M-1
Dimensional standards
Height & bulk
Housing
Uses
Permitted by right29
- Fabrication assembly plants for small equipment
- Commercial greenhouses and nurseries
- Manufacture, compounding, processing of apparel, agricultural produce, bakery goods, candy, food products, musical instruments, toys, pottery, baskets, figurines, or other similar ceramic products
- Bottling works
- Printing works
- Auto and motor vehicle sales and service
- Small machinery sales and service
- Vending machines sales and service
- Welding and blacksmith shops (under cover)
- Agricultural supply, farm machinery sales and service
- Moving and storage facilities
- Plumbing, electrical supplies, air conditioning establishments
- Building material yards
- Contractor's equipment storage yards
- Wholesale businesses
- Warehousing
- Cabinet, furniture and upholstery shops
- Research and development facilities
- Trade schools
- Office buildings
- Restaurants serving primarily an on-site facility
- Public utilities
- Accessory buildings
- Public offices and other public buildings as defined under article 22
- Temporary events zoning permit as defined by section 16-19
- Indoor recreational facilities
- Mobile food unit
- Health and fitness centers
- Rooftop and ground mounted solar
Conditional / special use15
- Any use requiring laboratory analysis of animals, vegetables, or minerals
- Septic tank sales and service
- Stone and monument works
- Boat building
- Manufacture or finishing of modular units made from wood or other material designed for use as components in building construction of all types
- Expansion beyond 50 percent for buildings or groups of buildings
- Ground disturbing exploratory activities
- Woodyards
- One single family residential unit per parcel, detached or located within the same structure as the main use. Such residential unit is intended for use by the owner or tenant for security purposes.
- Home heating oil and petroleum products retail storage and distribution
- Recycling center
- Water or sewer treatment facilities
- Solar energy generation facilities
- Power generation plants
- Gas and oil facilities
Extracted standards
14 individual requirements pulled out of this section’s prose, each with the sentence it came from.
Height
- Parapet wall heightMaximum heightThe tallest a building may be, given in feet, in storeys, or both — whichever binds first. above building limit4 ft
Parapet walls are permitted up to four feet above the limited height of the building on which the walls rest.
Other
- Planting/preservation of trees and shrubs in 20 feet of side/rear yards adjoining residences
Planting and/or preservation of trees and shrubs in the 20 feet of side and rear yards adjoining or adjacent to residences or a residential district or area may be required by the administrator in order to establish a buffer between uses.
- Central sewer/water required for certain thresholds
Where the sewage treatment demand exceeds 40,000 gallons per day or where more than 400 persons are to be served, such area shall be served by a central sewer facility... Where water supplies are to serve 25 or more persons or more than 15 connections, such area shall be served by a central water facility.
- Landscaping may be required in front or side setbackSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line.
Landscaping may be required within any established or required front or side setback area by the administrator.
- Maximum total coverage including accessoryAccessory useA secondary activity customarily incidental to the main use of the lot — a garage, a home office., storage, loading, driveways, access roads75 pct
Buildings or groups of buildings with their accessory buildings, storage areas, loading areas, driveways and access roads may cover up to 75 percent of the area of the lot.
- Minimum gross acreage of industrial area5 acresacre43,560 square feet — about the size of an American football field without the end zones.
The gross acreage of the industrial area shall be a minimum of five acres.
- Screening may be required
Screening, including an evergreen hedge, a uniformly painted solid fence, a masonry wall, or a combination thereof, of permitted uses may be required by the administrator.
- Site development plan required
New uses and changes in use in the M-1 District shall submit a site development plan prior to application for a building permit in accordance with article 19 of this ordinance.
Parking
- Off-street parkingMinimum parkingThe number of off-street spaces a development must provide before it may open. per article 16
Off-street parking shall be provided as required by article 16 of this ordinance.
Setback
- Accessory usesAccessory useA secondary activity customarily incidental to the main use of the lot — a garage, a home office. setbackSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line. from side/rear lot lines20 ft
Accessory uses, including parking areas, shall be located 20 or more feet from side and rear lot lines adjoining or adjacent to a residential, agricultural, or conservation district.
- Front setbackSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line. from edge of right-of-way25 ft
Structures except signs shall be located 25 feet or more from the edge of the right-of-way of any road with three lanes or more, or 15 feet or more from the edge of the right-of-way of any road with two lanes or less.
- Side and rear yards adjoining agriculturalAgricultureRaising crops or livestock, generally including the structures that serve them. or conservation districtZoning districtA mapped area with one set of rules, identified by a code like R-1 or B-2.40 ft
The minimum side and rear yards adjoining or adjacent to agricultural and conservation districts shall be 40 feet.
- Side and rear yards adjoining residential districtZoning districtA mapped area with one set of rules, identified by a code like R-1 or B-2.50 ft
The minimum side and rear yards adjoining or adjacent to a residential district shall be 50 feet.
Signage
- Signs conform to article 14
Signs shall conform to article 14 of this ordinance.
From the ordinance
In Industrial District M-1 structures to be erected or land to be used shall be for the following uses.