-2 Districts.

• A. Lot Area. The lot shall be sufficient to provide the minimum yard, parking requirements as specified in § 36-25 , and landscaping requirements as specified in § 36-24 .

• B. Setback/Yard Requirements. The following setback/yard requirements shall apply to all uses in the M-2 District:

  1. A minimum of ten (10) feet from the right-of-way line of any street less than sixty-eight (68) feet in width, except as provided for in § 36-18.9 . Special Building Lines.

• C. Distance Between Buildings: Minimum requirements of the Uniform Building Code.

• D. Building Height. No building erected shall have a height greater than seventy (70) feet. Permitted projections above these heights include: ventilating fans or similar equipment required to operate and maintain the building, flag poles, chimneys, or similar structures approved under Site Plan Review, § 36-19

• E. Hours of Operation. Business may be conducted on a twenty-four (24) hour a day basis except that fewer hours may be determined by the Planning Commission for those uses provided for in Sections 36-15.3 and 36-15.5 which are subject to a Use Permit provided for in § 36-20 .

• F. Site Plan Review. Prior to the issuance of any Building Permit for the erection of any structure on any lot, a Site Plan shall be submitted and considered pursuant to Site Plan Review requirements of § 36-19 .

• G. Landscaping and Open Space. All uses, as specified in § 36-24 .

• H. Fences, Hedges, Walls, and Screen Plantings. Fences, hedges, walls, and screen plantings shall be erected subject to the provisions of § 36-18 . The outside storage of materials merchandise supplies, equipment, wastes, incinerations, and sewage disposal shall be enclosed within a chain link with slats, solid wooden or masonry fence not less than six (6) feet in height. Whenever an M-2 Use is proposed to be located adjacent to an R-1, R-2, or R-3 District, an eight (8) foot masonry wall shall be constructed along the property line pursuant to § 36-24 .

• I. Off-Street Parking Requirements. All uses, as specified in § 36-25 .

• J. Off-Street Loading Requirements. All uses, as specified in § 36-25 .

• K. Vehicular Access. For all uses, there shall be vehicular access to the off-street parking and loading facilities from a dedicated street.

• L. Signs. For all uses, as specified in § 36-26 .

• M. All refuse, garbage and trash bins one-half yard or larger shall be behind the building set back line and screened from public view.