M-2
Dimensional standards
Uses
Permitted by right27
- Fabrication assembly plants for small equipment
- Bottling works
- Welding and blacksmith shops
- Moving and storage facilities
- Contractor's equipment storage yards
- Wholesale businesses
- Warehousing
- Research and development facilities
- Heavy equipment sales and service
- Stone or monument works
- Manufacture or finishing of modular units made from wood or other materials, and designed for uses as components in building construction of all types
- Coal and wood yards
- Wood preserving operations
- Meat, poultry, and fish processing
- Office buildings
- Accessory buildings
- Public utilities
- Recording studios, broadcasting studios and related facilities
- Public offices and other public building as defined under article 22
- Fireworks, temporary only
- Public facilities
- Mulch production facility
- All industrial uses allowed by right in the M-1 District
- Temporary events zoning permit as defined by section 16-19
- Indoor recreational facilities
- Health and fitness centers
- Rooftop and ground mounted solar
Conditional / special use26
- Abattoirs
- Fertilizer manufacture
- Petroleum storage
- Natural resource extraction and processing
- Truck terminals
- Concrete batching plants
- Asphalt plants
- Sand and gravel operations
- Crushed stone operations and quarrying
- Manufacture of brick and cinder block
- Heliports
- Auto junkyards
- Laboratories (pharmaceutical or medical)
- Reserved
- Disposal of nuclear waste and dangerous chemicals
- Ground disturbing exploratory activities
- 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 the tenant for security purposes.
- Home heating oil and petroleum products retail storage and distribution
- Any uses permitted under [subsection] 10-1-1 or 10-1-2 not included under [subsection] 11-1-1 or 11-2-1
- Adult entertainment
- Adult bookstore or adult video store
- All industrial uses allowed by special use permit in the M-1 District
- Water or sewer treatment facilities
- Solar energy generation facilities
- Power generation plants
- Gas and oil facilities
Extracted standards
15 individual requirements pulled out of this section’s prose, each with the sentence it came from.
Design
- Park or park-like setting requirement
All uses shall be in a park or park-like setting, in a location near adequate transportation access, and near an adequate labor source.
Height
- Parapet wall heightMaximum heightThe tallest a building may be, given in feet, in storeys, or both — whichever binds first. above building heightMaximum heightThe tallest a building may be, given in feet, in storeys, or both — whichever binds first. limit4 ft
Parapet walls are permitted up to four feet above the limited height of the building on which the walls rest.
Landscaping & trees
- Tree preservation within 40 feet
All trees over four inches in diameter within 40 feet shall either be preserved during construction or be replaced with new saplings following construction.
Other
- Accessory useAccessory 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 and rear lot lines when adjacent to residential, 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-2.20 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.
- Buffer planting in side and rear yards adjacent to residential
Planting and/or preservation of trees and shrubs in the 20 feet of the side and rear yards adjoining or adjacent to a residential district may be required by the administrator in order to establish a buffer between uses.
- Central sewer facility requirement
Where the sewerage treatment demand exceeds 40,000 gallons per day or where more than 400 persons are to be served, such areas shall be served by a central sewer facility, as approved by the health department and the state water control board.
- Central water facility requirement
Where water supplies are to serve 25 or more persons or more than 15 connections, such areas shall be served by a central water facility.
- Landscaping may be required
Landscaping may be required within any established or required front or side setback area by the administrator.
- Minimum gross acreage of industrial area15 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 15 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.
- Minimum side and rear yards adjoining agriculturalAgricultureRaising crops or livestock, generally including the structures that serve them. and conservation districts40 ft
The minimum side and rear yards adjoining or adjacent to agricultural and conservation districts shall be 40 feet.
- Minimum 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.
- Site development plan required
New uses and changes in use in the M-2 District shall submit a site development plan prior to application for a building permit in accordance with article 19 of this ordinance.
Setback
- SetbackSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line. from edge of right-of-way for roads with two lanes or less15 ft
or 15 feet or more from the edge of the right-of-way of any road with two lanes or less
- SetbackSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line. from edge of right-of-way for roads with three or more lanes25 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
From the ordinance
The purpose of this district is to permit industrial uses and other uses which typically possess low to moderate environmental impact; as well as uses which might otherwise have a detrimental impact on Greene County's quality of residential neighborhoods and commercial districts.
Use details
{
"dropped_conditions": {
"permitted_uses": [
"Manufacture, processing, fabrication, assembly, distribution of products such as, but not limited to: apparel, agricultural produce, bakery goods, food products, musical instruments, toys, baskets, pottery, figurines, or other similar ceramic products, electrical and electronic equipment and components including radio, telephone, computer, communication equipment, TV receiving sets, phonograph, and compact discs"
],
"conditional_uses": [
"Manufacture, processing, fabrication, assembly, distribution of products such as, but not limited to: artists supplies and equipment; business office machines and equipment; cosmetics including perfumes, perfumed toiletries and perfumed toilet soap; drafting supplies and equipment; electrical lighting and wiring equipment; glass products made of purchased glass; industrial controls, jewelry, silverware; light machinery and machine parts including electrical household appliances but not including such things as clothes washers, dryers and refrigerators; paper products such as die-cut paperboard and cardboard, sanitary paper products, bags and containers; photographic equipment and supplies including processing and developing plant; rubber, metal stamps; small electrical parts such as coils, condensers, transformers, crystal holders; surgical, medical, and dental instruments and supplies; sporting and athletic equipment, except firearms, ammunition or fireworks; watches, clocks and similar timing devices; and wood cabinets and furniture, upholstery"
]
}
}