M-2
Dimensional standards
Uses
Permitted by right10
- Asphalt mixing plants
- Boiler shops
- Grain elevators
- Machine shops with drop hammers or punch presses exceeding 40-ton rated capacity
- Manufacturing, processing or storage of brick, concrete, cement, lime, gypsum, fertilizer or acids
- Meat, poultry or fish processing or packaging
- Paper and pulp manufacturing or processing
- Railroad yards and depots
- Sawmills, planing mills and veneer mills
- Wood processing and wood preserving plants
Conditional / special use3
- Electric generating plants
- Sand, gravel or stone extraction, crushing or processing
- Micro-brewery, micro-distillery, micro-winery, micro-cidery, and micro-meadery
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Extracted standards
10 individual requirements pulled out of this section’s prose, each with the sentence it came from.
Height
- Maximum heightMaximum heightThe tallest a building may be, given in feet, in storeys, or both — whichever binds first. with special use permitConditional useAllowed only after a discretionary approval — usually a public hearing and a board vote.
Structures in excess of 60 feet in height may be erected only upon the granting of a special use permit
Other
- Minimum lot areaMinimum lot areaThe smallest parcel on which the district allows anything to be built. if not served by public sewer/water
Uses not served by public sewer and water shall have minimum lot area as deemed necessary by health official
- Minimum screening heightMaximum heightThe tallest a building may be, given in feet, in storeys, or both — whichever binds first. when abutting residential6 ft
there shall be a continuous opaque fence, wall or evergreen vegetative screen of not less than six feet in height provided along such lot line
- Minimum screening heightMaximum heightThe tallest a building may be, given in feet, in storeys, or both — whichever binds first.6 ft
continuous opaque fences, walls or evergreen vegetative material of not less than six feet in height
- Plan of development required
A plan of development shall be required for all uses except those requiring a special use permit
- ProhibitedProhibitedNot allowed in the district at all, short of rezoning or a variance. uses in required yards
Storage, display, loading prohibited in side yards abutting residential and within 10 ft of street ROW
Setback
- Rear setbackSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line. when abutting residential districtZoning districtA mapped area with one set of rules, identified by a code like R-1 or B-2.25 ft
where a rear lot line abuts property located in any residential district, there shall be a rear yard of not less than 25 feet
- Rear setbackSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line. adjacent to alley5 ft
there shall be a rear yard of not less than five feet adjacent to any alley
- Side setbackSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line. when abutting residential districtZoning districtA mapped area with one set of rules, identified by a code like R-1 or B-2.25 ft
where a side lot line abuts property located in any residential district, there shall be a side yard of not less than 25 feet
- Side setbackSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line. adjacent to alley5 ft
there shall be a side yard of not less than five feet adjacent to any alley
From the ordinance
Pursuant to the purposes of this chapter, the intent of the M-2 Heavy Industrial District is to provide appropriate locations for heavy industrial and manufacturing uses...